Not really been a fan of Hakstol, but you cant just blame him for yesterday's loss. The team is what it has been since the beginning of the season, and that is inconsistent. Unfortunatley, all of their weakness was exposed in one night and BC played a brilliant game and just handed it too us all night long. The sioux were fortunate to be in the final four, as they had played terrible in there last 6 games, being out shot and out played, but it was the great goal tending that kept us in it.
Finely was a huge liability out there all year, and was largerly responsible for at least 2 if not 3 of the first three goals. Lamoreux as great as he has been, his weaker point was exposed which is that he tends to flail to the ground when under pressure and the BC forwards just waited for him to go to the ice, and all they did was shoot over him. But as for the rest of the team....not a singe sioux player stood out...and the team was extreamly flat and lifeless.
The real dissapointment has to be what was a huge representation of fans at the game....and this is what they will remember. I was at the game, and sat with a large group of folks who drove anyware from 12-15 hours to get to Denver, (myself driving 9 hours).,and we all deserved a much better perfromance. This was a tough game to swallow, because we expect so much out of our team. The question now comes in hand, what is going to be left of this team after we lose about 8-10 players??
Yes Hakstol does deserve some criticism, but not sure if a coaching change is the answer...unless of course Blaise would come back, which in my opionion, would be an interesting scenario.