The point was exactly that. That Linden refused to rebuild for three years.
That was the only point to be made.
However, I was personally pissed that Keenan came into the fold, that Messier came right after that, and that Linden gave his captaincy.
I don’t think Messier would’ve given up the Captaincy had the GM asked him so.
THAT. is leadership.
This culture also came around to Naslund when he said that the Captaincy doesn’t matter. Well, perhaps Naslund wasn’t the right player to captain the team then. He did “choke”.
This culture doesn’t add up to Cups.