Bad performance; lack of energy; and listless is a good description of our play.

Today is the trade deadline. It is doubtful we will do anything big as we do not want to alter the core of our team and trade away developing and fine young players for players that can be considered rentals.

The angst around the deadline is overblown and I am hopeful that this pending decision making hasn’t been the root cause of the state of play of late.

I think it is a simple issue, just determination and hard work. The teams we are playing are fighting for playoff standings points. They are desperate and they need the wins. We have lost some of our edge mostly from a psychological standing. It is a long season. We are having a harder time getting up for games.

This is dangerous as we can’t fall into the trap of thinking we are better than we are and that we can turn it on and off at will. We have a great coaching staff and talented vet players in the locker room. We will turn it around ASAP as there is still a lot of hockey left to play this season.