After last night's 3-0 loss to the Hurricanes (and the second shut out in a row), coach Glenn Hanlon appeared to refuse to say whether he saw any light at the end of the tunnel. He did volunteer that he wasn't having fun.
So what happened? Well, yes, there have been a very large number of injuries, including another dumb one last night to defenseman John Erskine. But there have also been two trades that clearly have no helped. Trading Dainius Zubrus to Buffalo for a draft pick seems pretty dumb. And trading Jamie Heward for virtually nothing seems dumber. Not only with regard to the skating ability for a team strugging anyway, but maybe even more so psychologically.
But we have seen this before with late season trades by the Caps, where the season is lost and the promise is "wait until next year".
Perhaps the problem really is George McPhee, the long time general manager who does not seem to do too much that is right. The "Trade McPhee" cheer that started up one day while we were at the game is probably right on.
McPhee tried to justify the trades in a letter to the fans, saying that the Caps will be a much better team next summer. Great! I understand the Nationals were not too bad this past winter, either.
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