It’s a team game, I’ve always been team-first, and I believe every guy has to put the team ahead of himself to be successful in this league.
When you have that buy-in from everybody, the team becomes more important than the individual, and you have a greater chance of success. Take less, give more; I always use that term.
I hear «Core 4» all the time. But it’s not just those 4 guys winning or losing hockey games, it’s the whole team. That’s all it was. The guys who were lumped into that «Core 4» probably had enough of it.
You need your best players to be your best players, I get that. But over the years, with the «Core 4,» it felt like it was all on them all the time. I’m sure they felt that way too. And it’s not all on them, It’s a team game.