Craig Berube claims his best players are 'making a lot of money' and 'don't care about the team'
It is quite obvious that things have not gone according to plan for the St Louis Blues this season. The team will not make it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season and has already started to trade away veteran players such as Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko. Head coach Craig Berube is still not pleased with the team's lackluster effort lately. The team has only three wins in their last ten games and Berube believes that the team's best players are not preforming at a high level of play. In fact, he called out the players that are making a lot of money and not playing well.
They're getting paid lots of money and they're not doing the job. End of story. That's it. That's what it boils down to.
Berube even doubled down.
When asked why, Berube didn't mince words.
Despite St. Louis not playing well this season, this team is not in terrible shape. They've traded away some of their high-priced veterans and received some future draft picks that will help this team to retool. They may not be finished trading away veterans either as the trade deadline is right around the corner. They already have fine young players like Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou to build around. It is not like this team needs a full rebuild, they just need some fine tuning.
Good for Craig Berube for calling out his team for their poor effort lately. Clearly, he wants his to team to continue to play their best despite not making the playoffs and he's holding players accountable. It will be interesting to see if the players ignore Berube's message or if they respond to it promptly.
Berube wasn't the only one to call out the Blues players because teammate Alexey Toropchenko did little to shut down this criticism.
Even if we're not in the playoff spot, I will do everything because it's a hockey game. You can't (disappear), especially when you're playing in the NHL. You're not playing somewhere else, on the beer league or something like that. You need to show something. You need to show heart and character and be strong everywhere. Just play from your heart. Not good.
It's clear by these comments things in St. Louis definitely aren't going well.
| POLL | ||
Can a coach win with this sort of comments? | ||
| No, players hate coaches like this | 15 | 15.6 % |
| Yes, he's holding them accountable | 54 | 56.3 % |
| It depends on the coach | 27 | 28.1 % |
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