He was never a glue guy. That was just a feel good narrative to distract from the ADA debacle when they decided enough was enough. That whole “knows what it means to put the jersey on” crap was just invented because we wanted that feel good story. Hell, I can shit Ranger colored sparklers out there on the ice too if I got to dress for my hometown team but I’d still be shitting all over the ice. Just like Bitetto.
I mean holy shit, how do you, as an NHL coach, in the crunch time of the season in our biggest chance to round the corner in his own coaching era decide to play a guy that hasn’t seen an NHL game since late February? Then get away with it and decide....okay let’s go again!
By no means am I trying to say Bitetto is exactly why we lost. However, it just shows a small level of a larger incompetence by Quinn.