Rich Best - Batch’s errors may not have been glaring until tonight’s as they haven’t directly cost us, but the number of wayward passes, lack of concentration, missed hits etc have been building and noticeable for weeks now, if not months. Maybe you haven’t noticed them, but in that case I would have to ask in return what positives you feel Batch has brought to the ice lately?
As I mentioned earlier, I felt he started the season strongly, and I have no grudge whatsoever against him as a player, but I feel the dip in form has been very noticeable and tonight was unfortunately a glaring example of that.
He’s not solely to blame for tonight, but I feel it’s fair to question a player’s form in a reasoned way, especially after a big error in a big game. It seems I’m not the only one with that viewpoint?