from the Edmonton Sun,

They’re in trouble and they know it. And they have to know now, if they didn’t before, that this team isn’t nearly as good as the ones that rallied from the grave before.
So deep are the mental wounds, so dire is the predicament, the coaching staff cancelled practice and shut the dressing room doors for the final team meeting of the year. I say final because if anything that happens between now and April dictates the need for another one, the season will already been lost.
If it’s not already.
“Just to clear the air and refocus,” captain Jason Smith said of the gathering, in which players and coaches all had their say. “It’s a crucial time right now.”

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