This loss wasn't Scott Darling's fault, not his alone. There was more than enough blame to go around.
Thirteen different players took a minus for the Carolina Hurricanes in Friday's 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, a real team effort in every sense of the word and the kind of loss where it takes an entire hand to point fingers because there are so many ways to look at it.
If you think this team lacks the character to be genuinely competitive, here's another example of the Hurricanes folding their tent just when they had clawed their way back onto the playoff bubble with a three-game winning streak (albeit having played the night before while Detroit was resting).