It is NOT that they played the Hawks and the Ducks.
And this ISN"T a matter of effort.
This is an incoherent system. The biggest change in hockey in the last 20 to 15 years has been in possession, and in contesting the neutral zone. Things Nolan apparently doesn't not believe in yet. Getting out-shot by 32 is hugely embarrassing. Nolan should be embarrassed. It was his job to have this team ready, if not to win, at least to give them the best chance of winning.
Perhaps Nolan has a solution, but it better be something more than try harder.