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I am told I am hearing a decision has been made.

He’s playing wing a 3rd line with Kozak. Playing well, but not standing out skill-wise? He’s producing and he’s engaged, seems to be buying into the system and playing smart hockey. You can tell he’s got a competitive streak in him and I like how he reacts to the rough stuff. I’ve liked what I’ve seen.

my source says there may or may not be an announcement today 👀

The lottery draft is this Monday. At this stage, I think the most likely scenario is no structural changes and no announcements or press releases. Adams will just be in the grainy zoom shot, sitting in his office waiting to hear where we draft in the top 9, trying to strike the right balance in his facial expression between hopeful he wins the lottery and embarrassed he is here again. Unless they want to wait for the Amerks season to end before making any announcement on Karmanos. That would seem unnecessary though.

Definitely the latter

Just a reminder: If you throw your hat onto the ice don't forget to take it off your head before doing so. 😃

Right now, the value of the franchise is depressed to a degree because the market has been devalued because of a fading fanbase. I'm not suggesting that the market value is dramatically devalued but it surely is factored in when considering the value of the franchise. I'm sure that anyone interested in buying the franchise would examine the cash/flow and profitability when negotiating a price with a seller. I appreciate your willingness to alter your opinion when faced with a set of facts that you previously didn't have. I really respect people who are open-minded enough to adjust when additional information is learned. I salute you. 👍

How's Helenius looking? I like that kid.

When did he get into the hall of fame?

This is who Elon Musk is. He's a guy who left South Africa because apartheid ended.

Honestly, I think Pegula is like most billionaires and out of touch with reality of every day things. In this case, I don't think Pegula has a feel at all for how apathetic the fans are or even how poorly his ownership is viewed now. He's insulated and oblivious as the majority of ppl in his orbit are telling him what he wants to here or at least their version of things. Maybe Ruff breaks that up but it takes a true leader to say openly "we're wrong, this isn't working, we need to make changes" to a guy who can fire you on whim.

I guess you can form a permanent opinion based on a handful of NHL games. Also, here is NHL Hall of famer’s second stint in the NHL. 0-3 record 5.08 GAA .795 Save percentage Ryan Miller struggled quite a bit at first as well. Goaltending is part witchcraft anyway and Levi has an ethereal presence so I’m going to hold out hope until he proves me wrong.

I’m expecting a Friday afternoon news dump with an announcement today. Reshuffling the deck chairs.

No, a true comment No, bad goaltending.

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Series was lost with the coaches challenge in game 3 I wish we had a real playoff format

Oilers take 4 straight to eliminate the Kings for the fourth straight year. God i wish we had a real hockey team.

Just like in the 80's, the Oilers have such a powerful offensive game. They put so much pressure on the opponent, there's no let up. The Kings are a very good team, but they just can't keep up. That was a very entertaining series.

Sometimes there are multiple right answers, others it’s difficult to find a satisfying course of action at all. This is one of those times, I reckon. Tuch is going to be a causality somewhat of what Adams’ undeniable failure. We can hardly, hardly fail to retain a player of his quality when we only need more, yet we are clearly on the verge of needing to pay him probably double, what he has, for declining performance starting at 30. we cashed in his good years on “development” years. KA had no urgency: now we are forced to choose between the lesser of two weevils

What a dumb comment

At least they’ll have lots of time scout Laval, maybe get Komorov & Prow back, and hopefully Levi stays hot. Game story from tonight: https://pickinsplinters.com/2025/05/01/levi-jobst-come-up-big-as-amerks-complete-the-sweep/ “I gotta give credit to our D-corps,” coach Michael Leone said. “Syracuse is a big, heavy team, I’ve heard all about it, but our guys gave up no goals in two games. Yeah, it’s the goalie for sure, credit to Dev, he got the game puck today, but there’s five other guys out there that are making it really hard on the other team.”

S##ty Sabres defense.

Except in the NHL where he allows 4+ goals a game and has gotten progressively worse each year The Crunch got Crunched.