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  1. Didn't say Adams SHOULD be back if they miss the playoffs again this year and next. Said the expectation is that he'll still be back for 1 final run. Your beef should be with Pegula.
  2. They're not GOOD, but they are BETTER than last year's. Those were flat out awful from start to finish. (There were maybe 2 that weren't awful.)
  3. Actual albino, or just white? (Know you're down in Carolina) Around here, at the old Seneca Army Depot we've still got a herd of white deer. (Not albino, their eyes are brown, not pink.)
  4. But, also, don't believe he's on the ice much with Greenway on the PK and the PK is significantly better when the 1st F pairing is out there. Wonder how much (how accurately) that is accounted for in those advanced stats.
  5. Yes. But am still very disappointed that when Bob Woods became available that they didn't make a play for him immediately. If the Pegulas or management really love them some Matt Ellis he could've been reassigned to the Amerks, development, or something in the HSBC Center. Personally, do expect major changes at the assistant level this season and if that and other moves this off-season don't right the ship, expect Granato gone at the end of that season. But doubt that Adams is out the door unless they fail an additional season. Really like Granato as a person. But am at the point where it'd be fine to punt Donnie this off-season as well. How friggin' cool would it be if Brind'Amour actually decided to leave Carolina? (Yeah, that ain't happening. But it sure would be sweet.)
  6. BOB WOODS!!!!!!!!! And like you, really don't understand why, if guys they think are better than the ones that are here, are/were availbable that moves weren't made midseason.
  7. No Schlitz, Sherlock. Doesn't change the fact that when the team moved to Utah they could've changed the name to something more appropos to their new city. MANY teams change names when they move. Whether it being something minor like the (originally from Rochester) Cincinnati Royals becoming the Kansas City (and Omaha) Kings, or something major like the California Golden Seals became the Cleveland Barons or the Kansas City Scouts became the Colorado Rockies before becoming the New Jersey Devils. They decided to keep the name. No good reason to not go on and run with that motif.
  8. Could handle Okposo being a Bruin because it would be for the playoff run and MAYBE 1 more year. PLEASE, Adams, do not trade Girgensons there. Like the guy. (Realize it's best for him and the team for him to move on to let the younger leaders make this their team, but not happy about it.) Do NOT want to see him helping the Bruins do well for the next 4-6 years.
  9. SLC's current only major sports team is known as the Jazz. In keeping with that should name them the Salt City Rockers (or something to that effect).
  10. If Adams trades Mittelstadt for ANYTHING OTHER THAN a true #1 goalie (ain't happening; Adams believes in UPL & Levi down the road, so truly doubt he's looking to come up w/ a package for a true #1), a top 4 D that isn't out of place on the top pairing, or as part of a package for either a true top 6 C that won't be out of place as a 1C or a true top 6 C that gets Selke consideration then he is 100% full of excrement when he talks about how he's building this team. He has to walk the talk. And trading Mittelstadt for anything less than that would simply be moving legitimacy for this team out even further than next season. Personally, would prefer he pay him what he's worth, keep him, and add additional NHL ready talent to this roster so that this stumble backwards we've been hostage to all season gets corrected out of the gate next year. Mittelstadt &/or what his paycheck will be next year is not what is / has been holding this team back this season. The coaching has been ridiculously bad. They play an arrogant game. They still try for 3 line passes when good teams go for shorter makable passes that let themselves attack with speed. The Sabres that are looking to receive those 3 line passes are stationary very often because the D doesn't have the opportunity to see them while they're breaking towards the opponent's blue line but rather find them once they're standing there waiting for that home run pass. Even in a game like Tuesday's where they actually have their legs and are getting decent pressure, they still just do head scratching stuff. That HAS to be coaching because they keep doing it repetitively with no consequences nor repercussions. But, hey, now that they've lived with Mittelstadt's growing pains and he's where they claim they expect the rest of the kids to get towards, would make perfect sense to send him packing. The saving grace in this is, it seems the initial source of this rumor is Peters &/or Rivet. Not exactly a testament to reliability.
  11. Don't forget that announced attendance number is sold (distributed, back in the Rigas era) tickets not ACTUAL in rink fannies in the seats attendance. Would estimate THAT happening would be more like 3-4 games so far this season.
  12. Barn was full a few times at the end of the season last year. Opening night this year was pretty well attended too IIRC. (This season everything's kind of blending into itself, so that could be misremembering.)
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