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I’m not convinced there is a right hire for that group.

I can’t resist saying what I did in the firing thread. Lindy Ruff is the Sabres’ best coach since Lindy Ruff. Maybe there might have been some better options out there, but I really don’t mind it. They’re not giving tryouts to first time coaches anymore.

I’m half expecting to see him head to Sweden.

I’m amazed he’s not at 1000 games yet. It feels like he’s been here for 20 years.

Or maybe the Penguins’ issues start with them all being 95 years old.

I keep getting interrupted as I try to listen. I’ve heard bits and pieces of it out of order.

It’s a tale as old as time. Didn’t Casey fall off too after a bit?

The statement mentions the “new Highmark Stadium”. Did they sign off on that name carrying over to the new one?

He sold them some natural gas? He sold them a snickers bar? Maybe his old dodge stratus? Anything’s possible.

The double negative in the second portion of that tweet is twisting my brain into knots.

I did t know you could do a retroactive countdown.

There are also some positives to a scoreboard collapse.

I tried to be clear on what that means to me. I want the guy who wants to work to be better as opposed to the guy who cries out for help. There’s nothing wrong with asking for help, it just doesn’t do any good doing so in a press conference.

Accountability was the first word to immediately come to mind as I opened this thread. Even if players do want some veteran leadership brought in, I don’t want to hear them say it. I want to hear exactly what is said here, “we need to step up”. Adding and players stepping up, the two aren’t mutually exclusive, it there’s only one side that a player can take care of.

So with Arizona holding onto the history of the franchise, does Doan’s kid have to stay?

It’s not owners fighting owners because one guy is an owner and the other is not. The roles are about to flip, but again, it still isn’t two owners. And I’m not just talking specifically about arena deals. There is going to be plenty of backstabbing going on within each of the leagues. Hell, look who the NFL had been willing to work with for so long.

I’m willing to bet that we could find an unending list of things like this happening over the years. They’re not losing any sleep over it with their billion dollar deal.

The vast majority of people don't care.

I’m not on the Ruff bandwagon but I have to ask. Your wording above to me sounds like you’re putting Gallant on a level above Ruff (if that’s not right, ignore rest). I’m just not seeing that from their resumes. I thought, ok, maybe age is a factor but Lindy is only 4 months later. Gallant does have a very slightly higher points percentage, but he spent very little time coaching pre-shoot out, which I think washes out that difference.

Carolina plays this game of chicken with people every year. At some point they’re going to crash. I doubt that time is now, but it’s coming.

Quinn bounced around for a while until he got what could have been the life job. He was replacing a legend, so it’s definitely a special case. Carle has pretty much never left Denver since he started school. So that’s pretty much half his life at this point. So maybe he does know the feel of being a lifer. The Hakstol one is a much better comparable, 15 or so years with the Sioux. But whatever, I’d say the Adams presser makes it obvious they won’t be talking to Carle.

He’s in a special spot where he could probably have a job for life if he wants it. I’m not sure how many of those situations exist anymore. Quinn and Hakstol left similar spots within the last 10 years and I wonder if they regret it at all, bouncing around every 3 years or so. Carle is so young though. I wonder how much a 34 year old thinks about being a lifer.

Im not sure why that is overrated. It looks like it is exactly what you are saying. He spent $10 for what should have cost $5, just like Botterill sold stuff for $5 that should have cost $10. I’m not sure what the point of captain hindsight game is. The value of the pieces 10 years later doesn’t not outweigh the value of the pieces at the actual time of the trade.

Hindsight is a fun thing. You wouldn’t take that stance before the trades happened. Back at that point shouldn’t all of those pieces landed you 2 or 3 Ryan O’Reillys?

It’s amazing how not a single person has listened to you. We’d rather complain and assume the worst instead. I would have thought that their contract status would have been the very first thing to come to mind when they weren’t included. And as for the Lindy crowd out there: Lindy Ruff would be the best Sabres coach since Lindy Ruff.