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Poor guy

I heard that from Ray and thought it was a good point. They're both on the same page with each other, which is what we need. We need players that work well together. Now I need that winger for Jack.

This game was a perfect example of what I was saying about this team's struggles being a personnel issue, not a coaching issue. You need your best players to show up and play like they're your best players. Reinhart showed up. He dug deep and figured it out tonight and it turned the whole game around. They can do it. They just have to take care of their individual games.

Well I'll be damned

Reinhart has turned a corner.

Baptiste had quite the overtime. I'd tap him for the shootout.

That should be a penalty shot because I said so

Baptiste friggen undressed Karlsson. Just couldn't get that goal.

Better 3rd period.

They've done a much better job of just losing in OT

How do shoot puck?

We're going to have to watch Lehner lose this in a shootout aren't we?

:lol: Hi-dee-ho there neighbor

Which is incredible given his terrible start.

Just when it looked like they were getting back in to it Lehner gives up an easy one because as usual he's too high in the crease.

There's what we needed. Can't win if those guys aren't getting chances.

Reinhart and O'Reilly just not doing enough to get shots.

I can't fathom hoping for losses at this point. This team needs to be trying to win every night. The tank was the lowest point for me, so I'm stunned that some people are just now reaching peak apathy.

I really just think it's a personnel issue at this point. We saw the inconsistency under Bylsma and we're seeing it still, although less often as the season has gone on. Losing Eichel hurt given that the roster is already pretty short on talent. Then have O'Reilly and Reinhart decide to take a night off and you get last night. I just don't see how trying yet another coach is going to get guys like O'Reilly and Reinhart to show up every night. These guys have to be responsible for their own preparedness. It's on them. If they don't feel any guilt or responsibility then no amount of ass kicking or chewing out is gonna get them there.

:(

We knew what Bylsma was but gave him a chance to prove otherwise. He didn't. And he got fired. So now we're giving Housley a chance to prove he's better than a known quantity, as is the case with all first time head coaches vs the scrap heap of guys with head coaching experience who have already been fired. I prefer Housley to Bylsma at the moment simply because I prefer the risk/reward of finding a new head coach to hiring ones we already know are bad. Maybe Housley sucks. I guess I don't really care. Because Bylsma sucked too, and at least Housley is still an open question as opposed to a known fact.

Soooo that's why Kovalchuk wants to come back here eh?

This, to me, is a very good thing. Medical transport is some sad stuff. Just crummy old Econoline vans packed full. Being able to get a ride to an appointment in a nice, comfortable, clean car would be much more pleasant. Maybe it'll force medical transport companies to up their game a bit. I think a lot of aging boomers will take advantage of this.

A 3 page GDT. This has to be a new low.

We found Twister on TV. Much less carnage.