darksabre

To expand on this and my thoughts further, it'll be interesting if this hire ends up looking like a bold/risky move, or the safe bet. There are a lot of variables that can go in to it. Did Adams/the Pegulas want someone more experienced, but they couldn't get them? Or didn't want to pay them? Did the Pegulas decide they would stay out of the way and not worry about their GM making a hire that would make them look bad? Did Adams make this hire because he's not worried about it blowing up in his face? He could have hired an experienced coach who would born more of the blame. Is this a confident move? Or is it the safe bet? Time, and details, will tell I suppose. At the moment I think it's a bold move. But...

The thing about Granato is that if this doesn't work out he probably still escapes it relatively unscathed in the eyes of the fans. He's got no baggage from old jobs. He's not a coach fans are primed to hate. We're all going to end up rooting for him to succeed and we probably won't fault him if he doesn't.

Fine. Great. Win some *****in games.

Retired Honestly though, I'd probably own a nursery/garden center or something. Working at one was my favorite of my ***** jobs growing up.

What

I cut them that morning!

Got to take Fred Stanfield's '72 Cup Ring for a spin today

They honestly probably don't mean anything. Like, they could have lifted together the day before and they'd still be saying that stuff because meaningless gym banter is exactly that.

These are just two dudes broing out over some weightlifting. I wouldn't be looking for nuance in their words. Chyeah.

Sure, but a guy just talking the usual bro speak about lifting just seems entirely inconsequential. I think you're putting way too much thought into this lol

I'm not sure I'm taking away the same thing from those comments that you are. Why is "throwing weights around" what you're fixating on here?

Distinct possiblity we're just moving from one era of suck to the next era of suck. Exciting.

Yeah they got boned

I'm not gonna look it up because I don't care. But I like the comedy of poor Risto finally getting a chance at a reset on his career and it ends up being with a team that is arguably actually worse than Buffalo.

NJ and Risto seem like a perfect fit.

I've got a whole stack of in-progress tomes at the moment, but today I'm reading the third installation of William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm. I don't have anything to say except that it's excellent. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345548639/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_S9WH8KPX9XAPV1AN28P6

Fleury vs Price will be fun

Yup.

I think if they do scrape a couple wins together they're gonna be ugly and Price is going to be doing a lot of work.

Montreal is gonna get steamrolled in the WCF

Having a team that plays a high intensity brand of hockey definitely helps.

Man, Vegas home games just look like a riot

If Gronborg is so good why doesn't he already have a job? He's been speculated about for years.

As agreed