PromoTheRobot

I don't know what game you're watching. I'm seeing the Sabres outshoot the Rangers 16-6 with several dangerous scoring chances.

Anybody watching the game?

They need to cash in one of these chances, but they look great. Rangers taken aback.

I just whipped this up for game time. Italian sausage and elbow macaroni with Brick cheese. I never had pasta on pizza until I stopped in New Jersey.

He can play in Rochester.

Sure, why not. They aren't keep Tokarski next year.

That, plus a billion split 32 ways.

I will savor these last games...unless they suck. Our playoff is getting out of the cellar.

Sounds like a guy who's bitter for not getting the job. A job he was campaigning for not long ago.

Were they supposed to reach the playoffs with Granato?

New Jersey is in free fall right now. They had 9 regulation losses in a row, only broken by an OTL against Philly. WTF Lindy.

Part of that is other teams solving what you're doing. New coach has a new game plan. It works until another team figures out how to neutralize it. It's the same in the NFL. That's why I'm watching this Granato team so closely. Waiting for what he's doing to stop working. Thought that was the case against Pittsburgh, the Rangers and Boston. But then they come right back and win. Is that adjustment we're seeing?

I like the current team.

In two stripes.

We have a decent enough place for pizza here in NH (Sal's) but I like to make my own from scratch. I make your typical thin-crust NY style but recently tried making Detroit pan-style. Turned out good. It has that focaccia-like crust too, crispy on the bottom, with a nice edge of caramelized Brick cheese.

But who doesn't like meatballs?

Granato has experience and a track record. Just not in the NHL. And coaching is not rocket surgery.

More famous.

Because unlike you I haven't written off Granato as a bad candidate. Don Granato has a ton of coaching experience, just not as a head coach in the NHL until now. He's got a lot of experience developing talent. Seeing how Thompson, Dahlin and Mittelstadt are playing like the awoke from a coma impresses me. Not every oasis in the desert is a mirage. Don't trick yourself into ignoring what's in front of you.

Kind of like Dan Bylsma. Cup winner, 6 playoff appearances, 9 playoff series wins. A real no-brainer.

The last 4 mean bupkis without the first two. That's why they are 1 and 2.

I don't think you understood my post. If name coaches like those three are such slam dunks why are they even unemployed?

I highly doubt that.

So why are coaches like Boudreau, Gallant and Julien even available?

You're taking a chance with every hire.