Kristian

Seems familiar…

The Leafs should let Matthews sit for the remainder of the series, they just played their best game of the series without him.

Reminds me of the Sabres, since 05-06….

Avs outshooting the Jets 12 -4 halfway through the first…

At least he has NHL experience, so I guess in that sense, the franchise is moving forward…

Well, I’d say the jury is still out on to whether or not they have in fact “figured it out”. Talk is cheap, and this team talks an awful lot.

All I hear are the same excuses I’ve heard since 2007. They flipped the middle finger at the fans when they wanted Granato gone, and now that he IS gone, they can’t wait to throw him under the bus. Somehow, I feel even more indifferent towards this team now…

Been this way sin e black sunday. Blame the culture, not the players. They all end up like this, somehow. The damage runs deep.

Pathetic organisation.

What I mean is this : Picture yourself holding a bat waiting for the pitch. Now point the bat downwards and look at your hands. Dominant right hands is lower. Now swap the bat for a hockey stick. Voila, right handed shot.

Europe is dominat hand on top, but the explanation I always heard is : What goes into your hands first? A golf club, a baseball bat or a hockey stick? In both golf (though not 100% as the grip is intertwined) and baseball, dominant hand goes on bottom, if pointed downwards. It’s whichever comes first, really.

For some people, it does. Every year…

I fully expect Adams to trade him to the Flyers for a second rounder, and see him win a Vezina next year.

Aprils fools was a few days ago.

Wow, four goals when the season for all intents and purposes is over? Give the man a statue…. Screw the goals, but if we’re looking to give him credit, at least he skated like he cared tonight. Who would’ve thought movibg your feet would yield good things? Oh, any pee wee coach, for starters….

No, they just sucked like crazy. Which makes the Sabres tanking on purpose even more pathetic.

I’m not saying Pegula didn’t make the choice, but don’t tell me Regier hadn’t made him aware of how The Hawks got both Kane and Toews, knowing there was a guy called McDavid in the class of ‘15. Yes, the 2014 draft wasn’t great on paper, but the real prize was McDavid in 2015.

Well, by all intents and purposes, didn’t he? He hired LaFontaine for about five minutes, they draft Sam, a year later, Jack Eichel after missing out on McDavid, and trade for Ryan O’Reilly. I’d say the tank was off by then, which really was probably as close to as quickly as it could be, given that Connor McDavid was a possibility.

Perhaps, but they had gone the free agent way first, which got them nowhere. So unless Pegula signed those guys himself, which I suppose is entirely possible, what other options did they have?

I never said he wasn’t succesful, for a time. However, I am saying that by the time he was fired, he hadn’t been succesful for a long time. And that he was the guy behind the tank strategy. Like it or not.

Tim Murray, while clueless, inherited a mess. Regiers succesful trades were ancient history by the time he was fired, and pretty much ended with getting Briere for Gratton, and Drury for Warrener. Fact is, he had been behind the curve in terms of building a succesful team for years. Steve Bernier, Brad Boyes, Cody Hodgson etc. weren’t exactly steals. His free agent signings backfired as well. Christian Erhoff, and Robyn Regher anyone?

You’re right, they lost to Boston and Philly, my bad. Ruff, no. Regier? You’re damn straight I do, he was the idiot behind the whole tank strategy.

They made the playoffs once, after black sunday. The dreaded “Core” of Roy, Stafford, Pominville, Myers, Ennis, etc. were equally as insufferable to watch, and were the very reason “the tank” became a strategy. Believe me, it was here before Pegula, as much as I dislike the guy.

Adams? This culture was here way before Adams, I distinctly remember Derek Roy and Jason Pominville and their “how’s my hair” brand of hockey, way before Ruff and Regier were fired.

I’m sure the Sabres would’ve been really angry, had we done something similar. How dare anyone expect them to work? The audacity…!! Look…. The other team just got lucky, a bounce here and there, but at least they came back and scored two goals, right? These guys make me want to throw up.