Kristian

I wasn’t expecting them to be anything else, but with any addition, I’ll expect it to be an upgrade. Something that rarely happens around here, sadly. Hence the comment.

It means the decade of watching seemingly good players come in and immediately drop to the level of the current roster, has made me an utter cynic.

Any chance they also skate harder than the current bunch? Otherwise, meh…

Terry Pegula : Hold my beer.

Any team with Kyle Okposo playing a regular shift, doesn’t have “it”, whatever that means. The guy was an overpaid bum from day 1.

No, we tanked when our previous core failed because losing was acceptable. The Roy, Pominville, Stafford, Ennis, Myers years were the shitshow that got us all into this god-awful mess in the first place. Losing being acceptable was a culture well in place before the tank.

People have really short memories around here. That culture was introduced by the likes of Roy, Pominville, Stafford of the late 00’s. KA never built this, he just failed to change it. Just like everyone else.

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.