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This is irrelevant. Taylor Hall is not coming to this shitshow of an organization. He wants to win. He could stay in Jersey and lose.

Special teams usually falls on assistant coaches. It appears RK has hired some incompetent assistants. No excuse for Botteril allowing this to happen.

Joker sucks on power play

I don’t like Joker on PP. I would prefer Dahlin or Risto.or Montour

There is no way Hall is signing an extension with us before he has a chance to see what’s out there as a UFA.

Our only hope is if the fans at Key Bank start chanting loudly in unison FIRE BOTTERIL NOW. FIRE BOTTERIL NOW FIRE BOTTERIL NOW. I’m afraid that Terry will bring him back for another wasted season If he doesn’t hear the fans bitter anger.

You need a competent GM to start with.

We can only hope. Maybe they’ll ship him out to St Louis

Fire Botteril now

Hutton is mediocre

I think it’s more on Hutton than Risto

Unbelievable

We have 3 top 6 forwards (4 if you count Johanssen) You can't win like that in the NHL. We need 2 more top 6 forwards immediately. Bottom 6 players are a dime a dozen. They are readily available. Please don't ever say Mitts is a top 6 anything. At this point its not clear he's an NHL player.

Sam Bennett sucks. He is no better than Vesey.

No evidence he was never coming back other than Botteril didn’t offer him a contract. He is a very good physical player on a playoff team. A top 6 forward which is what we so desperately need.

I think Scandella could return us a 2nd round pick.

The Kane trade was terrible as well.

What is your evidence for saying that Botteril has done a good job drafting? Is it the amazing development of Mitts? The surprising pick of Dahlin?

Did that happen?

Botteril has been here nearly 3x as long as Holland with total failure. While Holland has not been in Edmonton very long, he has made an enormous impact. Botteril might have been able to trade Okposo for Neal but he didn't. Botteril could have hired an experienced coach twice but he didn't. Edmonton's roster is certainly flawed but much better than ours.

They are light years ahead of us.

Look what a competent GM has done for Edmonton. They had there own Botteril (Peter Chiarelli) who destroyed the team with terrible trades and drafts, now with Holland they make a great trade to rid themselves of Lucic and acquire James Neal . He hires an experienced good coach and voila they are a contender. They were a shitshow just like us last year.

I think one of Risto, Montour, Miller or Joker gets moved for a quality forward.

None of this is evidence that ROR was a problem. I'm sure he wasn't happy and recognized an incompetent coach and an incompetent GM. He may have even asked for a trade. A good GM would never have traded him, he would have added around him.