7+6=13

The reason Bylsma was finally fired in Pitt. was the team wasn't as good as they should have been. It wasn't tolerated there. Seems like a similar story here. My hope was he could get us to a point and we'd find out if he could succeed past that. He's proving to not be the type of coach to progress this team.

That's the personality of the coach.

Like another poster said the fans aren't frustrated because of that period - it's that we're supposed to be an exciting team to watch. Ok, maybe not the strongest defensive team but certainly an offensive team. Jack and Kane aren't the reason we look this bad on offense. I think it's Bylsma and his conservative style and what appears to be a lack of discipline. This team needs a different coach and it'll happen sooner than later, IMO.

I'm disappointed that Bylsma thinks one of the issues is Sam not providing enough for our offense.

I can't remember a game where the referees where in the way more than in this game. Obviously it cost us big on the Foligno turn over but I was saying it prior. They were in some odd positions tonight.

You've got to give him some credit though. He's trimmed down quit a bit so there was obviously a dedication to conditioning.

I'd take the under with that number.

Zero chance he get 147 points. C'mon he's a nice player but let's see him score 40 goals first before we compare him to Gretzky. Crosby got over 40 goals once in his career and now you're saying McDavid is better than Crosby ever was?

The sky is definitely not falling but the fact your first statement wasn't able to happen obviously has fans feeling snake bitten again. I don't think any reasonable fan thought our defense got markedly better but that we'd hang with most teams offensively. I also don't think any reasonable fan should have thought we would win our opener. The defense would have to win the game along with Lehner needing to stand on his head. It's a difficult pill to swallow having to wait for what should be the best part of our team - offense.

After watching tonights performance - Kane is the very low on the pecking order to be worried about or wanting gone.

As pure goal scorers McDavid and Matthews are more talented than Eichel.

This is a bummer for sure but there's most definitely worse scenarios.

There's an obvious downside to 8 years so I just don't think GMTM would get involved in that. I think it's likely he didn't even want to go 6 but compromised.

I know, it's much easier on the eyes to have a dignified politician very politely lie to us. Are you not disgusted with how politicians talk to us? It's obviously our fault because that's what a great portion of us want. We want to believe what they say vs the much harder route of educating ourselves on what they do. This woman let Americans get slain and she profits off the same American system she pretends to despise. But she'll practice (openly says it) to say what is needed to fool us - then just smile and act as if Trump's actions are ugly and despicable - she'll have great posture and pick out her clothes to look the part. Aren't you sick of the show? I thought you meant her. She just said last night she believes Russia is hacking our emails - AND SHE WENT OFF THE GOVERNMENT SERVER TO A PRIVATE ONE. Our intelligence and the ability to keep it secret is what's helped us sustain ourselves as a nation. Oh my God - these politicians double talk is infuriating.

The way this country has acted the last 15-20 years, it's exactly what we deserve.

I'm not sure what training a goalie can do to prevent a concussion from happening again. I liked the way Lehner was moving last night and I like a goaltender with attitude - he's got that in spades. He seems dedicated and when coupled with natural size that's a nice combination.

I used to watch ESPN every day at some point. Now I view less than once per Month.

Good take

Excellent work. Got my sons and I excited for the season.

I guess his take is - they trade presuming he can stay clean based on extensive and exhaustive research - therefore it shouldn't be on them for what Kane is doing but on Kane alone for what he's done? That's how I took it.

I already thought he showed pretty good movement - so if he got faster it should be fun to watch. Obviously he's saying all the right things like life changes, being here with his guys, etc but what struck me as the most interesting is the headaches lasting Months and getting into bad habits. I remember back in the day when I was wrestling and playing baseball - that working out blood would rush to my head and if I had a headache it was the last thing I wanted to do. I'm imagining that he could have been going through a tough time and not feeling like training.

Seeing Jack Eichel hopefully grow into our superstar is #1 - becoming a playoff team would be fantastic but anything other than Eichel IMO is just trying to think of something different to say. The greatest thing is there's so many other things to be excited about or at least that spark anticipation. One of the things I'm looking forward to is how Bylsma performs. Whether he's the right leader for this team on the rise - is something that should start to show this year. Last year he had major injuries to deal with, young players where expectations weren't defined, line mates had to be maneuvered due to not knowing who should play with each other. This year I believe he should know who to pair with each other and his style of how he wants this team to play should be easier to understand. I'm looking forward to him being the right guy to move these young talented players forward.

I eat soup way too fast because I can't stand cold soup.

To be fair - he performed well against our cuts.

It would have been his pleasure to play with us.