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It wasn’t that they felt Johnson didn’t want to win but rather Adams didn’t because Johnson was no where near enough to fix their defensive woes.

Part of it is that Dahlin isn’t a defensive specialist; he’s just good defensively + great at a lot of other things. However Muel is supposed to be the defensive guy so technically it should be his job to play the more defensive stance

Always loved him since his first playoff with Calgary. Thrives off playoff hockey

For me trading Power would just be a disaster waiting to happen and I’m not fond of giving 7+ mil to a guy who has to play with Dahlin to do well.

So the players would likely fit right in on the forums lol. And out of the players’ gripes I’d say the only one that lessened over time was Benson. After all, Benson isn’t a typical type of rookie that plays lost defensively and only plays to get on offense. But I’d certainly expect them to be leery of him last season. Problem was while one issue was more or less unfounded, the rest were dead on. Plus I agree that the palm tree thing was a catastrophe.

There’s always a couple teams that challenge us for most inept

ROR wasn’t traded due to Pegula, he was traded prior to July 1st however due to Pegula.

Botts, while a tad more NHL seasoned per se, is possibly even worse than Adams which is bonkers considering what we have now. His disjointed approach to team building while trying to play moneyball with a magic 8 ball was a mind screw every year he was here. Murray saw players as cogs in a machine and never even thought about what would happen if some cogs were made of softer materials or were manufactured differently. His vision was a his target and nothing would stop him from going to it for better or for worse. Adams is almost the complete opposite of Murray. He too has a vision but it is less clearly defined however it does exist in some way. Where he falls apart is his inability to make the moves needed to reach his goal and his reliance on young players to plug most holes. Botts was a chameleon in front of a technicolor lava lamp, in which the vision he had for the team varied year to year and even month to month. He desired to make Eichel like Crosby the captain even though ROR was the heir apparent after Gionta retired. He traded ROR for “depth” and thrust Mitts into the 2C role after 1 10 game stint. He traded for Colin Miller but then gaffed at a 4th rounder to move Risto for Ehlers. Thus having 4 NHL RHDs who expected to play but on 3 could. So he then trades half their best defensive pair for a 4th and trades it for a 4th liner in Frolik. All the while Pominville returns, and in a stroke of luck plays pretty well for us only to be unceremoniously dumped for a random jag in Jimmy Vesey for a second time. At first he had a Pittsburgh model in mind and then seemed to abandon it somewhat when Sheary was ineffective and Pegula wanted Skinner signed.

Somewhat realistic hope: Adams is promoted into another position to represent Terry’s interests Jarmo or perhaps even a Ken Holland are brought in as GM. Additionally a couple new pro scouts are added. All besides Ruff and Appert are let go from their coaching positions. Matt Ellis is transferred back to his Player Development position. Appert goes upstairs. New GM moves Byram and Quinn and possibly even Peterka to season the team better. Likely Scenario: Adams is moved to PoHO Karmanos is made GM Coaching staff swaps out a few members 1 RFA gets traded for a player over the age of 27. We all pray the subtle changes and new staff are enough to spur the team to a playoff berth.

Why would you even listen to a Dman that young; he needs to learn to play defense and stop pretending he's a sugar plum fairy when not in the offensive zone.

I can never get there because we have no proof that they wouldn't step up like most teams in the playoffs. It's Schroder's Cat

Frankly I can't watch it, just so tired of Adams beating around bushes

Low spending isn’t exactly correct to be honest; he does sign big contracts. That being said he isn’t exactly breaking out the bank either so I’m not entirely sure how to interpret it. Like a cheap owner is more akin to the Pirates in baseball who will trade away anyone looking for money and only signs cheap players and brings up youth. Pegula sort of falls in an odd category of being willing to spend on players but not always willing to go that extra step to make sure there’s success

3 Questions: Is Robertson worth 10 to 12mil per, after next season? What were his contracts for the two UFAs Why was he dumb enough to have UPL and Levi as our goalies again when we’ve already seen that doesn’t work

Thought about buying a ticket to the game but I just can’t in good conscience spend $150 on a ticket, parking and food even if I get a cool Tuch bobblehead

I gave Adams every mulligan and excuse in the book over the past 5 years, I'm done with that. After the 13 game losing streak was when I had finally just lost any faith in his planning. He'll make the occasional good move but this is always followed by a combination of ineptitude

The city has been in debt for decades, they’ll likely see it as a vital asset for revenue. That being said I think they’ll just sell it to Pegula

Part of that is TBL had their 4th line out at the time and part of that is we only have 2 D men even subtly interested in coming to aid in a scrum.

He never fought here hardly, he has about 5 in TB

I wanted him here for UPL's back up

This franchise is both incompetent and cursed

Of course they trip a guy and get the milestone goal after another flurry of chances

Why can’t we get 1 ***** bounce against this bastard

Dahlin clobbered Tavares once and Marner once

Should of been a trip in Toronto at the end there, Robertson slew foot Krebs