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No, no no they shouldn't be available for a myriad of reasons

I'd be insane not to take that deal lol; its more in realistic terms

Pretty much, the general idea for Granato was that offense begets confidence and confidence makes learning defensive structure easier. Step 1 worked well for the most part however for a myriad of reasons the players seem unable or unwilling to adjust to a more well-rounded game. Some players have embraced playing defense more than others; Tage up to his hand injury looked far more active defensively and Mitts was back checking hard. Cozens seems mentally paralyzed due to the combination of trying to get his offense on track and simultaneously learning NHL level defensive positioning. Then there’s some players like Skinner and usually Olofsson whom just don’t play defense or they’ll cheat a lot. They likely look disjointed many nights due to this incomplete buyin. It might explain why we do well against top teams seeing as the team as a whole are more likely to buy in to a system in an underdog game.

Technically that’s 50% It should be a gif of Romans being killed by commanders. 🙂

1st overall picks don’t get left in college for 2 years because they have an easy out to UFA-hood in that case. Levi should of likely been in Rochester but has certainly shown the ability to play in the NHL

I've always been emotionally attached to players on the team. I've watched Dahlin since he was an 18 year old; last thing I want to see is him get traded and succeed elsewhere.

The fact anyone wants to move Dahlin is borderline insane.

Cozens is good, cold so far this year but good.

Yes, Dahlin, Tage, Cozens and Tuch. Power I’d be more angry because he’d likely be yet another star being traded only to blossom elsewhere.

The minuses flew over his head

They are a family, problem is they don’t seem to have any hard talks.

Naw still a jackass, he went after the fans whom suffer far more than any player

Well, I’m just to throw my arms up and surrender. We will never be good, end of story. I don’t care who we acquire, hire, or are owned by; this franchise is cursed to be eternally pain

Sending Power to Rochester might scare him straight I guess?

What has happened to Power and Samuelsson? It’s truly mind boggling how both have forgotten how to play their roles. Dahlin looks annoyed in his interview and for good reason. This team frankly just doesn’t make sense because we see them play great some games but also terrible some games. Some can be attributed to inexperience but you can’t exactly handwave away going from 10 to 1 game to game.

Between interviews and appearances on Beyond Blue & Gold, his reaction to a bottle cap bonking his head and the the like; he's shown to be a very friendly, albeit quirky guy.

But he did have good analytical numbers; great goalie don't just spawn in like a video game. You either have to draft them, find a untapped gem, or pay out the nose to get one. Comrie ended up being fools gold but that doesn't suddenly make the attempt completely without merits.

That’d be nice, I like Comrie as a person, seems like a nice guy; but has only shown us a couple minor flashes of good play before getting hurt

Bryson was always a solid spot starter but a train wreck if he played more than a handful of games in a row. I’m unsure why but that always seemed to be the case with him. He’d be put in to fill a spot, he’d look great using his speed to close distances and cut angles. Then after 5 games to 10 games he’d seemingly stop playing fast and try to play more physically and get easily overwhelmed due his lack of strength. Then he would spiral until being sat again. Sit him a few weeks and suddenly he looks good again for a couple weeks. A most unusual case.

Supposedly LA is looking for a cheap 3rd goalie type with Copley going to LTIR; Comrie come on down!

My only issue with this has to be the insistence on NJ and FLA making substantial moves being instrumental. NJ hasn’t exactly looked great this year and Meier has been a borderline bust so far for the Devils. Florida however is a oddball due to their locale and taxes being an immediate draw but furthermore there’s zero chance we make a trade on par with the Tkachuk deal. Part of the issue we find ourselves in is the inability to supplement the core with still effective vets while simultaneously gaining some degree of backbone. Problem being players that fit that role either are disinterested in coming here, washed up, or not available. Additionally said players either want absurd contracts or already have them. TSN said Lindholm turned down 8x9mil practically in the off-season which more or less sinks that ship. One of the few players who’d fit this role to a T is Boone Jenner whom happens to already be the captain of Columbus and unlikely available to begin with.

Well Tage just broke his hand so I’d prefer him not fight anyone.

When our PP looks poised, we don’t get calls. When the PP looks terrible we get 5 PPs

Feels like some players whom have a bit of moxxy lose it if they are penalized or straight up beaten up. Want to kill a team’s willingness to fight? Give the a freaking penalty every freaking time they are in a scrum and potentially a PK for their trouble. The team is moderately soft akin to a Toronto but we seem to be the only team to get endlessly punished for daring to even try to be even slightly mean. Just a rough night in general. UPL played well until UPL’s literal oppsie seemed to gut the team and then Arizona went full on LAK from the 2010s with the full on mugging and board play shtick. Our passes were always an inch off and/or bouncing like a freaking basketball. See ya all on Tuesday

Team didn’t deserve to win tonight with that 3rd effort but the refs certainly gave us no help. Benson is awesome They looked completely out of gas by the end of the 3rd.