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Any interest in Broberg from Edmonton?

Tage is back, Dahlin is playing but has lingering issues As much as we rag on the team, I do honestly feel Dahlin, Tage, and Cozens are honest when they say they want to go to the playoffs. I fear Tage is coming back a tad early due to Tuch’s injury but I certainly respect his desire.

There had been mentions of Pegula overruling Botts with both Eichel and Skinner since Botts wanted to give short term piecemeal contracts to top players. KA may have been hired to be a “Yes Man” but he’s been our best GM out of the three oddly enough. Plus I actually side with the Pegulas in essence over ridding the franchise of bloat when COViD shut everything down. I wouldn’t have fired Taylor but streamlining the staff made sense and Botts outright refusing to obey his boss was legitimate means for dismissal. Of our GMs we have had Murray - overly aggressive, lacked interpersonal skills for the team’s roster, wore blinders in terms of players he wanted to acquire Botts - overly cautious with locking in best players, baffling trade valuations Adams - overly cautious as a whole, likely overly receptive to ownership’s ideas Ironically enough in someways, if you change their order, it likely works out better Adams is very good at asset compiling as well as finding players who are a good locker room presence Murray was very deliberate but lacked a strong enough personality core to absorb the personalities he brought in Botts was trained under a maintain playoff viability situation and thus worked trades akin to a common playoff contender on the back end of their prime.

I too wish physical players that actually have an ability to play well dropped off trees. That’s my one gripe with this

Because that's his value; he was literally dumped for salary reasons by Florida

Trade a 4th that can become a 3rd for Duclair. Move Benson into Tuch's role for the puck hounding and Duclair into Benson's spot Peterka - Cozens - Duclair SPEED KILLS

Probably would of done more harm than good to be honest, not only to the roster but to Benson, himself.

Columbus isn't exactly a resort town.

Trade Krebs, Östlund and our 2nd for Boone Jenner

Supposedly we did make attempts 2/3 years ago when his previous contract ended.

Not to that degree anymore barring your literally winning the Cup Most high-end prospects are either in the NHL, being traded by teams on Cup runs or trapped in Jrs.

In this case because our top players were out there almost 3 minutes at that point. Cozens was gassed by the last rush.

That's insane, sorry but no goalie is worth 4 1sts

Nashville has already turned down multiple offers and I'm not going to offer 4 1sts

Cozens, the guy isn't failing for a lack of effort tonight for sure. Ryan Johnson is starting to show his inexperience, go get a solid vet dman and send him back to Rochester for a bit. Can we get a soul to replace Jost? He sort of just exists except in scrums.

Is it just me or is the puck bouncing like crazy in our zone?

I'd guess there would be a number of teams looking to get Dahlin, he's a Top defenseman playing in the league.

They started well, have an issue and the entire energy level drops and now they are down 2 again. The idea Cozens had his mojo beat out of him is a concerning but legitimate theory.

Goalie just isn't going to happen barring Nashville deciding to actually deal Saros; other options are akin to shuffling deck chairs at a price. Henrique is a great thought but doesn't fit your desire for a two way center; guy has always been a softer energy/skill player. Monahan is actually very similar to Henrique only he's locked behind the division wall. Clutterbuck, if available would be an interesting pick up, although his Corsi is at EJ's levels. Granted his zone starts are something to gawk at, 13.5% Ozone vs 86.5% Dzone. Plus I doubt Lou would move him barring absurdity. He is, after all, the guy who brought Matt Martin to Toronto and to the Isles again when he moved there.

Glad to see there was at least some fight in them by the end but it wasn’t anywhere near enough. I really am at a loss as to what we can possibly do to actually get somewhere. Even if you fire Granato due to team under performance it doesn’t necessarily fix anything. Plus I have zero confidence in any trade or signing actually ever going anywhere. You trade Cozens for McDavid… Cozens bounces back immediately and McDavid breaks his leg and pulls his Achilles twice in his remaining contract years. Honestly that is how it feels. Whatever we do is going to either bite us in the back and/or disappoint us in the front. I know Thorny wants to claim it’s all bad management but even bad management stumbles into success. We haven’t even had that!

Unsure why’d they start him the night after a SO Win where he made 38 saves.

If you don’t sign on promise you end up with Dahlin’s AAV.

Kind of just feeling like giving up, honestly I have never seen a team have so many players magically fall off a cliff for inexplicable reasons. What in the world has happened to Cozens? His bubble hurt his ability to stick handle but now it seems his motor is on idle. What happened to cobra Muel? He’s literally withered away. Aside from Dahlin and Benson the team is flatter than a pancake. Granato is a great guy but we may need to bring in another coach if we hope to find any path to the playoffs yet again.

Robert Esche has lost it! I miss those days of greatness, vets playing at their peak, rookies immediately fitting in and an uncanny ability to win.

Who?