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Well, that was fun. I'm sure I am not saying anything original, but I am loving the lack of respect the Sabres are showing other teams stars these last couple of games. Definitely a bit of a chip on their shoulders against Eichel and Matthews. And they definitely looked good on a national stage both times.

Now THAT would have been ballsy and NFG. Would make an interesting alternative history discussion. What kind of haul could we have received for that pick?

I don’t think anyone has denied that TM brought in the worst possible personalities to pair with our tankfruit. The idea was sound (and we really need to do the same this offseason), but the selection of people was very regrettable.

This is silly, really.

Acne comments were quickly jumped on as being out of line.

I'll accept it.

A star player who fans had an emotional attachment to due to what they went through to get him, asks to be moved, wonders why the interest in his return game is higher than normal? This is pathetic? It’s about the most human reaction I can think of. His entire time here was emotionally charged.

What is pathetic about it? People wanted to see his return. Its no different than crowds increasing because McDavid is in town, or Crosby. They aren’t cheering those two either, but they come to see him. The crowds were bigger when Boston came too. They were there to boo Lucic and The Nose, and hopefully watch our team embarrass them. Same difference. He’s The Enemy now.

If there is one word we can definitely use to describe Jack, entitled is likely the correct one.

Yeah, thats a step I’m not willing to take.

No specific stories. The entire hour was reaction to last night. The one thing I took from it that I most strongly expect is coming from good, personal insight was Gionta’s comments that Jack looked rattled, and it didn’t surprise him that Jack got rattled and handled it poorly both on and off ice. He said that Jack doesn’t know how to handle adversity. He theorized why, but that part is pure speculation. The lack of surprise regarding Jack’s ability to handle adversity to me had weight because it came from a guy who experienced it directly.

Anyone following my lead only has themselves to blame.

Wow and Petey basically called GMTM an alcoholic near the end.

There was a post game interview between them…

18 minutes in. Over the top. Over sell IMO. I almost stopped listening. Lots of fake outrage. But I don’t doubt that these guys have inner knowledge that we couldn’t ever have. Regardless, It definitely reaffirmed my thought that he was not the right guy personality-wise to build a team around.

I don’t have a subscription so I can’t read the article. I’m just going to assume that he’s doing awesome things that we can be proud of.

Worthy of main page posting IMO

Yup. I’m pretty sure I said pretty much the same thing pages ago. Until his role is adequately and demonstrably replaced he has value to the roster and his contract doesn’t hurt us.

Except this team responded appropriately.

Not gonna lie. This feels pretty good. Feels like a team came together to give some comeuppance to a guy that was keeping them from coming together. Too bad we lost Sam in the process of moving on from Jack.

Dylan Cozens with a very Peca-esque open ice obliteration of Jack, middle of the 1st period. Jack goes off for observation and doesn’t return to the game. Jack plays the next game with a Rick Vaive horse collar, Cozens is fined $5k for the hit. Half the fan base in Buffalo buys Cozens jerseys on Saturday.

Where is Krebs? I can’t find him anywhere? If only someone could point him out to me…

Sounds to me like a coach that undervalues mentors.

We’ve seen essentially that roster already. It wins 1 out of 4 games.

He quoted me.