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If I remember correctly, he did some sports for a small station.

Nah. That looked like a pic of my 26yr old son, who is def not a professional athlete. He just doesn’t have the committed gym rat physique. LOL at you of all people calling out internet outrage culture.

That kid looks like he needs to hit the gym. Maybe its an unflattering picture, but he sure as hell doesn’t look like a professional athlete there.

He had a couple. Hoss was one.

I agree with all this generally. Look no further than our Zemgus Girgensons for what to expect from that part of the first round. The guys selected in this range are not often top 6 players. I don’t really have an issue with signing him to be a bottom of the lineup player. He is NHL level at that role, but its JAG level. Jost and Robinson, or a hair above, are where he is going to live in his career. As long as his contract reflects that, each team has those guys. Preference is definitely to package him to a team just starting their rebuild for a bottom 6 upgrade though.

He’s bottom 6. We all want the bottom 6 to look differently. Young, on a team that has too much youth. Skilled, but unlikely to crack the top 6 as he develops/matures. He’s the perfect candidate for a hockey trade.

Hard to say. The image is poorly framed.

Nope. That stock image looks much leas credible.

I dunno. There is some convincing stock draft images on that screen shot. It screams credibility to me.

Ooooooh. Chicago. I don’t see how that one sells with thw public. Not gonna happen.

Someone give me the abridged version of Quennville. Whatever happened didn’t take root in my memory banks and I’m too damned distracted to go find it.

My position was never stated or implied anywhere that he could rectify this in real time. But he sure as ***** witnessed it in real time. My timeline? He had right up through the trade deadline to correct roster and leadership issues. Donnie? I think Jan 1 is reasonable.

I didn’t think it needed to be laid out so plainly to be understood. Bottom 6 needed grit- didn’t react in time to save the season Slow starts, arrogance speaks to leadership- didn’t react in time to save the season Practice quality- did he address with Donnie at all? He said he’s a hands on GM. Where was his leadership? Was he not persuasive enough? Donnie’s contract extension is whipped cream on top of the pie. Evidence that KA is in over his head and needs a life preserver.

On a continuum, Ralphie might’ve been running a resort, Donnie an adventure vacation, and Colorado a coal mine, eh?

After reading the accounting here of the press conference, my emotions seem different than most. I’m pissed, frankly. KA saw what we all saw. Just acknowledged that he knew it was all wrong. Knew the practices were wrong. Knew coming out of camp was wrong. Knew that the bottom 6 wasn’t heavy enough. Knew that the players heads weren’t where they needed to be. And he let it all fester for the whole ***** season. Hands on GM, my ass. You are complicit. Get the ***** out of here. You are over your head.

Forget LGR4GM, I am voting the SDS4GM ticket across the board.

No. More. Rookies.

I’m actually not trying to discount Ruff as a good coach. Specifically relating to the point Big Guava made, that Ruff would somehow galvanize a mentally weak team, history has shown Ruff to not have that particular trait with a set of players that was (Im guessing cuz Im lazy) 75% the same as the team that lost to Carolina in the conference finals.

Different years, much of the roster the same, same coach. That coach couldn’t save the Drury-Briere Sabres from becoming the Sabres that couldn’t figure out how to rise above. Ruff is not a panacea.

This is somewhat revisionist. Ruff was the coach during the Miller - Lucic incident and the “fragile little children” comments by Miller. Ruff is not a panacea.