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It’s the gift that keeps on giving, Clark.

This is the ultimate risk of not having a “win now” plan. Good players are not going to be as patient as our front office.

And this is exactly gow I expected it to go down when preseason was wrapping up. We’d run a 3 headed monster until the first of either, 1 goalie claims the starting roll, or the lineup got healthy enough to require it. We hit the second one first.

The good game - bad game trend doesn’t bode well for tonight.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Toronto grabbed Comrie regardless. They have nothing to lose.

Both of these were my first two thoughts. I am curious of other examples of an AHL coach on the bench as the head coach for a short term interim. I would have thought that an NHL assistant would get that nod in most instances.

Brilliant.

Not sure, but I think it is spelled Cheques.

Benson is doomed.

As if there was ever any doubt…

Not again. Still.

You get coal.

Okposo if he wants it.

None of which currently equal our level of futility, no? I think a very good argument can be made that we can equal all of these. You should define your argument.

I’m failing to identify a worse sports organization…..

If someone like Owen Power, who would have been a fan of someone like EJ, isn’t looking up to, and paying respect to EJs advice…… I think thats a problem. One we've seen before.

I was really hoping EJ and to a lesser extent Clifton would be the big boy voices that would coerce this team into playing like they need to. EJ spoke up once, and we haven’t heard it since. I wonder if it was not well received.

Oof. Thats dark.

I saw the highlights this morning. Halfway decent goaltending on Toronto’s part and this is a tight game. I counted 4 goals that were cringy if I am a Toronto goalie. If the Sabres team is enjoying some hope over that result, it is false hope. We won’t be seeing that level of incompetence overall by an opponent again any time soon.

That is my take. The players are choosing the path.

I try (not always successful) to not read more into what is said by the coach and GM because so much of it is filtered. But this bothers me. It tells me that either 1. The team as built is fatally flawed to not be either able or willing to play a two way game, 2. Donnie can only get them to play hard by playing fun, or 3 Both. This statement is the last straw for me. If the problem is #1 we need a GM that can build a functional playoff team like NOW, and if its #2 I am firmly on board with the let’s hire a dinosaur coach NOW crowd.

Well on their way to another garbage time improvement, I suppose?

I am so looking forward to another 11-7 gameday roster. Not really.