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If it weren’t the Bruins, I’d root for it to work.

That goes against everything I have ever read or seen regarding odds of picks making an NHL impact, and everything I have seen or read regarding the statistics behind trading back in the NHL. The likelihood of a pick making it strongly suggests teams need to move up, not down.

Yeah, I can’t be bothered enough to theorize what more pressing issues CA is letting go by the wayside for this. You must be putting more energy into it than I am.

Honest question, do goalies drafted as over agers have a higher hit rate than goalies drafted in their first season of eligibility?

Agreed. I don’t understand why folks are starting lawsuits and ***** to stop progress.

Yeah, we should keep up the memorials to people and battles that fought to keep the right to enslave people and count them at a 3/5ths rate. its not tearing down history. It is tearing down memorials to people who fought for something that was truly atrocious. Tearing down history is banning the books in schools that shed light upon the truly heinous way we treated slaves, and the freed slaves and their descendants for decades after.

Seriously? 20-30 yrs ago people accepted gays and left them alone? This is a bad joke, right?

I seem to recall Adams saying he wasn’t terribly concerned with handedness, but the data certainly suggests that was GM speak.

You don’t think that this type of reasoning isn’t contributing?

Did Ken Preistlay play enough games with Buffalo to qualify? He may have had a cup of coffee with another NHL team too?

Zemgus is highly underrated on this forum.

Yes. Except just effective, wouldn’t expect equally effective. You know, what Buffalo should have done instead of…..

Thorny is a Kreuger apologist. 😁

I would rather judge KAs offseason success after its had an opportunity to play out. Id rather he picked up a starting goalie, a rugged stay at home D to pair with Power, and an NHL menace for the roster, but he may be more right than I if he stands pat. You are so impulsive in your want for KA to “do something “. I’m willing to see if what he does or doesn’t do work. And if it doesn’t work I’m willing to wave goodbye to him.

In your analog you’ve decided that the hiring meant that they were successful in their job, but it doesn’t work that way. The HR person isn’t deemed successful until the new Sales Manger shows a net increase in company revenues, ie. make the playoffs. KA may very well bet that the 3 headed goalie monster is the right play, and as much as I disagree with it, the correct answer won’t be know. Until everything plays out. We could trade for Helle or Saro and find out they are a lousy fit, much worse than if we depended on the 3 headed monster. You’d have already declared the offseason a win without ever considering actual performance because you put your grades in before the test began.

How the ***** do you decide if the right decisions were made in August before you witness the results on ice?

That’s alot of turnover in Boston. Im wondering if a good GM could move alot of that roster out in exchange for decent 3rd line players to keep it expansion team level competitive? (As in Seattle, season 1)

Well, judging an offseason in September is a but like judging a draft in July. It’s more than a bit premature, eh? Lets see where the chips fall first.

The only measuring stick for offseason success is a post season schedule. I can wait to judge.

*insert ominous sounding music here*

After seeing a bunch of those ex Sabres performances in this seasons playoffs, something was waaaayyyy wrong with that team. It should have been good enough as built. (Wait… who were the goalies? Maybe there is your real wildcard)

I’m voting the longshot. Not because I am confident he will, rather because if he doesn’t show the most improvement the season will be disappointing. He simply MUST show terrific improvement. UPL. I am dead convinced KA is rolling with the 3 headed goalie monster, therefore it is absolutely critical that UPLs development is leaps and bounds over last season.

Article in the Buffalo News suggests that Alex may be getting snubbed because he has a history of not showing up for events where he is honored. I guess he’s still a bit of a recluse. Shame cuz he’s definitely worthy if Turgeon is worthy. Sneaky Pete definitely makes it the Hall of the Very Good.

KA will sign a D man in FA that the consensus will determine an upgrade over Joki (Buffalonil wiil object, of course), and that will be it. No new F’s. No new GT’s. He’s done.