dudacek

Oh come on, you know he sucks. 😁🦇

Also, Chris Taylor seems like good dude, but the deification of him around here is kinda absurd. He has three years head coaching experience where he led a couple loaded Amerks teams to first-round knockouts, yet I bet half this board would be happy if he was named the new head coach.

If by came out you mean someone on the internet hypothesized.

He is.

The preferred team from that list is Florida. Assuming Barkov has an interest in signing here.

Somebody wants Granato to get the job.

The lack of flak Botterill gets for the Sabres troubles tells me he made the right friends.

I have no opinion on the question that fuels this thread. But I strongly disagree with the idea Granato should not be head coach because we need an "experienced" head coach, and by experienced, I mean "a coach who has been fired by NHL teams at least twice." Don Granato has been a head coach for 14 years at the minor league level and an additional 5 years as head coach of the UNDTP. He's also been an NHL assistant coach for 4 years and is an NHL head coach right now. He is as experienced and his resume is just as impressive as Jon Cooper's, Mike Sullivan's or Bruce Cassidy's when they were hired to their current jobs, and they've all done all right for themselves. If the "experienced" guy is the be-all and end-all, why the hell has Gerard Gallant been fired before he completed his 3rd season three times? Just hire the right guy.

It was too early last month to give up on Casey and Tage. It is is too early this month to decide we suddenly have a dangerous middle 6 going forward. These 6 guys have combined for 67 NHL goals in their careers. They've played an average of 81 games. I love how they're playing right now and I want them to play out the season the way they are being used. Ask me again in a month.

Beniers is actually nearly two years younger than Turcotte —Nov 2002, Feb 2001

Yeah, I don't do that deal either, mostly because there is a reasonable chance neither Byfield nor Turcotte justify their draft position.

If I was trading Eichel my ask would initially be a hockey trade, either straight across along the lines of Johansson/Jones or, more likely a package, like Lafontaine/Turgeon If they go the traditional "futures" route, my ask would include a 1st-round pick/equivalent prospect, a good top-six NHL forward and a high-end young player/prospect. One of the latter-two assets would have to have 1st-line ability. So, for the Rangers: Chytil/Miller Krieder/Zibanejad Kakko/Lafreniere The Kings are tougher: Turcotte Kempe Byfield lacks the top-6 element, but might make up for it in the strength of prospects and the cap space.

For the record, Rangers fans would not trade any of Fox, Laf or Shesterkin on their own for Eichel. Now, the Rangers aren't the same as Ranger fans, but I am reasonably certain Fox would not be on the table and I am also reasonably certain the Sabres would want an asset as good as Lafreniere coming back.

I don't think I'm alone in saying all that really matters as a fan right now is a chance to enjoy watching the Sabres again.

It's possible Hall finds a game again in Boston. He still has some skill, it was the will that was lacking here. But I still have hope he might continue his Sabre-suckitude in Beantown. I'm loving what Eric Staal has brought to Montreal.

Bjork had good game last night, but lets not try and turn this into a Miro Satan-type steal quite yet. He's fast, works hard and seems to be responsible. His hands might be lacking. Girgensons?

The 2017 draft was so weird. It will be interesting to see how it all settles out in 5 or 6 years. Did you know Casey sits 7th in his class in goals, and 10th in points? I wonder if the internet experts are still talking him up as a bust and Gabe Villardi, Morgan Frost, Cody Glass as studs-in-the-making?

What you can't forget is how much the lineup has changed already: R2, Bjork, Bryson, Thompson, Mittelstad, Asplund and to a lesser extent Cozens weren't regulars under Ralph

Cozens was so good last night: fast, strong, smart and committed. I think it was his best game as a pro.

I’m telling you man, even if you’re right, just go with the flow. You deserve it.

And a 24-year-old Eichel. Casey is suddenly looking every inch the player we thought he’d become in three years, three years ago. Cozens tonight went from good for a rookie, to good. That kid was made to be a hockey player. I’ve conditioned myself to not expect things like this to ever happen, but I’ll be goddamned if I don’t enjoy a moment like this when it’s here.

Gil Perreault

Joki is smooth like Hjalmar though and good both ways.

This. I certainly heard it more as "We didn't have very many options and we do think he has a skillset that might work there, with the emphasis on the first half.

That GR doesn't represent how many games left until you have to protect him. I think it's how many games left until he counts as towards the number of players you must expose. (Teams have to expose a minimum number of "NHL" vets)