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Heck Sam and Risto are the only bright spots right now! Take them away and what's left? Fur sure no Hall signing. Apparently the Leafs are interested in Hall and we should hopefully win that trade as Leafs have much to offer..

not sure why we would consider trading Quinn who hasn't even played yet...better to get rid of all the many overpaid vets on this team that have no grit or heart. And I don't trust management enough (meaning pegulas) to make trades where we may actually win th etrade

I wonder what we can get for Hall? Obviously his production has been awful but he has upside and would help a playoff team no doubt. Don't think we have to much else that will bring in anything of significance.

I think it is safe to say that tanking does in fact work as proven by Pittsburg and Toronto...the problem is they immediately got better again and we keep getting worse. For sure it hurt not getting McDavid but then Edmonton sucks with him so hard to know what would have happened had we won that lottery to get McDavid. Either way this team seriously needs a President before it makes ANY moves (including firing Ralphie). Let a new President make ALL the decisions as Toronto did. Rutherford and BB would be a great start!

at least the Leafs finally lost a game...get so tired of hearing their fans go on and on about how great they are and how this is their year...

I guess my biggest question would be do we really think we'll get anything back if we trade jack that will actually make the team better? We are having a hell of a time finding a 2nd center after giving away ROR and if we trade jack then we have no top centers at all. That in itself should tell them not to trade Jack but rather to show RK the door sooner the better. Who knows maybe we can get back into the playoff race if they do somethig soon. Otherwise it's "wait until next year" which is seem sis our motto every year.

Yep their jerseys are beautiful...by far the best looking losers in the NHL...

good question...wonder if they have one? I assume they would not want to see either go but then again they loved through the Gretzky trade so anything is possible. They must be as tired of losing as we are for sure! Meanwhile the Leafs and their fans truly think they are that good and all I hear is talk of a cup after how many years!!! Wait til they meet Boston or whoever from another division...

Living up here in ONtario north of TO all I keep hearing is how great the Leafs are as they continue to rack up crazy numbers against totally inferior teams. Can't help but wonder how long it wil be before we hear that McDavid and/or Draisaitl become disenchanted and want out of Edmonton? The Oilers have done nothing to really improve and losing three in a row in embarassing fashion can't sit wlll with either player. Kind of a waste for these two guys (and Jack for that matter) to be wasting their "golden years" on crappy losing teams.

Wow...I really thought he would turn into a good steady d-man...crazy if we got him back for nothing!

really need a President who can run the whole thing...Rutherford will be fine. Looks like the year is shot so who is available next draft that can help this team??? Is there going to be a draft? I assume there has to be...

well said...it is almost impossible to believe that a new goalie and a 2nd line center (yes just like ROR) would solve all that ails this team overnight. I think it goes far deeper then that. Can;t help btu wonder if Jack is looking at ROR and thinking "I want what he got"...

totally agree...not hard to see the players are so down and the more they lose the more it snowballs.

so is it just me or do I not see what other's are seeing? Some suggest to "be patient" blah blah blah (like we've been patient for how many year snow??). I watch the end of Boston/NY Rangers and the intensity and drive of both teams win or lose is awesome! They hit push scrum and fight at the end of the game a good scrap. I am sorry but this team is not an NHL team right now period! I agree they get paid like a NHL team but they are truly an embarrassment and anybody who actually believes this will "turn around" anytime soon is smoking too much wacky tobacky...Jack is clearly not a leader and should not be captain (unless you think having temper tantrums is leading). Maybe the pressure of losing and trying to live up to his high draft-ranking and to try to stay relatively close to McDavid and Mathews is creating pressure he simply cannot handle. Heck Montreal lose a few games and fire their coach. It really was to bad there weren't al the good choices there are now avaiiable when we signed RK. Ralphie is a soccer coach who tries to use techniques that may or may not work in soccer but not hockey. In soccer defense is everything and many try to score that one goal then sit on it and play to hang on to that one goal. As we are seeing, that simply will not work in the NHL...maybe some games are 1-0 but they are intense and teams try to score (not like the Sabres who clearly are not being coached properly). Clearly the players do not know their roles and RK expects everyone to be defensive experts. Ralphie needs to change to meet the NHL not the other way around (although he clearly thinks he can change not only the team but the NHL)

Isn't the old blame-the-goalie thing getting tried? You really think we would have won with that "effort" they put forth today with Linus in net? That was really hard on the yes...an dyes I am totally on board to trading Jack and a bunch more but I do not trust the current regime to do any real moves. We first have to clear deck then hire a real President who then hopefully will bring in a compentant GM then coach. And they actually are serious about bringing fans back into the stands? That would have been a complete boo-fest today if there had been any poor souls fool enough to pay money to watch that crap. Absolutely 100% disgusting.

Funny when my son heard Ullmark was out for a month he said that we had to go after another goalie and I said that what's the sense? The year is over and we should get what we can for Hall and whoever else at the deadline and look forward to next year as we always do. Absolutely sickening

OMG this is so hard to watch...this team is absolutely dreadful. Philly are awful and are ripe for the taking and winning only because we are worse. Sad part it looks like no one really cares out there (for us). Hutton is awful but so is the whole team at this point Just absolutely pathetic period

at the end of the day (or season) I still think both Edmonton and the Laughs won't go anywhere once they play a good team. Living up here north of Toronto and having to hear Leaf fans go on and on about how great they are and what a great season they are having is sickening! They go on about how this is their year (like they do every other year but this year they are playing in the lousy north division where there is virtually no competition to speak of). Will be interesting next 3 games TO versus Oilers...Mathews is going great guns and McDavid is, well I can only say I said it then, and I wil say it now...we were doomed when we lost that bloody lottery. Imagine Edmonton without McDavid???

you get my vot eas well...exactly what should take place

the team cannot score 5 on 5 and that is what Skinner was signed to do and what he does best. End of story...bye bye Ralphie (can't be soon enough)...

trust me Skinner would waive that NTC in a heartbeat but there is no way to trade a $9MIl player who is basically not wanted...

It really is sad to see these guys and the crap they went through fighting to stay in the NHL...I am so glad the "pre-arranged" fight is gone and do enjoy a good spontaneous scrap between two willing combatants. Anyways this is a good watch as well...

certainly makes one wonder...I mean Jack is absolutely brutal out there and Hall is a complete bust yet Ralphie picks only on Skinner? Does not make a lot of sense. It's not Skinner's fault that he got such a absurd contract...and he was signed to score goals which he did very well until RK came along. Meanwhile everybody still wants to trade Sam and he is our best player right now (obviously others are close behind such as VO and I love Cozens). I do like the young guys we are seeing more of such as Cozens, Asplund, Borgen etc...

so true...that is what always gets me when I watch other teams is how they play with such intensity and heart and drive...teams like Montreal Pittsburg Philly etc etc win on shear tradiiton and heart and desire. all things this team seems to have virtually none of. Our captain is the quite possibily the worse of the whole bunch...sad

Heck Montreal was doing much better then our Sabres and they fire everybody? How the hell Ralphie is still here is beyond me...