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Well, get ready to accept it.

The sooner kids like you realize Star Wars is the Matt Ellis of sci-fi, the sooner you'll stop being so critical of the newer movies. *runs*

Meh.

2018, I believe.

One, maybe two (depending on what the roster looks like). Bylsma is his first. Don't say "he hired Nolan!" because Nolan was obviously just the sacrificial tank coach, not a real hire.

Man, I love that setup (though feel moderately sorry for O'Reilly)--honestly think that's the best we can ice right now (and that may or may not speak to larger roster issues :lol: ).

Not sure I agree with this, though I do think his team-level successes would be reduced if separated from Belichick.

Assuming the Sabres don't improve, I'd like to think both Bailey and Baptiste would get extended looks down the stretch. I'd imagine you want them both here sooner than that, however :lol:

I don't have NHL Network anymore :(

Houston didn't play :)

...a top defense missing its best player.

I hope everyone who thinks Trevor Siemian is good is watching this game. No, "It's Christmas" is not an acceptable excuse! :p

Marrone would have punted twice.

Dale Hunter, and he's about 300x worse than Bylsma. Dude wasted two years of Ovechkin's prime.

Also, his career as Bills HC.

I honestly can't say I have a name, but I hope some team does something incredibly stupid and a good coach shakes loose (like last year when Anaheim fired Boudreau). Any chance Nashville fires Laviolette? Probably not, but something like that is my hope. Barring that, give me an assistant from a team like Pittsburgh that plays a 2016-style possession game, or head coach at a lower level who knows how to execute previously mentioned possession game. I want speed (the real kind, not the Bylsma fast stretch pass kind) and an active blue line.

If we took this approach with every player, we legitimately wouldn't be able to ice a team.

This quote, right here, to me, is what's wrong with Bylsma in a nutshell: John Vogl ‏@BuffNewsVogl 8m8 minutes ago "It was all puck management and turnovers. Through two periods, we gave them nine odd-man rushes." - Sabres' Bylsma The man honestly and truly doesn't give a lick about generating offense. I'm not saying sloppy play with the puck leading to turnovers isn't a problem, but when you're scoring 1 goal a game with a healthy roster, would it freaking kill you to talk about generating some offense? I'm asking this in all seriousness: when was the last time Bylsma said the team had to generate more chances to win? I haven't heard a thing. Welcome aboard! :beer: Honestly, when was the last time the board was this unified about anything? Firing Regier towards the end?

It all hinges on what Murray wants. Scenarios: 1) Murray wants LA-East: Bylsma is safe at least through this time next season. Though a staple of those LA teams, a heavy two-man forecheck, is something Bylsma rarely employs, so there is not complete safety here. They agree on vision, but not tactics. 2) Murray wants a Pens-style attack: Bylsma's clock is ticking, though one has to wonder how such a disconnect happened. 3) They're totally on the same page from vision to tactics, but also both recognize the roster isn't there to pull it off: Bylsma is safe until the time the roster is "set." 4) Murray thinks the team is better than its results, even if he and Bylsma agree on approach: Bylsma's clock is ticking. Two style based, two results based. Of these, I think 1 & 3 are the most likely for right now, with 4 coming into play depending how the rest of the season plays out. Hard to know how viable #2 is without being inside the interviews. Did Bylsma say what he had to say to get the job? Maybe he was completely sincere, but has fallen back to what he's comfortable with rather than truly changing. Regardless, if #2 truly is the case, that has to be concerning for any subsequent coaching hires (there's a reason I labeled it #2). In any event, I find a hard time seeing Bylsma's job in real jeopardy before the end of the season unless the wheels completely fall off while the roster is healthy, which I don't think is especially likely. I also think that once Bylsma is fired, the clock starts ticking on Murray--the next coach had better be the right coach.

I actually think there's a reasonable chance the crash doesn't happen this year. Last year was Risto's first in that kind of role, and he had an entire offseason to prepare for it this go 'round. I'd prefer him to get a minute or so less on average, but I'm not terrified of it.

Insane random stat: James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 36m36 minutes ago Jagr needs 75 more points to have as many points as Gretzky had assists. And yet, here I sit, continuing to think that Crosby could be in the vicinity if he played during the firewagon era.

Agree on the entire post, which I shall not quote for the sake of eyes. But what I bolded here? And it may just be negative vibes from a terrible game talking...but my gravest worry is that Murray is on board with Bylsma's style of play and wants to be LA-East...but has failed in colossal fashion in acquiring the right pieces (whether it's because he couldn't, or worse, he thinks the collected pieces fit the style...).

Well, one of those may happen....though I suspect not until this time next season :(

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