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Ennis deal isn't bad if he was playing and producing at the level he was when he signed it. Those concussions really have screwed him. Hopefully he recovers

haha. But he is saying it in an interesting way

Andersson was the 30th last year and roughly 50th this year. Pretty similar value (especially as he has slightly worse stats).

Is preferable... if it works. Sometimes outside pressure is needed for the right thing to be realised. Hashtag hint hint Murray (should he be reading this thread). I also like Lehner because he simply says it how it is. None of this generic we need to play hard, get shots on net, play a full 60 sound bites.

I disagree. Any player who is pulling their weight in a team that is not has the right to call out the rest of the guys. I don't care if the team like him, and I doubt he does either. I'd rather have a team of professionals who tolerated each other and got the job done than a room full of friends happy to wallow in mediocrity because they're enjoying the journey too much to care about the destination.

Man Lehner is great for this team. I think it is as pitched at some players as Bylsma. Lehner is vocally keeping all accountable and arguably can get away with it by the special privileges his position offers. No doubt this will annoy people the same way Miller irritated them when he did it, I like that Buffalo has a strong history of good and interesting goalies. I hope Lehner is around for a while 5 x 4 million extension.

Plus we got Legwand. Not that he added much, but that's like a 3rd/4th rounder coming back to us.

Plus if he turns his coaching around we can use the same chant. I say DAN you say CAN: DAN - CAN

Plus the season they won, he was only coach for a few months. Usually a coaching change mid-season puts some fire in a teams play anyway (e.g. Islanders this year)

Great post. Interesting read. I honestly don't have the time to watch enough hockey, but I'm assuming the photos of the other teams are 'typical' of their breakouts in your eyes? I've just had surgery and have a few weeks off work, so was looking forward to watching more hockey... then the Sabres decided to go on a west-coast trip :( Obviously we are favouring the stretch pass. How much do we think that is a coaching decision or adaption? What was Bylsma like with the Pens? i.e. are we hail marying it every time because we don't have, or DD doesn't think we have, the talent to properly carry it? Or is this just his system?

So with us well and truly missing the playoffs, I don't even the most ardent optimist still believe there is hope. What happens to Dan? Do people really think he will go? This team is on track to perform worse than last year (both in points and positions). However, Murray has not addressed this teams weakness in 2 seasons now, and on top of that has been trading away what serviceable D-men we had. I'm still not quite over Pysyk being traded. I was reading a Q+A with the Panthers equipment manager and Pysyk was mentioned multiple times as a low maintenance player who is an absolute professional - the guy clearly had a lot of time for him. But I'm sure 3/4 of a season of a misused and under performing UFA is just as good. In other news, does Buffalo have a paper that would ever use the headline 'Bye-lsma' for when he is fired?

I'm trying to work out if I can get to this. See how willing my wife is for a trip across the Atlantic...

Plus with some obvious exceptions, I would probably want to give a well-thought-of AGM a shot at GM over a fired GM

NHL ready?

If he signs...

Chased on goalie :) Man Fleury's stats suck this season1 Reinhart's pass to Foligno was amazing

Yeah Eichel is playing well. I love watching ROR play - its the smart play like 90% of the time. He went 33rd. I'd love to see what he said in his interviews etc.

Even with those possession numbers?

Who knows why these days: https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/836660409541214208

He is

Reinhart has the same points output this season. Why are we giving up a 10 ten pick to get older and no better?

I think this summaries my point. You're ok with him being included in that group. I'm not. I want(ed) Malkin, Crosby, Ovie, McDavid, Eichel, Kane, Toews etc. to be the tier that he is in. If Eichel isn't above the bolded lot then the tank has truly gone to Yeah worded it badly. Decent with regards to the upper talent in the NHL. Basically I wanted an exceptional player and I haven't seen that from him yet - at least not more than brief moments

My point is that I am not alone in thinking Eichel isn't special yet. Eichel is probably top five for name recognition. I don't think my point did get destroyed. Eichel is on track to be a decent player, I'm not denying that. I'm saying he isn't enough for years of suffering. He alone doesn't justify the tank. The best move we made during the tank is to trade for ROR, not draft Eichel imo.

https://www.nhl.com/news/top-active-american-players-rankings/c-287030342 Matthews at 2. Eichel doesn't make the top 10.

I guess this is just where we differ. Eichel is good, but i've only seen the briefest of moments of special.