Thorny

The most positive thing is that we add our names to the list of teams that don’t want him great guy we need upgrades

With the islanders getting hot I think we are well and truly cooked. Moneypuck has us at 1.2%. Only Ottawa at 0.1% remains between us and the teams with 0%. KO trade does reinforce that. It’s an abject fail of a season. Puts KA on the hot seat for next. I’m glad to see early signs point to him being proactive in switching some things up. It’s very needed and could bode well. I’m ready to shift my focus to next season and it seems the team is too. For better or worse.

Byram - Dahlin Johnson - Power Samuelsson - Clifton … has a chance to be pretty fun and formidable if there’s a strong UPL and Vet backup/absolutely ready Levi combo behind it.

It’s a positive trade. It means we intend on replacing him on the roster

No, I meant I was joking above, playing off what PA said Thus: “I get the idea is to send him to a contender”

Good because we won’t be overcommitting to playing him on his proper hand - - - this is a joke. I get the deal is to send Kyle to a contender and WHAT a contender! edit: do they have like 7 former Sabres now?!

First look at new acquisition Sjalin

Grizzly Adams DID have a beard

Really nice add for Winnipeg tbh

Toffoli to Jets

“I got Tim hortons and took the day off work for this?” - - - I can’t believe we’re slated to draft 8th again haha

Yes? Wait, no

He’s not leaving

McDavid is a playmaker, but he scores a lot of goals. If we need to arbitrarily cling to players being defined by a max of one designation, he’s not typically classified as a “goal scorer” - but that doesn’t stop McDavid from being one of the best goal scorers on the NHL. It shouldn’t dampen our outlook on Quinn as a playmaker is his stat line one day reads 40g 40a rather than 20g 40a. Quinn can pass the puck. Benson: again, not a skill issue, execution issue. He’s not producing yet, no, but you said it in your post: “rookie”. Obviously we know we need production now and outside help at that, but the discussion was more so veering into whether Benson in theory could represent the playmaking from wing we need and the answer is definitely yes.

Everyone just travels around in a big pack

Guys like Thompson and Cozens theoretically work fine at C as long as we complement them with playmaking wingers. It’s been that way in the league for a while that you don’t necessarily need to funnel the playmaking through the “centreman” as forwards generally rove around in the O zone wherever they want. Say, Marner in Toronto. As long as we have guys like Benson and Quinn filling out the wings I think Thompson and Cozens work more than fine provided they are on their game. I don’t think it’s a skill and fit issue, it’s an execution issue the biggest thing the guy listed in the middle of the depth chart needs to have is the defensive awareness to handle the centre’s responsibilities in the D zone: where F positions actually become more relevant

I think it might just be generational

There may be merit to the idea they need to learn from someone with legit experience, but with such an overkill of youth they struggle to relate to older players. Maybe they do need a Byram. “There’s a dude bro we can trust.” Imo, under this line of thinking I don’t understand how Granato could still be here, for a team in such need of experience. Maybe they think a vet coach would be tuned out

Get guys gone

Deadline day! Let’s gooooooo

All your base are belong to us

STILL only 9 points out. We aren’t gonna make it but Tampa is ass

I’m not so sure

How does Comrie look