klos1963

Minimum of 8? I've watched almost every game on + this season.

He's not dying to be a Sabre apparently.

I heard Eichel talk about asking to be moved, but earlier in this saga, didn't KA say that Eichel had not, at that point, asked for a trade? Not asking to be argumentative, just seeing if my memory is correct.

honestly though, that's how I get greeted every visit. Vegas is great!

He should be a big help. He's an excellent player and offers the physicality and offense that teams covet.

yes it is, but I think everyone knows what winning means. That's all.

ok but 'he knows what winning mean's ' just sounds kinda odd.

What does that mean?

It would have been good of Kane to have done something, but i think he was 21 years old, this falls onto those higher up, not on a 21 year old player, no matter how good he is.

Not if he want's a chance to win again before he retires. He's still very good, if he leaves Chicago, he does to a contender. Buffalo is not an attractive option.

I guess if it wasn't a 60 minute game, but it is.

I don't doubt this was probably as good a deal as KA could get, especially with no salary retention. Only a few teams agreed to the surgery, Eichel is not guaranteed to be 100% healthy after and salary cap implications made this difficult. There is a good chance that at least 3 of the pieces are significant players in the next few seasons, so that's a positive. It wasn't great, it wasn't bad, this was uncharted territory and with a inexperienced GM, I think it's good enough and time to move on, KA has a lot of work still ahead.

Even after being 5-1-1 at one point? West coast trips shouldn't be any different than any other road trip these days. 4 hour charter flight isn't a big deal, anaheim and LA 30 miles from each other....

But he's still young....

I think when there is a lack of talent, it looks like the effort isn't there, when they're not capable of doing what's needed to win.

Good thing we only signed Dahlin to a bridge deal. I don't think he's gonna make it.

nothing to do with waking them up. There's not enough talent on the team, even less with Mitts and Victor out. There never was enough talent.

It would be tremendous if Cozens turns out as good as Couture, and they could both be Bills fans. I just don't see any resemblance now.

So next season, expect about 70 points, like Couture had?

Yeah, let's hope. But Cozens really doesn't do much right now. Still very early to judge, but between him and Dahlin, a couple high picks not contributing much right now.

Cozens shouldn't even be in the NHL right now. Couture was a star from his first full season. No comparison.

ESPN+ showed some highlights. Boy, he is really good.

I was as pessimistic as anyone going into the season, but I think you are wrong. Our prospects seem to be off to great starts, Quinn and Peterka seem like top 6 prospects, we'll likely get at least one more with an Eichel trade and Mitts , Cozens and Olofsson might also make it. Goaltending is still probably an issue, but can be addressed next offseason. I'm encouraged by what we are seeing. Plus we finally have a good coach.

In your career in leadership development, have you ever analyzed a situation just from reading newspaper reports and online comments or did you get to know the people involved in order to make a solid assessment of the situation? No offense to you, but this is like people online telling how to raise other people's children while never having met me or my kids. It's all guesswork and speculation. You may have valid points, but you really don't know.

whatever floats your boat.