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Sadly I don’t think there is much KA can do at this point to save the season. So what can he do now? 1. Send Levi down. KA needs to take the pressure off the kid and allow him to figure it out. Might as well give Cooley the backup role for now. 2. Call up Kulich and Rosen. What could it hurt? We are down to 5 productive forwards - Mitts, Cozens, Skinner, JJP and Greenway. Hard to make 3 capable lines out of 5 forwards. 3. Hit the phones. Find out who is available and at what cost. 4. Re-think the PP. With TnT out, we have a unique opportunity to try a whole new approach to the PP. Lets try running in through Mitts in the middle. Lets use Greenway to set up screens.

They used to have more wrist protection.

The waiting for Levi plan isn’t working. The forwards are lost and injuries continue to hamper the group. The PP is a mess. This team is teetering on oblivion after just 16 games. The Bruins proved tonight that the distance between the 2 teams is the Grand Canyon. What now? Fire coaches? Bring up Rosen and Kulich? Trade for forward help? Hope Quinn returns early somehow!

Embarassing

Yep. He is very trying.

So Boston lost their 2 top centers and we returned everyone yet the distance between the teams is as big as ever.

Lol. I’m out.

Who are u trading away and what r u getting? Are you going to acquire mid-season 4-5 new forwards, because that is what we need.

Apparently this going to be another developmental year. Might as well bring up Rosen and Kulich and see if they can add a spark.

I guess it’s movie night after all. Hope Tage is ok.

I remember when we used to score goals like that.

2-0. Way to go boys.

Oh look, Sabres give up the 1st goal. Power and Clifton get beat down by the net.

And your point is? Welcome to player no.1 on the list of players to move on from.

On the NHL pre-game on the NHL Network, they are killing the Caps PP and it looks just like ours. Slow perimeter passing, bad zone entries, dumb penalties etc…. Sound familiar? He says they are too predictable and predictable PPs are easy to defend. He suggests crashing the net, faster puck movement, and changing the look.

Well family issues could certainly hurt someone’s focus on the ice.

Also whose job was it to make sure there were only 11 men on the field for the final play.

I wasn’t in the fire McD camp, but his benching of Cook and not Davis for a similar mistake, especially given Cook’s rep for holding on to the ball and Davis’ history of dropping passes, was the last straw. If they fire McD I’m now ok with that. That was Cook’s first lost fumble on the season on 120 carries. Davis lead the league in drops last year with 9.

Why wasn’t Davis benched for blowing a catch that hit him in the hands and lead to an int?

Bobo?

On the bright side, it's time to clean out some of the dead wood on this roster and get younger and cheaper. Having a mediocre injury-riddled campaign will be the excuse Beane needs to make some changes. We'll get a higher draft pick and a more favorable schedule next year. Fire Dorsey and bring in someone who has a fresh set of eyes to run the offense. Maybe an Andy Reid disciple? There are some nice pieces on offense like Torrence, Kincaid, and Cook (when he holds on to the ball). Diggs can still play, but move on from Davis. The defense also has some nice young players like Rouseau, Bernard, and Benford. Douglas looks like a nice pickup who is under contract for next year as well. All is not lost, but a reset or at least a rethink is needed.

Not laying in on think, just explaining why I believed in the kid.

I have watched alot of Big 10 hockey and Casey basically was a one man team his year at Minn. He only averaged a 1pt a game, but you could see him controlling play. If you remember a few nights ago when he didn't register a point, but controlled the puck for minutes on end and Greenway and others failed to convert the opportunities he created. That is what things were like for Casey at Minn. When he played with good players at the World Jrs he exploded. The other guys I have felt that strongly about recently were JJP and Kulich. Like Casey they stood out at the World Jrs. Stutzle was great for Germany, but JJP wasn't just a side kick. He was almost an even partner. Kulich was much the same, but with a non-stop motor. @freester and I were watching the draft and I was PO'd when we took Östlund over Kulich and then got lucky when Kulich fell to us anyway. I thought he was out best pick of the 3 1st rounders. PS I always liked the Ryan Johnson pick. I know one vocal poster here hated the pick because of the excellent forwards still available (a just criticism), but I had a 1st grade on Johnson and really enjoyed watching his calming and intelligent play at Minn.

Nothing wrong with adding Vets. The key is adding the right vets and knowing when to move on from certain vets. KA hasn't learned this balance yet. Nothing wrong with adding Eric Johnson or adding goaltending, but it was time to move on from VO, Z and/or KO.