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Agent is dumb. Tuch isn’t getting another contract as a player taking him to 38

The way athletes are idolized there’s no reason to insinuate they had it coming. Hockey players are set into these dreams before they’re adolescents

He needs help. That ain’t ok considering the Sabres are the ones who employed him to scramble his noggin, they sure as hell better not cut ties cold turkey. That isn’t a way to uphold an image. Doesn’t mean he should be allowed near kids anymore tho, not unless he finishes some program

They weren’t tested today. But it’s the. It question mark to answer this season

Glad to hear cook as long as the salary isn’t restricting us our secondary is suspect tho

Why

This is the hopium thread. Are you lost?

They changed half of their defense with solid players in their prime. Not players who need to be exceptional, just solid. and they added defensive minded forwards to replace the hoop suckers that will enable the goalies to have an ounce of confidence. And the goalie problem will be resolved that will enable the offense defenseman we already have to actually step up playoffs, beat Toronto, win cup

His issue is confidence imo. Following that theory then it could

If he finally has a partner who is stay at home and reliable he will have a chance. He hasn’t had that in his career yet

I still can’t get over his gaslighting over the animated board ads. Boo Bettman

A season with no cozens and peterka or Mittelstadt. Maybe the goalies will have a chance?

Then the avs ditched him. Cause he doesn’t have it. And coming here he’s just going to revert back to Jeff skinner status give me a grinder who can’t pot it in

You literally have a team known for identifying culture fits and sniffing out bad habits trying to dump him and you want in to that again? casey for Byram is one of the biggest trade wins in a long time. One is clearly serviceable, the other is being cast off from big team to big team after they actually get to test drive him. People like to crap on KA, but this is a huge move. And you want to undo it????

I think there’s plenty of offense to be given from Dahlin if he is given a real partner for once and is unlocked

Offense wasn’t the problem sure there were games where it was completely stifled. But we were already down 2 goals and other team wasn’t opening up

Think he was just young and having to earn his stripes on a team full of samesies

He was only given fourth line minutes and he wasn’t producing.. with 4th line deployment. He went to the A and scored a plenty. Wouldn’t be concerned there

Not even close imo. Greenway is a great passer and is usually quick to dish it anyway griere uhh, did none of those things, but would put himself in breakaway situations quite a bit where.. you’d be surprised if he even managed to get a shot off Not even close imo. Greenway is a great passer and is usually quick to dish it anyway griere uhh, did none of those things, but would put himself in breakaway situations quite a bit where.. you’d be surprised if he even managed to get a shot off

Not sure those kind of stone hands will ever make it in the NHL ever again

Michael Peca

They gotta make the last game of the season have a reason to be watched 😅

I view the lack of emphasis on experience as a consequence of obsession on statistics. As teams tried to find types of players that could project to be players from the past, and manage the cap station, they lost the mentorship and culture players needed to grow into those projections. Then we had ‘development’ focused coaches which doubled down on making things worse. Coaches who never understood a damn thing about building culture, but teaching each player they are a special snowflake and the grass is always greener on your next team. The thing players need to hear in a summer camp, not in the big league Now we are in the ‘everyone is 28’ time period, where the hope is guys are competing to be in their prime as a way to ensure there’s motivation for leadership and accountability to develop in the room. I agree this is way better than hand selecting 22yos and expecting ***** to pan out, but there’s still maturity outside of the room. Matt Moulson and Okposo were just the wrong kinds of leaders. They’re good people, just not the cut throat accountability Nazi the team needs out of a vet. The guy who is only there because he works hard, not because he has raw talent. Yet he’d go to war if someone cheap shotted the rookies he hazes day in and out. We just didn’t have that latter part. And didn’t even try to cover the gap with a goon. We just let the kids wallow in no accountability and positive reinforcement useless development coaches. And did nothing when the evander kane, Zach Bogosian bad influences rotted out the room. At least there’s a shred of hope that ‘tougher to play against’ isn’t only measure in height and weight, but attitude as well. The kid Doan and the obsession with Bensen is my hope Lindy at least knows it right. Those 4th liners last season had none of it tho. Average age can be thrown off too much by a couple players. Give me the median

Team plays with more mojo with Greenway is out there. We’re reaching critical mass of players with that sort of effect. Bryson being the remaining total drag out there. Samuelsson is minimized. Power and Byrams faults is they play without bite and teams get cocky then they get lost chasing. A few more finished checks here and there and teams don’t try that ***** as much. But the flow falls apart as they’re covering for so many weaknesses. its at the point where Dahlin doesn’t play offense like he should be because he’s covering so much. If we traded out Byram the defense is just too thin. We’re better for it for two years. get a forward who actually forechecks with grit on every line and defenseman who don’t skate circles and the whole game gets easier for everyone Optimism comes from the mix being changed. You can still have some skill guys but they can’t be a majority; everyone can’t play the perimeter only one

They drafted only tall folks as well as big and tall elsewhere. You’re asking for even more trades but those are kinda pushing it. I don’t like Power but I don’t force a trade with him, I surround him with players who cover his weakness like we finally are.