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Joki and Power were not a good fit.

He’s not the defenseman I would’ve parted with it money/contract was no object. Not super happy about this

RIP

Power lacks killer instinct

He hit and miss on the Hall thing. But there was no long term damage to that at all, which can’t be said for other teams looking to add a vet like that. Any GM has a chance to make a good roster trading away Reinhart and Eichel at the start of their prime. I think he did okay on those deals. His Ristolainen deal was a cherry on top. I like his drafting strategy of hockey iq and attitude being the top priority, physical metrics coming second. Again time will tell. He turned Buffalo from the butt end of every joke in the league into an attractive destination players around the league see as an emerging threat. A lot to praise here. Even if Bylsma got some more points out of the team, nobody was scared of them once they matched up on Eichel. I think coaching is the biggest problem, assistants in particular. There has been some turnover, so still time to see how it shakes out. I can’t stand the goalie coach situation and he’s in denial there is a problem there. I hope Levi is good enough to not be phased by it. If Levi doesn’t work we have major issues. Toronto has been trying to get the goalie position right for over a decade now, it’s not like we’re the only team needing help there. I agree with him letting Ullmark pass because he wouldn’t lock him up to long term, Boston fans have already turned on him. Playoffs or bust this season tho.

Only thing I’m worried about are the scoring lines keeping pace later in the season when teams start to clamp down. One or two injuries and we couldn’t score a goal end of last season

Although extreme conditions, he is offering a fig leaf to those he looks to punish. If not Hasek pushing this, who would you listen to?

Or you just need players who fit the play style better. You can’t round peg every square hole

Offer sheet the guy who went straight from NCAA to the NHL so that our guy doesn’t do the same thing?

Let me qualify my next statement by saying I disliked the trade of a non NHLer for an NHLer that helped the team. I now have goalie opinions about acquiring any goaltender that breathes

Gibson played on a BAD team and still got 0.9 If we trade for a goalie he’s the one for me. 4 years and if he gets outplayed by Levi then so be it. He shouldn’t cost any prime asset

So it was said to a friend and not the front office

Gibson can’t cost much. Oloffson and UPL got Gibson 50% retained?

Extend Dahlin and Power Offload Oloffson I think there’s a few decent forwards worth a short term deal still available in UFA. A trade of Ullmark and Jokiharju for something may be cool, but no rush.

It’s more about sending a message to the team.

Toronto becoming easy to dislike. I like.

Some of us don’t believe goalies are worth the contract or the ones that are don’t become available. Boston is already trying to get rid of Ullmark for example

Granato had multiple games he kept them in for 5. Offense turned around but 5 is a… safe lead. He’s doing all the same failings as McDermott. All culture no smarts.

Helle isn’t that good and isn’t worth the contract hell

Who is trading a roster upgrade for an overpaid PP specialist?

That’s great. The penalty kill is atrocious and he lost many points not pulling goalies earlier enough when it was painfully obvious

We’re two players over the roster limit. A couple guys are going to get free rides

Guy seems happy that his gaffes he can blame the system on now instead of being the lame duck in Boston

Levi didn’t play until the last handful of games, which if we didn’t lose half our top6 to injuries would’ve likely been all wins.

Fully expect them to either trade UPL or waive Comrie and expect him to get claimed Toker can absolutely play a game or three