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Now you’re speaking sense (and it’s been done before….)

Are the new high draft picks more coachable and mentorable than the last few? Reinhart and Eichel had powerful dads that probably ruined damn near everything. Just like ROR. Cozens has a humble upbringing. Dahlin has a humble upbringing. Power seems like a diva, but he’s squarely behind Dahlin and that’s more motivational drive than anything money can buy when it comes to guys like him. And there’s a coach who has done decades worth of player development as their coach. Just need vets willing to put in the effort like Gionta and the sponges ready to soak it in. Players like Eichel and Reinhart floated. im hopeful.

Isn’t Karmanos a counterpoint to this? The recent draft where they purposefully undid the shackles of the past?

Politicians do all the time. Those who refuse to play just lose.

Most of the players we’ve had only stayed in the league because they were here.

I’m sure the downtrodden appreciate you getting offended for them

It holds just as much value as the nonsense ‘advanced stats’ thrown around here all day.

That’s what politicians/business leaders do. They build personal capital in addition to tangible capital to use it when they can. And it’s cut throat and only goes so far, true. But you can only burn someone once and they better be out of position of any power in the league when you do so. i don’t expect message board junkies to understand these concepts though/ who championed Murray who couldn’t have been a worse GM that ruined all political capital the Sabres ever had in the league.

If he posted better numbers than Price did, what’s the chance he’s giving an early shot at the big show? Some goalies just have ‘it’ and that’s what this kid keeps showing.

Like everybody on the message board? Is nobody allowed to speculate or play devils advocate? Anytime real dirty stories that are sourced with evidence are shared they get moderated away anyway.

My inference from how his whole line will change except for him when the second line is perfectly capable, and if he does get off he shows every tantrum expression he can. Coaches may be picking their battles with the ego players too. Eichel got how many coaches fired himself?

Maybe he doesn’t want to win. Maybe he wants to feed the local media and do other GMs favors.

The live feeds showed him not at the front row seat next to the GM like he has been for every year prior. Oh well that would make sense and undermine the argument if true, sure.

He literally refuses to go on the bench for entire 2 minute PPs. When he gets cold the entire team doesn’t score a PP goal as a result. He’s a talent, but not a teammate

Or Chris Drury is savvy and is doing a favor to other GMs by lowballing left and right. It’s a cut throat game.

Owner wasn’t in the room for the draft for once. Maybe KA actually has him in the reigns finally.

KA outright said he spent all day Friday talking with Montreal about Eichel trade. I find the comment about K funny as the stats junkies like Jame thought he was the best player from his draft from the get go. Now he’s a bust? Never can please anyone. I won’t be sad seeing Eichel on a team like Montreal. He will demand all the minutes and bring them down.

They have cap problems coming. That’s what happens when you sign 3 of the top 4 of a draft year that are all now hitting UFA age. When teams pick and choose, if they lose the culture and have an injury they can collapse.

More so than Girgensons was. Return for Eichel needs to be a center, agreed. And this team needs to shift to rolling the lines instead of one or two hogging all the minutes, which works better anyway.

With Risto and Reinhart gone it’s much easier to take on cap now. I’d give it a day or two before claiming they’re being unrealistic in trades

I think everyone is clear if Eichel goes a stud young center has to be in the return. Doesn’t negate everything else. Cozens CAN get there. It’ll just be more of a blue collar approach. It’s much better than the listless Reinhart approach.

Why? We have to use FA to plug those holes anyway. One and two years is not a problem now with Reinhart and Risto gone im assuming 4 blue pieces plus these two as a dump.

We already saw what an Eichel less Mittelstadt and Thompson led team could do. They broke the losing streak and played at a playoff pace until Cozens got hurt

That bottle of booze had Reinhart, Kane, Bogosian, and Eichel’s name on it. Only one left

McCabe and Ullmark are testing FA He was benched for a game for being 5 minutes late. Everyone blamed the coaches Looks like it was him being the diva all along