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Neither did I, which is why I want to know why you added me and called me an idiot? I replied to his post saying it wasn't on Comrie. Sure, but you can't let one guy call another one an idiot and then say the other guy can't respond. That's an unfair bias.

Nice cover. Never heard that before. Well done. Huge game. Massive. Should be treated like a playoff game. If they don't bring it here, against the direct competition, then there's a huge problem with this team. Ottawa started fast against the Wings but the Wings wore them down with their speed and killed them on the PP. We have to do it the same. Stand up to the physicality they will likely bring, outskate them, and kill them on the PP. Netfront will be massive, both ends. This is it, time to see if we have a team or not.

So why am I an idiot you piece of crap. Am I allowed to say that? I want to call you worse but moderators will no doubt do their thing their way. So you're allowed to call me an idiot. Why? It's come to this already. Team does crap so start taking it out on the posters. That'll fix your egos at least.

So an analysis of what happened without seeing the game, excellent. Spot on. I actually saw your other post first and was going to say "anyone who blames Comrie for this game clearly didn't see the game or doesn't understand hockey" but then I saw you saying you didn't see it so that answered that. Comrie was average. Didn't do anything great, didn't do anything bad. Average should have been good enough as Montreal isn't very good, but only if we'd have played well and we didn't. Shot totals mean very little in a game like this.

I guess they have us trading Savoie for X, or his younger brother the goalie, who I hear is even better.

I doubt a coaching change happens. Ownership believes in this type of hockey. Gallant was the guy a lot of us wanted a long time ago but that would mean a complete change of direction/philosophy so no way do I see that ever happening. As for the veterans preferred angle they said the same thing about Torts last year and he shifted over to rookies up and down the line up so I doubt there's any truth to it at all. Both guys just prefer players with strong work ethics, young or old. I think Gallant could in fact turn this team around once and for all, but, as I said, I don't see them ever going that way.

Switch to red and black all the time. This is the answer. idk why, but when we wear them we play proper hockey and when we don't wear them we don't. It's actually kind of freaky weird but it's true. Greenway was the only one who brought it the same as against the Islanders. A few isolated decent plays here and there but overall it was back to the same. One team went to the front and got a greasy goal, one team didn't. We simply have too much individual play and take too many easy unscreened shots from low danger areas. Tage is over thinking and telegraphing everything he does for example. Sabres just don't pay the price and do the little hard things you need to do to win. If I'm Granato I'm putting that David Savard PK moment on a loop and making them watch it for an hour or two. That is how it's done. That sort of thing is infectious and becomes a standard. The bottom end of this roster is garbage and VO is an absolute disaster in his own end, but we already knew that. It's once again, the same. Which is exactly what happens when you build a team backwards and teach offense first.

idk as I don't pay attention to records much but for me, and this is just my view as it is truly a subjective thing, any league with more than a half dozen superstars is over using the term and setting the bar for that designation too low. Same thing holds for supermodels 🙂

That will be a valid consideration. Do you remember the 10 game win streak with Eichel and Reinhart? This team has fooled us before so a large sample size is needed before you can proclaim something truly promising. I won't jump on any bandwagons any more that's for sure. But put that aside, all that matters is for this team to become what it can be and to do that now.

Yup, but we showed that in spurts last year too. What we need to see this year is that same commitment every night so that it can become a team ethic and identity. If the Islander game was a one off we are in trouble. Really hoping we bring it. Hate Montreal. Always have always will.

To me this one's really important. We see if they bring the same intensity and physicality they brought in the red and black last game. If they bring that same game again they should win and maybe even dominate. But will they? I think the answer to that question will tell us a lot about how this season might go.

"superstar". Back to that word again. On the same team, is McKinnon a superstar? How many superstars would you say there are in the league right now?

He should have been sent down at the end of training camp. He wouldn't have been claimed. Several goalies were waived and not claimed. Matter of fact almost no one was claimed off waivers. It's a dumb situation.

The game today is different and it allows for different things. Hence, I don't think it has much meaning. Makar's a great player in this era. No argument.

You just can't compare athletes from different eras, that's all. If your implication is that Makar is better than Orr was I'd disagree vehemently.

I just think the slower more detailed development path is the right way to go for most players and small players especially. You want a little 18 year old in your line up you better surround him with some beef. I'd also want more veteran leadership around. So give it time. Put him on a muscle building plan. Let him grow. I see a future for him, there's just no need to rush it.

Used our size to our advantage for a change. If this team starts to get it, pays the price on a nightly basis and sticks with it, they could be good, but we will see. We had good games last year too.

Different era, different rules, different styles of play, every old record falls in the modern era. It means nothing.

Right now yes. He should go back to junior.

get over yourself.

I've said it before and I will say it again, they should wear the red and black all the time. idk what it is and it kind of boggles the mind but they always play better and look like a different team wearing these jerseys. We even won a fight and I can't remember the last time that happened. Push back, net front, physical play, just a lot of good hockey. I will give it a little asterisk because I'm not sure if they were this good and made the Isles look bad or the Isles were just that bad tonight but I think if they had played like this every game this season I could have saved myself a lot of typing. They did a lot of things right in any event. Cozens=Thompson-Greenway are a really big line and if they stay together and keep playing big they will be a force. Happy for a change.

that wasn't the reference and you know it. You mocked me when I placed Compher at the top of my free agent list and you mocked the Yzerplan. You were wrong, but of course you will never admit it. Doesn't matter. Lets see what the Sabres can do against that boring Islander shut down.

I don't think he's a fool here but I do think he wants to promote Greenway so he can have net front when Tage takes that shot of his. Skinner is the guy getting demoted imo but dropping him 2 lines might feel too harsh and put him in a snit. Skinner-Jost-VO would definitely not work in terms of defense. So basically, with no one to call up there aren't a ton of options. What they are doing with Savoie I have no idea. lol, talk about an about face.

They move the puck very quickly on the PP but also have a solid net front. Korpisalo was pretty screened on a few of those plays. Detroit looks pretty balanced and pushed back on the physical stuff Ottawa tried to initiate. Some of their off season moves look like they are working for them.

Ottawa was the best team in the first, Detroit in the second. Both are playing better hockey than we are - at this point.