PerreaultForever

Well to be fair, he did leave out Skinner .

But you see, Hall's comment is indicative of the real problem. What I've been trying to say for years (and I'm not alone, although in the minority I think) . We have to fix the culture, what it means to be a Sabre. The team has to have an identity and feeling that would make a statement like that impossible. The only way to do this will be to tear out the core, get a coach who believes in that identity and rebuild on those lines. You should know it best Punch. Back in the 70s we had that identity. This was a hugely successful expansion team. We were exciting, team oriented. Players wanted to be here. They hung out together, stepped up for each other. It meant something to be a Sabre. We've let all of that fall away. There are a variety of reasons, and the Pegulas get their share of that blame, but if you don't fix the culture this horror will never end. And some will say just start winning and it'll be fixed, but chicken and egg, we won't start winning until we fix it.

Bruins don't make a habit of overpaying people, they usually get them to take a discount to stay. Hall's most recent words: "I knew [Boston] was a great city, but I've been surprised at how much better it's been than I even thought it was," Hall said. "So hopefully it all works out." And how does Jack Eichel feel about coming back next year when he reads that?

That's it. Like most high draft Sabre defensemen, rushed along and not developed properly. Bad habits stay. His strengths are obvious, and his weaknesses still need a lot of work.

Sabrespace, and the usual disgruntled and bitter summer of snideness, sarcasm and other assorted egomaniacal quips. How wonderful.

LOL. That might be the most over stated ridiculous comparison I've ever seen on this board so I had to quote it. Funny though. Did make me smile. Eakin sucked, that's not a point of contention. Not sure what anyone else would have done though. Seemed like a reasonable 4th line (some felt 3rd) pick up at the time. One has to assume Larsson was NOT going to re sign and his value is kind of over stated. Didn't do much for the Coyotes. They wanted to improve face offs and PK. Those were a bit better were they not? I think the Girgensens injury was the thing that really cocked up the bottom end plan. but ya, Adams hasn't actually done anything good yet. Absolutely nothing imo.

I think only a 35% drop is pretty flattering too. If it wasn't a pandemic you'd probably see even lower numbers. I know I only watched some nights cause I had nowhere else to go anyway. next season it has to be better to get me interested.

They may be, but as was mentioned, they'd want to dump salary and that's not something we want to be doing. We already have a Skinner anchor on our cap, we don't need more lost space.

So you're finally conceding that Reinhart is not a star then? Good. About time.

I have a question. You say the "general feeling" is they need an Eichel/top center to be a true contender but 1. aren't they already a contender? They are looking pretty good at the moment. and 2. Isn't their model entirely based on the opposite idea of a star center? Rather a solid team approach with multiple mid level stars rather than a few superstars? I'm not sure a desire for a top 1C is their goal. I'm thinking that's just a fan thing. I mean every team wants a great player if you can just pop him in there but gutting your roster/prospect pool to get one guy is a whole other thing. Relying on a few star players certainly hasn't worked here. There's a lesson in that.

Well one thing we might be able to do is get a goalie from a team that would lose one to the draft maybe. Ullmark is a UFA so unless I have the rules wrong we don't actually have one that we need to protect so there's a space there. Somebody might give one up relatively cheap rather than just lose him for nothing.

Well to be fair, at this point there is no reason why we'd be any better next year. We add a goalie (2 goalies?) make some good trades hire the right coach then maybe, but we haven't done anything yet except proclaim it let the kids play time.

I'm not impressed with them either, but they're a lot better than us.

I don't hate Carolina. This team isn't that team. This Carolina was a little lucky tonight though.

Well Staal's really tearing it up for the Habs so idk have to hope he doesn't sign an extension with them 🙂 But really How so? Way I see it, we might end up with Tampa Boston and Toronto in the final 4. That's 3 teams in our division right there. How we going to make the playoffs in that???

Ya, that's what I think. There'll be some gold in the later rounds. This is the year to get lucky.

better than Dalton Smith. ????? The worst franchise in the league? A laughing stock? I don't know if I should laugh or cry when you talk about what we built.

Football just gets worse and worse. Just let them play video games and call the whole thing off.

Ya, he is. And he can undermine the coach's authority too so he's a detriment. Bobrovsky has games where he sucks bad, but he did have a .906 SV% and can play well at times. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him. I don't want either. But if I'm stuck with one terrible contract I'd rather it was his, and if I'm not wrong it ends sooner. He will still win you a few games. If our 2 goalies were Bobrovsky and Ullmark (or the equivalent) with UPL in Rochester one step or two away nobody would be talking about needing goaltending like they are now. Skinner is absolutely freaking useless.

Not unless you want to keep losing............ I can see Calgary and Vancouver both being interested in Reinhart but the cap will be tricky (especially for Vancouver) and any deal probably has conditional aspects dependent on them signing him longer term. Not sure if there's an Edmonton deal. They need D help, maybe if we shop Risto with him. I have no issue taking back Zack Kassian as a cap dump from them as proposed above. It's not that much and we need truculence 🙂

Just don't build a freakin' dome. There aren't enough snow games any more as it is.

I would swap Skinner for Bobrovski 1 for 1. Skinner won't leave though. I don't think he cares about winning.

Ya, Spencer Knight was really good. maybe Florida will look to trade a goalie next year?

I could see Philly exploring this trade more than Winnipeg but I don't see them parting with Coutourier or Provorov. Nolan is an underachiever with a head injury, not sure you want to roll the dice on him. I have no idea how this trade might look. They might want to dump Van Riemsdyck's salary. Farabee is a guy I'd like to see coming our way. Maybe Konecny. In a multi package.

Just be glad the Bruins didn't draft him or you'd be really annoyed.........