PerreaultForever

That may be so, but there is no superstar forward in this draft. Ekblad might not have been as good as Draisaitl but he's pretty good and very valuable now. Pronger was certainly better than Daigle 🙂 Scott Stevens wasn't picked first but should have been. This draft is a lot like the 2008 draft imo but without a Steve Stamkos in it. I want Drew Doughty or Alex Pietrangelo on the roster and not Cody Hodgson. Cause that too would be Buffalo.

Why? We desperately need size and strength on D. I don't see the problem.

Now that we've dropped to the bottom and will likely stay there can we hope for Owen Power? The name alone screams beginning of a new era.

No excuse there. You do realize we just played a team missing not only half their season starting D but several D replacements as well. Lots of teams banged up as bad or worse. This team didn't quit on Krueger, they just quit. They lack character. Remember the idea was bring in Krueger and his psychoanalysis since they had lost confidence etc. Well maybe they didn't lose it, maybe they just don't have it.

It depends on the return I guess but I'm not concerned about trading almost anyone except for Cozens. Would I keep McCabe? Yes, but would also let him go for a decent deal or as part of one. Ullmark is fine if the price is low enough but I'm also fine to try someone else until UPL can take over. I'd keep Borgen and Bryson because I think they can be decent and you won't get enough value in trading them at this stage. I'd keep Dahlin and Jokiharju but would entertain offers. Bothe need redevelopment and a true hockey trade might work for both sides. Stuck with Skinner. No answer there. Again with Mitts he's young and if there's no return he stays. It's the core that has to go and be replaced with a new core and new attitude.

Equally however if the Sabres want to deal any of their under performing players they might not have trade partners willing to pony up what you expect. With the injury Eichel won't be moved until the summer if at all. Somebody might gamble on Hall, but Reinhart is the only guy there that'll get you any real value. I'd definitely trade Montour and Staal but you're not getting much in return.

Cause people use that chess analogy for football based on the simple idea that offensive and defensive coaches try to out do each other in a strategy but that's not chess. Chess is much more complicated than football.

I'm retired. I was an engineer. Why? (did you miss the smiley face? twas a joke dude).

I guess we learned that they didn't quit on Krueger, they just suck. Exactly the same. Is it just me or did Granato look like he'd rather be somewhere else? Lowest energy coach I've ever seen. Another team walks to a win against us with a mediocre effort required.

They could be bad people too. We don't really know them. Environmentalists would certainly question their character 🙂

I wouldn't be surprised either, but I think Granato has to try something different. We have 2 over paid underachieving left wingers and if you're evaluating, you have to throw both of them into top minute rolls at this point and see what they do.

By the way, football is not chess. It's checkers.

Worst thing that can happen here is Granato makes this team respectable. If that happens, even by a glimmer, the narrative will be it's all on the coaching and next season we'll see all the same people and in the long run similar results. We were bad under Bylsma, we were bad under Housley, we were bad under Krueger. Unless you want to say "low event hockey" is our identity we have not had an identity since Ruff was here and even then we were iffy and soft (in the end). We have one moment here to completely rebuild around a new identity. If we just stall and take too long and just tweak and tinker hoping a new coach will fix everything we will lose that moment and suck for another decade as we lose core players one by one like ROR.

Sorry, I think this is completely wrong. You don't fix a young D man by letting him run free. Having him run free too much and too early is what broke him. When he was asked to play D he simply had no way to do that. Doesn't help playing him with Montour, another run wild and free lousy defender. imo new coach has to have a chat with every single player but not sure an interim has that role.

I think is very likely true. The trick is how does someone get Terry to realize this.

I don't think it matters. I know some people want to test out and see the youngsters, but I'm of the opposite mindset. I'd prefer they play in Rochester and keep them away from this disaster until we get a new coach and set a new identity. I don't want to break Bryson like we already broke Dahlin and Jokiharju as well. Don't let UPL anywhere near this. Since I believe we should trade off all UFAs and most RFAs the roster can be a bunch of cap cast offs we have to take in return (but not on long contracts, just guys on the books for the remainder of this season).

I like Cozens. I think I like Borgen and Bryson but too soon to be sure especially on Borgen. Horrible luck with that injury. I like Lazar cause he tries hard. I'm indifferent to a lot of them. Dislike several but that's not this thread.

1. We need a coach working with him and the young D directly and one on one. 2. His minutes need to be cut way back and he needs to be taken out of difficult situations as much as possible. 3. and this is the biggie. He needs to be paired with a steady veteran D man and that pairing has to stay paired until such time as he grows into what he should or could be. It all has to be pulled back drastically. He's broken and it's a slow and step by step fix. If you can't get that veteran D man to play with him we'd be better off to trade him and let someone else put in the 2-3 years this will take to get him where we want him to be.

We can't score. Boston doesn't score much. This one comes down to goaltending.............oh, damn.

They aren't a good leadership core though so I'd say yes, trade them both. Similar to the above, there's no real point to keeping Reinhart if you trade Jack. It's possible they will excel elsewhere, but I don't think that's guaranteed. If they were THAT good, we'd not be where we are.

My problem with believing in it is I see no evidence of any attempt to slowly move in that direction. He's been around. Evaluation shouldn't take that long and a lot of these guys have shown what they can and can't (or won't) do for years. Leaving everything to the deadline seems risky and I'm skeptical. He really needs to make a deal that sets the tone and direction. A big one.

Want Gallant. Bet it ends up being some Swedish guy nobody's ever heard of.

Well it definitely reads like a mission statement, but most mission statements are bs. If they want to actually follow it they need to rebuild around a captain and core that embodies that and this core isn't that.

There are some gritty names on there I like, Especially Nick Foligno, but I really don't see the Islanders making that deal, Reinhart is over valued, and nobody's going to want Thompson. Overall however I agree with the direction and the tone/character that line up might bring.

It's the latter. They're like Lazar was when he got here. Fringe players giving effort to keep jobs. It's that simple effort that makes them stand out. Really they shouldn't but the rest are just that bad and lacking.