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8 hours ago, Radar said:
Not buddies but I believe the jobs are interconnected. Seen many cases over the years where if not at least having a good working relationship it doesn't work.
There's no argument that it's better if they get along, and they usually do as GMs tend to pick their guys, I'm just not sure it's essential. All speculative anyway. I don't actually have any idea why Gallant got fired, I just know he creates winners and gets max. talent out of his roster.
1 hour ago, Doohickie said:It helps it they're pulling in the same direction. If a coach wants a speed game and the GM agrees but the GM doesn't provide the right players for that system, you're going to have problems. Better if they're in communications and get along: GM: Hey want me to extend Jeff Skinner? Coach: No, he's fast, he's tenacious, but he freelances too much.
Absolutely. Always better if everybody's on the same page as they like to say.
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10 hours ago, Radar said:
He may be to hockey what Billy Martin was in baseball. Like it or not you do need to be able to work with others. I do thi k he's a good coach but that's a fan perspective. If I'm a GM or owner my perspective would be different maybe. Still think all things considered Granato is the guy and I'm okay with that. The KA/Karmanos team is the one that's going to determine where we go in my opinion.
I don't see why GMs and coaches actually have to work together. You state a vision of expectation, as in this is the way we want this team to play. This style. Then you draft and trade for players who fit that style and the coach is expected to win games. He doesn't he's fired. No reason the two have to be buddies.
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This Florida series is disappointing. I expected more fireworks, more physicality from Florida. Their goaltending has been poor, and watching this Kucherov thing is annoying. League's cap rules are a joke. I'm really starting to hate this Tampa Bay Cheaters team.
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I think that's it with Gallant. He doesn't play nice with owners and/or GMs. Probably not unlike old Ted Nolan that way. Probably why Pegulas would never hire him too. They like yes men.
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1 hour ago, New Scotland (NS) said:
Not available in Canada either.
Why are they having this thing?
Canada vs. U.S. is on TSN Sunday 1:00 Buffalo time.
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3 hours ago, Gatorman0519 said:
Gallant, imo, should of been the obvious choice. Should of been handed the reigns as soon as RK was removed. We didn’t need a coaching search with a coach of that caliber available. The Rangers will be in the playoffs next year with Gallant. Drury knows what he’s doing. We are always a step behind.
Totally agree. Gallant has been my preferred choice since he was fired by Vegas.
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6 hours ago, Radar said:
We like to bash the Bruins but that's a team and organization I'd love to have. Their most hated player? Yeah, I'll take him as well.
Ya definitely. That's why after Murray I was saying hire somebody from the Bruins organization and then again after JBot I said the same. That team has a culture and a team dynamic second to none and should be copied. They aren't always the best team, but they truly function like that cliche "band of brothers" and it elevates them every year. Fantastic community stuff too. They are a model franchise.
Likely, it all comes down from Cam Neely. His style, his attitude, his work ethic. If we would put a guy like Rick Dudley in a similar top position maybe we could become similar.
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1 hour ago, pastajoe said:
Woohoo! Winnipeg in OT goes up 2 games. McDavid no points so far.
Yup. When you put everything on one or two superstars they're easier to be shut down by teams that know how to play team D. Perhaps the idea of trading Eichel for 3 or 4 good players isn't as terrible a concept as some think.
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8 hours ago, Eleven said:
^ If you had your choice between Reinhart at 5x7 or Ovechkin at 3x7.5, what do you choose?
Watching the playoffs tonight, Ovi looked pretty old and past his prime.
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Washington looked old and tired tonight.
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I'm not a Boudreau fan, but probably better than an unproven college guy.
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3 hours ago, SwampD said:
Jeff Carter is kind of an underrated player.
Is he? Two Stanley Cups, Gold medals, and wasn't he an almost Conn Smyth winner? Anyway, I guess maybe he's underrated but not really.
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3 hours ago, KC Scouts said:
The Leafs…… choke choke gasp, cough
They are just not a playoff team
Exactly. Which is why the Sabres should not be trying to emulate/follow their model .
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I liked the guy, except for the diving.
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4 hours ago, dudacek said:
Where does this come from?
We've never heard any suggestions that Jack hates the city of Buffalo. Why would he hate Winnipeg?
We've heard that Jack hates the incompetence of the Sabres organization. The Jets aren't incompetent.
Finally, Jack Eichel is under contract for five more years. Why do people pretend otherwise?
I'm guessing. If he went to Winnipeg he'd be staring right in the face of Eichel vs. McDavid constantly and he's not going to come out #1 in that and I don't think that sits well with him now and will be worse if he goes there.
Also, he's fine with Buffalo as a city. Everyone knows he'd rather be a Bruin but he's still relatively close to home, family, what he knows and likes. You think he'd be happy going up to another small market great white north nowhere land? I do not think so. I mean maybe these guys would go anywhere for their money but Winnipeg can't be anywhere near where he'd like to be.
and it's 50 below in the winter...............
But maybe he could start a band, although both of these guys moved 🙂
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57 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:
It shows very clearly how completely dysfunctional the Sabres are imo.
I don't know if dysfunctional is the right word, but it does perhaps speak to how they become okay with losing, lack effort, and don't pull together as a team. It runs deep, and thus is the reason I firmly believe a reset is the only answer, and that's not guaranteed success, but not resetting is certain to fail.
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1 hour ago, Claude Balls said:
I think Risto is gone, but I think Sam and Jack will still be here next season.
Hope you're wrong.
1 hour ago, Ducky said:You don't think Eichel would like to play with Ehlers, KC, Wheeler and making th eplayoffs every year. It is hard to get players to come here but they like it once they get here.
I agree that Winnipeg probably won't be very interested though.
50 below.
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Taylor Hall's goal was agonizingly a thing of beauty. The bastard!
Carolina is impressive.
Playoff hockey is fun.
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Don't see Winnipeg being remotely interested at all. Moreover I'd bet Jack would hate the deal and he'd force them to trade him for less a year or two later. Now Risto, we might be able to move him there.
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10 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
And on Craig buttons last ranking he was 5th. I don't think anyone is a lock in this draft.
I think that's definitely true. Teams at the top will probably shuffle those 5 or so players into their own rankings based on their need and how they see them fitting into whatever style it is they want to build. Hard to say which of them will emerge as the best.
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3 hours ago, Hank said:
I offer the 1OA and Jack to LA for Byfield, Turcotte and Kaliyev
No, but I wouldn't be adverse to working something out that swaps 1st rounders in the details.
3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:and what else? because you are only about half way there
I agree it's not adequate, but you're dreaming if you think that is only half an Eichel trade.
Byfield Turcotte Kaliyev and their 1st might be about all you can expect.
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I still favour Power. I know the not another D man first thing, but pretty sure we're going to trade Risto and I favour having an overly abundant D prospect/development pool rather than a thin one. JBot put us back on the right path for D , I do give him credit for that, but we still have a long way to go.
Nobody wows me though so if somebody wants it, I'd still trade the high first for a lower first plus ........
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5 hours ago, inkman said:
Pretty much all of it. It’s not self loathing, I dislike myself for 100 other reasons outside of the realm of sports. I don’t know if I can explain it thoroughly; the discourse, hyperbole, braggadocio, black or white categorization, some of the opinions in here make me want to barf. Settle the ***** down already.
I don't get this. It's kind of what these sports sites/boards/whatever they're called these days are for. For the younger guys it's just part of their usual online chat worlds. For us older guys they're like local bars where you go and spout off all your armchair solutions, argue, agree to disagree, hopefully not get into a fight, and in the end everybody drinks. The success/failure of the team colour the tone of the thing.
As for the black and white categorization, I really think that's what the medium itself creates. Like in all internet scenarios, long nuanced and complex arguments with detail get picked apart by comments/replies that select one sentence or a few words and (sometimes) take them out of context, so one is in a sense encouraged to reduce things as simple as possible to make a point. So one tends to go yes or no or black and white as you put it. So (for example) Reinhart sucks or Reinhart is awesome vs. Reinhart does a, b, c, really well but not so good at x, y, z, and so on and so on in 16 paragraphs.
Also sometimes you get tired of typing and repeating 🙂
I guess I'm wondering, if you don't like sports fans, Buffalo fans, and these boards in general, why on earth do you do it?
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Well you could, but it's a long off season with no Sabres playoffs. If it wasn't for all the rumours this year and the Eichel trade talk place would be dead right now.
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Ya, they are not looking good at all.