Mr Peabody

Before they hired Rolston I was thinking they’d get Cooper out of Syracuse but quite sure TB promised him the HC job if he stayed. Since then Tocchet has been the coach I’ve always felt could turn this team around.

I remember the 1-5 finish a lot more than the 12-7-1. The warts re-surfaced.

Arthur Bank took his little dinghy to Minneapolis for an owners meeting last August. I passed it in the Thousand Islands. Not a bad ride.

In the arena I worked in we’d call that ROAD. Retired On Active Duty.

Wouldn’t you out Muel on waivers prior to a buyout?

Jeff Skinner with his first shift in the playoffs. Good for him.

Not defending him but those 155 games were all in front of one of the worst team defenses I’ve seen. KA wants a pack mentality?? Look at our d men and who fits the description? Dahlin and Clifton? That’s it. I don’t think you can change the personality of the others into an aggressive wolf pack. We need some big, nasty boys on D AND a 1a / 1B in goal. To paraphrase Zucker, we can’t rely on “hope” UPL is the guy.

I’d take Zucker out on the yacht for a few days and see if I could get inside info on the team and coaching staff. Some people are too nice to throw others under the bus so I’d stock up on some amarone to loosen up the conversation. In vino veritas.

Sure hope that 11-9 incredible finish to the season carries over.

The young ‘uns are sitting on the bench next to the coach that stressed their development in Rochester, so I can see how they’d fall into that comfort zone. TBH, I think the interviews fall into the word salad category and what pops into their heads are parting words from coaches and GM. Lots of “we need to look in the mirror” comments yesterday - too many to be a coincidence. I thought Rasmus’ interview was most telling by the way he held back. Purely my speculation, but it seemed to indicate there’s a handful that didn’t pull their own weight.

What’s Chester got to do with this?

I’d like to see two big physical D men brought in which would likely require Byram going out. Question: could JBD hold the fort on PP2 if Power misses time at the beginning of next season? My thinking is I’d be less afraid of that than going into next season without the 2 D men I feel we need.

Im playing for 5th place in my fantasy league and saved all my moves for today and starting an all Sabres line-up! Only players who weren’t available were Tage, Tuch and Ras.

Surprised NHL allowed this time - could possibly overshadow the start of the playoffs. Giving credit where credit is due what better time to hold the P.C. then when you’ll get the fewest possible people watching live? Too obvious to hold it at 3AM.

I wouldn’t read anything into this foretelling the future of their place in the organization. It’s business as usual until it’s not. Didn’t Doug Whaley take one for the team at the end of his tenure? Not positive on that.