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I think you just answered your own question. The retaliation was meant to change the momentum of the game, and it worked. The fighting is part of what makes hockey great.

The good news is that it looks as though the Sabres have already begun to turn things around. 8-5 the last 13 games. Just need to keep it up and get healthy. Starting to look like a real hockey team.

I’ll say it. Power is a Fvcking pvssy

I think Quinn is simply thinking too much. Causing him to not get moving with his feet and not having the space he is used to having. I expect a huge 2nd half from him.

I think Power and Quinn are suffering most from the coaching change. I think both are thinking a beat too much and it is costing their ability and space to attack up ice which was both of their strengths last year. Quinn's game yesterday showed some glimpses of see and react.

IDK, McLeod seems to do less dumb things.

Then hopefully have enough depth to sit the loafers for a night. With Kulich, A-K, and our two D's, we can kind of do that.

No doubt the defensemen skew those numbers higher and feed the narrative.

Same. The attitudes wouldn't be this bad without the scar tissue of the past however many years. That IMO should be irrelevant to hope or optimism.

Until they make it.

Are you this fragile?

Very simply, if we stay relatively healthy with our top goal scores and net minders. This is a playoff team.

In my opinion yes. If we had Levi's production for Comrie's disaster last year it would have been close. Better coaching, better roster I say yes. But we will see. If Josh Allen tears his ACL in practice the Bills won't be making the playoffs either.

Yes. And we will be ok.

I deserved to be called out!

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God Bless the USA!

Haha, so this is why there is no escalator up to AF1!

It is entirely possible that following the lack of leadership when the players protested the fans, the decision on Granato was made. That leaves a couple month vetting process for potential candidates, both employed and unemployed. To say that a legitimate process can only happen after a firing is folly. Most companies have a succession plan in place before letting its CEO go, either internal or external. If we were to take Ruff's name off the hire, people would be talking about how he just took a young team in NJ to 110+ points and was let go after crappy goal tending (still a winning record), and how the Devils fell apart after he left.

And, after they let Lindy go, the Devils completely fell apart.

I'm interested in knowing what players are soon to be FA's from Dallas and or NJ that might be willing to come and play for him.

Statement from Pegula said that no other sports teams are up for sale.

I think it was very possible that KA, after observing the offseason, the dud of preseason, the lack of cohesion early season, and the lack of respect to the fans midseason, to do minimal to get Granato into the playoffs which would have ensured both of their dismissals in 2025. Hard to judge what deals were available in the offseason to rectify a temporary Quinn replacement and an upgrade in G2. To my eyes, it was pretty clear pretty early to KA that the locker room was amiss and Granato could never figure it out. We may very well look back on this as a huge blessing as it really took a convergence of bad things happening for them not to make the playoffs and be saddled with Granato for another 1-2 years.

Or, we needed Levi quality goaltending from Comrie. If we add in a healthy Tage and Quinn for the whole season, we are resting players right now.