IKnowPhysics

I'm not usually pessimistic, but it's within reason to consider that McLellan could be using talks with Buffalo to leverage salary and terms in LA, especially if they're really close on a deal.

Iron Mike Keenan needs to start whipping these kids' *****.

The team was 16-33-8 after the streak, which is an 82 game pace of 57 points. That is an intentional level of tanking point total. Just about any NHL roster that isn't intentionally or historically bad is better than those results. Housley isn't the only party to blame. The roster wasn't good, which is on management, but it was better than 16-33-8 with no signs of improvement, which is on the coach.

I choose the irreplaceable Hall of Famer.

Errand boys. Sent by grocery clerks.

Throw the kids in the volcano and take the wife to the beach.

Meh, I myself wouldn't flaunt it if Harrington's opinions aligned with my own. He's no Eye of Providence and he has no better hockey pedigree than anyone in the organization he opines about. As a reporter, he's fine. As an insightful columnist, let's be serious.

Well, he did write the owners don't know what they're doing, they're running things backwards, they're mostly in Boca, recent games have been embarrassing, everyone needs to eat blame, Jack's leadership has recently been for *****, Housley has lost the team, Housley needs to be fired, Dan Bylsma wasn't at fault, there needs to be a new layer of upper management, the development decisions for players has been wonky, and Botterill shouldn't GM Team Canada. Was there something missing?

BOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Lol, literally none of those are facts.

Narrator: They could not.

Well, if we can't beat the 4th worst team in the league, maybe we can beat the worst team in the league? Must win.

Back to where Jimmy Hoffa is! (Not really, Devils play at the Prudential Center now.) Must win.

***** the Leafs.

Doesn't factor the exorbitant QoC he's been saddled with.

Should start a Russian Buffalo troll farm pushing the #BabcockOut agenda and watch Toronto tear itself apart.

Lol wut. Don't care if Skinner signs... cite Skinner leaving as a reason why team would be terrible...? Make no mistake, we need to sign Skinner.

Miscarriages and stillbirths still happen with a surprising and tragic amount of frequency. It's often treated like a shameful or embarrassing secret, but those feelings bely the need for healthy emotional support from loved ones through those incredibly difficult times. No one ever deserves to go through that and no one ever deserves to go through that alone.

And unless we win the lottery, we're not in position to draft such a player, so may as well win. Can't learn to win if you don't try to win.

Tanking, while necessary and I supported it, is over. Tanking rots the confidence of the team. This team needs to build confidence to win. We should strive to be winning from now on. Additionally, the reward for tanking is not as great as the cost for another year of poor confidence, the cost of another lost season for Eichel, Reinhart, Risto, Dahlin, Skinner, season ticket holders, etc. The reward is especially not as good now with the new lottery odds, where even if you finish last, you have only an 18.5% chance of picking 1st and more than a 50% chance of picking 4th overall. We currently have the highest odds to pick 8-9ish. If were to win out the last 12 games, we'd still only pick 16th-ish. Winning does not bring a high draft price to pay.