Tage on The Cam and Stuck Podcast - Talks Buffalo and the hit that nobody responded to

[Jorcus]

12 minutes ago, FrenchConnection44 said:

One can only imagine what Tkachuk would have done if that happened to a teammate. 

Which one? The same week that happened Brady was on the Ice with Stutzule when he got hammered to the ice by Ryan Hartman on the face off dot. Brady was on the ice and did nothing like the rest of the team. 

https://www.nhl.com/video/hartman-suspended-10-games-6368227578112

That looks just as bad to me. 

[Rasmus_]

17 minutes ago, inkman said:

Yeah a decade or so too late.  They need the adult versions of these guys in the roster now. 

It does still integrate young players going forward to insulate older players who lose a step.  Now we need to jettison the soft roster configuration and start pushing back on the narrative. 

[spndnchz]

2 hours ago, JP51 said:

That is not something to me you can ever apologize for and have it mean anything other than you know you that you are a coward and wish you were not... to me its instinct... you cant train instinct... you can have people in the future go grab someone... thats nice... but if you are on the other team... knowing that there is serious intention and instinct not just preliminary obligation when something like that happens makes a difference...   I can see it playing Mites or Bantams learning this but by the time you are in the NHL you should not need to be shamed into standing up for your family...

it moves to the type of player and character that the incompetents that run this team target...  Watching Brad Marchand go after whoever was infront of him no matter how big speaks volumes and shows deep contrast of who and how this team is made up... It is the antithesis of what I want in a team... and as far as Buffalo and its community the antithesis of who we are... or at least how I see us as a community... family, friends first, we are in this together.. times get rough but we help out... things get gritty but we stand up...  we are not privileged as a community, we don't possess as a community the type of wealth that allows for routine luxury.... its one of the reasons I believe that the community has such a disdain for this team... (outside of the perennial losing and abject incompetence) but look the Ted Nolan teams lost too... but they stood up... I would say we liked those teams much better than this... at least i did... (No dont bring back TN LOL) anyways.... Lucic didnt break the Sabres... the vision of the GMs and the type of players we need broke the Sabres...  start drafting some a**holes that are tough and can play... what Lucic did means nothing...  continue trading or releasing away toughness (Foligno, Kassian, Kane, Zadorov, O'Reilly, Risto, Montour, Carrier, DesLauriers, Kulikov, Stewart etc...)  and rewarding weak sloth and laziness.. you get what you always got...   and no I am not looking to debate the merit of these trades, if they are needed etc.. just looking to point out what happens to players that have a bit of an edge on this team....  

holy return Batman

[JohnC]

7 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

holy return Batman

Losing is a contaminant. 

[Ogelthorpe]

Kind of slammed buffalo(area wise) every chance he got. Not sure how to feel about interview. If they start bad I could see him asking out 20 games in. 

[oddoublee]

1 hour ago, dudacek said:

Sorry man.

I was just trying to share how I feel about it.

I really don't know why I reply to messages at 3am....especially when my reply states "I'm not losing sleep over it". Pretty rich huh? Lol

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, FrenchConnection44 said:

One can only imagine what Tkachuk would have done if that happened to a teammate. 

He would have told Gadjovich to go kill him 🙂

Not only would Florida have gone after him then and there they'd have gone after the whole team next game. I remember when McAvoy hit one of their D, I think it was Oliver Ekman Larson and KO'd him. The next time Bruins played Florida they were pounding McAvoy all over the ice. Fought him as well and banged him up good. They are the embodiment of a solid team. 

 

[Believer]

Just listened to the interview.

Thompson has a pro attitude. Appreciates the game. The son of an NHL player and coach, he understands the business side of it.

Heard the disappointment in his voice at not experiencing an NHL playoff game yet.

My guess is unless the Sabres make major changes this off season, he will ask for a trade. Maybe already has.

Savvy GM, new winning Coach, a difference maker or two, and perhaps he sticks around to help Buffalo.

Buffalo sure hasn’t done much to help him.