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This group has had two coaches, Granato and Lindy. Lindy has been worse thus far. The kids aren’t listening to him.

Did I hear that right last night, Ray claims Paul Maurice bit him in an AHL game back in the 80's and it required stitches?

And do what? Move them to Houston?

It may be time for Bettman to step in.

Let’s see if they can beat their last winless streak. Only 8 more to go.

Can I jump on the panthers bandwagon? They play all the teams we hate and they have Matthew Tkachuk

Ever since the Hathaway fight, YES. In his first couple seasons the future looked bright. I think he became delusional in his capabilities due to media/fan base hype.Maybe he saw himself as a future Benn type player in the making. An offensive threat who adds toughness to the roster. Then came the contract that literally and figuratively sealed the deal in his head. Hathaway stripped away one fantasy and lack of production stripped away the other. Cozens has no mental identity of himself as a player. Not a tough guy nor is he overly talented. If I was Ottawa management I’d put him on the third line to start. Let him get acclimated and figure out his game. Turn him into a moderate offensive threat that brings physicality.

And Cozens is not a team leader yet in his career. Nor is he overly talented.

I was just taking a shot at the Sabres. That said, what the hell do you or I know about his hockey IQ, unless we are his linemate or his coach? I mean really. He’s a kid and he’s in the nhl already. So the talent is there. Was it too much to ask him to be a top line center, on that we could agree. Chances are his game improve with time on a winning team, run by a viable hockey organization. Bet on it. There is ample evidence of this theory skating around the league, who once wore the blue and gold. Kevyin Adams just ruined another player that’s all. He’s the Alfred E. Neumann of NHL GM’s.

yes.

Norris looked flat and miserable. Reminded me a lot of Quinn. Rosen isn't an NHL player. The tough guy was alright but he looked slow. I'd keep him around though. We need one. If he's the best we got so be it.

So if that's it what you have is a franchise that didn't evaluate their talent properly, rewarded him too early and too much and asked him to do too much accordingly. You can't just make people leaders by deciding you think they will become them, you have to have actual leaders.

He's not terribly effective.

No he won't. His hockey IQ is too low and lacks high end skill. Could be a nice 3rd/4th line guy down the road but he's below average at too many things. He's a guy that could've benefited from an extended bake period in the AHL. Jumping directly from juniors to the NHL typically doesn't end well unless you're a generational type talent. I'm afraid Zach Benson is head down the same path. Love that kid, but the toxic losing environment and pressure of the NHL will eventually wear him down.

He works hard and makes smart plays, but he's not producing. He was a point producer in juniors, but he's a third line player on this team and has 21 points on the season. I don't care that he's 19. This isn't a development league, it's the NHL. Do better.

He will be “all nhl “ in no time. After a while a guy will do anything to get out of this groundhog day movie that masquerades as an nhl franchise.

Only a handful if that hand has lost 3 fingers.

That's a lot of things. My God this team is poorly contracted and lacking talent.

I mean, they’ve already done it once since we started our slide. Why not twice?

Seems familiar…..

Ovechkin is amazing. The amount of goals he scored in this era is mind boggling. The way he plays is fun as hell to top it off. I'm rooting for him.

Great question. I like him. But we are one of only a handful of teams he could get legit NHL minutes on. He may very well be 3 years away from his first 20 goal season. This Sabres team blows.

Washington plays the Sabres on March 30th, the only question, who is in net UPL or Reimer when he breaks the record?

It doesn't matter how Norris looked. He's now stuck in the muck of mediocrity while Cozens has been liberated. Cozens will thrive in a healthy environment while Norris will be contaminated in his new toxic environment. The abnormality of this sick franchise has become its normal.

He has been paroled from hockey prison.