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I was hoping there was some juicy backstory that I was unaware of. I’m just going to assume Tocchet kicked his puppy.

Radulov attempting to throw the puck to the linesman throws his glove with it. Hilarious.

But is he rude to the media?

Yeah, I'm not touching this one.

The power of a players union is an interesting thing to watch. I haven't read many of the details on this whole story, but he's the only player who is being punished simply because he's no longer a member of that union.

I was a bit worried that I'd find you out on the beach one day attempting to sift the ocean.

People who fill up their car, leave it at the pump, and then go into the gas station to buy god knows what. Even if you're just getting a fountain drink, move your damn car over to the parking spots. Most of the time though, it winds up being some fool who is ordering something from the Subway attached to the station.

Why? Carolina didn't make a coaching change.

And Babcock, and Laviolette, and Hynes (oops, too late), and Peters (ok, maybe not that one), and Montgomery (easier to hide his issues with so much help). Botterill already showed his love for defenseman. Why can't he do the same with coaches?

Yeah, that's not the point. Based on the response, it makes me wonder why it ever stopped. Some clearly have no better use of their time.

I'm curious as to why the picture is even worthy of a tweet. A GM watching his own team practice with the rest of his staff? That's truly shocking stuff.

That's one crazy division, 5 teams separated by 3 points.

Do you ever post something, know someone will go there, but then post anyway?

Better question: how did that specific posting theme not happen much earlier?

I feel like non-hockey reasons would lead to an interim head coach. Hiring DeBoer immediately goes against that. It seems like a case where the team has stagnated a bit all while there's a guy available who you really like. I could see someone describing that as non-hockey reasons though, so is that something you were suggesting?

The last Flames game before Bill Peters got fired was against Buffalo. I have no idea if he was behind the bench or not. I guess technically we could count that one.

Babcock's last game was against Vegas.

This team has gotten two coaches fired this year. THIS team.

There's a name for the only time you'll ever see a beer in my left hand: double fisting

JAG probably a generous label for the defensemen he brought in. To me, that was his ultimate sin here, he placed nearly zero value on the blue line.

I hurt mine in a hockey game around 10 years ago. The first true sign of trouble was after the game when I couldn't lift my beer. There's nothing more scary than not being able to drink your own beer... and I'm not one of those fancy people who will use their left hand instead.

They chose a weird spot to randomly save a few characters in that tweet.

He's into an area that wouldn't typically be part of his defensive responsibilities. But regardless, that means very little. If sticking to your position was a part of the rules of the game, just think of the number of suspensions this Sabres team would have seen in recent years.

I think you nailed it with ref safety. He didn't stand a chance on that one.

That's the big one right here. We'll know exactly what we have with this guy once Skinner and Olofsson are back.