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Maynard G reporting for duty, sir.

Per the bold, I think that’s entirely on us as a fan base. We are naive to think that any kid short of a Gretzky, Lemieux, or Crosby is gonna save anyone. I don’t blame the team for hyping up their prospects, but it’s on us to be smarter about an 18 year old’s ability to immediately impact change. We fans need to be smarter.

For crissakes. His record should be worse than Krueger’s given his best goalie, best center, and best winger all departed and the sheer number of injuries this season. What an absolutely myopic take. And please, point me to any post that has crowned DG with anything.

Eichel was a captain. Peca was a leader.

I feel the same way about DG. My only concern is his tactical/strategic ability; especially in game adjustments. Which is why I’ve said he is the right coach, right now for this team, but he may not be the one to take us all the way. I hope I’m wrong, because he will have deserved that.

My post wasn’t a knock on Tokarski, just a realization that he’s just so limited compared to Petersen. He’s having a good game, but I think we need a great one.

That's what prompted my concern about goaltending.

Why do I have the sinking feeling that this game will come down to goaltending and that LA has a goalie who will make the game saving stop and ours won't?

Who? Petersen?

Depends.

Agree with all of this. Still wondering if it’s a league wide mandate. After all, there are Russian players throughout the league. Some of them super stars like OV.

Is this a league wide policy? I know that political signs have long been barred from sporting events, but this is the first I’ve heard of actual flags being disallowed.

The only way Putin is not in charge is if someone in his inner circle takes him out.

I had you pegged as more of a Sandy Duncan as Peter Pan guy. 😂

Done!

There’s a certain kind elegance to the economy of words. Well done.

Cozens will demand the D assignment and shut Matthew’s down. Matthews will need PP points to get in the scoresheet. Matthews wilts

Houston here we come.

Per the bold, perhaps you haven’t been paying attention to Russia since Putin gained power 22 years ago. The oligarchs have never pressured Putin; in fact it’s quite the opposite. They do his bidding, not the other way around. That said, I agree entirely that the only pain Putin responds to is financial.

You’ve done a complete 180 from where you were a few short years ago when I was screaming for Housley’s and Botterill’s heads on a platter over at the Off the Wall Sabres thread at TBD and you were telling me we had to have patience. 😂 What are the owners’ expectations? What is their limit with KA? Given that the current rebuild strategy is different than what we’ve seen previously, I suspect their expectations are radically different than yours. I think they may have found the patience you have lost.

I don’t see why my post, which was nothing more than citing how long KA has actually been on the job, should warrant this response. Maybe you meant it for someone else. If not, it was wasted on me because, as a long time ST holder, I don’t need a history lesson on why KA was hired or a dissertation on everything wrong with the Sabres. In the meantime, I’ll wish KA and Co. good luck until such time they’ve convinced me they aren’t up to the task. They aren’t there yet.

He was named GM in mid June of 2020, so not even two years ago, let alone three.