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Particularly ironic given how KA doesn’t understand why he’s here.

Not to defend the indefensible GMKA, but free agency is not a war room exercise. And the prospects practice ended at 10:30 so numbskull will have had plenty of time to walk back to his office to not make or receive calls, anyway, by the time free agency officially opens at noon.

Kinda like that fallen tree in the forest.

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I’m not giving anyone in this organization the benefit of the doubt, especially the inept front office. But where the blame lies is irrelevant, anyway. There may be a million reasons why players no longer want to be here. But Ruff’s coaching style is a complete 180 from whatever Peterka and others have experienced in the past. Whereas both Granato and Ruff look at mistakes as “learning opportunities” for young players, Ruff is far less patient in that regard and I suspect that as the season wore on repetitive mistakes became less teaching moments and more “get your head out of your a$$ and fix it or take a seat” moments. And Ruff has never had any compunction about calling players out in front of the team during film sessions. Mature pros can handle that better than younger players and many don’t need the coach to point out their poor play as they are usually the first to see it themselves and cry “mea culpa” in front of the group. We will just have to agree to disagree about this new generation of young players being able to handle criticism like generations before them. We see the difference manifest across multiple facets of modern life, not just pro sports. But that’s a discussion for another time.

KA is always going on about how they always have consensus, yada yada yada. All I know is that Ruff was learning how to build tough, resilient teams when Adams was still a piss pot running around in Clarence. Ruff also understands you build a team from the D end out. And while we may not yet have the answer in goal he would prefer, it’s no coincidence that big RHDmen have been a priority so far this summer.

Scrabble tiles. Outstanding!

Fixed that for you.

I’m convinced he chafed against Lindy’s tough love coaching style. And I have to believe that included calling JJ out during video reviews. JJ had been coddled by Granato’s TLC approach and just wasn’t prepared for the complete 180 by Lindy.

Kesserling and Doan have no compunction about sticking up for their teammates, so that’s a start anyway.

Less choosing violence than it is choosing less pacifism imo. I think the non response to the attack on Tage made Lindy blow a fuse.

I suspect it ain’t him, it’s Lindy.

This draft and the trades have Lindy all over it. I can just imagine how sickened he was watching the video from last season.

Obviously, the exception proves the rule.

Kulich is gonna get a long look at C as he did fairly well there later last season between Tage and whomever else Lindy put on the other wing. He definitely has the chops to play the C position.

Saw an article saying he was going to Vegas vs Anaheim to save $13m in state income taxes vs California. But who knows, maybe he would come here to be close to home.

Agreed. But he managed to play in 68 games last season so maybe he’s on the upswing in that regard. I think he’s an upgrade over Clifton as a 3rd pair D.

This is the same economist hack from the NY Post link above. He didn’t sound optimistic just a few days ago. Like a handful of (usually paid by big oil interests) climate scientists that deny the consensus in their field, so, too, can radical right wing media like Murdoch’s NY Post find a dissenting opinion and run with it. https://www.fa-mag.com/news/with-stagflation-on-the-horizon

Shades of Ghost of Dwight Drane when he used to talk about Myers. 😄

I wasn’t arguing with you, just offering an explanation as to why the media doesn’t seem to harp on the poorer aspect of his game.

I hope it’s the fully healthy, off-season conditioning not negatively impacting his training like last season version.

That’s why I used the qualifier “perhaps.” Offense tends to shine brighter with the media types, too.