Kristian

My guess is somebody's freezing their butts off in hell right now.

He makes ME deal with depression issues.

Did Teddy ask him to play center?

He played on a Regier team.

Says a lot on this team.

I'd much prefer if we put a forward with good hands at forward. I want opposing forwards worrying about crossing our blue line when Zadorov is on the ice.

I'm not just talking about failing to ice a competitive team - I'm talking about the acceptance, of everlasting mediocrity, it was signing bad players to bad contracts, it was letting star players walk for nothing again and again, it was keeping underachievers around until their value had gone through the floor, and it was how nobody was ever held accountable for all of the above. If you're a free agent whose name is not Ville Leino, I get the feeling your reply to Darcy Regier would've been a resounding "heeeeeeelllllllll nooooooooooo........!!!" as well.

TBH, I feel pretty convinced the current front office are wishing Regier hadn't declared "tank on" last season, but they're most likely smart enough to try and make the best of it, now that the tank is in effect. I'm willing to bet good money that if Pegula had used his brains and fired Darcy and Lindy two years ago, no way we're in tank mode today. The only reason Darcy embraced the tank in the first place, was that he wasn't able to attract quality free agents, largely due to the reputation of the franchise. In no small part, that reputation was based on the actions of the front office, and the owner who kept said front office around.

Oh, I'm not expecting much, if anything, to change next year. At least the heroics runs to 9th spot have come to an end.

This season can't end soon enough.

Oh.... The season is still going on? :flirt:

Yes they can. Center is by far the easiest position to play in hockey, other than goalie of course. Anyone can do it.

At least Clarkson *looks* like he means business in that mug-shot. Leino looks like he just came off the set of a "Laurel & Hardy" movie :wallbash: :w00t:

Same here, and I agree he is playing with a fire in his belly atm, that I simply never knew he had in him.

Well said.

2012-2013 season opener against Philly.

Not trying to turn this into a Lindy-bash, but one of the things I was very annoyed with when it came to Vanek, was how Ruff stated he wanted to turn him into "the best two-way player in the game", right after Vanek came off a 40+ goal season. Guys who can score 40 in this league aren't just falling off trees, meaning when you actually have one, you should probably just let him do his thing, rather than try and turn him into something else. Sure, work on other aspects of his game, but 40 goal scorers are special players. Treat them as such.

If Garth Snow cared about Isles fans, he'd have resigned years ago.

Hard to disagree. My only problem is, that's how I felt about LaFontaine 5 weeks ago!

He's a Flyer sleeper agent.

Ted Nolan isn't supposed to fix anything, the front office is. Look at the roster - The fact that they at least play hard now is an improvement of monumental proportions, considering for how long the team failed to do just that. I have no preferences as to whether Nolan stays or goes, but to make a decision based on current results isn't fair.

So far, there is absolutely no evidence to support that claim - For all we know, the current front office could easily be as inept as the Isles FO. I doubt it, but technically, they really haven't proven a thing yet.

While I agree it doesn't make sense from a logical perspective, if Tavares really *is* sick - and I'm not saying he is as I haven't a clue - of life on Long Island, they might not have a choice but to trade him somewhere down the line.

Technically though, I'm pretty sure 29 teams are interested in Tavares.

Konopka straight up.