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No you can't. One, Levi isn't here anymore. Two, Benson as I have pointed out elsewhere is actually good. Three, Mitts has been good for years according to you so now that you want to make a different argument Mitts was rushed? Cozens had how many points last year? For a guy that was rushed he sure played pretty ***** well. Ullmark was a UFA. Idk why no one seems to give a ***** about that. Would you sign here as a UFA goalie? My problem isn't that we are saying Adams failed, he did. Or that goaltending is bad, it is. Or that we can't rush Rosen and Kulich, we won't. It is that we are using all of these stupid lame worthless excuses to scapegoat the cold hard truth. This team simply isn't coached well enough, it doesn't have enough depth, and it certainly doesn't have enough heart. This message can be repeatedly from 2013 to present. Liger, out.

Omg, you guys are all out to lunch. Cozens was not a rookie in 2021 as he had played 41 games in 2020. Samuelsson was but he split the year between Buffalo and Rochester in 2021. Krebs kinda split the season but I can see saying he was a rookie in 21/22. Either way we did not do what you say that year. Let's look at 2022... Well which one of Power, Peterka and Quinn do you feel like played bad? UPL did but which of the other 3 do you have a problem with or would have left at a lower level? Ryan Johnson is 22yrs old, you either have to see if he sinks or swims at the NHL level sooner rather than later. Benson I would have sent back to jrs but he is a unicorn and shockingly might be the best play driver on the entire freaking team. Nothing caught up to us this year. We are not losing games because Zach Benson and Ryan Johnson are here. We are losing because we play a trash brand of hockey with almost no one going to the middle of the ice and no one playing hard. Scapegoat elsewhere. In 2024 I wouldn't bring in any of those players. Make them all start in Rochester.

What are you even talking about? Power is in his sophomore slump which everyone saw coming and he needs agility more than muscle IMPO. Read this and then come back, honestly this entire board has lost its ***** mind at this point. You think that all Power has to do is just lift some weights and add some muscle and BAM! he is will be amazing and that isn't the reality and it isn't happening in one offseason. Tage Thompson has also talked about how he has changed and improved his strength/speed combo over the last 4 years so idk why the ***** he is listed here. https://theathletic.com/1983489/2020/08/17/behind-the-workouts-that-were-a-game-changer-for-the-lightnings-victor-hedman/

Rosen is the same age JJP was when he made the NHL. However yes, neither Rosen nor Kulich are NHL ready and should marinate in the AHL which they have been doing for basically the entire season to date. I would give both Rosen and Kulich a full year in the AHL (which so far seems to be the plan barring the injury hellscape we live in).

No, they do not. No one on the freaking planet would leave a guy that is 21 and a former first round pick (top 10 btw) in the AHL after they put up 1.35ppg including 25g in 45 games especially in the cap era. Buffalo got 37pts including 14g and a very solid 2-way game from Jack Quinn. He wasn't rushed, he came up precisely when he should have and he stayed because he was good. Look at Peterka, almost the same thing and because he played last year he is currently in his sophomore season and doing extremely well. The guy had just under 1pgg in the AHL and put up 32pts last year and his currently at 18pts and 10g this year. What part of him was rushed? Focus on actual problems, this wasn't one of them. All good teams bring up their youth when they are ready and in the NHL that typically happens between the ages of 20-23. Saying that Jack Quinn or JJ Peterka were rushed out of the AHL is complete nonsense. Professional goalies make those saves sometimes, when will Buffalo have a goalie that will?

No it hasn't. Levi and Comrie were awful and UPL is average.

Name names. Which young guys are just left to their own devices and not getting better? Quinn? Peterka? Rosen? Kulich? Which one?

No, a fall guy is someone you use and then blame. That's not what Adams is. I don't believe it. Our analytics department deserves more credit.

No it wasn't. He was here because Pegula can trust him and he works well with TP. If Pegula hired Forton to be GM, I might honestly be done. That's just awful.

No they were not. Jack Quinn destroyed the AHL, was 21, and proved himself very capable last year. Peterka took a big jump this year and was okay last year. No they were not rushed. Focus on actual problems. Quinn and Peterka aren't that.

This team is broken.

Lol, you could trade power or Cozens tomorrow if you wanted to.

Because he's good at it

Coaches: Alright guys here's the plan, we pass it from the point to the half wall and then back to the point, got it? Players: When do we shoot? Coaches: That's the beauty of it, you don't.

They weren't.

I'm out.

I honestly might not watch more. This team has no... swagger, guts, grit, brains, determination. They need to grow up fast or yet again, another loser season.

Maybe we'll actually show up and try for 60 minutes