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Only 3 teams in the entire league have a worse goal differential. They have lost 12 games this season by more than 1 goal. They have 7 ot/so losses and if Buffalo had that, you'd be telling us how Granato can't close out games. The flyers have 77 goals which puts them 30th in the league in goals scored. They sit 27th in the league overall. I'd say Carter Hart is the most likely reason they aren't worse. I'm not saying torts is a bad coach but he's not elevating anything. Granato helped turn Tage Thompson into the 2nd highest scoring player in the league and Dahlin into the 2nd highest scoring defenseman. Torts might have them playing "hard nose" hockey but that's not winning them much. We do agree on one thing, Philly isn't very talented but Torts isn't doing much for the talent there is. Your argument is based on a parallel universe where Torts is in Buffalo and we're better than the highest scoring team in the NHL under Granato. That's a strawman but maybe not in the literal sense.

His cf% is bad. His xgf% is not that bad. He's producing and getting 67% of his zone starts in the def zone. I'd say yes a solid 4th line guy who could probably hold the 3rd line center spot if needed. My guess is the 4th line is giving up lower quality shots but a bunch of them and they don't necessarily generate a lot of shots but the ones they do are good quality.

Now with Titanic music!

The fact Jost hasn't been bad is a little surprising. We're getting usage out of a waiver pickup.

now with Benny Hill

Well Frazier is almost guaranteed to get a hc job. So hope they are thinking about his replacement. As for Dorsey, Frank Reich.

I'm really surprised Adams signing Tage Thompson early isn't getting more traction here. There's no chance in hell you could sign Thompson for under 10 mill a year right now. The guy is 3rd in the entire league in points and 2nd in goals. He's signed for another 7 years at 7.1 million... I mean that move right there is Adams doing something.

Yea... flyers at -29 goal differential look great under Torts, what was Adams thinking. I'm sure Torts would have patiently let Dahlin screw up last year and moved Tage to center too. Maybe 1 but I don't follow the teams who did them so hard for me to say.

By my count, I think 5 nhl level trades have been completed since the Sabres started. So 5 times have teams traded nhl level guys since the season began.

Hard to say what Rosen will be. He's probably 2 years away from the NHL and has a lot to improve on. Maybe one of the Rochester contingent can provide an update on how he looks.

Just. Win.

I don't need Frazier or Dorsey back next year.

Bottom is falling out a bit in Detroit.

Nope

I also wonder if another GM trades Eichel for less just to be done with it. Or signs Tage early. Or recognizes Samuelssons value

Let's both walk away from this. It's not productive. You think Reeves would help this team make the playoffs. I think Reeves taking any shifts for us makes us worse. / end conversation

Lol you wouldn't know context if it punched you. I said idc that Skinner got the guy in the chin but here you are 🤥 making it sound like I'm all for ppl baseball batting ppls heads. Also if you ever played me? What are you 5? "If we ever played I'd get you!" LOL guess what? We'll never meet in person so save your bravado for someone it might work on.

And then you see the jump njd have taken

The backup makes sense. You put your best out in game 1 because you think you're most likely to win that game, which they did oddly enough, and then you hope your legs hold out tonight. If I'm Buffalo, I tell every to shoot and shoot often. Rebounds and shift goals can be had.

Detroit lost, again

Florida panicked and fired their coach, now they might not make the playoffs.

Nooooooooooo. Just win.