WildCard

Not exactly going out on a limb there, are you :lol:

Such as?

I agree with the bold, but I really think, given how poorly that went this year, Eichel gets it I believe so

If you think we have a locker room issue now, Bobby Ryan isn't going to help Yeah he was pretty blunt - Eichel is Eichel, growing the way we thought - Reinhart pleasant surprise. I'll keep him - Massive hard on for Mittelstadt - RoR and Risto need to get their ###### together

Mentioned that it can't be one voice (Eichel). Mentioned that there are vets on this team with playoff experience that don't lead (RoR, Okposo), and there are younger guys with 3-4 years experience that don't lead (Risto, Reinhart) RoR is my bet Interesting presser. I know we say this a lot, but he sounded genuinely pissed off. For everyone claiming this was gonna be a vanilla presser, it didn't feel like it. Goes in line with reports of him pissed off in the press box

- Very happy with Reinhart's 2nd half - illustrates communicating with coaching staff and growing as a young player. Sounds like Reinhart is staying - Will follow up with Matt Moulson after AHL team is done in the playoffs - Nelson is a good example of what we need to do here as an organization; develop guys through Rochester. Sounds big on Nelson - One thing you want next year: team speed up front, have to get faster on the wings. Baptiste and Bailey contributed to that. - Will be spots for wingers from Rochester to come up next year and play. Mentions Nylander, Smith, Ogelvie, etc. - We don't have the depth to overcome injuries - There's been a lot of talk, and no action. I don't wanna hear how disappointed the players are, I want to know how they're going to change it - Mentions Mittelstadt a lot, how excited he is for him - Asplund and Olofsson: hopeful both play in world championships, neither able to come to Rochester until worlds are over. Both will be here next year - Exit Interviews: Nobody asked for a trade, exit interviews 'flat out sucked' - Simple things like development camps are important for us, need to strengthen younger guys being introduced to the system - Again, mentions Mittelstadt for this - 'C' for Eichel: matured a lot, better away from the puck, better on pp, taken the right steps just like Reinhart has - Eichel can't be the only one leading the team. It's imperative we have more than one voice leading. We cannot have vets that have been to the playoffs not being leaders anymore, we cannot have young guys that have been on this team for 3-4 years not being leaders anymore - Terry: Level of anger is pretty high, GM: 'I've been here for one year, and I've been pretty pissed and upset this year. It sucks that we [won't be in the playoffs]. We have all the resources here to have success...yet it hasn't transpired here." - This year has reinforced my belief in what a good organization looks like, and how it should function. When we did that, we had success on the ice - Giving NHL experience is a good thing, but just like there is good things [Casey's goal] there are bad experience [losing 5-6 games while Casey was up here] - How much roster change/how big is the group (core): Has to be change, will be change. Have to look at everything, including changing our core players. Will be involved in FA, but big believer in that you can't build a team just through FA, must come from withing/draft.

Sounds about right

Can we get this pinned?

Least that makes two of us

It can only get better from here. Have some faith

Kessel is consistently scoring and producing in two Cup runs for the Penguins, and should have won the Conn Smyth one of those years

Same :D

But RoR is young and a valuable piece. You're saying you don't like his attitude and think it's like Kessels?

Toronto tried to build a team around two terrible contracts and complimentary players. That would be like if we gave Riso and Kane 8x8 deals. RoR is nothing like that situation

Let's see how much more fuel he throws on the fire

yeah I know but eh, if I like it I like it. Not like I'm being spoon fed soma or anything...

I've gotten really into Taylor Swift's new album. this thing is catchy

They too are calling for an owner who's dumped money into the city and teams, kept two teams here, to sell the team after a few bad seasons?

This thread wouldn't exist if we were any other city but Buffalo

"And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row." – Gerulaitis after defeating Jimmy Connors at the January 1980 Masters. Gerulaitis had lost their previous 16 matches.

Meanwhile he just brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17 years

Believe

I'll expect you back once we get Dahlin then

I think there was a lot more to that situation than just Richie, but I don't doubt he probably was a dick to Martin, and is a terrible person Where there's smoke there's fire Edit: Didn't realize he has a Made In the USA tattoo :lol: