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Last two goals total about 80 feet.

He bumped Matt Ellis down a notch, says a lot about him. This staff needs to go.

Imagine his heart and mind in Power’s body.

I was in the camp saying he could be a 50-60 point guy. He just looks so overmatched, can’t win a puck battle, can’t beat Dmen with speed or moves. He is also not getting near the net often enough to use his shot. 15 games seems like a reasonable number for him to prove his worth. I would not be upset if he was an added piece in a deal that brought back some actual help. He could do better elsewhere but you can’t live in fear, just do something and deal with the consequences.

Congratulations!

And delivery time be damned.

Reimer has been a #1 (40+ games) in 5 of his 15 NHL seasons. He is also 37 years old, so I wouldn’t count on much more than a stopgap type player. You are right that KA will probably run this roster back and maybe think Levi is ready. He has not addressed goaltending issues in his 5 years and I don’t see him making a bold move. Goalies are weird, so there is a chance UPL finds some improvement and gets back to average numbers. Many goalies seem to have roller coaster careers and consistency is what separates the great ones.

A RHD who can be better than Jokiharju and Clifton, it’s a small step to improving the D corps. Definitely more skill than Gilbert except in fisticuffs.

Some nice clips there. He plays a two way game and is physical. Top scorer on a good team at 18. Playmaking centre. I like this guy if picking 3rd or later.

Crazy that they blew this with the 13 game skid.

Hoping all goes well.

Watching this confirms where KA is embedded.

Do better, it’s all I’ve got. This guy has made himself a 7/8 Dman but is done as far as any growth is concerned.

Angry Larry has finally been replaced.

I realize playing skill doesn’t translate to coaching ability. I was just trying to say that the organization has become the Matt Ellis of outfits. Rocket Richard’s coaching career only lasted 2 games with the Nordiques of the WHA. He couldn’t believe how players didn’t have his passion for the game.

Having mediocre talent like Matt Ellis play and coach for the organization.

Do it!

I think it was the 2nd game vs the Habs, Sportsnet braoadcast said the Sabres were leading the league in hitting posts. Nice to have it go the other way.

No, but they are assets that can be drafted and developed or bundled in a trade to upgrade talent. The cost is strictly money, no existing assets. You only need to hit on one of these every once in a while to get an NHL player. Over the last 5 years of not doing this, they have passed on quite a few picks. All of these things add up if you make decent decisions in roster building, which I am not going to get into.

They could be the third team in a deal that requires salary retention, oh yeah, they never do that either.

Canada had punched above its weight during WW2 but was fading militarily. The Cold War was on and this was an opportunity for our country to contribute. CCCP was a juggernaut in international hockey that we had yet to face on a best on best. To come down to the last 34 seconds in a must win game on foreign soil was a big moment.

I went to watch Steve Dangle’s take on this game just to see how his passion for hockey translates to a best on best tournament. I usually go to his page after the Leafs annual exit just to laugh at his MELTDOWNS. His 20 minutes touched on a lot of similar things to what we all watched but he couldn’t shed the blue Leafs goggles. He talked about Matthews and Marner for about 5 minutes of this video. “Matthews was a demon!”

Winning at any level can only benefit these guys. They need to bring some of that down the highway.

Sorry if I offended you, I just wanted to state that the Hughes gang is more suited to skills competitions. They needed more Larkins and Slavins.

His sister, who skates just as well, was a non factor. I think McAvoy would have had more of an impact.