Thorner

We can beat Detroit 3 times, the issue being they probably aren’t the team pacing for WC2 if we do. It’s still possible but is getting ridiculously hard because of the shrinking runway

Every team does it and returns to the playoffs in a quicker time frame. No, it’s a plan. And by Adams’ own admission, the plan was expected to result in a playoff berth this year. That’s kinda the point We can disagree with the strategy, but the best way to evaluate it is based on the success or failure relative to what it is trying to achieve. By the principles OF a draft and develop strategy, this season represented a noted lag im for giving Adams another shot next year but this isn’t an “all part of the plan” situation right now. This year has been a noted misfire

Building a roster from scratch id go Byram too. But the reason this swap probably requires an accompanying move is because the roster isn’t at scratch and there’s a chance, hypothetically, if Tage doesn’t revert to 1C quality, that we need a 2C more than another 1D when we have 2 other first overall D in the system I’m inclined to think it’s not too difficult to add to the forwards in a way that helps offset the Casey loss, rather than just relying on the “hope” that all the forwards positively regress strategy exclusively, but while I don’t expect a huge addition I’d be pretty skeptical of a Tage / Dylan / Krebs c-spine, even with an improved defence

That we haven’t made the playoffs Also “not blocking the kids” isn’t a narrative it was a statement from the GM lol

It may be set. No I think he’s a 7

4 seasons of Adams, but ya

1) it’s hockey, not Quidditch 2) that reminds me of the XFL thing where instead of kickoffs they had two guys run for the ball and a guy broke his collarbone or something on the first one lmao

What? Their track records aren’t even close to comparable Maybe 70 Someone was arguing with me last year that Tage was Eric Lindros. We should be thankful the comp is merely now Pastrnak

Both ot and the SO are awful formats of hockey

It’s ok to get a joke

Philippa Boyens is a legend No its a steaming network now

That’s what I mean. He’s been pretty standard in his “don’t block” philosophy. So I’m worried he’d be “open” to outside additions like he said: “open” just enough to conclude no addition that can be had at a price he’s willing to pay represents an upgrade significant enough to sully that internal completion with a veteran player: let the kids duke it out

Could be. So why is he waxing so poetic about it? People want to believe his emotion over KO was sincere, and I get that, I think it was, too. But then the better part of me thinks he’s unlikely to go off the rails dishonestly when he’s showing he’s pretty honest emotionally. So I don’t buy it’s purely a Terry thing with Girgs i think it’s reasonable to conclude that part of the reason Terry and KA get along so well, part of the reason Terry trusts him so much and PICKED him, is BECAUSE they have some similar philosophies

I’m good with that, but there are some logistical issues. We can’t be entering into next season with one of our top 3 centre roles being held down by a guy who’s still “getting a shot”, can we? I’d imagine we need him to more less prove he’s up for it before hand. Can he do that within the time frame of the remaining games? You’d be betting on quite a small sample size How do we feel, as of now, entering into next season with a centre spine of Thompson-Cozens-Krebs ? The level of seriousness required for a season that could end in year 5 of straight playoff misses for this regime? Or just feeling that there’s a hope it can live up to what we need?

Basically it’s fairly comical that Adams put so much emphasis on Girgs being part of the “fabric” of the team. Because he’s been here for so long. As if that’s a fabric we should be interested in keeping together

And it’s true that we bump Samuelsson down a pair, which is good, but we bump Krebs up a line, too, and he might not come close to Casey’s production. On the other hand, some have mentioned this is the first move of a few, and if we add meaningfully to the forwards, the net could definitely be team improvement because of Byram’s talent. To me it’ll look really good in combination with a couple other things

What was the first embarrassment?

It seems almost impossible to ignore. I think they are basically even in the second period in differential, and quite positive in the third. I’m trying to understand how that wouldn’t scream slow starts, potentially one of the few things you can outright attribute to coaching. If I had to guess, there is some “score effects” stuff going on in the third. So it’s probably a little misleading as we are chasing a lot, so it would be a mistake to think it’s purely coaching and not also the roster needing further adjustment

They seem to be pretty good in ot and shootouts

(A run right now) annoys me and makes me happy at the same time. I’m not running from it. They’ve earned that sort of emotional reaction. If nothing else, this team has always been complicated. And you are completely right. They need to focus on winning

We’ve been absolute derp this year and are somehow 7 back. They won’t be out of it till it’s over over Last year’s fools gold imprinted on the GMs mind so, I’m hoping for a miracle too

The teams above us are very ass. The funny thing is, we play Detroit 3 times. We can essentially tie them if we win all 3. Which makes it seem doable i suppose the rub is that if we did that, they’d unlikely to be the team still pacing for wc2 but we can ignore that for now

Yet we’ve gained in the playoff race

This alternates between “it’s aaaaaaall over” and “we are totally alive” on a game by game basis according to Chad, so, strap in

Expect a renewal of confidence in the plan