Thorny

Ya I mean he can definitely be a reasonable player. My issue was always with the misreading of his value to the tune of suggesting he was the team’s mvp, which happened a crazy amount, and that absurd contract. It’s not even that expensive: it was just ridiculous to sign him up for the term we did when we did. No upside only downside. I was almost the only person torpedoing that deal at the time so you’ll have to forgive me for reiterating that point What would he cost now? Assuredly not any more than we already paid. Probably less. We aren’t gaining anything but the handcuff of a locked in term At the end of the day the deal was exactly what I said it was: part of a messaging offseason where we wanted to show everyone he and others “wanted to be here”

Bingo

Adams didn’t let Botterill do anything. He merely reported back on what he saw Krueger, sure

It’s not so much “because of the fanbase” as it is the fact the chances of those poor stretches showing up far too much going forward go WAY up when you commit a poor stretch to record that early. Ie the chances of the stretch being an anomaly but also randomly showing up at the first available opportunity is low We don’t posses the mitigating factors the Panthers did when they started 0-2, ie: a proven roster

It’s more so we lost our 3 upon first available opportunity

His legend was built on a misreading re: correlation and causation

Agree, honestly still surprised by 5 of the 19 making it, though. Leaves room for some hope I suppose

The other sports thread is like the fast-food drive thru for being told your takes are wrong in an expedited manner

5/19 (26%) isn’t all that bad tbh. Would have guessed way more drastic separation there

Absolutely fantastic playoffs so far Rooting for the Tigers but really just for entertaining games. Nothing matches playoff ball

Those comps don’t really serve the argument, I agree. Not if the personnel isn’t comparable. It’s not as if we can just like, ya know, steal their league leading power play design and voilà. Pretty sure the artists are responsible for the created art, and I don’t see a spare McDavid lying around, let me know if you do. Biggest (see: only) avenue to substantially addressing notable issues like even strength scoring, our PP deficiencies, etc is to properly build and supplement the roster. The PP remaining bad isn’t very surprising when you remember who the key offseason additions were, after an inept PP last year. We chose to supplement the 4th line, ok. I’m shocked that without more talented players we aren’t finding more success within the area of the game talented players shine the most we are hoping right now on a sorely needed in-season move from the GM (don’t laugh) or the first three games to be proven a very unlucky statistical anomaly, wherein we really do have a good top 6, in which case goal scoring in all facets should fix itself. Ie: if Adams built a good roster, it’ll simply bear out

Someone call the burn unit

I do agree with you on that. The season isn’t over because of 3 games. Their body of work in totality is FAR more troubling re: their prospective chances of making it this year, than the 3 game hole is. For a competent team, it’s overcomeable

Always love the concession at the end maybe next time

Congratulations, you are more disappointing as a poster than the sabres are at hockey

This is only a relevant factor if that team, by scratching the surface at game 25, is able to then catapult itself into a playoff spot via that development. Figuring it out by game 25 isn’t relevant if there isn’t enough runway to catch up The coach is a footnote re: an nhl roster, anyways. They don’t get non playoff teams into the playoffs. Or vice versa. Improvement or the opposite: merely on the margins. Said it all offseason: if you need ONE coach to fix the output of TWENTY guys: you have already lost Ya; you didn’t understand my post

This is like saying, “it’s simple: you fix the amount of goals we put into the net” you don’t “fix” the powerplay. Utter misnomer. You roster better players on the powerplay

And his position on the team, the production we are counting on him for, and his long term contract, are all directly down to the GM. It’s not Cozens “fault” he’s not good enough. If someone is placed into a position they are unqualified for, in ANY workforce, it’s down to the person doing the managing. This guy could have easily been our 2Rw instead this year if he wasn’t ready to hold the mantle of 2C. How’s Jack Quinn doing? Still headed for 80 points this year? All these unproven guys we HAD to roster up top is such a farce

You spend to the cap. very simple answer. teams that spend to the cap don’t always make the playoffs, but those that dont basically never do, so it’s a very good place to start. there’s only 2 potential reasons we aren’t spending to the cap: 1) Pegula is cheap 2)Intentionally, to save money for our RFAs Both would point to debilitating issues. Obviously 2 is way stupider, as with number 1 we aren’t really failing at the chosen goal, we just don’t have the same goal as the owner. Number 2 would point to the prioritization, still, of the future, which we can’t win under

I’m so tired he’s been here 5 years man. Which of the players that were here before him did he not sign to a long term deal himself? You’d try anyone at 2C? Even…Casey Mittelstadt, perhaps? Where’s he? Via who?

Your hypothetical that has no basis in reality isn’t interesting to me I care about building a team that can be good not one that can be good if everything goes exactly the way I want it to in my video game

You get that “benson” being a bonafide top 6 player, as the 4th youngest player in hockey, after a season of a cool 30 points last year is a commentary on the disfunctionally built lineup…right? It’s a sad, sad commentary on the state of the lineup that a kid who was LITERALLY QUESTIONABLE injury wise pregame slots straight in as our 1LW when we are on year 5 of a rebuild, right? right? Our *top line* wing. I don’t think everyone understands how absurd this is Production from a player like Benson on any non disfunctional roster would be considered *found money*. On buffalo it’s strictly necessary, among other things, to scratch a playoff spot

Probably shouldn’t have gone 0-5 on the pp

Where did JJP play today? What mythical universe is this where no injuries exist?