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Owners and GM are responsible for the players. So let's put the blame where it is. Go ahead hire Gallant or pick a name and the players still will be the same. We've had sub par management (owners responsibility) and sub par players (GM) responsibility. Seems it gets right back to ownership ultimately. As Truman said"the buck stops here".

Agree totally. Coaching is not the problem.

This team made huge mistake by dumping two players that I feel if we still had this whole picture would look completely different. I blame ownership for either allowing it to happen or directing it to happen. Try any way you want to rationalize these moves but they set us back years. It wasn't tanking or not tanking it was these moronic moves. It's done and can't be reversed. JBott and the Pegulas made this ad now it's probably something we live with for the foreseeable future. It's not an off-season fix.

Now your just being catty.

Risto has half of Montreal's team on him and is teammates stand and watch

He wouldn't want the job and we'd lose with I'm as well.

Unless you're being sarcastic let me say that fear has lost effect. At least for me. To accept bad hockey as long as it's here doesn't interest me.

I'm tired of it anyway.

Can I substitute?

A good, qualified president should be in charge. The GM would be under his control. As I said Pegula should step aside.

I don't seem to be able to feel his passion but can't really question what he said. I will be 77 in March. Watched this team from its inception. This is possibly the lowest I sense our fan base has been. Mr. Pegula has not been at all connected to his fans. His spending is unquestionably there but that's not obviously been well spent. He needs to hide a president of hockey with a known pedigree of success and get out of his way.

I up to a month ago was pretty much where you are. Now I'm a little more skeptical of our overall team aside from maybe five or six guys.

Ok the plan is for next season? Just how? Free agency? You don't construct team in one off season.

I'm off the Botterill wagon and only hanging by a thread to the Pegula wagon with it's wheels coming loose.

Unwatchable

That glowing luck was so stupid and I watchable.

Words fail. My prayers will be said for Jeremy and his family.

Don't think a trade is in the works this year. Really what do we have to trade that other teams want? Frankly who is available that realistically we could get? One, we only have handful of players with value enough to get what we need and we're not going to trade one of them to just create another hole in our lineup. And again who's available worth trading for? Two, cap space. Don't have it without moving contracts no one wants. I'm not inclined to trade high picks to bolster this team at this time. The team is not a contender by just a couple moves. Keep the picks maybe look at free agency after shedding some money this off season although I'm not a big fan of free agency. So, talking trades unless you're talking dumping someone at the deadline is , in my mind, just talk.

I kinda like that KC quarterback

Looks like repeat of last season going forward. We've changed players, GM's and coaches. Who says we're not consistent.

Sounds good. Now who do we have to trade that fetches what we need? We're pretty thin on expendable talent.

Who ,Tom, do you really think we have to trade that we can afford to trade worth any real improvement coming back. Botterill's fault of not.

Am I the only one that thinks just getting a 2c is not the magical answer for this team? We have a few top end talented players and almost a roster full of third to fourth line players. One reason why trades to improve the team are so difficult. You don't get something for nothing. Frankly who do we really have of value to another team we can afford to trade?

Okay. Let's have a thread for TRADES. This thread is fantasy, dreams and basically bs.

They are not as good as their record. Plain and simple.