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You're absolutely correct, in principle. Unfortunately, I have far less confidence in any attempt TP would make to "look forward" that I would in him making Lindy part of upper management. And as much sense as what you say makes, I find that type of change incredibly unlikely. Lindy is actually here right now.

Lindy Ruff in a higher role would serve one purpose (and well, IMO): People around the league respect Lindy. He has relationships around the league. That in itself could be one big missing piece of our puzzle.

Oh wow, was that Tage doing something dumb with the puck at the blue line with no support behind him? Where have I seen this before?

If we win our games-in-hand, we're right back in the mix!

The least of this team's problems are the letters on anyone's sweater.

The GM has just not found the right pieces. We have talent, but we are missing key ingredients. You can point this back to the owner, but there's an outside chance the owner could luck out into a good GM (see Bills) who could solve our problems.

We've had teams that "lacked heart," but had enough talent to get into the playoffs. I'd take that over what we have now. "Heart" is the least of our current problems.

Or they play an unsustainable combination of early bursts of offense complemented by defensive breakdowns.

I just wanted to put this out there: I do not buy this “lack of heart” argument in any way/shape/form. It is a lazy argument/a cop-out. Heart is maybe what enables the 2nd-most-talented team to beat the most talented team to win a Stanley Cup. It’s not something that has anything to do with the Sabres’ problems. The Sabres problems are very empirically observable, not esoteric.

Jason Zuckreychuck

Zucker is a machine in front of the net

What a great looking power play! 😲

Or because they knew they had to beat Hasek Similarly, we were the hardest working team because all the players knew they were playing in front of the greatest goalie ever. That is pretty motivating.

Jes Jiří!

100% a dive