triumph_communes

I’m not thrilled Okposo won but not annoyed. Kane winning would’ve annoyed me. He doesn’t deserve the success

Can someone share analytics on Necas. I did t realize opinions on him had soured

The Skinner acquisition was great. The Skinner UFA deal was the travesty. Again, if he is a minor player in a strong room he is a valuable asset. But he isn’t a leader in the locker room and not a fit for the team. I also agree, we have cheaper players who fill his role who have grown up.

Good programs get good bridges. Can’t imagine they’re able to keep him after that though

Haha Canada bittersweet watching all those Sabres get a ring. Coaching really has been our main issue

We trade away ROR he gets a cup. Trade away Eichel and he gets a cup. Trade away Reinhart and he gets a cup Skinner, where do you want to get a cup?

How do I make a garbage plate out of state that compares? pATY

I disliked Crosby. McDavid is just a charm though. Might have to do with the conference they play in. Watching highlight reels of McDavid he’s beating up on teams I rarely see

If you have a guy the whole team likes on a personal level who doesn’t ever buy into coaches systems and does his own thing, as coach with a spine is absolutely going to jettison him first chance.

This year or next isn’t that big of a difference. I can believe he’s gone Glad Lindy is leading the room

I still think we won the Reinhart trade but I doubt Florida even remotely regrets any part of it.

I’d give him one year with Girgensons before writing him off.

Amateur scouting hasn’t been our issues. It’s been professional scouting.

the caps

I could see us trading Levi. Not that I agree with it, but I can see it. Tho Levi + 11 for tkachuk is as high as I’d want to see that go.

New OC, new looks. All our offense has to do is be serviceable

Lindy has spent his career just dealing with the cards he was dealt. I can imagine he joined with the idea of telling Adam’s how to construct the roster. a ‘splash’ is absolutely in play. we need to figure out what to do with Joki and the excess forward depth and our hole is bottom 6 so ‘splash’ is definitely going to be to overpay for character. And I’m okay with that i used to think I understood the market, but teams are all cap strapped that the market is so weird now. I think this actually an advantage since we’re just looking to overpay the type of players whose salary is depressing in this market I hope at the end of the day we keep Quinn. Power is a nice to keep, but I won’t be super pissed if he’s gone at least. Savoie and 11OA should be on the table.

Quinn would be more productive but Tkachuk a better teammate. I’m not sure I’d trade them 1:1, but I can understand the appeal. I wouldn’t add a kings ransom ontop of Quinn to make it happen tho

Was Keefe even on the market for six days?!?!?

Granato had half a season of that and they regressed. He peaked

This is the Adams who got Terry to believe us signing Taylor Hall meant we were competing for a cup, not just making the playoffs. All the talent we’ve had who has left and had immediate impact has shown it’s not our assessment as much as it is our country club culture leading to underperforming. And you can’t really assess players performance when they are under that shroud. Long way of saying that Adam’s can’t really be judged on his pro talent in the past because everything had been different - the budget, the coaching, the culture, the expectations. I agree when Adam’s says we have the talent in the top6 and top4 defense and goaltending. We just need role players and have cap flexibility to find them. This is a whole different scenario to picking prospects who will grow. Don’t need to, just need to find who still has the wheels to repeat what they did on a good team. Success has more on Lindy’s ability to change the culture despite what’s going on over his head. And he’s used to playing euchre with a crap hand.

Wasn’t a talent problem. Coaching and culture

Yes. Good leadership is contagious

To be benched the next year?

Ullmark isn’t even playing in the playoffs. He just had a good defense in front of him, he’s nothing to moan about.