PerreaultForever

better than Dalton Smith. ????? The worst franchise in the league? A laughing stock? I don't know if I should laugh or cry when you talk about what we built.

Football just gets worse and worse. Just let them play video games and call the whole thing off.

Ya, he is. And he can undermine the coach's authority too so he's a detriment. Bobrovsky has games where he sucks bad, but he did have a .906 SV% and can play well at times. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him. I don't want either. But if I'm stuck with one terrible contract I'd rather it was his, and if I'm not wrong it ends sooner. He will still win you a few games. If our 2 goalies were Bobrovsky and Ullmark (or the equivalent) with UPL in Rochester one step or two away nobody would be talking about needing goaltending like they are now. Skinner is absolutely freaking useless.

Not unless you want to keep losing............ I can see Calgary and Vancouver both being interested in Reinhart but the cap will be tricky (especially for Vancouver) and any deal probably has conditional aspects dependent on them signing him longer term. Not sure if there's an Edmonton deal. They need D help, maybe if we shop Risto with him. I have no issue taking back Zack Kassian as a cap dump from them as proposed above. It's not that much and we need truculence 🙂

Just don't build a freakin' dome. There aren't enough snow games any more as it is.

I would swap Skinner for Bobrovski 1 for 1. Skinner won't leave though. I don't think he cares about winning.

Ya, Spencer Knight was really good. maybe Florida will look to trade a goalie next year?

I could see Philly exploring this trade more than Winnipeg but I don't see them parting with Coutourier or Provorov. Nolan is an underachiever with a head injury, not sure you want to roll the dice on him. I have no idea how this trade might look. They might want to dump Van Riemsdyck's salary. Farabee is a guy I'd like to see coming our way. Maybe Konecny. In a multi package.

Just be glad the Bruins didn't draft him or you'd be really annoyed.........

So you still don't want to draft him?

Already better than Colin Miller. I still say he's the pick I want us to make.

Well once upon a time they did trade Gretzky so anything is possible, but I'd say the odds of it are all but zero. They may however, rethink their direction and philosophy of building around him and Draisaitl.

I'd say it actually makes it harder to build a team with them in a cap era (unless you cheat like Tampa).

Ya, they are not looking good at all.

There's no argument that it's better if they get along, and they usually do as GMs tend to pick their guys, I'm just not sure it's essential. All speculative anyway. I don't actually have any idea why Gallant got fired, I just know he creates winners and gets max. talent out of his roster. Absolutely. Always better if everybody's on the same page as they like to say.

I don't see why GMs and coaches actually have to work together. You state a vision of expectation, as in this is the way we want this team to play. This style. Then you draft and trade for players who fit that style and the coach is expected to win games. He doesn't he's fired. No reason the two have to be buddies.

This Florida series is disappointing. I expected more fireworks, more physicality from Florida. Their goaltending has been poor, and watching this Kucherov thing is annoying. League's cap rules are a joke. I'm really starting to hate this Tampa Bay Cheaters team.

I think that's it with Gallant. He doesn't play nice with owners and/or GMs. Probably not unlike old Ted Nolan that way. Probably why Pegulas would never hire him too. They like yes men.

Canada vs. U.S. is on TSN Sunday 1:00 Buffalo time.

Totally agree. Gallant has been my preferred choice since he was fired by Vegas.

Ya definitely. That's why after Murray I was saying hire somebody from the Bruins organization and then again after JBot I said the same. That team has a culture and a team dynamic second to none and should be copied. They aren't always the best team, but they truly function like that cliche "band of brothers" and it elevates them every year. Fantastic community stuff too. They are a model franchise. Likely, it all comes down from Cam Neely. His style, his attitude, his work ethic. If we would put a guy like Rick Dudley in a similar top position maybe we could become similar.

Yup. When you put everything on one or two superstars they're easier to be shut down by teams that know how to play team D. Perhaps the idea of trading Eichel for 3 or 4 good players isn't as terrible a concept as some think.

Watching the playoffs tonight, Ovi looked pretty old and past his prime.

Washington looked old and tired tonight.

I'm not a Boudreau fan, but probably better than an unproven college guy.