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Oh I think the team's lack of a veteran core has been a primary problem for years but I think Zucker is just a mercenary. Sure he said he'd be interested in re-signing and that's common sense negotiating, and if you over pay him he might stay but in terms of building a team I think it's better to sell high on him and then work on building a proper core afterwards. Greenway is the kind of guy teams want for playoff runs. idk what you can get but it shouldn't be absolute rubbish. Eating salary might be essential in both cases though and maybe they are under orders not to do that.

Not moving Zucker and Greenway would be just pure stupidity. Move out all the UFAs and any other crap you can. You can always bring them back next year if they are actually interested and there are no better options.

Told you Bruins aren't what they used to be. Can't score and slow. They've been blown out like this by almost everyone who skates fast with skill. This is the frustrating thing for me. When Bruins fell, Sabres were supposed to rise. Ottawa appears to be the team seizing the moment instead.

Pick him up, eat half his contract and add him into a Petterson deal?

Except Rutherford has publicly admitted now that there is a locker room problem and that he doesn't see a solution without moving somebody so at least one of the two will be traded, they are just trying to maximize their return. As such I think if Adams really wants to make this happen he could.

Bruins are not the team they used to be and they can be beaten. If the Sabres used their speed and if they forecheck aggressively they can win this game big. Bruins D has trouble with a fast forecheck. Sabres don't do that well usually however but they can still win with the PP and offense they have. Bruins can't score and try to win 2-1 games with shutdown D. Net front always a key. In many ways these teams are polar opposites in just about every way. I actually think the Sabres can win this one as it's a definite trap game for Boston (they have a Winnipeg revenge game coming up) and their top 2 D are still out.

I understand the position you are taking but it just doesn't seem right to me. Nobody else does this.

You all know Bruins are my B team. 2011 was glorious. I kind of remember the 70s as well. Orr through the air was my first ever hockey game that I watched. Steelers multiple times (but not recently). I grew up in the 1970s remember. Hamilton Tiger Cats have been a horrible CFL franchise as of late but I have experienced them winning the Grey Cup a few times. Small interest in the Raptors winning as my son in law is a big fan. We bonded there a little. I pretend to be a Celtics fan though just to have fun with him. Sabres losing to Philly was painful. I felt bad for the Bills 4 losses in a row. Bills were kind of my B team in football. I was a big Bruce Smith fan. Also I hated Dallas (still do). Those were hard to watch. Otherwise, Team Canadas in Olympics and World stuff.

"better" is a funny word. How has this strategy worked for the Sabres so far? Have you not noticed that the same thing keeps happening over and over and over again?

In the Ruff presser he did say Greenway was close. This move is overdue. He's been awful and added nothing. The much heralded new 4th line has been garbage all year. Kozak was better and should be in the line up over these stiffs. Waive Lafferty next.

Oh I think Kulich can definitely be a top 6 player but 1C at this stage is ridiculous. He has things to work on and habits to instill and there's still work to be done. We just keep throwing them in the deep end and hoping they swim. Stupid franchise.

Ruff didn't have anything better to do. He didn't want to be retired yet. He was bored. Opportunity came along and he has a house already there why wouldn't he take the job? If you were him you'd take it too. But he clearly didn't come in with an "I'm doing it my way" attitude like a Tortorella did in Philly. Torts is like I'm doing it this way and if you don't like it don't hire me or fire me I don't give a......... The warning signs were here. Assistants not his choices, none of them. No boot camp. No major player moves removing any deadwood he saw. We started the season the lines were basically the same as Granato hockey. Not much was different. We've seen a few shifts now with players rearranged and he's got Kulich up and Thompson on a wing and there's a few ideas but it's all too little too late. Ruff changed nothing. He's just been a loyal company man so to speak. Hasn't called out anything or rocked the leaking boat at all. Honestly, he might just be padding his retirement funds.

lol, most likely but there's a small part of me that hopes he wakes up in the morning and looks in the mirror and thinks "I just don't get sports at all. Maybe it's time I go to Florida and let somebody else run these things and just let my accountants look at the balance sheets". Ya gotta dream.

I know. Joshua is having a bad idea so that's why I thought they might be willing to toss him in and shed the deal as a mistake. Our 4th line could use him though and maybe a new role new team and all that. Centre back? Another deal? Let them trade with Boston to get Lindholm. They tried to sign him in the off season and he is not working out in Boston. If they could get him to waive his NTC they could get him relatively cheap. Cozens Byram is fine but it's not my preference. I am intrigued with the idea of moving Thompson back to the wing and playing him as the sniper with Petterson. We are moving Kulich ahead too fast imo as we always do.

Okay throw in a draft pick how about that? Joshua is having a bad year that's why I think you could toss him in. Vancouver is interested in Byram that was reported earlier. They are looking for another puck mover as PP2 with Quinn as PP1. Honestly I'm not giving up Kulich or Benson. I would clean house and just leave those 2 if it made sense on the returns but those 2 guys aren't broken yet and they both have major upside. They are the "rookies" I want in my system.

Actually I'd say losing ROR really hurts us here 🙂 Remember when Bylsma had a crap boring team with a killer PP.

Here's a different idea. Quinn, Peterka and Byram for Petterson and Dakota Joshua. Before you scoff at it, consider that all 3 are up for contracts soon and they will likely squeeze Adams for overpays they haven't lived up to yet and maybe never will. The first 2 are replaceable since we have prospects galore in similar molds and Byram we already have in Power and Dahlin as well. Adams gets cost certainty and a Swedish star forward for his top line. We would also then have the flexibility to reshape the composition of the team instead of next year being more of the same and more waiting for the next ones.

Anyone else hoping the Bills loss will make Pegula angry enough to want to fire someone and that someone will be Adams?

I wanted the Bills to win. Just so tired of Mahones and KC and Taylor Swift in the press box and the whole thing. You're right though. Without Allen the Bills would be very mediocre. If the Steelers had Allen it would be them in the superbowl (and likewise if the Bills had TJ Watt maybe the Bills)

I didn't say they play the same style. Not sure where you got that from but doesn't matter. The hesitation in Cozens is definitely there and I said we can argue over the cause but he's hesitating all the same. Maybe another element is too many development years under Granato and he is having trouble doing X after years of Y type thing. That could be part of it. There's absolutely no question we have mismanaged assets and developed young players poorly. Always too much too soon and we "break" many of them and then somebody else fixes some of them after we ditch them or they move on. Lack of veteran leadership, constant changes, it's a mess. The young players we have should be better than they are.

I could be wrong but I think it's a bad idea. Having said that I fully expect Adams to be all in on trying to get him.

Totally agree. I see nothing (so far) that would make me think next year will be different.

Ya, I agree, he's definitely "thinking" and thus hesitating and that throws the plays off. idk the cause or anything exactly, we can only guess, but he's currently broken. because he just plays a simple speed game. He just goes and makes instinctive plays.

I don't think it's that interesting. I think it's primarily because teams think they will have an easy night and come in to the game napping. Takes them falling behind to realize they will still have to play to get a win. When they bear down in the third we usually fall apart.

Those hit stats are bs. I don't think there was one good hit by either side in the entire game. Just bumping into someone counts as a "hit" these days but it's not. This was as non physical of a hockey game as you can get.