John Tucker

Unthinkable that we've gone a decade without a sniff of the playoffs. A f'ing decade in a league where half the teams make the playoffs. I honestly may never see them in the playoffs again!! Depressing

His departure was so shady and felt like it was the start of what we all know as a trend with this ownership.

When Cody Hodgson leads the team in points, there's a good reason why it's tough to remember much about a team!!

I always viewed Patty as someone that would've been a perfect fit for that role and have thought kicking him to the curb was his first BIG mistake, but what do I know!!

I still wish we knew why Patty was run out of town. Was it ever actually brought to light?

Yeah, I know. I was just referencing the McDavid miss!!

Nope. This is definitely NOT a good year to intentionally or unintentionally tank. But this will be the year we actually win the lottery! 🤬

I would bet a boatload of $$ that the Krakers double our win total next year!!

No doubt... They'll be doing the exact same thing for Seattle too!

Definitely... But in all fairness, the NHL provided them a quality roster on a silver platter right from the get go, and then they traded some of em' for high picks.

I've moved from hating this to actually becoming indifferent. Oh how I miss watching actual hockey!!

They're totally oblivious at this point. Too busy focusing on tennis

This supposed "core" group of turds needs to be jettisoned too. Freddy Kruger is obviously a joke but this group is also non coachable.

Yowza! Decided to check in on the game and see they're getting outshot almost 40 - 15!! Lol... I assume it probably looks worse than that!!

The disgusting part about all of this is that all we have to get excited about with this team is that fact that it takes a kid to try and fire up the rest of the dead weight, paycheck collecting group of garbage. I would soooooo much rather be talking about the goal he scored, the pass he made, the save he made, etc..., but this is all we have to grasp on to at this point and it's so frustrating.

To that, we can agree. He appears to be the bright spot that hopefully doesn't get tainted by the rest of this putrid roster

Common sense would say it shows that he actually has a pulse, which most of the team lacks. I mean, duh, it didn't affect the score, obviously. And honestly, who gives a flying f what the data says about fighting and the outcome of a game. Bottom line, most of the fans appreciate the fact that he tried to fire up his team, even if for a brief moment. Unfortunately, this collective group of idiots can't be fired up because they lack the fortitude to do so. Why can't the likes of you just leave it alone? Why does it matter so much why it matter? To some it does. To some it doesn't. Who cares. Move along.

They're stuck somewhere in the middle... Figure skating is too boring for them and hockey is too violent

It's 2021... It can be called whatever you want it to be called

You do you

You do realize that we are not allowed to have any sort of emotional response to a exciting action taken by a player on an unexcitable team without repercussions, correct?

Who the hell gets excited watching a team that can't score, can't keep the puck out of it's own net, and shows no visible display of life. The only reason I'm still in this forum is because I have a sliver of excitement in maybe, possibly, seeing them carry this over into the next game. Otherwise, like I keep saying, I have no interest in watching a lifeless team of incompetents play pond hockey!! I mean, who does?!?!?! 🙂

Not a single person said anything about fighting every shift, every night. Quite contrary to your interpretation of the quote, the fact that he WANTED to spark the club with a fight speaks to the importance of it. Again, you may be giddy over watching pond hockey but there is still a very large portion of every market's fan base that gets excited over this. You're correct, it will eventually go away due to public pressure but that doesn't make it a good thing. Checking will eventually be outlawed too. There's a reason why nobody watches the NHL All-Star game. 20 goals a game with no intensity isn't exactly interesting. I can do that on my xBox. I mean... It was pretty clear why he fought.

What Eichel did last year wasn't a fight, it was an assault on an unwilling individual. At the time he was pissed that everyone kept calling him out for not leading by example so he dropped the gloves with a guy that he knew wouldn't return any punches. That's not leadership, that's a spoiled little brat's attempt at showing he's worthy of the "C". His "fight" obviously had nothing to do with the outcome or the rest of the season. The team around him sucks and I'm sure the one's that do care saw his hollow attempt for exactly what it was. Leaders lead. He's too busy circling around the perimeter and praying for the best. The rest of the team follows his leadership. It's pretty obvious that Cozens has jam to his game and that's the type of leader this team needs.

All of the data is garbage. Honestly, who cares. This is the most important part of it. This team, hell any team, can benefit from a short term increase in momentum. Fighting in and of itself won't win hockey games... Again, duh. Being willing to go to high traffic areas, playing tough, and fighting to help build momentum does. This team doesn't have any of that. A damn kid gets pissed off enough at losing and battles. Hopefully the other dead weight marshmallows take notice. You may be excited to watch 82 men's hockey league games a year but this guy isn't!