Pimlach

To tell Tage to win the draw with a clean "laser shot" on the net that goes over the goalie's shoulder and into the net with 0.1 seconds left - and provable on replay.

That will not happen. When you replace the leader you don't leave him around to be 2nd fiddle. Not in any business.

They won't let him. Beane allegedly has a no interference clause. They do let him play the boss on draft day. He sits in the war room and gives opinions.

Adding those "leadership character players" is not staying the course. Adams has showed no ability to add those kind of players - Stahl didn't want to help us, Hall could not help us, EJ and Anderson were expired players on an empty tank. The Mitts-Byram trade just got us younger and gave us another 21 year old kid to cover up for - Byram is not yet a first pair guy either. Paired with Joker, they make up a very weak 2nd pair that gets exploited. So far he has drafted 3 good NHL players - Quinn, Peterka, and Benson - all still learning their way. He made one good trade to fill a need (Greenway for a #2), and he made one good UFA signing (Clifton). Everything else he did is a big nothing. Maybe a few more prospects will develop, making the team younger still, but the roster is completely devoid of men that play the game the right way and know how to win. So stay the course? There are some good building blocks. I say bring in a better coaching staff at the minimum. Prefer that Terry brings in an experienced hockey man (POHO) to put over Adams. Then Adams can concentrate on contracts and the draft. Let the POHO fix the roster (handle the pro personnel) and find a coach. My trust in Adams to make all the right moves is waning.

Pegula has been dinged around the league for hasty firings of coaches and GMs. He is sticking with DG and Kevyn, in part to show the league stability. He has a knack for doing the wrong things, no matter what his decisions. I was critical of this roster from the very start of the season. Critical of the lack of moves, critical of the prolonged training camp, critical of the extended tryouts in October and November. This team was never really ready to contend for anything. One silver lining is UPL. No doubt that if UPL was still playing at Tokarski/Dell AHL levels we would have overplayed and ruined Levi. Take away UPL and they are a bottom 5 team again. The Mitts trade? Still to early for a final grade but right now it looks like we created a big hole and failed to fill a big hole. All we need next is for Byram to not sign an extension and force a trade at the deadline. Then we end up with a 2nd rounder for Mitts - I see that coming. Unless of course Byram likes the Sabres country club and decides to stay.

The Stars clearly play faster and with way more structure, they are the better coached team. I didn't see the first 7 or 8 minutes but what I saw was more of the same from the Sabres. The bottom 6 is very poor. The defense does nothing to support UPL around the crease. The combination of Joker and Byram is especially soft. Does Bo Byram really look like a first pairing defenseman? That fantasy is over.

The problem with the Sabres is not size. It is experience and the way they play.

According to Torts, we lost again, but we still have balls.

So sad to read these pages. I hope Kevyn comes up with something better, and soon.

Dallas PK dominating the Sabres. No match.

The Sabres better wake up and score on the PP.

Stars PK stifled the Sabres. Sabres did ZERO.

It’s not funny because they drafted Rosen, Savoie, Kulich, and Östlund in the first round - all centers. Will any be NHL centers? wingers?

With Mitts gone we really have to improve on Cozens, Krebs, and Jost at center. They are thin up the middle.

Ok. That evens it up. get back to work. They are slacking and still in it.

Skinner scored. It will be reviewed.

My eyes and experience told me that. Thanks for the data. Please share it with Granato and his defensive assistant coach.

He may be wearing out but the Stars are all around the crease and in the slot. They seem to live there. UPL might need to get some Billy Smith in him. Billy would use his stick to clear the slot. Ah, the good old days.

The Stars are camping out in front of the net. Three deflection tip ins. One called back.

10 and 4 are not good together.

Spooner (top left) and Doohickie (top right), of the Muscle Schoals Swampers - preparing for a recording session.

Byram skated with the puck to his corner and gave it away. WTF

Tage should have shot. That pass had no chance. Clifton looked hooked to me. Replay that

Nice that’s 20 A leaker for sure

Look like the Stars are going to camp out in front of UPL tonight.