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They would grow up quicker if that happened.

Might as well give the home game to Levi.

Yes. I think 8 players in total need to be upgraded. Luckily many are bottom 6 so not too hard to do that part of it. I wish we had a grown man on defense somewhere. Give me Clifton’s jam in a heavy weight body and include hockey brains and winning pedigree. That is why I ponder the Mitts for Byram trade. He is not that guy. Maybe he is better than I see? But we need the guy I describe in the top 4. Mule isn’t physical enough and he gets hurt a lot - I hope he could be that guy. Replacing Mitts is a priority.

If that is the plan then interview Ruff, Gallant, Berube and at least one highly regarded up and coming guy. Make this the job coaches want. Have real criteria in place BEFORE the interviews start. Evaluate based on the criteria , then pick a coach. Support the coach and give him freedom to go his way, and take his inputs into the roster. In other words, run a professional organization.

They lost a lot of games in the first period. They fall behind and then they press. The other team can play a simpler game if they lead by 2 goals after 1 period. You are a good stat guy. Look it up. How many winning teams consistently lose the first period? Maybe they got better after the first admission because they woke up. I doubt the coaches did anything, what was the adjustment? Stop passing to the guys in Red? Take more shots? They didn’t score after the first.

Eichel and Kolesar looked stoned

Even half of it would help.

Yes. He is ordinary right now.

Hey, they drafted Benson at 13 last year and he made the team. What does that say about the level of our forwards? Looking forward to see what Adams does with this coaching staff. Looking forward to how Adams handles Byram’s contract. Looking forward to see how they replace Mitts. Looking forward to acquiring a big, tough, hard hitting heavyweight defenseman. Looking forward to adding a power forward. Looking forward to fixing the 4th line. Looking forward to Adams replacing the 8 worst players on this team next year.

Once again a bad start. Big mistakes by young players. Once we fell behind we got Lyoned like last year versus Florida. Just not enough. Dahlin and Tage came to play but the lineup overall has a lot of garbage players, and lacks players that know how to win at this level. I’m really starting to not like the Mitts for Byram trade. We need a center badly and created a huge hole. Is Adams going to hand a job to a prospect? We will find out.

He level Debrindcat who was going for the empty netter when it mattered. I wish more had his fire. I’ve been playing for several weeks.

Dahlin ran a few guys in that last action

Detroit got some nice breaks. Charoit and Sieder on Greenway. They should get a pp He is like that.

10:38 minutes of ice time

The first line had a good shift. Then it all fell apart with 2 giveaways for goals

He had 42 hits in 72 games. Why are you expecting anything different?

Hits are about even. Two fights today. why would you want that?

Coaches yes, but some of that has to come from the players. oh. Power leaking blood. He is going to be less pretty for awhile.

Sure am happy we don’t have Kane blocking our prospects.

We need 3 goals in 11 minutes. Better start shooting.

Can’t blame Panger for knowing stuff.

Agree. It’s not an excuse if there is data behind it. Young teams lose. If Adams fields another roster that averages 24-25 next year then they will consistently lose to rosters that average 28 or more. I am more sick of the “good veterans won’t come here” narrative. Great excuse for Adams. The Bills overcame that. Step one for Adams, which he still has not done, is to own it and get everyone that works for him to own it. They need to change the coach.

Detroit and Sabres latest rebuild are good ones to compare. Yzerman doing draft and develop plus bringing in veterans (Husso, Compher, Copp, Perron, Fabbri, Sprong, Kane, DeBrincat, Czarnik, Ghostisbehere, Petry …) Adam’s brought in Greenway, Clifton, a bunch of $780k JAGS, and a few really old guys.