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Fine by me… Would send the same message @JoeSchmoe wants to send… The message would be the point… “Country club is closing… If you want to be a Sabre, start playing the right way.”

Granato is probably saying it… but in his own meek, cerebral, hard to internalize way… Poor judgment on my part… Called Granato a gym coach… Correcting it before anyone rightly calls that label mean-spirited… Granato is a developmental coach… Still needs to be replaced.

Everything you posted is true and makes great sense… Think @JoeSchmoe’s point was by waiving Girgensons management would send a strong message more change is coming… “If you want to stick with this group, start playing the right way”… He could have singled out any one of several other names… Wearing the A, and as a longtime Sabre, and underperformer, Girgensons best fit @JoeSchmoe’s message… He’s getting minor minutes this season for a reason… And, you’re right, the team is fragile… It’s time they grow up as a group… It’s a business.

Okposo has to go… The Sabres need a new Captain.

Thanks for the info… Another humiliation… No wonder the Sabres didn’t include it in the recap.

Who were named the Three Stars today?

Doubt that’s how winning NHL coaches talk.

Yep… Never built an identity… Think our Strength and Training Staff and their individual player and team programs need to be reviewed closely… Our young players are still growing… Need more muscle weight and strength.

Adams fatal flaw… Saw it coming in the preseason when he kept rotating in draft picks to audition in the final 3-4 games… when he should have instructed Granato to play his regular season lineup to get the team ready to play winning hockey right from the start… Cost us three weeks in my opinion.

You know the only correct course of action… You said it yourself… Wholesale change… I agree.

Okposo… Nice guy… Good family man… Lousy leader… Worse Captain… Played 10 mins today… Trade him, Adams… The sooner the better… Don’t care if Pegula loves the guy and KO wants to stay here… Draw a line on the ice for the good of the team… Move him with a prospect… Get a warrior with a winning attitude in return.

Couldn’t agree more.

Ducks were allowed to skate free today… No physicality by our team… Checking was spotty and almost never finished a check to send a message… “You’re gonna have to earn it!”… Seems our bunch prefer glancing blows and banging into the boards for the sound effect… Like going to the net, you’d expect playing physical and finishing checks would be habits after half the season… Granato says it’s a process they are still learning… I say bunk… It’s not that complicated… It’s a choice.. What he should be saying is “If you don’t play the right way, you sit.” There are several skaters who should be rotating into the press box for a few games…

Dahlin tossed his stick in the air on the last penalty call… Still a post adolescent… Years away from Captain caliber… We only have a few grown men on the team… None of them showed up today … The rest are post adolescents and young men… Adams needs to fix this in the off season… Bring in a few hard-nosed warriors who know how to win. Been saying that for a couple months.

Thompson missed opportunity there.

Granato better get his match ups right… Running out of time… Players need to attack, shoot, and surround the net.

Truth.

Pay more attention to Thompson… He’s right up there with Dahlin in bonehead plays and turnovers… Our Multi-Millionaires…

With help from his teammates.

Think Thompson has some Victor in him… Big PP shot from the key… No D.

Boom… Tied… Nice tip by Benson at the net… Joki shooting again… Somebody’s playing today…

Thompson… with his patented one-timer from the left circle… And a PP to boot.

Missed the 1st period… Sounds like the boys came out ready to play… Greenway for Captain.

Skinner hasn’t seemed himself lately… The camera has caught him a few times before faceoffs looking flat… Wonder if the locker room virus has troubled him… He’s lived through worse in the Eichel years, but still… Today would be a great day for him to breakout and show his leadership…

When I was a Caps season ticket holder, loved afternoon games… Got to start my party early… That was then… Sober 35 years now…