Marvin

Sure it does. Just not in a good way.

They are not as horrible to watch.

Holy crap it gets funnier https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/flyers-waived-ghost-to-clear-cap-for-major-deal.2813938/ Some fans think this is to make room for Taylor Hall. Bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah...

Whoa -- this looks like Management got pissed at him. Take a look at twitter output from Charlie O'Connor at the top of page 5 of that thread I pasted: Gostisbehere: "It's just straight not good enough right now. We're letting guys just ***** absolutely beat us up in front of the net. It makes our goaltenders look like absolute *****, and it's not fair." Gostisbehere: Right now this team has really lost its identity.

For reference: https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/shayne-gostisbehere.2813929/

Very strange. That salary and term gives me pause, but it does push Matt Irwin off the main roster.

If we have #3, Is there an optimal zone in the 1st round to trade back to where we could pick up a centre and a second pick later?

Egad. I would consider trading back and draft multiple centres for more kicks at the can for the value.

(Digging out Bertie Wooster books for the proper vocabulary.) For me, the Royal Blue & Gold symbolises the best years the franchise has ever had. By cracky, you young whipper snappers think the demonic goats were a sockdolager, but that was largely Hasek and not much else. I associate the demonic goat with a growleric arena, where malagrugrous parents twattled with their children about the player's elflocks gorgonised them at their age while their kids ululated that the team would leave. Translation: As an old fart who had season tickets from 1998-2004, the bankruptcy makes me recoil from the Adelphia corporate uniforms. The bankruptcy and criminal owners matter more to me. I hated watching parents verging on tears that they deliberately did not take kids to the games because the kids cried that they might never go to a game like that again. The parents stopped telling the kids about "Robots go Haywire", The Fog Game, Batman, etc. Adelphia uniforms? No way, no how, nuh uh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I can not say it enough. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...

Adelphia colours! Bankruptcy! Team might leave the city! The shoulder patches should be a New York State tax form.

Oh, I see what you mean. Thanks for the clarification.

No. I want a natural centre -- one who is one now and projects as one in the NHL. This organisation is in the hole we are seeing in part because of its inability to draft natural centres and nurture their development. Part of me wishes I could go to the Earth mk II where the team merely rebuilds, the coaches do not undermine the natural leadership of Larsson and Girgensons and lets them try to elevate themselves even though there were centres drafted in 2014 and 2015.

Why do you say that?

I would move Hall for the current equivalent of Rob Conn and Dane Jackson from the 1995-6 Sabres.

Maybe we should have kept Housley.

It comes from years of sloppy practises, ineffective coaching, chaotic management, abysmal player development, mishandling of assets, bad drafting, and the after-effects of trying to lose. Until their practise and work habits emphasise an attention to detail, this will continue indefinitely.

Hodgson. IMHO, it is not close.

Not many. We live in NYS. We vote like we want these jobs to move out of state.

They can take out the prospect in that trade.

Unfortunately, a lot of people on that industry think it's, "Be first and hope you are right and if not, who cares?"

2nd and a B-prospect, tops. Do not take a cap dump. Do not resign. If they offer us a pair gritty 3rd/4th liners, I would take that.

Depends on the person and the employer. I have actively recruited and hired people whom I knew were not only better than I was at my job, but would eventually outclass me and go beyond me. Indeed, every person whom I had a helped train after they were hired is now miles past me professionally in IT. The reason I could do this is because the company liked that I could be honest and worked to help everyone around me improve. So they knew my value and made sure I was rewarded. For all their faults, I suspect Terry and Kim are in this mould. They let Rolston get one more win before firing him. The tried to let Krueger get one more win before firing him. If I were GMKA, I would feel pretty good if I were to hire Rutherford and Karmanos.

I hope not.

To be honest, I want him to shut it down for the rest of the season -- even if there is a radical change in the atmosphere around the team. I want him better next season.