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1- Why would we trade a guy who is specifically being traded because he headed out of contract for a guy who is headed out of contract? 2- Does this guy seriously question if Sam could be a difference maker? 3- Did he also seriously cite +/- like it means anything?

If I saw Dreger on the street engulfed in flames I would walk into a convenience store, buy a bottle of water and chug it.

If you were doing a list of the dumbest trades in NHL history that one has to make the list. It's the type of trade that sounds like a sketch comedy routine except it actually happened.

Remember how Tampa ended Sobotka's career and then left Dahlin in a pool of his own blood? Yeah, ***** Tampa.

Even if you think last season was just anything that can go wrong did I don't understand how anyone could look at next season's roster minus Jack and Sam and not see it has a good shot at being the worst team of post-lockout era.

All of the names are out there and it's a Vegas 5 Star Golden Lock that the guy they pick will be an entry level hire. The one non entry level guy I think (But am not 100% on that off the top of my head) they talked to was Boudreau (whom any sane person in their position would hire) and he has zero chance of getting the job.

May Rico be the first to greet him at the Pearly Gates.

There are roughly 380 Million people in the US and Canada combined and exactly two available NHL head coach jobs. In a situation like that how can an organization come up with as pitiful and laughable a pool of candidates as this organization? Unfortunately we all know the answer: The worst owner in the league's modern history.

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The Forbes valuations have as much use in figuring out how much a team will sell for as a screen door submarine. A big 4 team will always sell for significantly more.

After watching this anyone who ever tries to claim that just getting into the playoffs isn't important because "we have no chance" should be laughed at and ridiculed.

And Bettman (to his eternal credit) was hellbent on not letting the team leave Buffalo, and that stance has not changed. Someone elsewhere brought up a good point: Would selling half the team be to raise the $$$ needed for the new Bills stadium?

I have more than one joke: What do you do when you face an elephant with three balls? Walk him and pitch to the rhino!

If you were to go back and look at the most spectacularly awful trades in hockey history the vast majority were done because of "culture change". The idea that Jack is the problem suggests that Adams is a complete fool who is about to get sharked.

I mean it's not like we did a culture trade a few years back that ended up one of the biggest disasters in hockey history or anything. Why learn from history when you can repeat it?

The problem was that the fools who have coached this team insisted in putting him in positions where he not only failed miserably but also exposed all of his flaws in a way that they couldn't be ignored and turned him into a living terrible player meme.

There are two ways to outperform a dogshit roster: 1) Elite coaching 2) Elite goaltending What is this garbage dump of an organization doing? 1) Narrow the coaching search down to an interim whose big accomplishment was doing somewhat better than the single worst coach in modern history and is another entry level hire and a Cawlidge Hawkey coach (AKA The most surefire path to complete failure in hockey and to be honest in all of pro sports). 2) Watch the only NHL quality goalie in the entire organization walk out on a free transfer and depend on the undisputed worst goalie in the entire league.

Yes, clearly it was Jack's fault the team was bad and not things like throwing out a goalie who needed a seeing eye dog on a nightly basis or a neverending series of entry level coach and GM hires instead of actual proven pros.

Other than the guy who has a long track record of coaching multiple teams and almost always ending up in the playoffs who has pretty much said "Hey guys give me a call!". But hey, why make a hire that would give this organization actual credibility when we can go for yet another entry level hire and continue to fail?