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I think maybe because his skate stayed on the ice they would consider it more of like a normal stride type of motion. I guess they’re just straight up looking for some sort of soccer like kick with the foot in the air.

So Misa is really the only prospect that will contribute right away in this years draft right We might actually be trying to tank at this point, which I think is the best move

Sometimes you have to go backward in order to go forward. Sometimes it takes 14 years of going backward…

I’m looking forward to seeing Thompson or Peterka try to dangle through three defenseman with an empty net to set up the game sealer for the wild.

Obviously, we are still in the throes of one of the most epic droughts of all time in all professional sports, but this is genuinely absurd at this point. I can’t believe they were able to go backwards yet again after two years ago we were finally looking like a team ready to take the next step. At least when they broke out offensively, and the young guys looked to be like the real deal they were truly fun to watch, despite not making the playoffs. I literally hate this team now. I don’t even know why I’m watching other than I work on stuff while sports are on in the background and I can’t take my eyes off this car wreck. I would trade every holdover from the last few years. Other than probably Tage and Dahlin. I can’t stand Jack Quinn, I hate Samuelson, every time I see Owen power I wanna punch the wall, Byram sucks, Benson is good, but he’s still super young and also undersized and not that strong, Krebs is just not talented enough, Greenway does not contribute enough offensively whatsoever, Tuch probably isn’t a first liner, Peterka is a ghost 90% of the time and when he isn’t he’s usually helping create an odd man rush against us… I could obviously go on, but the only people I want to build around right now are Zucker, Dahlin, Thompson, Norris, Levi/UPL/solid vet bridge, Benson, maybe Tuch but only as second line, Greenway. I would trade anybody and everybody else if we can bring in some proven players even if just to change it up. clear out the prospect pipeline through trades and bring us some real ***** NHL players.

I actually think he’s gonna get to a point where he makes drastic changes. I wouldn’t be surprised if he cleans house. He just got voted the worst owner in the NHL and just getting embarrassed on a nightly basis here with guys who are barely trying. I really don’t think we go into next season with the same structure in place.

I remember during the drought years of the Buffalo Bills, obviously there’d be a lot of discussion about who we should draft coming up each year. The consensus of the board was consistently more on point than the people making the actual pics for the Bills. Almost every year. There were just so many head scratchers where the people in charge were clearly overthinking, passing on no-brainers and reaching for guys like Donte Whitner and Aaron Maybin, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if the people on this board could do a much better job of drafting.

This is really damaging to our playoff push

Goalie let in goal! Goalie bad! Get new goalie! That’s quite the argument you’re making here. You should be sure to pass that along to management this off-season.

I’ve definitely acknowledged that he hasn’t been consistent this year. I think that there needs to be some serious consideration for what it does to a goaltender psychologically to play with a team this bad in front of him. This inconsistent. We can’t pretend that there’s not an organizational issue here where good young players go elsewhere and thrive. That there’s a problem here ruining our players psychologically. Why wouldn’t we extend that to UPL? I’m simply opening up a discussion about the why not about the what. He absolutely has not been good enough. But I have absolutely zero issue with him right now. Because this organization needs to seriously revamp this team going into next season with UPL and Levi goaltending is not on my list of concerns. The other aspects of this team need to be shored up first. Watch what happens to UPL and Levi when there is some competence in front of them on a nightly basis.

Yeah, that’s what I said, bud. Go back to shouting at the TV because the players aren’t doing what you want them to do. That’s obviously all you’re capable of.

Yeah, that’s what I thought. That’s the extent of your ability to break down the situation. Because it’s so much easier just to say “he stinks!!!” at the TV lol

Who wouldn’t get rattled with the clown show that we have on defense out there and then also forward to don’t play both ways and barely skate. Hard like Quinn tonight. Watch UPL go to a different organization and be a top five goaltender in the NHL. And then we’ll cry about how we had him and some people ran him out.

Got it. Let’s run another great young player out of Buffalo so he can go win a Stanley Cup on another team that runs the organization with competence.

This is really where the fan base is somewhat divided on UPL. To some of us it’s crystal clear that the problem is rooted in like you said absolute clown play after clown play game after game that leave some of the best shooters in the world point blank on our goalie. To others they go to stats like that which I also agree with you don’t tell the full story at all. This fan base has a hole was singing a very different tune about a year ago regarding UPL and now every time he has a bad game, he’s a huge part of the problem. UPL is a SYMPTOM of the problem, not necessarily part of it the way that other positions on our team are. It’s ironic in my opinion to claim others of being simplistic and then bring up a stat that doesn’t show the full picture at all.