Doohickie

Ol' Mattie got in too many fights. Can't think straight 😛

He could if it was a promotion. Associate Head Coach > Assistant Coach. But I don't think he's going anywhere.

I don't want my coach to be merely fair. I want him to be outstanding. (yes I know that's not the way you meant it)

Luckily we have a great goalie and an other one in the wings, eh?

I think I will come around to this. I just have to get past the feeling that Adams "settled for" Ruff. Maybe a few beers will chase this taste outta my mouth.

Oh I absolutely was one of those people.

Once the shock of the incompetence of this hiring wears off, I'll be Lindy's biggest fan. I just can't believe Adams didn't even kick some (other) tires before pulling the trigger.

So is a Patrick Kane signing next?

Absolutely. "Give the people what they want and hope they get what they deserve."

I kind of hope Lindy rides Skinner's ass and makes him a two-way player.

I think his game has expanded beyond that but he's become such a whipping boy most fans refuse to even look at it. You see what you want to see with him. He's likely going to land somewhere as a middle six winger and power play specialist. Or this.

So what you're saying is TPegs told Kevyn he wouldn't authorize a relocation budget for the new coach? DARK SIGHTING!

His record with the Devils was just a skosh better than Donny's with the Sabres. fify 😉

I'll take it further: If Lindy fails, the franchise will implode. Complete teardown to the studs, new electricity, new plumbing. Endless tanks, cats and dogs living together.... ugh.

I was really hoping we be talking about this in the context of Granato not being able to get the team deep into the playoffs. Oh well.

We don't need Kevyn to hint at that. That's the Pegula pattern: Two coaching hires and that's it.

I actually thought Samuelsson's remarks differed markedly from the rest of the team. He put this squarely on the players when he said, "I would say we wouldn't really need to bring in, like, veteran leadership. I think guys have been in the league long enough now where it's on us. We don't need someone else to tell us how to do it." Granted, it was in reference to veteran leadership rather than coaching, but it seemed like he was taking ownership of it more than the other players.

This is actually a really good point, but on the other hand it's the way a lot of us on Sabrespace feel: Donny is a helluva nice guy, just not an NHL caliber coach.

Eh. Maybe next time. We had reservations for dinner, then we went to the local Art Fest downtown. Got home a little while ago and saw it was a fairly late start so tried to get on.

Is it still going? I tried to get in but it just said connecting....