Doohicksie

Don't rule out Thompson

The Coyotes with a major move in goal:

That pairing sucked ballz as I recall. Either one is okay as a support player to a much better Dman but neither one is that much better Dman so when they play together it's kind of a bad pairing. More it's an indication that they will be down in the A to start the season imo.

I define elite as Tage & up. 😉 ....and the whole elite thing wasn't the point of that post. I was just reporting that Tage bought Jack's old place.

This is truly frightening: Decorticate Posture

I tend to agree. If it does happen, though, I bet we'll be awed at how little Kevyn gives up to get him. Not because I think it's particularly likely that Dallas will cave, but more from the standpoint of if a deal does happen, it's because Kevyn waited the Stars out and they started to get desperate.This would be weaponizing cap space to improve the team. The most likely scenario though is that Adams won't be able to pry Robertson away from Dallas unless he pays a king's ransom and Kevyn won't do that.

The point of that seen is to demonstrate what a bunch of ***** the Omegas are. It's supposed to be cringeworthy.

I wouldn't. I think Torts could get results for a year or two but would, as he has on other teams, wear out his welcome. If they don't win and he's ruined the locker room you're looking at yet another rebuild. Torterella's method is not sustainable; I think Granato's is.

But you are saying he won't do that until the Sabres are a good team. If Kevyn (and the scouting staff) knows enough about Robertson to think he could be part of the core, and the opportunity to snag him comes up, why wouldn't he go for it? We've seen Kevyn stick to his plan so far, but who's to say bringing in young top players for future assets isn't in his plan? It could simply be a case of the right deal hasn't come up yet. And maybe this isn't the right deal either, in terms of the return Dallas is looking for. But if Dallas is cap strapped, maybe their ask will come down as we get closer to the season start. The question in my mind is what Robertson is looking for in salary and term. I'm sure Dallas knows what his ask is, and would probably tell Kevyn what their offer was if they thought it could facilitate a trade.

because they don't have the cap space to sign him.

Face it, last night's lineup was the outcast room at Omega House.

They probably told him to prepared to get shelled. Get some work in to break him when it doesn't actually matter.

This game looked like a bunch of AHLers who hadn't practiced enough. Which is pretty much what it was.

The Jackets are mauling our D.

It's very obvious our dmen are not NHLers.

Unfortunately no.

This isn't their coverage; it's the Columbus coverage.

Of course they look flat... second game of a back-to-back.

Could be worse. This guy could be our PbP guy.

Yep, that's what preseason is... the scoreboard feed (same for the Sabres).

Well it makes the Sabres' pathetic effort look Emmy-worthy.

Yep. This coverage sucks.