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Down two, they should have pulled the goalie sooner.

A whole bag of ducks.

I appreciate your passion and optimism and agree we are better, at least on paper. But I have to see consistency over sustained periods before I share your point of view.

May have been me, but I thought I waited until after the second period before demanding both Housley and Beaulieu be removed. We were here outplayed by an inferior Rangers team but road superior goaltending to a win and looked good against a superior Vegas team. A nice result, but I’ll have to hold off on Housley’s coronation as coach of the year. Let’s see where we are at the end of October.

Somewhere, Buffalo Barbarian smiles.

Except for Hutton, a resounding “meh” because they were outplayed and outcoached once again. And against one of the worst teams in the league to boot.

The ship is sinking? I submit this ship has been sitting at the bottom of the ocean since Housley guided them to the first 31st place finish in league history. He had no answers all of last season and I see no reason to think he will magically find them with this sorry group of under achievers. We we will know by Halloween. Until I see anything different than what we’ve witnessed the previous several seasons, I can’t be convinced Housley needs to stay. Can’t fire the players, after all.

Folks aren't appreciating the depths to which the relationship between Dareus and McBeane had deteriorated. A divorce was inevitable and I'm not sure it was as easy to just have him hang around as some might think. Especially in light of a new staff with new standards, etc. trying to establish a certain order.

Gilmore got lucky there.

Missed the presser. Did he have a pulse? We'd do just as well with this guy behind the bench:

Well, we will know by Halloween as the historical data surrounding that date and where you are in the standings strongly correlates as to whether you make the playoffs or not. Housley has to go, I agree. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO COME OUT FLAT for your opener, AT HOME, in front of fans HUNGRY for some sign of life and improvement. That's on him, imo. Perhaps he should cancel tomorrow's practice seeing as how well that worked already this week. Me, I'd bag skate this sorry group of losers.

Nathan Beaulieu needs to get off my favorite hockey team. And Eichel needs to get his head out of his ass and start playing his game.

That’s ok with me. He is incapable of lighting a fire underneath these guys. He can take his Howdy Doody, milquetoast ineptitude and go work on his wife’s campaign.

Nobody sucks the life out of the crowd, out of the moment, like this team. They deserve the boos at the end of the period. So, how will they respond? If history is any indication, they will choke on the enormity of the task and fold like the cheap team of imposters they are.

Same crap, different year.

We haven't played a game together as a group, yet. And it's been more than a week for many of these guys to have seen any other competition other than their own teammates. Boston has a game under their belts and should be more cohesive than us at the beginning. We need to weather the first frenetic 10 minutes as I imagine Boston will come out fast, especially after their embarrassment last night, which can have a sharp, focusing effect. That said, there is no reason we can't continue Boston's early season pain.

It’s ironic that Shanny’s last year with the Red Wings was the first salary cap year. The Yankees comparison is a good one as Detroit took good care of their own. Nobody left money on the table. I agree that having a chance to play for a great team with the best coach in the game would be mighty attractive. But how attractive? Millions of dollars a year attractive? It will be interesting to watch it unfold.

Stay in your lanes!!!

Because he can?

I gotta kick out of Shanahan’s comments about how the young players will need to settle for less money if they want to win a cup in Toronto like Red Wing players did back when he won cups with them. Never mind that there were no salary cap restrictions back then. It will be interesting to see how that plays out but I think that’s a tough sell to a star like Matthews who will command upwards of McDavid money. Not to mention Marner. And Nylander is already not toeing the company line on that score. Lot of pressure on the Leafs to win it all this year. It helps having the best coach in the game to help with that.

It’s a start.

You vacillate between “I told you so” and “I’ve been wronged, DAMNIT, and I DEMAND apology!” This incessant need for validation in an anonymous fan forum pitiful.

Thanks, gentlemen. Someone needs to inform Josh Reed.

Was it groin or hamstring?

Can’t argue that. My my philosophy is that if you fill your organization with enough people that possess football character the culture, whatever tf that is and however tf it manifests, will take care of itself.