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I haven’t watched every game closely but from what I’ve seen it seems like they’ve had no answer when other teams clog things up all season. Maybe that’s more personnel, I don’t know. But I haven’t really seen any adjustment either. Have you? When what we do doesn’t work (rush the puck), what answers have they had? When the other team clogs the blue line it seems like we just continue trying to rush no matter how many times it fails. I’d like to see the coaching staff have an answer for that style of game plan. Maybe they’ve tried. We do suck at dump + chase. I question the d coach because Defenseman are constantly taking terrible lines to the puck. Constantly allowing odd man rushes and continue looking somewhat lost in their own zone, especially with play behind the net. It’s been almost 2 full seasons now. At some point I need to see some improvement. I’ve seen the improvement on offense. With the PK, I’m not even sure what their system is supposed to be. Whatever it is, is bad. That’s why I said if the d coach runs the Pk too, it seems like an easy change to make. I don’t want Granato going anywhere. I generally like what he’s doing, but I wouldn’t mind seeing changes to some of his assistants like the d coach and the goalie coach. Hard not to question both with the (lack of) results they’ve had. When we had Jim Corsi even out backups were competent. I haven’t seen anything from Bales that gives me any confidence he can improve the play of our goalies. And now that Levi is here, I want to ensure he develops. I agree, all teams come out flat at times (although it’s been happening too much for my liking this season) and the team was flat from the drop of the puck against Philly. I am not blaming the loss 100% on coaching. The players definitely deserve the lion’s share. No interest in the draft lottery! I want to finish in a playoff spot or right outside of it. The more meaningful games they can play the better. But as you said I don’t see playoffs happening it’s probably been over since that loss to the isles (another team that clogged things up in the 3rd and we had no real answer for it).

Sabres got outplayed and Granato got out-coached by Tortorella. Torts had the flyers take away the rush and the sabres had no answers. That's happened numerous times recently. When teams press at the blue line and the sabres can't create off the rush they don't know what to do. Getting sick of no defensive structure too. Granato keeps saying he needs to let the kids find their defensive game but how long does it take? Shouldn'y we be seeing some type of defensive structure by now? Starting to question the sabres d coch as well. Wonder if he also runs the (atrocious) penalty kill? If so then it seems like it may be time to look for a new asst. coach in the offseason.

Very happy Levi is signed! I was going to start getting a little nervous if it didn’t happen soon, especially with other NorthEastern players signing entry level contracts. Glad I don’t have to worry about it now! lol Sounds like he’s joining the Sabres, which was expected. I believe he still has to play a game in the NHL this year for his entry level contract to start, which I also expect to happen. It’ll be interesting to see how soon. I’m guessing it’ll depend on how he looks at practice. It would be awesome if he looked NHL ready right away but I’m not counting on it and I don’t think Sabres fans should be disappointed if he isn’t. If Levi made the jump directly to the NHL from college he would be the first in a decades AFAIK. The last time I am aware of was in the 80’s or maybe the 90’s but maybe I am missing someone. But even if I am it’s safe to say it would be very out of the norm to see him skip the AHL altogether. But with how desperate the Sabres are for a good goalie, if he looks ready I could see them running with it. Or at least giving him a chance to compete for an NHL spot next season. I’m fine with it either way. A clue could be how many games he gets into this season. The more games he plays this year the more likely I think it is he’s in the plans for next season.

Sabres pissed away that 2nd point with a mediocre effort in the 3rd. Another game that leaves you feeling like the NHL/refs have teams they want to win though. That BS make up call against Buffalo with 2 minutes left in the game that lets Washington pull their goalie to go up 2 skaters and get the tying goal. Then they don’t call the hook on Thompson in OT. Don’t call skinner being tripped in OT. But they call Cozens for the trip in OT (and it was a legit trip) after Buffalo dominates the whole OT. Then the refs immediately clearing the broken stick for the caps shile they are on the power play so ovechkin has a clear shooting lane. Wtf was that? I can’t remember seeing a ref go immediately pick up a broken stick like that. They usually wait till a whistle or the play to clear the zone at least. I’m not blaming the refs for the loss. That loss is on Buffalo. They need to do a better job closing out that game. Can’t give up 2 goal lead in the last half of the 3rd period. Also, Whoever runs their PK needs to go along with the defensive asst. coach (maybe they are the same person? That would make it easy! lol). And wow is UPL garbage in the shootout. It’s starting to feel like Lehner in the shootouts all over again. 🤢🤮

NHL refereeing is such garbage. What a **** call. Felt like a make-up call for the ovechkin penalty. To overtime we go… Need that second point!

The longer it takes for the contract details to come out, the more I think it must be a team friendly deal.

Very happy to have him back!

No, I thought he looked disinterested last season. I meant he seemed motivated for this season based on what he said on his appearance on the pat mcafee show today.

Rodgers seems motivated. He could have a good season there. But he turns 40 this season. It’s an all-in move for the Jets. Are they ready for that? We will see. For the Bills, it is what it is. Hopefully it motivates them to get better. But they already have a damn good team so I’m not worried. We play the Jets 2 times next year. It’s not like this massively impacts the Bills here. No reason to freak out. We went 1-1 against them last year and still finished with 13 wins.

Same here. I think she blocked me because I commented on a Twitter post she made about how we should be able to have open discussions 😂

Packers have all the leverage. What are the jets going to do? Refuse to pay two 1sts now that Rodgers went public with his desire to play in NY?

I’m sure Green Bay wants to move on but Mark Murphy already said publicly they would be ok having Rodgers back. I don’t see the jets backing out. And I still think Green Bay has the leverage. Green Bay’s fallback option is to have a hall of fame QB still on their roster. What’s the jets fallback option? My guess is that it will be a 1st this year with another conditional 1st next year if Rodgers doesn’t retire.

It would be weird if this had anything to do with the trade. I wouldn’t think Waller would want to leave Las Vegas since his new wife plays there too. and if McDaniels decided to trade Waller because McDaniels himself slipped up and told the press about waller’s wedding, I’m not even sure what to make of that. It would be a very odd reason, and would make me think McDaniels is about as thin skinned as you can be…

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/03/14/packers-may-be-content-to-wait-until-the-draft-to-trade-aaron-rodgers/ "Per a league source, the Packers are willing to wait until the draft to trade Rodgers, if that’s what it takes to get what they want." 🤣 Why wouldn't they wait and leverage the Jets? They know the jets are all-in on rodgers at this point with little to no good fallback options. The jets are even signing free agents rodgers wants. What other choice do the jets have but to pay up? especially if rodgers indeed wants to go to NY. Packers would be dumb to settle for less. I hope they start asking for more assets! lol

That's exactly what i was thinking. Seeing this actually made me feel better.

This makes me feel like Rodgers going to NY is just a matter of time. Reportedly, one of the things he asked for was to sign some of his WR buddies from Green Bay. edit - it’s kind of funny. NY has built a pretty damn good young roster. Now they’re bringing in Rodgers, who is kind of notorious for disliking young, inexperienced players. So he wants to bring a bunch of his half washed vet buddies that will take snaps from those good young players. It’ll be interesting to see how that dynamic works. I’m sure it’ll be all good to start, just due to the respect the young guys probably have for Rodgers name. But we will see how long that lasts…

Reports are that the packers want a 1st round pick and an additional pick if Rodgers plays again the following season.

Packers team president confirmed in a recent interview they gave the jets permission to talk to Rodgers directly, and he made it sound like they are ready to move on from Rodgers. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-saga-packers-team-president-mark-murphy-suggests-green-bay-would-prefer-to-move-on-from-qb/

No thanks for that price!

Seems like that would be a good fit for him too.

I like this signing. Seems like he’s an upgrade over what we had and still has upside left.

One step forward… (Tuch) two steps back (Dahlin and Samuelsson)

Devon Levi watch officially starts! Northeastern’s season is over with the loss to Providence yesterday. Let’s hope he decides to turn pro this year. I’m hopeful he will!

Sucks they basically pissed away any chance at the playoffs in just 3 games. I wish Adams would’ve brought in some real help at the deadline. But maybe patience was best. They certainly don’t look ready to push for a playoff spot right now.