Way to take the high road, failing to mask the desperation coming from trying to hire a head coach. It's easy to criticize the Kings for having bad habits and getting their coach fired but the right coach could right the ship. Look to when Sutter got them to win the Cup coming in half way or so through that very season. See the sad thing is the Sabres have all this youth and talent and it got you to finish what 3 points ahead of LA when the Kings for the first time in awhile introduced a lot of rookies to their lineup in part suffering for it. With the proper combo of youth and vet leadership a team can go far and the one thing LA has is an older core who has known how to win in the past, I'm not sure the Sabres have anyone close to that in their lineup. So with youth coming for us and youth being prominent in your lineup, I'd dare say the Kings would return to prominence before the Sabres become relevant. But why throw shade, you guys failed to lockdown a future # 1 goalie who chose to sign with us for apparently reasons not explained in this blog (some of the best coaching leadership in the league). Happy Hunting and good luck on getting McLellan. You'll need a lot more than that to be relevant
- Joetaylor0009
I don't even know why I look at GARP's crap. There is NO WAY he goes to Buffalo. In the simplest of terms, 1. (Read the above quote, it's spot on) 2. Buffalo, the organization is a $hithole-it HAS to have the reputation in NHL circles as the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, where players and coaches land to woefully underachieve ("Sabre Cancer"....from Stanley Cup Winning coach Scotty Bowman to latest remission beater Ryan O'Reilly, to current roster/patients) 3. Buffalo, the region is a $hithole-who wants astronomical taxes taken out their contracts, to uproot your family to a mediocre-at-best city with 8 months of winter ..it's one additional part of why Skinner will jet.
They will be left with the Swede, cycle, rinse, repeat. It's easier at this point as a former fan to follow the sport of Hockey rather than support five decades of losing with no clear end in sight. It's also comic gold to watch GARP play 13 yr old GM with the moronic trade proposals and personnel changes that he proposes with the WAY OVERVALUED roster that yields a treasure-trove of assets with every trade. News flash...you NEVER get it right...just like the Sabres. They must pay you.
