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For an insane $60M per year. That’s an absurd contract.

He's been nothing short of awful this season. Could jsut be a bad year, but, could also be all those injuries have caught up to him and he's lost too much footspeed. I wouldn't give up much for him and NJ would need to seriously retain.

He's still on the IR, for one. He's skating and practicing with the team, but he's not quite ready for game action yet. This is not a particularly unusual situation for a player who is close to returning but not ready yet.

Especially since a denial coming from the front office is essentially meaningless. Regardless of how true it is or isn't, if management says anything, it's going to be a denial. This hadn't reached the mainstream yet (likely because it's mostly or entirely garbage), so there was no need to get a...

The whole team looks better post-Savard, so, who knows? Maybe it was just enough of a shot across the bow to get everyone going.

Really, this is all that needed to be said.

Average goaltending for those first few weeks of the season plus a competent PP in the first half, and this team is a clear playoff squad. Doesn't mean they were playing well by any means, but they're better than their record. If the Woll/Hildeby tandem can hold the fort well enough the rest of...

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Would be the first lower body concussion I've heard of.

Well, at least it’s a start. It’s not enough, but it’s a start.

While this season is clearly a write-off, I don't think we're at blow it up and rebuild territory, yet. I think we need to see what this group can do under a different coaching staff that brings a playing style that does more to emphasize the roster's strengths rather than trying to minimize...

Yup. It’s failed in the playoffs, but has been incredibly successful in the regular season. There’s been bad stretches, but nothing like this.

Then the coach is either trying something different with PP1 because of their skill level (which is my suspicion, considering the noticeable difference in approach) or he isn’t getting through to the guys on PP1. Either way, coaching is a big part of the problem.

A middle of the pack PP would be a huge difference for this team, for sure. There’s only been a few games they haven’t had an opportunity to bank points in if they could have capitalized with the man advantage. It’s really sinking this team.

I don’t think that it’s the plan, either. It’s just the reality of the systems they’ve tried to implement. Unless they quit on Berube early last season, it points to it being a systemic and confidence issue. You can plan all you want, but if you’re trying to fit square pegs into round holes or...

It’s things like this that make me feel like you gotta give this group a chance with another coaching staff before blowing it up. There’s still talent there, it’s just not being deployed effectively. Get rid of the whole crew, not just Berube.

I don’t think they’ve quit on him, which is actually part of the problem. They had a lot of these same issues last season, they were just getting better goaltending and had a more successful PP. This is the team trying to execute the coaching staff’s game plan.

I point to getting body slammed by McAvoy in the playoffs that year. Could be a combination of the two.