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Two close calls in the past two minutes but no Two-ronto luck.

@flyercanuck If a person looks for the worst in everything, they'll find it. I follow this team for fun. I'd like to see them win and be relevant again also, but I'm also going to enjoy the small "victories" along the way. I'm not delusional, but life is hard enough and if I hate a team I follow for fun?...that's some sick-o ****. and I'm not down for that.

I'll take a 0-0 score after one....

Burns, Karlson, Meier, all sent packing during his tenure. sh#t netminding, and lack of scoring depth. He sucks as a coach imo, but he worked with what he had.

Maple Leaf radio guys giving true confessions midway through period one. Well, both frankly admitted how terrible the Leafs have been on home ice in recent playoffs history… …and then of course how that must change. BIG GAME tonight, therefore…more than just who takes a 2-1 edge.

Easily explained by the age difference. You have seen more foolhardy trades...more playoff disappointments, more horrible GMs. Any Flyer fan over 50 is jaded...and rightfully so!

Nah, he just ran out of money and couldn't afford to pay the players what they were worth. He's an a$$hole, but wasn't a bad owner.

Blanking the Blues in St-Louis should have led to an automatic 7-year contract extension, given the roster they had.

John Spano is in prison right now. Harold Ballard qualifies, as I see it. While owner of the Maple Leafs, he was convicted and sentenced to 3-years for dozens of charges of tax evasion and fraud. He was using Maple Leaf Garden as his own personal piggy bank. This is all aside from his dogged determination to not pay a cent more than the minimum he could with his cash cow, driving away every quality player and coach from the organization. He was famous for doing things like turning up the heat as high as possible to make people buy more beer and pop. Eddie Livingstone became the Toronto Blue Shirts owner in 1915, and by the end of the 1917 season, the other National Hockey Association owners were so tired of his antics and difficult nature that they voted to dissolve the league and then immediately voted to form the National Hockey League. This new league would have all of the same teams and players, but without the Blue Shirts or Livingstone. He lived up to his nature by constantly suing the NHL for years, and attempted to form competing leagues before finally walking away.

Maybe Pocklington...? No, honestly IDK. Whalers fans will say Karmanos Jr., Quebecers will have Marcel Aubut, Minnesotans will shout Norman Green (or maybe Leipold), Maybe Spano even if it's not techniquely his fault. Or former Coyotes' owner Jerry Moyes, Some Senators fans would have Melnyk on their list, maybe the Pegulas or any former Trashers owner.

Doubt any other coach will want to take over this mess of a San Jose team...

I doubt any coach help this San Jose team literally no superstars just a collection of mediocre NHLers...

Who's worse...?

OK...here is a real positive spin. Over the next few years, Errson, Fedotov, Kosolov and Barnjsson (the WHL goalie) ALL look like actual NHL starters and despite looking great, Feds is moved for a 1st and a top level prospect. All due to Danny NOT giving him a no trade clause!!

This is that stupid mentality that you have to 'earn' your spot and that veterans are ALWAYS given the preferential treatment. It's a ****** joke. Another reason that Puckhead needs to go. He knows nothing of player development.

That would be soooooo Flyers to tank in the AHL. What, we don't get to pick 1st in the AHL draft? Who knew?

All fine and dandy to give the kid a chance, or any other prospects. It's the paying them for what you hope they become that I have the issue with. We're good mojo...we're always good. It's just sometimes your optimism makes me sick!

Disappointed Kolosov isn't getting the start. No reason to even be playing Petersen. Flyers do know there is nothing to be gained by tanking in the AHL right?

Sharks fire coach David Quinn after historic last-place season Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 24, 2024, 03:17 PM ET The San Jose Sharks have fired David Quinn after a season that saw San Jose finish with the second-fewest points in the salary cap era. Quinn's firing after two seasons Wednesday came less than a week after the Sharks (19-54-9) lost three straight games and five of their last six and ended the regular season with the worst record in the NHL. "After going through our end of the season process of internal meetings and evaluating where our team is at and where we want our group to go, we have made the difficult decision to make a change at the head coach position," Sharks general manager Mike Grier said in a statement. "David is a good coach and an even better person. I would personally like to thank him for his hard work over these past two seasons. He and his staff did an admirable job under some difficult circumstances, and I sincerely appreciate how they handled the situation." Quinn oversaw the New York Rangers for three seasons but was fired after the 2020-21 season, having missed the playoffs after the team had reached the postseason in his second campaign. The Sharks hired Quinn before the 2022-23 season to oversee a team in transition. The Sharks had missed the playoffs only twice between the 2003-04 and 2018-19 seasons but had missed the postseason in three straight years before Quinn's arrival. Two weeks before Quinn was hired, the Sharks traded venerable defenseman Brent Burns to the Carolina Hurricanes. During Quinn's first season, the team also traded away star forward Timo Meier at that year's deadline and would ultimately trade away star defenseman Erik Karlsson, who won the Norris Trophy, to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the offseason. The Sharks finished the 2022-23 season at 22-44-16, the fourth-fewest points in the NHL, and received the No. 4 pick in the NHL draft, which saw them select United States national team development forward Will Smith, now at Boston College, as part of their rebuild. Quinn's second season was expected to be even more challenging. The Sharks opened 0-10-1 and were 3-15-2 through their first 20 games. From Dec. 15 through Jan. 9, they lost 15 straight games. In late February, they had a nine-game losing streak that was broken with a March 9 win over the Ottawa Senators before another streak of nine consecutive defeats. San Jose had the fewest goals scored per 60, the most goals allowed per 60, the most scoring chances allowed per 60 and the second-lowest team save percentage, all contributing factors in the Sharks finishing with the NHL's worst record. Those numbers also played a role in the Sharks finishing with a minus-150 goal differential, which is also the lowest differential in the salary cap era. Finding a new coach will come in an offseason that could also see the Sharks take a major step in their rebuild by winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history. Winning this year's lottery would allow the Sharks a chance to take the consensus No. 1 pick in Boston University freshman center Macklin Celebrini, who won the Hobey Baker Award as the top men's collegiate player in the nation. Celebrini was born in North Vancouver, and his family moved to the Bay Area after his father, Rick, accepted a job with the Golden State Warriors. Celebrini played a year with the San Jose Jr. Sharks years before he went to BU, where he scored 32 goals and 64 points during his freshman year.

Sharks fire coach David Quinn after historic last-place season Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 24, 2024, 03:17 PM ET The San Jose Sharks have fired David Quinn after a season that saw San Jose finish with the second-fewest points in the salary cap era. Quinn's firing after two seasons Wednesday came less than a week after the Sharks (19-54-9) lost three straight games and five of their last six and ended the regular season with the worst record in the NHL. "After going through our end of the season process of internal meetings and evaluating where our team is at and where we want our group to go, we have made the difficult decision to make a change at the head coach position," Sharks general manager Mike Grier said in a statement. "David is a good coach and an even better person. I would personally like to thank him for his hard work over these past two seasons. He and his staff did an admirable job under some difficult circumstances, and I sincerely appreciate how they handled the situation." 1dESPN staff Quinn oversaw the New York Rangers for three seasons but was fired after the 2020-21 season, having missed the playoffs after the team had reached the postseason in his second campaign. The Sharks hired Quinn before the 2022-23 season to oversee a team in transition. The Sharks had missed the playoffs only twice between the 2003-04 and 2018-19 seasons but had missed the postseason in three straight years before Quinn's arrival. Two weeks before Quinn was hired, the Sharks traded venerable defenseman Brent Burns to the Carolina Hurricanes. During Quinn's first season, the team also traded away star forward Timo Meier at that year's deadline and would ultimately trade away star defenseman Erik Karlsson, who won the Norris Trophy, to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the offseason. The Sharks finished the 2022-23 season at 22-44-16, the fourth-fewest points in the NHL, and received the No. 4 pick in the NHL draft, which saw them select United States national team development forward Will Smith, now at Boston College, as part of their rebuild. Quinn's second season was expected to be even more challenging. The Sharks opened 0-10-1 and were 3-15-2 through their first 20 games. From Dec. 15 through Jan. 9, they lost 15 straight games. In late February, they had a nine-game losing streak that was broken with a March 9 win over the Ottawa Senators before another streak of nine consecutive defeats. San Jose had the fewest goals scored per 60, the most goals allowed per 60, the most scoring chances allowed per 60 and the second-lowest team save percentage, all contributing factors in the Sharks finishing with the NHL's worst record. Those numbers also played a role in the Sharks finishing with a minus-150 goal differential, which is also the lowest differential in the salary cap era. Finding a new coach will come in an offseason that could also see the Sharks take a major step in their rebuild by winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history. Winning this year's lottery would allow the Sharks a chance to take the consensus No. 1 pick in Boston University freshman center Macklin Celebrini, who won the Hobey Baker Award as the top men's collegiate player in the nation. Celebrini was born in North Vancouver, and his family moved to the Bay Area after his father, Rick, accepted a job with the Golden State Warriors. Celebrini played a year with the San Jose Jr. Sharks years before he went to BU, where he scored 32 goals and 64 points during his freshman year.

That wasn't directed solely at you. It was more for the group at large. It's so easy to dehumanize these players i do it too. The young man has been through a lot. He is not young, now is the time for him to make the jump and make some hay. The scouts, Jonesy and Danny are giving him his chance. I like that the team stood by him. The momentum he had after the strong Olympics and his lights out playoff performance is lost. I'm sure that's what the scouts liked and partially why he's getting this chance.

Certainly possible. I'll decry it when it happens. Er, if. Yeah, uh, "if" it happens.

In the last 20 drafts, there have been arguably a handful of players better than Laughton taken at the 20th pick, where he was. In the last 20 years they might arguably be a handful of GMs worse than Holmgren. Hardly the same thing. Laughton isn't great. But he's far from terrible. He's an average player making an average salary. Every team has them. Several. I just can't see the hate

No room for him with all the extensions...

I remember when the North Stars played the Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals and Jaromir Jagr appeared to spear one of the North Stars players (I can't remember who) and no penalty was called and for the rest of the broadcast Al referred to him as "Jaromir Jagr, King of the Spear!"