Man, I wasn't even aware until you said that.

by KGB, Belly o. the Beast, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:18 (4 days ago) @ cdawg
edited by KGB, Thursday, April 16, 2026, 16:27

I gave up watching when Buffalo wiped them out on Thursday. Caught bits of the game in Montreal while out to dinner Saturday, but that was obviously just more fool's gold which was exposed on Sunday against the B's. Getting goalied by Korpi 2x down the stretch is unacceptable in so many ways.

After now watching the video clip, I'm fuckin praying that Waddell convinces him to take this on again in the fall. Talking about a man who has been in the game for a half-century and coached practically every team in the damn league, and this dumb, loser-ass franchise nearly broke him in a way that none ever could before. REALLY hope he comes back and that they make some material changes. It's clear that he cares more than most in that clubhouse, and the guy only showed up in January.

For me, it starts with Jenner. He's been a good, productive player here for many years and I'm not blaming all of CBJ's ills on any one guy, but he wears the C and has been a common denominator as a quote-unquote leader during this fallow stretch. See ya. There are probably some other obvious flushes, but it's tough to know where to even begin. There's good stuff to build around (Z, Fantilli, Marchy, Mateychuk, etc), but they simply can't just run it back again in 26-27 after this ridiculous faceplant.