broken record, stale, deja vu..."if there's an orignial thought, i could use it now," sings bob dylan...
although it's not that original, it is pretty rare to see the gm take the fall for a team instead of a coach...
--some of the hallmarks of the last 3+ seasons were seen last night as the sabres got thumped by the flyers:
- failure to bring it for a full sixty minutes
- failure to capitalize on opportunities
- the inability to cope with physicality
- folding up the tent at the first sign of adversity
- desperation when victory is out of reach
when the going gets tough, the sabers wilt, and they have done so for the past 3+ seasons...
--it's all about "la core," the group that was locked up long term
--it's all about the leadership that was to emerge in the abscence of chris drury and daniel briere...that still hasn't
--it's all about darcy regier's penchant for icing a vanilla team, his slow approach to change, his steadfast belief that his core will magically turn into the islanders dynasty...
--it's all about failure to add any top-half players via trade or free agency to alter "la core" over the past 3+ seasons
--it's the same story, failures acknowledged, excuses made, significant changes promised, no significant changes made..."we tried, but things didn't work out," "it's a tight market," "not much out there," "what we have is better than what was available," "the price was very high," etc, etc, etc...
regier's been a good gm, ardently loyal to his staff of coaches and scouts...from head coach lindy ruff and his assistants brian mccutcheon and james patrick to pro scout jon christiano and amateur scouting director kevin devine...
he's also very loyal to the players that were drafted by former head of amateur scouting, jim benning as well as the work of former rochester americans head coach randy cunneyworth, two figures who were instrumental in the drafting and development of, "la core"...
more on that later...
until then, please enjoy this musical interlude:
VIVA LA CORE!!!
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