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Reminder: When terrible teams play the Sabres on the back half of back to back games, the outcome of the game has little to do with said teams circumstances. Take the Blues game for example. Exact same situation, the Blues shut out the Sabres. So I don’t take any solace in the fact that Calgary sucks or that they played last night. If the Sabres come out the same way they did against St. Louis, they will lose.

A win tonight and they have stopped the bleeding, and positioned themselves to stay in the race if they can just have a stretch of modest, DeLuca .500 level play.

I still don’t think Samuelsson or Greenway’s contract are “bad”. Are they ideal? No. Is it essentially what an average NHL forward or dman make commensurate with their play. Pretty much. Sure you could replace those guys with cheaper versions but until the cap becomes a constraint, I’m not worried.

Probably going to see former Amerk Devon Cooley tonight. His numbers are very good so far this year as the backup but gets no scoring help so no wins. https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4319911/devin-cooley

Kempe signed. Tuch will get 8 years x $10M from somebody.

I already know the outcome. The Sabres never win 3 in a row.

The Calgary Flames are not good and they played last night in Chicago. Questions then are simple... If UPL plays, will the NHL allow them to use xl pucks just for funsies? Can Tage Thompson continue to think the other team kicked his puppy? Will Isak Rosen or Noah Östlund score... on the ice, idk about their personal lives. Will Lindy Ruff eat a 2ft chicken parm on the bench? What if Jack Quinn eats a 2ft chicken parm, will he suddenly remember how to hockey better? Find out tonight as your 7-8-4 Sabres take on the red hot 5-13-3 Flames... red hot because they are literally a fire, dumpster fire.

I largely agree. But, the Sabres could also get a head coach and staff that do a better job of putting their players in a position to be successful.

I've been a UPL supporter, but even I don't think it is possible to be "taken to the cleaners" on a UPL trade right now. The combination of his play over the past 12 months and his contract mean if you could move him for future considerations you are getting out of what currently looks like a bad contract. Of course, UPL could find his game on another team with a better coaching staff and D structure. Samuelsson's contract looked bad 2 months ago.

Probably not the worst boarding I have seen but it was boarding. Then moments later the game tying goal wiped out. I think it was the right call because of the leg kick as Robertson went by but I guess you could go either way.

Byram has turned out to be head and shoulders better than Power. He carries the puck up the ice with more authority than Power and he's much more intense a player than Power. Byram was good enough when he got here, but the improvement he's shown since that time is impressive. Power has never come close to living up to his number one overall pick status. If we could get a solid playoff type grinder or two for Power I'd be all for it.

According to PuckPedia, Spotrac, Daily Faceoff, Matthew Fairburn from the Athletic and Greg Wyshynski of ESPN he is an UFA at the end of his deal

As per my post above, I just want him off the team. Is there a chance he could find his game and turn into a good goalie for someone else? Sure. There's also a chance that never happens. And right now I think the team benefits going forward having one less goaltender on it, that being UPL. If you give him away with no return at all except having an extra roster spot, I'm okay with it. I wouldn't consider that being taken to the cleaners. Not moving him, having him play games where he's below average, having three goaltenders on the roster, paying him the couple percent of cap space that you're paying him..... Everyday that continues, I consider that being taken to the cleaners.

So you want him to get taken to the cleaners? So you can complain about what a bad trade he made?

I think another plus is the intangible effect he has on his teammates when he is in the net. I think he brings Eeyore vibes to the team. I agree that you move him ASAP.

Just some added context. Per Dobber lines, at 5v5 Byram has played 104 minutes this year with Dahlin and Power 28. Byram has played 6 minutes with Bryson and Power 23.

Agree. If they can trade UPL, I don't think 'waiting it out' to get the best offer is going to make much of a difference. I think his worth on the trade market is pretty low, and that isn't going to change. The value in moving him is not in the return you get, but in any potential cap space relief, just getting rid of one goalie when you have so many between Buffao and rochester, and not having to use an extra roster spot in Buffalo for 3 goalies. If you could Move UPL and get that cap space, an extra roster spot, room for the exisiting guys to play more, and a mid round draft pick...I might say that mid round pick is the least valuable to the team now. I want those other things 'yesterday', and If that isn't possible, give them to me no later than 'today'.

I hope so, this is a business and doing doing your job should get you taken out of the lineup for more than 1 game. Anyone saying he is young... he is a full grown adult making lots of money.

Pretty much If we win tomorrow as well as the Ducks beat Boston The Division will look like this DET 20 GP - 25pts BOS 22 GP - 24pts MTL 19 GP - 23pts TBL 19 GP - 22pts OTT 19 GP - 22pts FLA 19 GP - 21pts TOR 20 GP - 20pts BUF 20 GP - 20pts That is absurdly close

I just don't want Adams to try to "win the trade". Just make the deal to make the team better now.

He won't be 27 when the contract expires. His status likely comes down to whether or not Byram was on the active roster (including injuries) for 40+ games his first two seasons when he only appeared in 19 and 30 games respectively. If he didn't "accrue" a season in either of those season, then he's an RFA. If he accrued seasons in both of those years he's a UFA. Given those were COVID years and he spent a great deal of time on the taxi squad, who knows what his actual status is.

Is it not 27 or seven accrued NHL seasons to reach UFA status? Which he would have after next year. Even though only 26. Puck Pedia shows UFA is expiratory status.

According to Capwages.com Byram is an RFA with Arb rights at the end of this contract in 2027. https://capwages.com/players/bowen-byram

Here is the Evolving Hockey comparisons Neither one truly separates themselves. Although Power and Kesselring did look really good together in a very small sample size. Power is cost controlled for a longer period of time as Byram is an UFA at the end of his current contract I would still move Byram if I choose between the two