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Newly acquired RHD Connor Timmins has possibly filed for arbitration

He needs to get stronger in order to stand up in traffic. He looks to me like an easy 6’1 185 player to push around. KA is hoping on a big improvement from him and Quinn is capable, but he needs to toughen up. Maybe a guy like Doan on his line makes him grow a bit.

Did not realize this. Do we know if the Sabres face the same deadline to take Bo to arbitration? And does that also remove the threat of an offer sheet?

Today at 5 pm is an important deadline because players must file for arbitration by then. However, filing removes their ability to sign an offer sheet. All eligible players have three options: 1) Agree to an offer sheet before 5 pm today 2) Decline arbitration and wait for an offer sheet, which gives up leverage 3) File for arbitration and give up possibility of an offer sheet From AFP Analytics (not embedding for me)

Flyers have hired a UFC fighter https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3547905/the-philadelphia-flyers-hired-ufc-fighter-andre-petroski-to-bring-back-the-broad-street-bullies-and-teach-the-boys-how-to-fight

So smart. We are such bright fellas. Why is the board so negative?

People have mentioned maybe he plays differently because of his injury/injuries. That might be it, but the question is did it change him as a player? As mentioned above, he is one of the most "perimeter" players in the NHL, but he wasn't his first year: 2022-23: 33% of his shots from in front of the net/high danger areas (or 66% from the perimeter) 2023-24: 21.4% (or 78.6% from the perimeter) 2024-25: 8.1% (or 91.9% from the perimeter). So, as far as his shot selection/shots on goal, he has steady become more of a perimeter player as his 3 years have progressed. I didn't do a deep dive into his defensive metrics, but when I glanced at them, they aren't all that different from year 1, year 2, or year 3. I'll admit they are at best below average all 3 years (he's NOT a good defensive player by his metrics, or my personal 'eye' test), but his game that way hasn't changed. Hasn't gotten better, hasn't gotten worse. But when I look at the above numbers, what happened? Thats not a statistical anomaly, that is a totally, 100% different player in the offensive zone. Can another offseason to heal, another offseason to have his coaches look at the numbers we all see and the tape and talk to him about it...get him to change his 'style' back to what he did is first year or when he was in the AHL? I'll take that player.

When you are treading water and someone throws an anchor at you, you are going to sink at a faster rate.

She is a terrific moderator and is more than fair. She should have kicked this fool in the nuts and tell him to take a hike. I have been in a number of spats but not to that pissant level.

Not like the team was ever floating to begin with.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desperate-search-missing-girls-summer-040825500.html Good thing we cut all the programs that go into helping us be prepared for this. Hurricane season is right around the corner for the red states.

"From global HIV treatment and emergency food aid to support for democratic institutions, the programs Trump is seeking to cut are vital to U.S. interests. The cuts also risk impacts at home, slashing funding for universities, nonprofits, and contractors across dozens of states—undermining jobs, research, and America’s role in the world. The Trump administration claims these cuts are eliminating “wasteful and unnecessary” spending, but it is slashing these cost-effective programs while pursuing spending in areas that bring little or no benefit to the American people, such as extended deployments of troops at the U.S. border or remodeling Trump’s newly gifted Boeing 747 jet from Qatar." Yea make sure we spend money on the bribe plane instead.

If Dahlin gets hurt and is out for a significant amount of time, this team is sunk.

Agree, I’m not really worried about the Byram deal. I think the bidding market will help offset Adams natural inability and we end up with a player tantamount to Byram: either Byram himself or another player who can help you win if put in a specific situation the bigger move to me is one where we see actual improvement: we haven’t made a single one this offseason! Is anyone else noticing this? Regardless of what happens with Byram, we need a futures trade. Right now for a F or for a D should we trade Byram for a F.

Thinking a big reason signing Danforth is so we don't have to bring up players from Rochester and put them in situations meant for veterans.

Excellent analysis, especially as it is directed toward Quinn. Is Quinn going to elevate his game enough to not only not being a drag but rising it enough where he is an asset. A couple years ago, I thought he was going to be a real good winger. He not only didn't even plateau as a player but disappointingly, he declined as a player. Were injuries a factor in his sputtering? Probably so. When you look at the young group comprised of Power, Samuelsson, Benson and Quinn most of us expect improvement. The more critical issue is will each of them and as a group improve enough to be an elevating factor for the team. It seems that the GM is counting on that. For me, I just don't know. TBD.

Lumping on the the bold here (and touching on 1 at the same time), there’s a level of disingenuousness in “we don’t have to win a cup to enjoy it”’ as you point out in that no one is labelling that as their bar for enjoyment. As you allude to with the bold, it IS about enjoying the experience: one of the most negative aspects of never making the playoffs is actually that our *regular seasons* have no meaning. We haven’t been able to enjoy the league and feel a part of it for so long because we’ve realized our regular seasons are DOA by Canadian thanksgiving

Personally, I don’t think Adams “wants” to trade Byram. I think he is legitimately open to the idea - mostly because Bo is not signing for term - but he has a year before he has to cross that bridge and isn’t going to pull the trigger if he doesn’t like the offers. I wouldn’t call all this smoke a charade, more like an attempt to move the player at the “right” price. ”Just sign him then” isn’t that simple because that takes two and it’s not what Byram prefers. At some point a deal will be made, or other GMs will get tired of talking. If it gets to the latter, Adams will tell Byram’s camp that it’s time to talk contact, one side will file for arbitration and Byram will officially become a Sabre again some time in August. Then, Adams may or may not pull the trigger on whatever may be left on the trade market with his leftover cap space. Not expecting to be whelmed, let alone overwhelmed, but to answer the thread question, I kinda expect Byram on the roster and one more “meh” forward add.

Not everything. Just the vast majority for a 5th of a century

“X”, for being too realistically on point while negative

What a GM Ya, we are looking for another McLeod trade for sure. Haven’t gotten it yet in an offseason you’d think they’d be even more urgently wanting to make it Headed into 6 Ppl should actually give up there as I’ve said: he’s not going to meaningfully address the position if he had any inclination to we’d have see a smidgen of effort We won’t see goalie addressed until a new regime

All they’ve done is increase the likelihood they’ll need him to play a larger role

You did a lot of research on cozens last year that was spot on. Quinn very often looked like a spectator last year. He is the one they have from the Aquino/Peteka draft unfortunately.

Here are a couple of things in defense of Luukkonen. 1.) Per MoneyPuck, Luukkonen's goals save below expected were nearly identical to that of Saros and Swayman. Both have larger track records than Luukkonen, but the connection is that those are both considered to be good goalies who posted bad #'s on bad teams. Maybe that is what Luukkonen also was last year. 2.) At his best Luukkonen is a blocker; he is a positional goalie who uses his size and lets the puck come to him and who has the athleticism to make some highlight reel saves when needed. At his worst, he is chasing the game; that is when you see him 4 feet out of his crease to the left or the right of, or behind, the net. To me, it was obvious that there was a point last season where he was being shelled night after night and where he lost confidence and over-compensated by reverting to bad habits (chasing the puck). Is that always going to be his issue? Or, can he reset in the off-season and as he matures find a way to simply play the game that he is best at? I don't know. I think he would thrive under certain coaches and in certain structures. I don't think Ruff is the right coach. Although Ruff spoke at the end of the year of being unable to blame Luukkonen until he could get the team to do a better job with puck management, I am skeptical that Ruff is a coach who can do that.