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He has all the leverage. I'll go with 5 x $9MM and hope he says yes. Remember Skinner was already making $9MM with his last Sabre contract. Tuch is much more important than Skinner.

I think people need to realize how ordinary a $7M NHL salary will be 3 years after the death of the flat cap world. There's a rude awakening coming. I think a better question is do you want to keep Tuch for $50-$60M or trade him for a lesser player and a couple picks/prospects? That's reality.

I would love Gavrikov to pair with Dahlin. Play them 30 minutes a night.

The brass of this team needs to sit down and say hey, what kind of team, what style do we want to have here? How do you want to be known around the league as this team plays _ _ _ _ _. Keep the players that fit and fill the holes. The last 5 years seem to be a random assortment of players with not objective in mind. Or Maybe they do have a plan, and it is not working....

The games I watched, he is not worth that kind of money. He hasn't raised the needle for the Sabres.

Hoping that maybe his connections could lead us to Gavrikov. He is one of the best defensive d men in the league and Jarmo was the GM and drafted him in Columbus Gavrikov - Dahlin would be best D pair in the nhl I think

If you could get him at 7 x 7 I’d be ecstatic, but truthfully I don’t think it’s too bad, it’s high. And it may sting you in the last few years, but it’s time we have some of those contracts you need him, and not only that the team and the nhl needs to see he wants to be here

I'd do 6yrs at that 8.4 million price tag, not 7. That said, I'll worry about it later.

That’s something you have to start from day one.

7 - 59 is a whole lot

Other hockey leagues, like the SHL, have regulation and promotion. I don't think it's possible here as the AHL is now only a development league and the majority of the players in the league property of the parent clubs.

I don't think he'll sign here for only five years.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/sabres-alex-tuch-59-million-contract-update-trade-rumors/a425bbd301fda017922bc38d I'd do 5 years @ $7 per season, but 7 years on a 29 year old player is excessive. Thoughts?

Off-season gibberish-ish. But I was reading an article in The Athletic about the popularity of soccer in the US and how FIFA think relegation and promotion would work well here. It got me thinking about how the NHL is trying to keep adding more teams. But it sort of feels like the league is big enough. Could increasing the value of the AHL and having relegation/promotion be a viable path?

It's a tough trade to build. Probably requires a 3rd team since none of the players are going to waive a clause to come to buffalo. They have a few pieces that Buffalo could be interested in - Geekie, Raddysh, Moser, and Lilleberg. All of those guys are cheap though, so to make the dollars work it needs a 3rd team. For buffalo since 2 of those guys are lefties, it probably requires someone also to take on samuelsson.

Norris Rossi McLeod Krebs is a respectable centre spine. Add some defensive D and an upgrade on UPL and you are getting closer to contending for a playoff spot.

If the Wild want prospects/picks in return. I have a feeling they want a bigger centre in return unless they take the picks/prospects and swap them somewhere else for a bigger centre. Quinn for Rossi is about even without adding all that other stuff but Quinn + one more asset for Rossi would work

I agree 100% w. Perreault were. I'd be fine trading prospects ideally not named Kulich and Helenius and picks. Is Rosen/Walbach, Quinn and a second to low?

I dont see the greatest fit here in terms of helping the Sabres win now in addition it's in division. It'd have to be an overpayment. Still what are the Sabres trying to get other than Cirelli. Which to me is harder for TBL to replace. I only mention in division because JJP is so young. If he's moved I'd prefer it out of conference. But at this point when youre trading guys wanting out just barely after their ELC; I guess who gives a *****. Isn't that the most damning indictment on Pegula. That a 23 year old who was drafted developed and given top line minutes has the balls to say. I want out. Pegula you've ruined the culture of this city and franchise. Where yes we were in range of a playoff spot but players feel how toxic it is here.

While I don't agree that "all" of Sabrespace would still be negative after a playoff berth and a quick exit - you do have to admit it is not too hard to imagine all the "blow it up, we are terrible" threads after said first round exit. What I also so is the (fairly substantial) "Hey, we could end the drought this year" crowd morphing into the "OK, we made the playoffs, here is why I think we could build on it" crowd. After FOURTEEN freaking years, there is actually a shocking amount of optimism around this playoff-desert team, lol.

maybe you can trade him, but he's not an asset - he's either there to make a money acquisiton fit in a multiple team deal, or he's dumped to a team with lots of space who's rebuilding.

I'd like to know what center of defenseman this writer think is worth JJP?

Witness protection.

JJP is a different type of player compared to Sam Bennett. There was an expectation in his draft evaluation that he was going to be a goal scorer. It didn't materialize in the NHL. That can be contrasted to JJP who already has shown an ability to score goals. I would love to have a Sam Bennett type player on this team. JJP is no Sam Bennett and will never be, and Sam Bennett will never be JJP goal producing player. Different players with different skill sets.