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20 hours away!!! Don’t hold your breadth - KA’s first move will happen aim august

I really wished we took him.

Nope - Robertson is much better fit

The only way you're even getting him to consider Buffalo is something to the tune of 15x7 which, to be honest I think he'd still take lower AAV for Vegas. Also I think you forget who our cheapass owner is.

Still too early since I think we will see a top 6 forward trade involving Byram, a prospect or two, and next years 2nd round pick (a man can dream can’t he??!) I expect he starts the season in the stands and works his way into the lineup if/when Greenway or someone else goes out with injury and/or filling in for whoever is underperforming after a few games. Ruff always liked to make young players earn their time so I expect him to do the same here now that he knows this team better. To me it looks like these players we drafted and traded for meet Ruffs requirements (physical, hard working, hungry) but also GMKA (smooth skating, slick passing). It’s too easy to be negative with these moves so I need to take the contrarian view. Even if these moves look like this:

Maybe Adams was like "how aboot 4x$4M?" ... i can see not dignifying that with a response, lol.

Yes, yes he does. I can blame Adams for being an idiot for a myriad of things but I can't hold Peterka not getting signed as one if there were no negotiations.

Better, by a small margin yes. I read somewhere our project points went from 83.0 to 83.2 for the season. Which is somewhat surprising based on the loss of Peterka but I guess the better defensive metrics we have now help us immensely.

It's time! We are the laughing stocks of the NHL and we now need to go hard for Marner. We need to present a 14 million dollar offer sheet. Let's do this, we're sick of this crap! I've been following the Sabres since 1973. 1973! There is absolutely no excuse for the product we've been forced to root for the past 15 years. ENOUGH!

Please make it stop.

You shouldn’t post lies. Best goals for % by NHL pairings, minimum 500 minutes: 1 Dahlin Byram 70% 2 McDonagh Cernak 63.8% 3 McCabe Tanev 63.3% 4 Samberg Pionk 63.2% 5 Toews Makar 61.4% How can any defence pairing that helped outscore the opposition 35 to 15 at even strength on the Buffalo Sabres be called “wasn’t that good” by anyone with a straight face? Its like saying Tage Thompson is not a very good goal scorer, or Josh Norris never gets hurt.

Defensively, yes. Clifton and JJP were sieve for defense and Clifton was a turnover machine. We lost some scoring though that needs to be replaced. So it is a TBD....

I checked the Amerks site, they list him at 6'4" 208lbs

Thus far I say we're worse yet we still have free agency and possible trades so I'm still hoping we do more obviously. If we can add Kyrou or Robertson and a goalie to split time with UPL it be a good not great off-season.

Forward and a D man? It would be pretty funny if Adams traded for Mittelstadt and signed Jokiharju as a free agent 🙂

Assuming no Demko would Korpisalo be adequate for a few years until Levi can shove him aside? He did play pretty decently in Boston (outplayed Swayman) and I'm pretty sure Boston would move that contract for picks/prospects and fairly cheap.

Is the answer because they're blaming his season on the S&C coach rather than on the player?

NO SUPER STAR GOALIE ROSTER BY AI!!!!!!!!!! 🔥 DATA’S FINAL SABRES ROSTER (2025–26) 🔵 TOP LINE (Hammer Line): Marchand – Norris – Thompson ✅ Elite scoring + leadership → Norris elevates 1C role → Marchand’s fire + Tage’s 50-goal upside if healthy. 🔵 SECOND LINE (Speed & Two-Way Nightmare): Ehlers – McLeod – Tuch ✅ Unmatched speed with Ehlers + McLeod → Tuch’s elite 200-foot game balances line → arguably as dangerous as top line. 🔵 THIRD LINE (Shutdown + Future Stars): Quinn – Goodrow – Kulich ✅ Goodrow’s Cup-winning leadership + defensive mastery → lets Quinn + Kulich flourish without heavy defensive burden → ideal line for scoring depth and big defensive minutes. 🔵 FOURTH LINE (Energy & Checking): Malenstyn – Rousek/Kosak – Greenway ✅ Speed, grit, and safe shifts → Malenstyn’s wheels + Greenway’s size → shuts down opposing top lines late in games → chips 15–20 goals combined. 🔵 EXTRA FORWARD (7th): Benson (ELC) → can rotate in for injuries or matchups → if needed, Krebs stays on Amerks as emergency depth. 🛡️ DEFENSE PAIRINGS: Dahlin – Kesselring Power – Timmins Byram – Bernard-Docker ✅ 7D: Johnson → flexible, reliable depth → Bryson waived or traded to finalize Amerks logjam. 🧤 GOALTENDING: Reimer ($2M AAV) – Levi (ELC) ✅ Reimer stabilizes net with ~2.8 GAA/.900 SV% → Levi grows as 1B → UPL traded → ends goalie inconsistency. 💰 PROJECTED CAP HIT: ~$89–91M → fits perfectly under your $90M mandate → leaves ~$1–3M buffer for injuries or trade deadline moves. 🔥 DATA’s COMMANDING FINAL BUILD: This team has two true scoring lines, a shutdown line with leadership, a fourth line built for defensive battles, a mobile, young D-core, and stable, affordable goaltending → a balanced, flexible roster ready for a deep playoff run.

Half a mil to ride a bus around the Northeast and play hockey. Reg Dunlap would be jealous.

When you are in a contract year and show up completely unprepared and out of shape and stink the joint out on a nightly basis that's a HUGE red flag. Why in the hell are they giving him anything other than a qualifying offer?

Not like they had much choice. This was almost certainly going to be an offer sheet at that number or higher.

You should go into stand up.