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  2. It’s large, but next year it will be massive: 25-26: $4.44M 26-27: $6.44M then 3 more years at $2.44M
  3. Just saw that 77 passed away Stew Barber 5X AFL pro bowler.
  4. We haven't really. Norris played what one, two games for us in a dead season? He's basically a new addition now.
  5. It's edited for effect and I'm sure parts are even added in to transmit a message. I'm sure Kevyn was acting stubborn and wanted an additional player with Kesselring. I'm sure Utah preferred to throw in a pick or something. It's a trade negotiation and we were already told on twitter teams said Sabres were hard to deal with. Kevyn likes to try to win trades. So he got a throw in at the end. Yay. Well to me that is a toss in but we likely define that differently. I wouldn't disagree with the rest of your comment. I initially reacted to somebody having him up on the top line with Tage. I thought that was ridiculous.
  6. I'm pretty sure you're correct: there was a fair share of healthy scratches in there:
  7. He got a bit more than I expected but Adams avoided arbitration. You tell us, are you outraged?
  8. ..so McKenna leaves the WHL to play for Penn State... at Pegula Ice Arena. 🤔 Seems like an odd choice as there are better NCAA programs out there. Maybe some Pegula bucks in play? That said, the league screwed Buffalo out of McDavid in 2015, and have recently voiced concern over their last decade plus of failure. I wouldn't be shocked if Buffalo somehow "wins" the lottery in 2026.
  9. Certain kinds of talent has been ignored. Goaltending has largely been ignored with hopes that the two young goalies (UPL and Levi) can carry the load. Defense, especially team defense, has been a big problem. The Power Play was figured out by the rest of the league back in the middle of the 91 point season. Hard to believe they got worse under Lindy/Appert. And of course experienced players, which often add to a teams mental toughness, they have needed more of them yet the continue. So the question remains - did they address these areas adequately? We shall see. Replacing JJPs 28 goals is not the biggest problem that they have.
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  11. Do you know how much of those games played numbers are injuries vs being the 7th guy on a depth chart? I was just looking at his injury history and I didn’t really see what I’d call plagued by injuries. There was a bout with mini and then a full year lost to knee surgery. The rest of the stuff listed didn’t add up in my opinion with the games played numbers. So that makes me wonder about the depth chart.
  12. How hard is it for people to understand that arbitration is literally designed to be a doomsday option for both the team and player that is to be avoided at all cost?
  13. You are leaving out the massive dead cap space that's a consequence of the Skinner buyout (you know, the one done last year with the idea it gave us additional cap space for that season that Kevyn Smithers did ***** all with).
  14. In actual spending this year's Sabres are expected to pay out $108M in contracts, 21st among league teams. Last year, they spent $99.6M, ranking 27th, a figure inflated by the Skinner buyout https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cash
  15. Another 1 'n' Connor !! What's up with that ??
  16. Best record in MLB !!
  17. So you speak and a woman’s voice comes out of the machine? Why can’t they just project the voice of who ever is speaking?
  18. It's the dog days of summer with a 14 year draught. Grab your sh it and and start throwing!
  19. Yeah, we do seem to be in Act 3 of the 1 GM play, right down to stocking up on RHD. Interesting that they didn't move Byram (am pleased with that, just didn't expect it) after Peterka asked out. Wonder how much the calculus changed in what they felt they needed back in a Byram trade after JJ went bye-bye. And wonder how the roster would've changed with him being the one going out the door instead of JJ. Heading into the off-season, thought Adams had said he wanted to address a RHD for Power and another top 6 F (and thought the preference was for 1 that could also play C). If that isn't just a case of misremembering, Adams only got 1/2 of the job done and on paper weakened the top 6 F. Realize everybody expects they're done (and the majority here might very well be right about that), but there is still more work to do, and won't believe this is the final roster until we reach October if another move isn't made.
  20. I am talking strictly about Timmins in a thread that is about Timmins. Bringing some player and a past action into the equation, that is moving the goalposts. Once Timmins was acquired, nothing wrong was done in the signing of Timmins.
  21. Last year's Sabres spent $79.6M, which was $8.4M under the cap of $88M. They ranked 7th in unspent cap
  22. And, as was stated through the first half of the off-season, their cap situation was such that they couldn’t keep everyone and re-sign their RFA’s. Even with dumping Lafferty and Clifton, they didn’t have space to extend Peterka unless he was willing to take a bridge at a lower AAV. It is some kind of work to be the youngest team in the league, finish 7th from the bottom with 79 points, AND be in cap trouble.
  23. Unless they're going to be pairing him with Samuelsson, which might be where they're going to use him, they don't NEED another offensive D-man. They need one that's defensively responsible. Don't mind Timmons and hope it works. But Bernard-Docker DID work with Power. Kesselring &/or Timmons MIGHT work with Power. They're going to have a small margin for error this season, this pair of moves seems to reduce that margin.
  24. So the Sabres have now filled out their 23-man roster and are at $90.3M under the cap, leaving them with $5.1M in space. They did not have to pay to trade Conor Clifton or not qualify Jacob Bernard-Docker to fit under the cap, which sits at $95.5M. They rank dead centre of the league in terms of cap space remaining, at 16th. It is possible that rank will change with further trades or signings around the league, but unlikely it will shift dramatically given the lack of available roster spots or expensive unsigned players. They are scheduled to spend $89.2M in actual salaries and bonuses this year, slightly less than their actual cap hit.
  25. Maybe they just didn’t want JBD and had eyes on Timmins. They are very similar although Timmins is much better offensively and you know how much the Sabres love their offensive defensemen. He probably did want to be there 🙄
  26. ours is kinda too loud but with our cooling fans I get it... I just turn to volume way down in the control room and it is a woman's voice
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