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Power would get his nose out of joint at getting passed by. I wouldn’t be upset to see that as an option, Byram can shoot decently too. I think that ship has sailed.

Except there's nothing to show he'll be disposed of. He'll just be elevated and be the voice of Pegula. And if the GM clashes with Pegula, he'll follow the same road as PLF, GMTM, and JBott -- none fired/left for performance of the team.

The funny thing about the power play situation is I never saw a reason why he could not have played with Dahlin on power play 1 here. He is a better passer than most of the forwards we have.

Yes, the best move is to move them both and replace them with suitable partners for Dahlin and Power. And neither can be a potential break-the-bank expectant PP1 guy in Byram because it saps the cash for other areas of need. If Power-Byram was a great pairing that excelled in their own zone as well, then sure, pay him all you need and go with a big three. Out of curiosity, what's the GF% of Power-Dahlin?

Werenski and McAvoy would be ahead of him for PP1 on two of those teams. Montour and Dunn could be bumped in Seattle.

I think it will be larger due to contract and chemistry situations. There are lots of teams who will see him as an upgrade to their current #3 over the next 7 years. Guys like Byram aren’t available that often. GMs will be fishing to see if they can make it fit.

If Rasmus Andersson had more than 1 year until UFA status, I would like to see him as a RHD coming back. He would fit the bill as a top 4.

I would add Kracken, Jackets and Bruins to that list. Push come to shove we don't want the picks we want a player so a trade better be in the works.

The question is what assets of these teams would help Buffalo. That's the starting place.

If any of Philly, San Jose, Chicago, Nashville, or Pitt is foolish enough to offer sheet Byram with the value of a 2026 1st, you take the pick in a heartbeat. Byram is not turning any of those franchises into a playoff team. Or, you ideally trade before the draft, or you match and then trade the known contract -- but then you'd better have him on the top pair with Dahlin to increase his value as much as possible.

Here are my biggest fears about not firing Adams now: You don’t get a fresh face in to deal with the looming Tuch, Peterka and Byram situations A new guy has a much better chance of convincing these guys to stay under a fresh regime than Kevyn would under a sinking ship. A new guy has less pressure to move these guys in a bad deal than Kevyn would under a sinking ship. Allowing Kevyn to fumble and fail now before getting fired at Christmas cements a desire in the heads of Dahlin and Thompson that its time for them to move on. Valuable development time for Levi, Kulich, Benson and Power is squandered in a toxic dressing room. Basically, I think there’s an opportunity cost to waiting. The longer you wait, the bigger the mess the next guy has to clean up: bigger cracks, depreciated assets.

There's your list.

Maybe I don't understand how offer-sheets work. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that in order to offer-sheet Byram in the $7-8 million range (what it would take to get him, I would think), the team making the offer would need to have their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rd picks in 2026, since that would be the cost. I don't think any team that has more than a 50/50 chance of missing the playoffs this coming season, is going to give up their 2026 1st for Byram. Also, the Sharks don't currently have their 3rd in 2026.

We already have enough ass coaches.

I think Martin has become my favorite pick but I think he’s gone before 9. Id roll the dice on McQueen if there or trade the pick If I could get a piece to help now.

Yea... smells like "okay, I'll give my boy until Christmas and then if it's bad, the "advisor" becomes gm"

The cap is really going up a lot, that should help

It reeks of Kevyn, I want you to hire your replacement. Sounds like a great recipe for success. “More changes coming” More? That implies there have been some.

Terrified of that being the pick. I need a guy who demands the puck more.

Samuelsson isn't good and should be moved regardless of Byram or Power.

Don’t worry about Frondell, they said. He sucks but he’ll be gone well before 9, they said.

Calgary, Philadelphia, San Jose, Chicago, Nashville has Josi but he’s old and there’s no one else, Utah needs LD.

Sharks, missing out on Schaeffer could make them offersheet Byram - And in this case I would gamble and let him go.

Except Mule was worse defensively than Byram was. This is not a defence of Byram, who the Sabres should not sign to the 8 by 8 deal in the OP. It’s an attempt to point out how the concept of Samuelsson does not match the reality. He was Dahlin’s worst partner and Power’s worst partner in xG% Everybody uses Dahlin’s presence to hand wave Byram. GF% Dahlin and Byram were 70%, Dahlin And Mule were 51.9%

Buh bye. Hopefully we get a solid return for him.