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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.

Which teams are either old on defense or just lack defense in general?

This reaks of "we should fire our GM but his contract and he's a guy Terry likes" The longer this goes on, the more laughable it becomes.

Pretty much, joined the agent who cares only about the money

Byram has switched agents. He’s dumped Kevin EPP (Juuse Saros, Peyton Krebs) and signed with Mitch Marner’s rep Daren Ferris, who also did Philip Broberg’s offer sheet escape from Edmonton. He gone.

Imagine being in cap hell with a bottom 9 worst roster, the same GM who signed off on those terrible contracts is now allowed to sign off more terrible deals to players. You can't even make this stuff up, this is beyond insanity at this point.

This falls under the I will believe it when it happens category

The Sabres are not in an impossible situation with regards to the salary cap and their roster. It is quite complex though. Extending our RFAs in pretty-much any realistic combination of expert projections, takes them right up to, or over, the cap. They are in a cap and roster situation that teams headed into year 5 of a rebuild, with no success to show for it, are not typically in. Typically, NHL teams in this sort of cap situation, have at least had some regular season successes. Also, serious NHL teams would typically entrust the management of this type of situation to a POHO and/or GM who has successfully navigated a franchise through such scenarios before. Adams has thus far not been able to build a playoff level roster, despite (I would argue) starting out with more assets than a GM would typically start a rebuild with. If Adams has not proven that he can build a winning team with all of the cap space and tradeable assets in the world to work with, then I don't know how he can possibly be expected to navigate the cap and contract complexities of the multiple moves needed this off-season to get the Sabres to the place where they have a playoff level roster. Could it happen? Sure. But, there is just no reason for optimism.

So if I did the math right, signing these deals would allow the Sabres to run it back with a little under $1M left to sign a backup goalie. Signing them all to the 1-year projections would add another $7Mish.

Probably not a significant minority. Muel is oft-injured and doesn't defend his teammates despite the A, but at least he has a role on the team as a defensive defenseman and PK guy. Byram, however, will never get the PP time with Dahlin/Power. Power can't even justify his own contract with points totals yet because he is only PP2. Byram can get you some value in a trade if you find a team that needs a PP guy and someone who can play top-4 minutes. Side note and probably would need to be in a different thread: I'd check with Philly and Nashville to see if they're interested in some sort of package of Byram for their higher pick. That'd probably have to be Byram+9 for their 5/6+player with some salary that fills a Sabres roster need (defensive RHD). At least explore the possibility.

How many pull ups can he do?

But they do have Mikko Rantanen. And Heiskanen could still return this series/season.

He's big and safe and he's right-handed. He's not a top-10 pick -- there's nothing that pops.