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The Sabres have a reputation for being bad. Now it has gotten to the point they will earn a reputation for being weird. Maybe the have a deal worked out????

A pass. We're giving Marner a HARD PASS.

Why Santy Claus, WHY? Per puckpedia, his QO is only $866k. If they already have a deal in place with him that they'll re-sign him to $805k again provided nobody else tries to sign him, cool, I guess. But are you REALLY going to go THAT hard after a true difference maker that you need that extra $60k in your quiver to make it all work?

I love it that the Bills compete with any team in the NFL on the field, in the public arena, and financially. Whereas the Sabres are in an entirely different league than the Vegas/Florida/Colorado types. Truly a farm club for the real teams.

Whoever holds his rights can sign him for 8 years up until the end of the day today. So if Vegas traded for him, they then had the remaining 7 or so hours today where they could give him 8 years. The 7 years thing is strictly a July 1st free agency restriction. No one can give 8 years once they hit July 1st, not even the original team.

6 years Adams has been here and many players still can’t wait to get out. Then he claims he only wants people that want to be here, why exactly would they want to be here?

Say what you will about him... but Adams never missed a QO deadline with a jammed fax machine or anything. Hasn't just let an entire RFA wave walk to market. So he's got that going for him.

Free Agent Frenzy: “Where will the greatest LWer to ever play the game, Generational Superstar Nic Ehlers sign today? Please tune in guys”

My understanding is that this trade was a cosmetic transaction to avoid tampering charges.

Well, it did and it didn't with Zucker. He was one of their best forwards last year (definitely in the top 4 or so). But the team still fell further back from the playoffs than they were either of the 2 prior years. So, on a microlevel it worked. On a macro level, at best it was too little.

5pm Eastern today

Anyone hoping for Adams to be able to play in free agency with the 2nd-tier wingers (like Ehlers)... the big fish are already off the market. Ehlers now is the 1st tier UFA.

So, what is the deadline for QOs?

Good for Provorov. I suppose you're wirth what you can get BUT I don' think he's worth that. 30 minutes, what's up Kevin? Come back from that walking trail in Clarence and get to the office.

I think Toronto was the only team that could sign an 8 year deal with him.

Look at the bones, man!

Who knows what’s in the new CBA, but there has to be legitimate medical reason for that to happen. They’re not planning for that.

It really feels like this front office has no clear plan or idea what they're trying to achieve

I mean, Bolduc potted 19 goals last season at played at 0.5 PPG pace, all at the age of 22. No way we would get both Bolduc and Parayko. Maybe Parayko is a salary dump. Cap hit $6.5M.

And apparently there was a weird and really late trade.

So, this conversation started when I said Marner must be pursued, to which you replied with all the reasons why Marner wouldn’t sign. So I asked you to clarify if KA should pursue Marner, which led to you listing more reasons why Marner wouldn’t accept. You still haven’t suggested whether or not KA should take a swing. You’ve only offered excuses to why it might not be successful. Whatever Grandma Marner. Your little one is safe from Sabres gloom.

Run JBD, run! Flee for your career!

How do we KNOW there wasn't some communication? Because nobody is reporting that the Loafs are threatening the Sabres with tampering unlike the way they're threatening the Kin-ig-hits. He is STILL under contract and is a Loaf until midnight tonight (barring a really weird late trade). Other GMs can't reach out to him until he's a FA.

Fair and hope you're right. I think he'll have a lot of suitors and as Adams said, "overpaying to get a player typically doesn't work well." So, the Buffalo technique is to wait and see who falls through the cracks. It worked out well with Zucker last year.

In summer 2024, they didn't qualify Bryson, then signed him the next day. JBD could follow suit, unless... you know... he doesn't want to be here.