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Jack Eichel's neck appears to be holding up just fine. Sidney Crosby seems to have been okay. I'm not going to put any player into a bucket as it really depends on the injuries and what's done to treat them. Not sure if we know enough to make a statement on what will or won't happen.

This site has set a filter to automatically add the umlaut to the O whenever Östlund's name is typed. Similar to the way how if you misspell Pominville it still corrects it to Pomminstein. So, no need to copy and paste to get Östlund done up the way they spell it in Sweden. 😉

That's an ideal 4th line that will give teams fits

There is a reason the Green Bay Packers are the only major publicly owned sports team in the US. Private companies don't have to show their full books to anyone but the IRS. With the players in the NHL getting 1/2 of HRR, we can calculate out what total HRR was (give or take a few $MM for not knowing exactly how much goes into insurance/pension funds) any of the last 20 or so years for the league, but not for individual teams. Forbes and the others that make these estimates of team value take knowns - ticket prices, concession prices, streaming prices, advertising rates and a lot of semi-knowns - TV contracts, tickets sold, concessions purchased, labor rates (for items other than player salaries), utility rates, tax rates, game related expenses, etc. and a few other items like reported prices for franchise sales and expansion fees and then project out estimates of what these are currently and in the future, and assume a discount rate - then voila (it doesn't just mean "your french fries are ready" 😉 ) you have the "official" value of what every single team is worth. And it's ALL just semi-educated guessing. And agree the teams are more profitable than the owners let on to them being - it's tougher to get concessions on utility/tax rates and to get municipalities to pay for maintenance/amenities when you're effectively printing money (ala the NFL) or even merely "comfortable" (ala the NHL and the other major sports leagues).

Dunno why you Xd this @Taro T, this is the reality Why the heck would Adams be on the hot seat now? The Sabres won a game. Jury still out

Beck’s goal shows that any guy in the NHL, even an Adam Mair or Beck Malenstyn has more talent at hockey than most of us can even imagine. The issue for Beck is the distance between him and McDavid is also the size of the Grand Canyon.

Naturally, the one guy with a career FO% over 50 on the roster and he gets back and he's on the wing and probably prohibited from taking draws. 😇 Really good to see him back practicing with the team, though.

No Norris tomorrow per Ruff maybe this weekend

I agree that Östlund would be the one going down when Norris returns to the lineup. He and Rosen have played well enough to stay, but there are only so many spots and they are both waiver exempt. Plus, they need a more physical presence in the lineup and that's not Norris' or Östlund's game. It's good to have more "qualified" players than available spots, for a change. The emergence of Östlund and Rosen is the silver lining of the recent injury situation. (I don't know how to type the "O" with dots over the top, but I copied and pasted the character from the previous post.)

Kulich isn’t tradable right now and I don’t think the Sabres would trade him if they could. Until the blood clots are resolved he isn’t going anywhere and he is an effort player like Doan and Benson and we don’t have enough of those. Garland is an interesting idea. A long-term Zucker replacement ? I don’t think he’d cost as much as Kulich (if healthy). The Sabres actually have a slight cap issue right now if Norris and Danforth are returning this season. Some contracts need to be heading back to Van to make the numbers work. I’d start a deal with Krebs and a 2nd rd pick or Wahlberg. If they want Rosen, then Krebs Rosen for Garland and a draft pick. I think Rosen proved he is a viable middle six forward during this call up which should have increased his trade value. My biggest question is does Garland fill a need now. We still need real goaltending and defensive help. I like to see management focus on improving those areas before forward.

If they weren't using Dunne in place of Greenway when they're spelling Greenway, would agree. But Dunne played Sunday because they wanted to give Greenway the game off. Doubt they want to send him down if they have plans on playing him every few games even if everyone is healthy. As Norris is an offensive guy who's also responsible defensively, am expecting Östlund ends up the 14th man and is the one getting sent back down.

I saw another report outlining the Canucks interest in Byram as a Hughes replacement if they were to trade him. Unfortunately I mindlessly scrolled past it, so I don’t have a link. However I’d also be very interested in a Byram + ?? for a Garland + Pettersson type of deal. I think bottom line, this team needs more Garland’s (Doan’s, Benson’s, etc.) and that he would be a terrific add

Btw, to me, Piiparinens d-partner Jesper Mattila is the best defenseman in Liiga ( a late bloomer I wouldn't hesitate to give a two way contract with Sabres), it helps Piiparinens stats a lot.

Someone will have to go down if Norris is ready Dunne is the most likely, there could be a small chance he is claimed

Yes. Suvanto might be drafted in that range since there are only few top ranked centers. But to draft a center in that range it need to be top-6 potential, and I can't see that. I haven't seen Hemming either, I hope he can show something good at WJC if he get a spot on the team, I wasn't impressed with his brother but I have heard this younger one is better.

What he said. 😉 Personally would say a fair number of "hockey" trades end up win - win. It's the ones where 1 team gives up a really good player for future assets or a whole lot of middling assets that one gets taken to the cleaners. What's rare is the lose-lose trade. Though at this moment, it appears Adams pulled one of those off when he traded Cozens away. Maybe Cozens figures out how to play in his own end and/or how to make a clean pass on a PP or Norris stays healthy for more than an entire week and that one begins to look good for 1 of the 2 teams; but until either of that actually happens, won't expect it. Will hope for at (at least from the Sabres perspective, the Otters can go F' themselves) but won't expect it.

Well many great players played in competent organizations and do not have a Cup, especially in the period after expansion and prior to free agency. The Blues unloaded a very bad contract in Patrik Berglund who was done as a player and was a major distraction. They also unloaded a player that had no more use to them in Sobotka. So the trade was not just ROR for Tage. It included a first rounder that turned out to be the last pick of the round (Ryan Johnson), and it was an opportunity to unload some junk and clear some dollars. The Blues were looking to re-tool and ROR was obviously a really good 2-way center to help them. The freaky emergence of Binington in goal, a veteran team with both skill and grit, and then everything fell into place like storybook. ROR gets a Cup, a Calder and a Selke. Everything went storybook perfect for the Blues on the trade. It is only fitting that Tage scores 500+ career goals in Buffalo and leads them to a Cup.

Think they'll put him in on the road, or wait until Friday and the friendly confines to have him lace 'em up?

Nice.

Norris is back and rotating into the top PP

You talking about Suvanto and Hemming? I haven't watched Hemming but have seen a little of Suvanto and I could see him slide in that 15-20 range due to his position and skills. I agree, I think the Swedes have a better class for the 1st round with Stenberg and Bjorck leading the way.

Yes. 100%. And breaking 1 bone does NOT make your body necessarily more prone to injury.

100 was NOT necessary to get into the playoffs wtihout worrying about tiebreakers; it was SIGNIFICANTLY more than enough to get in the playoffs. Provided the Caps wouldn't have dropped any points to the Aisles that they in actuality took from them, 85 points was all that was necessary to get into the playoffs that year in the East that year; and it took 95 to clinch in the West. Even had the Caps taken all 12 points from the Aisles that year and enough of those 6 games had their results reversed to get them to within 1 point of each other, 97 points still would've absolutely guaranteed finishing in front of the 9th place team. You don't have to beat the 8th place team to be in the playoffs. By being the 8th place team you ARE in the playoffs. You have to beat the NINTH place team to be in the playoffs. And 85 points in the East and 95 points in the West guaranteed you that 8th place spot. Btw, those other 3 years, in the East, 92, 92, and 90 was enough to get in outright. Though 91 got you into the playoffs in 23-24, it took a tiebreaker to determine which team got in and one that reached 91 did NOT get it. The 1970 Montreal Canadiens are still the only team since expansion, and likely ever, that got to 0.600 and didn't get in. So, 0.600 is still the goal. Get there and you are as close to guaranteed to be in as you can get without it being an absolute 100% certainty.

Where does this number come from? And he isn't losing money, the value of the team is far outpacing the cash lost. If you spend 10 bucks on a something but it costs you 3 bucks to maintain each year, and 10 years from now it is worth 100 bucks. You didn't lose 30 dollars you gained 60 overall.

I have not watched him play that much, but nothing about him says he is a top-10. I have to watch some more Tappara. And same goes for the other two Finns, 20-40 range, as you said. The Swedes on the other hand, they might have three players in top 10.