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At this point, I don't even care that he's injured now that he's rightfully a 3rd pairing defenseman. Next man up!

Just waive him. He’s useless

Muel-PO: I must have taken a bad step. ... You go on, Master Tuch. I'm done for! Tuch: No, you're not... <R2-D2 whistles. Tuch Icewalker and Son of Ben pause in lifting Muel-PO off the sand> Son of Ben: There's an MRT-K Assassin droid available... For nine games? Tuch: Well... umm... Hey, we'll come back for you. We promise. <Tuch and Son of Ben set Muel-PO back down and hop onto the speeder with R2.>

Although your response is well reasoned I still to a great degree disagree with your general point. It should be noted that the return for him in a deal would be minimal due to his current contract status. And it should be noted that it's very probable that a Tuch departure would hurt the team. There is a context/history here that hangs over this middling franchise i.e. a generation of not qualifying for the playoffs when nearly half the teams in the league qualify for it. It's about the now and demonstrating a sense of urgency to a rapidly diminishing fanbase. I'm not overly concerned about the back end of Tuch's next contract. Tuch is in his prime now. If he can stay within that high performance level for the first half of his extended deal, I would call it a good deal for this forlorn franchise.

Yeah... they can make reasonable accomodations on a multi-year renovation. They don't exactly WANT to lose seats either.

How does that work in the playoffs though? Is it this year or next year when you're now required to be cap-compliant for any playoff games?

There was no question that both players were ready and willing to sign here. So, what then what happened? The organization hesitated giving them the type of contract extension they would have signed at the earlier time. The organization made a decision not to do so. So both players waited it out and then ended up in better places for themselves. As I stated in a prior post, if this organization would have been more competently run, Eichel, Reinhart and Ullmark would still be here.

It might cripple Samuelsson though.

A shutdown would give Trump and Vought license to fire any/every federal employee they want. Schumer can't be that stupid! Can he? Can always count on Warren with the fear mongering

Is it better to have right wing nut bags shoot up Mormons and lawmakers? You should get off twitter it seems to have rotted your brain. All this violence comes from Trump weaponizing religion, you say and do violent things expect the people that are part of your country to respond in kind. Big old American flag MAGA truck smashing into a church and gunning people down. MAGA is a terrorist organization just like Proud Boys and Anfita.

Adams thinks he brings leadership to the ice bath and sauna rooms... plus muel apparently hits the golf ball 325 ... Adams just shoring up his April 10th Scramble 4 some. trust the process.... lol... but seriously we simply need to accept that Greenway and Muel are 40/60 to be in the line up any given night... the fact that Adams paid them like mainstays and leaders of the team... doesnt make them so... they are nothing more than occasional fill ins that I literally expect zero from.

I'm not sure why but in the past 2 to 3 days... With no new information... I've totally changed my thinking on how I would want theSabres to handle this. My thinking is lock him up to a long-term deal only if it's a very team-friendly deal. I don't mean lowball him in an embarrassing way, but don't overpay and make sure you're not at the top of the market. You have him this year. My thinking is if he's reluctant to sign the deal you put in front of them then play out the year. If you are having a bad year and it looks like you're going to miss the playoffs, and he's having a good year, then, if he's willing to move, move him to another team. The assets you might be able to get back could be just as good as a 30 plus-year-old aging Alex Tuch. If his play starts visibly declining this year because he is starting to show signs of being a 30-year-old winger, then you dodged a bullet by not giving him $80 million. Finally, if the team plays well and makes the playoffs, and he's a big part of it, then in the off-season you negotiate with him just like everyone else would. By making the playoffs and being his hometown team, at least you're not at a disadvantage against other teams, and I don't think another team will offer him a long-term deal for much more than what you would have to do, again,to get a 30-year-old aging winger. Maybe he'd be resentful against the team for not giving him what he wanted. I doubt that, but if he was and he signed someplace else anyway, then use that $10 million a year to allocated someplace else, again... Not on a 30 to 38-year-old winger. I don't know why but for the past year....up until 2 or 3 days ago....my thinking was sign him at any cost. Now I'm just as willing to let the season play out and see how things go.

Ida kept Kassian on this team. Mule not so much

Ullmark and Reinhart were both ready to sign here which would lead to the conclusion that, if you are right, they really didn’t care as long as they got paid.

Does that mean he's on IR?

Most people would agree with you that he wasn't much of a leader. And that shouldn't be a surprise because he was too young and inexperienced to have the captaincy and leadership responsibilities thrust on him. That miscalculation was an organizational mistake. What Jack understood, as did Reinhart and Ullmark, is that this franchise as it was structured had little chance to succeed. He was proven to be right, as were Reinhart and Ullmark. It shouldn't be a surprise that their respective careers in three different locations thrived once they got away from this Pegula run franchise.

weak too weak

That "big and opaque bug" is actually the ribbon board below the jumbotron (or whatever the monstrously big TV is officially called) that has the stats shown in rink. Would have money on it that isn't the MSG "score bug" we'll see when they start broadcasting the RS games.

I don't think he can.

I'd imagine so, but I think he should be kept up with the team for the entirety of training camp so he can absorb all the NHL experience he can. Since he's on loan from Europe and not bound by the CHL rules, can he be "called up" to the AHL mid-way through the season if injuries happen or if they decide there's not much more development for him in Seattle?

Samuelsson is WEEK TO WEEK

Totally agree here @JohnC. And my greater fear (as has been mentioned by others previously) is the collateral damage that will be done if Tuch isn't signed and he walks or is moved at the deadline. It will pale in comparison (beyond 25-26) to losing the skills and production of the player himself. What players would want to stay here, re-sign here, or want to accept a trade to come here? If KA thinks this is hard now .... Is the start of the season next week an unofficial deadline?

Well there you go. Case closed.

I'm not dying on my sword over this. If they send Mrtka back to juniors it's fine. I'm sure they are trying to decide now if the AHL would be a better place than juniors.