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Cuz the Red Wings are just going to give us JBD back for free?

Y’all know this means really nothing - it’s a very common negotiating ploy used by many players and almost never gets to the arbitration hearing stage. Many Sabres have done this over the last few years and none have gone to the heating

I blame you for making me pee my pants. 😃 A silly GM working for a silly owner who has built a silly franchise where players elsewhere don’t want to come here and players already here want to escape from this clown show. So laughable and sad. You must have forgotten that he only plays checkers

Good read, thank for posting it.

Well, KA can decide not to accept the arbitration decision, decline to pay Timmons, and then bring back JBD. 4D chess.

Kev is such a genius.

lol. This is fantastic, especially when Kevyn dumped JBD to avoid this very thing!

Newly acquired RHD Connor Timmins has possibly filed for arbitration

He needs to get stronger in order to stand up in traffic. He looks to me like an easy 6’1 185 player to push around. KA is hoping on a big improvement from him and Quinn is capable, but he needs to toughen up. Maybe a guy like Doan on his line makes him grow a bit.

Did not realize this. Do we know if the Sabres face the same deadline to take Bo to arbitration? And does that also remove the threat of an offer sheet?

Today at 5 pm is an important deadline because players must file for arbitration by then. However, filing removes their ability to sign an offer sheet. All eligible players have three options: 1) Agree to an offer sheet before 5 pm today 2) Decline arbitration and wait for an offer sheet, which gives up leverage 3) File for arbitration and give up possibility of an offer sheet From AFP Analytics (not embedding for me)

Flyers have hired a UFC fighter https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3547905/the-philadelphia-flyers-hired-ufc-fighter-andre-petroski-to-bring-back-the-broad-street-bullies-and-teach-the-boys-how-to-fight

So smart. We are such bright fellas. Why is the board so negative?

People have mentioned maybe he plays differently because of his injury/injuries. That might be it, but the question is did it change him as a player? As mentioned above, he is one of the most "perimeter" players in the NHL, but he wasn't his first year: 2022-23: 33% of his shots from in front of the net/high danger areas (or 66% from the perimeter) 2023-24: 21.4% (or 78.6% from the perimeter) 2024-25: 8.1% (or 91.9% from the perimeter). So, as far as his shot selection/shots on goal, he has steady become more of a perimeter player as his 3 years have progressed. I didn't do a deep dive into his defensive metrics, but when I glanced at them, they aren't all that different from year 1, year 2, or year 3. I'll admit they are at best below average all 3 years (he's NOT a good defensive player by his metrics, or my personal 'eye' test), but his game that way hasn't changed. Hasn't gotten better, hasn't gotten worse. But when I look at the above numbers, what happened? Thats not a statistical anomaly, that is a totally, 100% different player in the offensive zone. Can another offseason to heal, another offseason to have his coaches look at the numbers we all see and the tape and talk to him about it...get him to change his 'style' back to what he did is first year or when he was in the AHL? I'll take that player.

When you are treading water and someone throws an anchor at you, you are going to sink at a faster rate.

She is a terrific moderator and is more than fair. She should have kicked this fool in the nuts and tell him to take a hike. I have been in a number of spats but not to that pissant level.

Not like the team was ever floating to begin with.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desperate-search-missing-girls-summer-040825500.html Good thing we cut all the programs that go into helping us be prepared for this. Hurricane season is right around the corner for the red states.

"From global HIV treatment and emergency food aid to support for democratic institutions, the programs Trump is seeking to cut are vital to U.S. interests. The cuts also risk impacts at home, slashing funding for universities, nonprofits, and contractors across dozens of states—undermining jobs, research, and America’s role in the world. The Trump administration claims these cuts are eliminating “wasteful and unnecessary” spending, but it is slashing these cost-effective programs while pursuing spending in areas that bring little or no benefit to the American people, such as extended deployments of troops at the U.S. border or remodeling Trump’s newly gifted Boeing 747 jet from Qatar." Yea make sure we spend money on the bribe plane instead.

If Dahlin gets hurt and is out for a significant amount of time, this team is sunk.

Agree, I’m not really worried about the Byram deal. I think the bidding market will help offset Adams natural inability and we end up with a player tantamount to Byram: either Byram himself or another player who can help you win if put in a specific situation the bigger move to me is one where we see actual improvement: we haven’t made a single one this offseason! Is anyone else noticing this? Regardless of what happens with Byram, we need a futures trade. Right now for a F or for a D should we trade Byram for a F.

Thinking a big reason signing Danforth is so we don't have to bring up players from Rochester and put them in situations meant for veterans.