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A. all rumors, but s lot of heavy insider said so B. I might be wrong, but think that starts 7/1?? They get through the draft first then go to tampering

Wrong on Cozens. Ehlers reportedly was okay with a trade to Buffalo but would not negotiate an extension at the time. Probably to walk him to the much more lucrative, higher cap Summer of '25.

I remember when we traded Savoie every laughed and now know one in the media brings it up anymore.

The bloom fell off his lily fairly quickly iirc. Seems lots of players get a boost after being traded only to level off and fade. Steve Bernier anyone?

Adams (Pegula, since... COVID? Since EEE for sure, because at least previously he was swinging for the Leino fences) operates out of fear. The easy read is Kesserling was a target, and the Mammoth were prepared to offer the 7.7M as an offer sheet for Peterka. That's a 2026 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for a player who wants out (which Adams has to honor because that's his M.O. and also avoid the contractual obligation) and all futures, which is against their "win now, but cheap" mentality. Instead, Adams got a player he coveted who can immediately step into the lineup and another roster player. And they're both RFAs this summer and next so they are cheap and fit into the EEE mold. RFA Doan is this summer's RFA Malenstyn -- though with higher upside. If the team struggles, Kesselring gets shopped for the next 1-year-to-RFA rental. The JBD, the Byram, etc.

What other deals besides Rossi, which I'm fine with passing?

a - He did ? b - Isn't the tampering week already upon us ? Teams can talk with free agents before that I believe.

Of course the priority is/was to get the best return possible. But how that is defined is what we'll never know. (In all realistic likelihood.)

Come on, Every Ottawa fan was saying after 10 games how much they started to understand buffalo fans about Cozens.

Nope (a) Ehlers turned down a trade to Buffalo recently - why would he openly sign here? (b) UFA doesn't begin until next week

That would work for me.

Ehlers signing coming in soon 🙂

I really don't know why people think Kesselring is all that special. He has some potential but he really isn't proven top 4. I have no problem adding him, but Peterka is at a higher value level. I suspect Adams was truly worried about an offer sheet and they didn't want to pay him at a higher level after Cozens and Samuelsson. Peterka isn't Reinhart, but there are similarities here in terms of how the organization disfunctions.

I caveat this all with that I believe they're moving Byram between now and the end of the draft -- maybe for EEE/internal cap purposes, maybe because his agent has said he doesn't want to be here and sees the franchise as a flailing mess (which isn't wrong). However, at this very moment, I think this is the best and most balanced -- with upside remaining -- D-corps that Adams has been able to assemble. That's a low bar -- but he's always had Dahlin & Power, and sometimes Montour. He's had guys to build around. Specifically, per the thread, will focus on Power's partner. Opening Night Lineups a.k.a. How Your GM Sheevyn Designed Your Team (Barring Offseason Injuries) 2022-23 Samuelsson - Dahlin Power - Jokiharju Bryson - Lyubushkin (Fitzgerald) Bryson is in the top 6. Joker (age 23) is the veteran for Power. 2023-24 Samuelsson - Dahlin Power - Jokiharju Clifton - E.Johnson (Bryson) Clifton is your prime UFA with term, and yet he's the guy on his off-hand because Dahlin is good on the right side. Just doesn't make sense. At least Bryson isn't in the opening day lineup. 2024-25 Dahlin - Jokiharju Byram - Power Samuelsson - Clifton (Gilbert, Bryson, Clague) Extra scratches because of games in Prague. Of course, shortly after, Joker was going to be healthy-scratched for not being physical enough (35 hits in 42 Sabres GP last year... playing fewer games than Power [26] and Bryson [15]). Today Byram - Dahlin Power - Kesselring Samuelsson - Bernard-Docker (Bryson - Clifton) -- with the easy adjustment that you waive Bryson and start the season with Ryan Johnson as the 7. This d-corps finally makes sense. It is fleeting.

Not true at all. Go back several years and when you were all raving about Quinn I said I thought Peterka was the guy to watch and I thought he'd be better than Quinn. That got laughed at by the usual people. So whatever. I'm listening to these Seravelli potential deals they possibly turned down and I'm just shaking my head. Adams really is a clown and there really is an internal cap.

He started hot but fizzled. Now the question is Norris, I think he's a better player than Cozens but will he play enough to warrant the move.

I liked JJP for awhile. While hate seeing him go I also mentioned this off-season Kesselring as a target to add. So have mixed feelings but there's still lots of off-season to go to see how much more we add or lose.

To me the funnier point is that Howe himself only did it twice.

Did he do? Did he?

It’s in quotes though, so it can’t be a typo. He likes bread and leaving.

Is that the trainer speaking ? Don't know if there is any market for All-Whirlpool. Plays little, flashes, then vanishes.

She sits in on personnel meetings.

"exiting" instead of "exciting"