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As a whole our teams have always been unlucky

I mentioned Cuylle because Rags have cap issues and he's there as an RFA they might not think worth keeping if he got offer sheeted. I see him as a 20 goal guy with an edge. Power forward. Not Jeannot. A thing we are lacking in though. I disagree with this "we are unlucky" narrative. Sabres make their own bad luck with bad decisions. Injury stats are boosted by trading for injury prone players. Zucker, Greenway, Norris all had injury issues before they ever came here.

Not what I'm expecting. If you go back to where I first posted it you will see I said it's not going to happen. No chance. It was put out there as dream of what would be possible for a good GM with the assets and cap room Adams has. If you look at the Sabres objectively they have a luxury position to make moves compared to other teams. Other teams have no prospects to trade if they've been all in for years, no or few picks, few desirable players to unload without damaging their rosters and often little to no cap space. or one or more of those issues. Sabres have cap room and a treasure chest full. NOT getting it done takes an extreme amount of ineptitude. and that ineptitude is what I expect. I'm not doing the math but remember you would shed Norris and Byram. Other teams get these things done. Teams with taxes too.

I hedge my bets We are the Murphy's Law of the NHL. With how our luck goes either via injury or the like we'll end up within 1 pt of a spot but end up 10th from the bottom. Then proceed to win the lottery. Also I don't trust Cuylle to be a great player worth that risk; he reminds me way to much of Jeannot who had 1 20 goal year and looked like a super player only to fall off a cliff Keeping Tuch is a priority

It's a fun roster, but I don't think it remains cap-compliant given the Buffalo Tax that Adams/Pegula have caused for this team through their decade of ineptitude. They have $91.056M cap space to work with after the Skinner buyout (90.3 if Samuelsson is also bought out). To join Buffalo, Bennett needs low 1C money and term (7x$8M) for his one career payday -- on the worst of non-contenders. Likewise, Marchand is not taking some discount here... so 2x$7M+. To ensure getting the Rangers to drop Cuylle means going over the 7.1M threshold and that 1st,2nd,3rd trio. At least $6M for the Top 4 RHD and $5M for the goalie (minor $ increase from UPL, who'd have to be traded). I may be a bit low with the UFA estimates. It definitely requires bridging JJP and McLeod, and probably sacrifices Tuch long-term for just a couple seasons of end-career Marchand.

Levi is tiny

This is what happens when you don’t have a balanced team. Not enough defense for Edmonton

What a choke job by the Oilers to give up 5!! unanswered 3rd period goals to turn a 3-1 lead into a 6-3 loss.

Coincidentally, the third period was by far the best period. The first two were snoozers.

Just a bit of 3rd period collapse, eh folks?

The McDavids may have to activate Jeff Skinner.

3-1 to 6-3 Ouch

Just keep giving Dallas PPs and they may stand a chance.

This is the correct answer. Laval is the better team. When the Amerks can matchup lines with last change at home, we saw two one goal games. But the Amerks need some puck luck or an otherworldly goaltending performance to beat Laval. The talent gap is noticeable.

Well……Laval was the #1 team in the league…..so not a huge surprise.

Ryan Miller v2.0 has now given up 12 goals in the past 3 games. Neat.

For the forwards, maybe. But then again scoring isn’t the primary issue for this team is it? If the Sabres sign Bow, the average age of the D would be under 25, and younger if Clifton (only Dman over 30) is in the press box and Lindy plays Bryson or Johnson in his place. For context Carolina’s Blue line is 32.5. Florida is just over 30. Then at the goalie position, you could conceivably see a Levi /UPL tandem, again. Probably not too many teams with a combo that has an average age of 24.5. Moving Power or Byrum, and Mattias for veteran D could help. If Levi is going to be given a chance, we need a more reliable netminder to counterbalance his youth and inexperience.

Levi should have been better and this coaching staff should have been better. What is happening here??

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That got away from them. Do or die Friday. How did the locals treat you?

What an embarrassment. Coaching staff fixing nothing. What are we doing here?? Our coaching staff doesn’t seems to care. What are we doing here?

Oh I know. They built a team of pussies. They gonna get wet.

Defensive error allows another goal. 4-1 Laval has to win one more.

Well series over. Thanks for the great season Amerks.