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Really interested to see if Boston whips him into shape or not. I think most likely they eventually dump him but the pressure will be on now for sure.

Hardly a fantasy. He’s 2 seasons away to UFA. His value isn’t at an apex now, not even close given his age and it’s the off season. I don’t know where you’d get that idea from, but it is simply not the case. Buffalo holds his rights, they hold all the cards.

Is this what Sabres ever do? Unless you're talking a low cost as in league minimum AHL/NHL guy there's nobody there to get. They traded Clifton because depth be damned. The other option (as this team functions) is Dahlin-Samuelsson and Power-Kesselring and that ain't a good idea. Dahlin-Power for 30 minutes a night might be how they roll - all the way to the McKenna lottery.

You are aware last season was his first as their owner right?

That's a fantasy. Wait too long and the offers dry up as teams look elsewhere and/or they run out of cap space. Eventually, you run out of suitors and then you are left with having to re-sign a player who doesn't want to be here. This what happened with both Ullmark and Reinhart. Maybe he just signs a 1 year deal and forces Adams to trade him at the deadline or next off-season (his last as an RFA). Regardless, better trade him now while there is a market for his services.

I think Adams is playing this perfectly. He can match any offer sheet, so if a team thinks they will, they are lying to themselves and hockey fans in general. If Byram stays, even short term, it’s a win. He’s more than capable of making us better. if he’s traded, it will be on Adams terms, he holds all the cards.

How has it worked out for the Sabres?

Adams just needs to get this over already. Sign him or trade him. Enough! The trade offers aren't going to get any better and if he can't find a deal he likes, then make a friggin decision to bridge him or sign him long-term. Just get it done so that this isn't hanging over the franchise any longer. We all know (and so does Adams) that whatever decision he makes won't improve the team, so why wait? G-d I loath Adams.

Ok bitch fight

I don’t care how you feel. But after 14 years of failure you don’t get to dictate how people express themselves on this board, okay?

You are a good straight man.

But paying your top 3 LHD $11m, $9m and $8.5m is overkill if need to re-sign Tuch and Kisserling next year. If we can get a top 6 F making $8-$10m for Byram look for a lower cost Dman to pair with Dahlin or put Samuelsson at the top and sign a cheap bottom pairing Dman. I mean Matt Grzelcyk is still out there who is coming off a career year but he shouldn't cost more than $3.5m and might be able to squeeze under the cap if added him.

Don't worry about how I feel, okay?

I think Dahlin Power would weaken the second pair too much. Dahlin makes almost everyone better. So if get a F for Byram, and still have cap room we can look for a low cost vet Dman. It doesn't matter what handed since Dahlin can play either.

Okay then. Do they have a commerative plaque celebrating Pat Lafontaine's term as POHO from November 13, 2013-March 1, 2014?

Doubtful. Pretty sure that went at last year's sale.

Can I purchase the eye chart that Carter Hutton failed, showing the Sabres' medical team he was blind as a bat?

So you love where the team is at? 0 for the last 14 years at even a playoff birth and everything is great.

They sell pretty much everything, some of it with the original game-played funk. 🦨 Sticks, gloves, shin guards helmets, goalie gear. Last time I went I got (former goalie) Chad Johnson's practice uni. I wrote it for years at beer league.

I know that the rule here is everything the Sabres do is garbage and they should be hated for even breathing.

The white surrender flag will be a popular item.

I'm watching fireworks in North Tonawanda. If you're into fat chicks with ink all over them, this is your paradise.

How’d that work out for him?

Look, I get that you hate the negativity around here. I do too. But that doesn’t mean you have to have to attempt to refute every single post that casts even the slightest amount of shade on the Sabres organization. It’s blatantly obvious that this was a bargain bin GM hiring, and this is one of those cases of you get what you pay for.

The old S&C Coach ain't laughing.