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I agree with you. You got to give up something to get something. If we can get a Rust type talent for a reasonable price, then we should go for it. Timidity is not the right trait for this time.

Yes Robertson is a dream, ehlers probably is too. Either work Greenway make as much as FLA’s entire 4th line. One franchise knows how to budget, one does not

Still an RFA with 1 season until UFA at the end of the deal, correct?

You also don’t want to underspend on a guy who by playing with Dahlin will play 20 minutes a night

Agreed but he always kills penalties well which most of our players cannot do. But yes, he's a slight premium but I don't mind him. He never floats.

Meh, its what a 40-point scorer gets these days I guess. Money better spent elsewhere if he plays like last year, a bargain if he plays to what his potential. As others have said, He's got a chance to get Peterka's minutes and the skills to take advantage. I'm not sure what went wrong last year — he was awful — but I still have time for Jack.

IF my aunt had... she'd be my uncle.

I’m inclined to agree - but I do think if we are going to pry that asset it will have to come from Byram or the 9 overall. Could be down 50% of those assets shortly

You are astute and perspicacious.

I think the logic is that almost anyone playing with Dahlin will do well, he doesn't need a high-end partner. Connor Clifton, Jokiharju, even Ryan Johnson all had many metrics (Fenwick, Corsi, Shots for, Scoring chances, High danger chances), in the positive territory (above 50%) when paired with Dahlin the last 2 years. Of course you don't want to put him with a borderline 6/7 Dman all the time, but I think they believe a partner for Dahlin is not someone they need to overspend on. Other than him having a good cup run with Colorado and having a high pedigree (draft status), is there really anything we have seen from Bryam that shows us he is really good and actually a top pair guy? -His metrics WITH Dahlin aren't much better than some of the above mentioned players. -His metrics/analytics WITHOUT Dahlin on the Sabres are pretty bad (most well below 50%) -When I watch him play with my own eyes, I don't see someone who is particularly anything better than 'slightly below average' in his own zone. -Offensively he LOOKS to have skills, but he played a full 82 game season and had a lot of ice time and still got in the single digits in goals. He has raw talent, and he's young, but i'm not quite sure his overall game is even what you could consider simply above average.

So I did a thing

Greenway on the 4th line at 4 mil is head scratching. Don’t get me wrong, the 4th line is where he belongs…at 1.5mil, NOT 4 mil.

Or they're eyeing their next escapee who gets growing pains under his belt in Buffalo before heading down south to be yet another complementary piece in the machine.

We need another top 6 forward added to the mix.

The blinding light brigade Cozens et al

PSA- I'm just throwing out the reminder that for all the jostling of players, it's all meaningless unless we can improve in net.

You forgot Mittelstadt and Levi 😜

I actually agree with everything you say here, and if he's 28 I do it in a heartbeat. The problem is, he's 34. You want to trade preimum assets for a guy who has predominantly put up numbers along Crosby or Malkin. He's a good player away from the puck and if you can get him for a 2nd, Rosen, and or other prospects sure. I like the player, but find the cost ridiculous.

He has essentially played full seasons in 2 out of his 3 years in the NHL. Seems like the injury season should be looked at as the outlier, no?

I wasn’t arguing with you, just offering an explanation as to why the media doesn’t seem to harp on the poorer aspect of his game.

A skeptic of Adams and the front office would say that the Sabres FO had no idea what he was worth so they started looking to the analytics sites to give them the number to offer him.

We both agree that there is still a lot to do to reach the minimum of qualifying for the playoffs this season. We should get a better sense of whether the organization is on the right track after tonight.

^ could easily be the roster if Adams feels he isn’t getting enough for 9 and just keeps it. Byram market weak so he extends him and attempts to go with D as the strength

Clifton?

Gilbert, Clifton, Samuelsson, Bryson, Clague, Jokiharju?