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Ehlers will get $7m/year in tax free states that have palm trees, 7.5m per for ones without palm trees and will turn down $15m/year in buffalo

Hopefully 2 .

I'm pretty sure they're in LA, just like the NFL model where all those announcers are at the central location. A quick google search tells me that they're about to start up a tour on the west coast in the next two weeks, so they may very well be out there for that already anyway. I wonder if the teams without a pick have named an announcer... they could do the second round maybe?

The fact that rain, snow, or sleet is falling from the sky has nothing to do with it!

Still think there's another forward coming.

I usually see Quinn on right but ya on the left a lot too. Not worried about the functionality there merely the overall talent and aptitude of the group

It's less about the depth chart and more about the ice time. He was 7th among forwards last year if you count Norris and Cozens as one guy. Between the PK, lead protection, and those times we need to get heavy, I expect he'll be up there again.

In terms of goals, it might be easy to look at/justify that you need Norris to replace the goals provided by Peterka (do-able), and whatever winger takes his position just needs to replace Cozen's goals. Peterka and Cozens gave you about 40-45 goals (per full season) the last 2 years combined. Can you get that out of Norris and 'someone else', maybe, probabaly.

One team took a long time to become good, but then managed to do so by building a good culture and taking advantage of some absurdly good contracts (Barkov, Ekblad, Bennett, Reino, etc.) and one wild contract that worked out anyway (Bob). The other took a long time to.... and built the youngest team in the league and pittered away the first half or entirety of their absurdly good contracts (TNT, Tuch) and one wild contract because he's a stud (Dahlin).

I still think he is going to turn into a legit star. He just needs one season to put it all together and stay healthy.

The trading of JJP makes a Robertson deal to be unlikely. I’m not sure what it would take to get Ehlers?

It looks like the forward plan right now is to hope a mix of Norris, Benson, Quinn and Kulich replace Peterka’s production. While I hate the JJP trade in general even I will admit that the idea that it is possible for those four if the stay healthy and if the younger guys continue to improve for the offense to overcome the loss of Peterka. That said it’s a typical hope and pray from Adams especially given Quinn and Norris’ injury histories. This looks on paper like another attempt Moneypuck.

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Quinn can play left. Honestlly it seems like that's where he usually lines up in the -zone anyway. I agree we need another winger. But even then, when I look at the resulting roster I see a crying need to move Tage into the middle again.

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.

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