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You are leaving out the massive dead cap space that's a consequence of the Skinner buyout (you know, the one done last year with the idea it gave us additional cap space for that season that Kevyn Smithers did ***** all with).

In actual spending this year's Sabres are expected to pay out $108M in contracts, 21st among league teams. Last year, they spent $99.6M, ranking 27th, a figure inflated by the Skinner buyout https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cash

Another 1 'n' Connor !! What's up with that ??

Best record in MLB !!

So you speak and a woman’s voice comes out of the machine? Why can’t they just project the voice of who ever is speaking?

It's the dog days of summer with a 14 year draught. Grab your sh it and and start throwing!

Yeah, we do seem to be in Act 3 of the 1 GM play, right down to stocking up on RHD. Interesting that they didn't move Byram (am pleased with that, just didn't expect it) after Peterka asked out. Wonder how much the calculus changed in what they felt they needed back in a Byram trade after JJ went bye-bye. And wonder how the roster would've changed with him being the one going out the door instead of JJ. Heading into the off-season, thought Adams had said he wanted to address a RHD for Power and another top 6 F (and thought the preference was for 1 that could also play C). If that isn't just a case of misremembering, Adams only got 1/2 of the job done and on paper weakened the top 6 F. Realize everybody expects they're done (and the majority here might very well be right about that), but there is still more work to do, and won't believe this is the final roster until we reach October if another move isn't made.

I am talking strictly about Timmins in a thread that is about Timmins. Bringing some player and a past action into the equation, that is moving the goalposts. Once Timmins was acquired, nothing wrong was done in the signing of Timmins.

Last year's Sabres spent $79.6M, which was $8.4M under the cap of $88M. They ranked 7th in unspent cap

And, as was stated through the first half of the off-season, their cap situation was such that they couldn’t keep everyone and re-sign their RFA’s. Even with dumping Lafferty and Clifton, they didn’t have space to extend Peterka unless he was willing to take a bridge at a lower AAV. It is some kind of work to be the youngest team in the league, finish 7th from the bottom with 79 points, AND be in cap trouble.

Unless they're going to be pairing him with Samuelsson, which might be where they're going to use him, they don't NEED another offensive D-man. They need one that's defensively responsible. Don't mind Timmons and hope it works. But Bernard-Docker DID work with Power. Kesselring &/or Timmons MIGHT work with Power. They're going to have a small margin for error this season, this pair of moves seems to reduce that margin.

So the Sabres have now filled out their 23-man roster and are at $90.3M under the cap, leaving them with $5.1M in space. They did not have to pay to trade Conor Clifton or not qualify Jacob Bernard-Docker to fit under the cap, which sits at $95.5M. They rank dead centre of the league in terms of cap space remaining, at 16th. It is possible that rank will change with further trades or signings around the league, but unlikely it will shift dramatically given the lack of available roster spots or expensive unsigned players. They are scheduled to spend $89.2M in actual salaries and bonuses this year, slightly less than their actual cap hit.

Maybe they just didn’t want JBD and had eyes on Timmins. They are very similar although Timmins is much better offensively and you know how much the Sabres love their offensive defensemen. He probably did want to be there 🙄

ours is kinda too loud but with our cooling fans I get it... I just turn to volume way down in the control room and it is a woman's voice

So... he wasn't taken to arbitration then... right! Asking for a friend.

Anyways. Have fun.

This place is such a shitshow these days. Truly the drought has ruined it because there's nothing to talk about. We're gonna have ***** gt with ***** coaching and finish around 83-85pts. Adams will make excuses, Ruff will retire, Appert will be coach (see now I'm making assumptions), and we'll lose again next year. Rinse and repeat. Because the only thing the gm was more afraid of than arbitration was an offer sheet. This isn't hard.

You literally said "the GM is afraid of arbitration." So why did the Sabres choose arbitration with Byram?

You know what children. You're right, Adams had great processes in place. He's so smart. My bad. See, that's what moving the goalposts looks like. All this bs over a side comment about how funny it all was. Oh cool, didn't know players could just negotiate contracts with themselves. Is that part of the new cba?

By Byram's choice. You said Adams is afraid of arbitration. It wasn't Adams decision to avoid arbitration. It was Byram's and Timmins'.

When was byrams arbitration hearing? Please tell me. So he literally wasn't taken to arbitration. Thank you.

Because...follow me here...Byram CHOSE to sign a deal BEFORE arbitration. Timmins too. It may come as a shock to you, but it's the player's decision. Not the Sabres.

Funny you think electing arbitration is taking a player to arbitration even though they never went and the player signed before it happened. Reading comprehension, get some.

Dude, all you do is toss around assumptions.

Bowen Byram did not go to arbitration. Not my fault you don't understand what words mean Promo.