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You mean, other than eight hundred thousand dollars?

I’m a little surprised that he signed for more than one year. I have a hard time seeing what that extra year earns from his point of view.

I thought he played QB for the Jets.

It’s a synonym of covfefe

I’m starting to think that Promo is either Kevyn or he needs to be on the payroll for all the work he does here defending this dumpster fire of an organization 😜😁

On #1 - Agree. I think Quinn is probably due for a breakout year. Healthy, and we saw snippets of elite play last year. But if you assume you are moving a contract like his and Kadri would replace him in the starting 12 - it's more probable than not, Kadri in the short term delivers better results. If you remove Quinn from your CAP number and add Kadri, there is still $1.5M in space, assuming there is no retention. #2 - Beat the drum. More vet experience is a good thing for "one of the youngest" rosters in the league. #3 - The Only issue I see would be next year, assuming Tuch signs for $9M. If you have $27.6M in space in '26 (23.4 + Quinn or equivalent 3.3), and you subtract $9M for Tuch and $7M for Kadri, you have $11.7 to bridge Kesselring/Doan/Benson. A 'real' GM would be able to navigate this challenge by moving Mr. Glass, or another high-priced asset like Byram/Power if there was a desire to lock up Kesselring for a higher AAV. But we don't have that luxury....yet.

To the bolded, why not? There were 21 teams and only 5 didn't make the playoffs. Except for the Norris, which conveniently was typically the worst division by far so it was only fitting that they got the extra squad that missed the playoffs, only the worst team in each division missed the playoffs. They Sabres have not been the worst, nor even 2nd worst at best, team in the division for 14 straight years. A 14 year playoff drought would not have happened then. Rarely does this kid say things as being unequivocably true when we can't observe them, but that fact is unequivocably true. Now, would it have been a disgracefully bad run? Yes. Would they have ever made it to the 2nd round? No data. But there have been a few versions of this team that personally would take over the 70's era Wings, the Hal Ballard Loafs, any squad (other than the post-mid-90's Sharks) owned by the Gunds except that one miracle squad that merged with Minny to end Moe-ray-all's dynasty because Denis Herron was a horrible puck handler, or the 70's versions of the Caps or Scouts (which in fairness to them were expansion teams in an era when the other teams had no incentive whatsoever to help them overcome being brand new). In only a handful of years were they in that same category of historically bad squads. Several times they've been the NHL equivalent of the pre-Allen 21st century Bills - a bad to mediocre team with no chance whatsoever of winning the championship but not often the slow motion trainwreck that the team was during the tank portion of this extended stay in purgatory.

No, the Clean Air Act does NOT list CO2 as a pollutant. Carbon MONOXIDE is a pollutant per that law, not CO2. And, as CO is a killer, it is appropriate to be regulated. And perusing the IRA, yes, in it they do substitute CO2 for CO. CO is not listed anywhere in the IRA. So, apparently we no longer care about limiting actual pollutants. And, no, CO2 should not be considered a pollutant. It, along with water, is the natural byproduct of complete oxidation of hydrocarbons.

The role we want him to fill is the role he failed to accomplish with the Flames, while in his early 30’s. There would have to be salary retention for me to accept this. That being said, his experience and skillset is needed.

The most important thing about the Levi contract is he is RFA (arbitration eligible) at the end of the term. If he's on the best potential path, threr's still a chance to lock him up long-term (if he wants to be here, obviously). If Adams is still GM in 2027 (which frankly, even I find hard to believe and I love suspending my disbelief), it's a chance to trade Levi for another AHL-level goalie with 1 year of term before going RFA.

1) The Sabres have no problem overpaying younger players that can’t and haven’t produced an impact on the ice, Kadri is a known commodity 2) long term benefits of having this type of vet on your roster is to support the development of one of the youngest teams in the NHL for multiple years in a row. This is not only about what he can do on the ice as a 3rd/4th line center in the last 2 years of his contract 3) Cap is projected to keep going up and his trade protections run out after next year making him easier to deal to get his salary off the books

Kadri has 4 years left on his contract. If things continue as projected, by year 4 the cap will be around $120 million. I don’t think his contract is even viewed as bad.

Get a goaltender that is worth a damn, the 2 we have are backups. If Levi is ready get him in there but it didn’t look like it last season.

The “Sabresy” thing about this, is that 2 years ago Levi was gifted the starting spot. At that time if you had told fans that his next contract would be 2x$812k, and that he would headed to a 3rd year in the AHL, most would have laughed. There is, almost always, a “Sabresy” angle. Don’t limit yourself to contract term or AAV in your search.

For that matter, UPL is still on schedule.

Hi Kevyn. Tell Terry I said hello.

This contract won't age well. I predict a buyout four years in.

Seems to be the antithesis of what the Sabres have been trying to add to the forward group then.

The problem is signing an older player, even a very good one, with a bad contract to a team who hasn’t made the playoffs in forever is not a sustainable way of producing post-season success. I get why a perennial playoff would do this, because they wouldn’t be depending on this guy to make them a great team over the next 5 years. It would be about the next 1-2 years. We’re nearly up against the cap and not even in any postseason discussions. If they can get Calgary to retain salary, I’d do it solely to try to bring in a guy a winning attitude, never mind what he’d produce on the ice.

I stand corrected. See? QED.

Rosie needs to learn that there are 2 sides to the red line.

This was a point of some pride for me when people around here would ask why I was a fan of the Sabres. They would win a lot of games, make the playoffs and go on a few deep runs, at some point in time they would break through. In the early 80’s they had the 3rd best all time winning percentage, behind Montreal and Philadelphia.

That doesn’t what? Not sure what you’re seeking to argue about here. The SCOTUS gave the EPA broad authority in that ruling and regardless, both the Clean Air Act and the Inflation Reduction Act that further defined CO2 as a pollutant were passed by Congress. But that is beside my point which is that this administration is scuttling the regulations designed to hold polluters responsible and giving them free rein to pollute. It’s a classic example of the fox being in charge of the hen house. Is car exhaust a pollutant? How about industrial runoff of chemicals into water systems? I don’t need an act of Congress to decide that for me.

I guarantee that KA has not become competent as an NHL GM.

I want to see Levi have a good summer of training and come to camp to win a job, making the goalie position better than it has been in years. This contract is perfect for KA to run his “hopium” roster back, Levi can cook another year, getting a few looks during injury stints.