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Can he still sign an offer sheet after the Sabres choose arbitration? Because I wonder if his camp is actually angling Adams towards arbitration deliberately because they aren’t getting an offer sheet. Bear with me: the goal of Byram’s camp is to get him a high-dollar long-term deal in a place of Bo’s choosing where he can be “the guy”. Plan A Tell the Sabres you aren’t signing a long term deal and try to orchestrate a deal that matches the above goal. For now, that still includes the possibility of an offer sheet and the risk the Sabres will match. Plan B Failing that, manipulate the Sabres into paying Bo maximum cash for minimum term that either walks him directly into unrestricted free agency 2 years from now, or puts him in the driver’s seat for arranging a trade next summer to the team of his choice, like Matthew Tkachuk. Having the Sabres file for arbitration now does exactly that.

I'm not a Timmins fan, so more ammunition. Hopefully he's closer to his Pittsburgh form.

Am I the only person who just wants this move done one way or another, either he's bridged, signed, or traded?

JBD signed with Detroit for $875K.

Team deadline is tomorrow at 5pm but player will get to choose 1 or 2 year deal. My read on Bo not choosing arbitration is that the offer sheet is now the most likely outcome. He would not have given Sabres this non player arb leverage otherwise.

Stop with the common sense! You must overreact as if the very survival of the franchise depends upon the outcome of an arbitration hearing for a 5/6 defenseman.

I don’t know the exact number but it’s a very small number of cases that end up in arbitration, like 5%. They usually settle out of court.

Trade Byram for a good forward, sign Grezlyck to pair with Dahlin. Prosper

Byram’s decision means he still sees a path to a trade and/or a more favourable contract this summer that arbitration may have closed. What I’m not clear about is whether or not he can still sign an offer sheet if the Sabres elect arbitration. If he can’t, then I’d think the Sabres would want to go that route, meaning they’ve got him locked up next year while still being able to trade him if they wish.

If Byram really, really wants out, he's going to sign a cap friendly short-term deal which will make him as tradeable as possible. Even if he doesn't get traded right away, he's going to be locked at the hip to Dahlin, who actually makes him look like a viable 1st pairing D (thereby increasing his marketability and future contract value). He definitely doesn't want to sign a lowball offer sheet as Sabres would be likely to match, and they're not allowed to trade him for a full year afterwards.

I don’t see this as the “gotcha Adams!” some people seem to. Are people surprised Timmins filed for arbitration? Do people think Adams is caught off guard Timmins filed for arbitration? They walked away from JBD because they did not want to pay him what they think he might get in arbitration. They acquired Timmins because they’re probably willing to pay what he might get in arbitration in the context of dumping Clifton’s salary. Timmins didn’t file for arbitration because he doesn’t want to be in Buffalo, he filed for arbitration because it increases his leverage negotiating how much he gets paid in Buffalo. It’s about player evaluation and the business of hockey. The choices may end up working out the way they foresee, or they may not. But there’s no surprises here.

And another one.

Bo is going to act in his best interest and KA is going to act in the Sabres's best interest. It's likely that both sides in general know what the outcome is eventually going to be. To put it mildly, I'm not impressed with KA's overall work. But on the BB issue I believe that he is handling it properly. He's not going to be forced to make a panic move that will not get him the return that he hopes to get. And that is the right stance to take.

Not really. Bo’s agent isn’t dumb, arbitration may leave money on the table. I think both the Sabres and Bo’s camp are silent on all of this as Adams works through the negotiating process. Which is what terrifies me as a Sabres fan, not so much in the return quality, because I’ve lost faith in Adam’s ability to get that in a deal, but in the return “fit”. In other words, is what Kyven brings in the fit the Sabres need. It down right scares the ***** out of me with this guy at the helm.

Perplexed.

People need to let go of stress being a fan. Some times venting or making memes online just an outlet for it. Honestly I don't respond to everything I see here as yeah some of it just not real event but I can't control it nor do I care to. All I can do is respond to what I feel worth it.

There are very few teams with cap issues.

Just because all are critical on other forums, it doesn't mean that some of the comments aren't over the top. The Sabres may have known this all along with Timmins and been OK with it. The laughing comments and meme posts regarding Adams are just getting old, and in some cases, not even relevant to what is happening.

No trigger here. UPL's decline, in my opinion, way caused by him trying too hard stop scoring chances off turnovers. He went back to overplaying the puck and getting himself out of position. Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers! Which makes me happy that the Sabres made moves to address this issue with d-men who are strong with the puck.

Maybe he decided he didn’t like the view of KeyBank Center from his backyard so much after all.

And it has nothing to do with JBD.

LMFAO.

Unless you really valued Clifton and a second, don't worry about it. The Sabres will sign him. This is just drama.

2 othe Sabres message boards that I lurk on, are all critical of management & ownership. What is going on here is fair criticism…unless you are a superfan(no names mentioned).

Someone tell me how I’m supposed to feel about this?