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Sure. I didn’t say it’s THE reason. Just a major one. They want to win, yes but I bet they all tell you deep down they know every year there are only a few teams that can win the Cup - money comes first with a shot at a Cup very close 2nd. You're right tho they definitely do not want to go to a dysfunctional franchise. It could be located in a tax free oasis if they are terrible they’ll look to go somewhere else. They also get taxed in the state they play in. They may be able to like elsewhere where but it doesn’t matter. Plus, they do have to live in the city area they play for at minimum 6 months a year. And that’s their home all year if they have families.

Easy easy there now. My grandfather called me impetuous, and he came out of the Pennsylvania coal mines, through the war and straight to Hooker Chemical, no college degree. i did have to look up adroitly though, well played @JohnC well played. Even in my mid 50’s, I appreciate ammo added to the vocabulary 👍

I will be surprised if he’s traded. I think the Sabres have chosen this path because they’ve seen the offers and they are legitimately not interested in them. If teams weren’t willing to up their offers before, this process isn’t likely to change their minds. I just hope Buffalo is legitimately keeping him because he’s their best chance to win, and they still intend to pull the trigger on another forward.

Just because Kevyn Adams was dumb enough to overpay power, doesn't mean he should overpay Byram. I think Byram is open to staying but the issue is he's not a 9 million defender. 7, sure, 8, no. 9, hell no.

Marchand flat out said it prior to free agency. If he’s offered the same thing from a high tax team and a low tax team, he’s taking the lower tax. It’s one of many factors, but it does matter. Now, in his case, he was fortunate that the winning and the tax lined up, but it’s not going to work that way for everyone. https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/countdown-to-free-agent-frenzy-will-brad-marchand-stay-put-with-the-florida-panthers-1.2318905

"Look at me. I went to college." That's what you sound like. Brag much?

Yeah that's right! I'm not stupid. Now, if you'll excuse me, the King of Ethiopia is on the phone asking for a small fee to release his vast fortune

I Google news on the Sabres and all these zero rumors pop up daily. Trading him for draft picks. Still talking about the offer sheet after the move to basically block it. So much junk. Just have to wait but who really knows what Byram is asking and what is being offered in a player or players. Throw in some other guys I won't miss like Muel and many more.

I respectfully but strenuously disagree with you. The Sabres have become a ghetto franchise scorned by many players because of its own systematic malfeasance in operating a franchise. Players are competitive and want to win. It's not the total reason why they want to go to a particular franchise but it is a factor. I would also say that the majority of players in all sports have homes that are not in the city that they play in. You can't hide this franchise's record. It's known to all.

That's a good plan in case you want to upgrade for a playoff push. Peterka's O will be missed but Kesselring will really help on the back end.

Probably too many high priority names on the list. On all sides...

I wish it were mine. It is the little guy's dad's boat. My niece's husband. When we go for smallies, we can both stand on the deck and cast with no problems. He has the IPilot with spotloc as well. I have been looking for a reasonably priced second hand one now for 3 or so weeks. My son-in-law is holding the master and they are coming down this weekend and I wanted to get him out for cats again but they are forecasting rain ALL Saturday. Me, him and Stella in the garage instead I guess...

I just don’t think it’s Terry’s unwillingness to spend. I continue to believe the hatred these guys have of taxes across all 4 major sports is grossly underestimated. KA wasn’t wrong. You just can’t say it out loud. You need to prop up why you want to spend the next 7-8 years of your life in Buffalo. Starting with the fans. There will be no better city in America to win a major championship right now than Buffalo. Not one.

I think we're simpatico in that they've handled nearly every - I'll call them attempts, so poorly. I really think the theory behind most of the attempts, I agreed with. The execution, no no no. We're in a bind and IMO, spending has to become the first step towards turning this around. There's no chance, IMO, if that doesn't happen. Then huge amounts of luck are needed, IMO. We're not that bad of a team, again IMO. However this being easy breezy, build it and they will come, is not reality.

From Bleacher Report (I gotta learn how to do this properly) “8 NHL Teams Already Looking Toward Gavin McKenna When you look at how much high-end talent the Sabres have, the first reaction you should have is that it’s insane we’re throwing them into the race for Gavin McKenna. And you’d be right, too! However, if you look at how the Sabres did things this offseason and wanted to take the pessimistic viewpoint of it, you'd feel pretty convinced that another long season is in store for Buffalo and the thought of restarting another rebuild with McKenna wouldn't be so bad. The Sabres dealt JJ Peterka to Utah for Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan, traded Connor Clifton and a second-round pick to Pittsburgh for Conor Timmins and a prospect and added depth players in free agency like Justin Danforth and Alex Lyon. They're in limbo (for now) with RFA defenseman Bo Byram who may or may not be traded. GM Kevyn Adams set out to make the team tougher defensively and harder to play against and they'll most likely be just that, but if the offense stalls out, none of that might matter because then they'll need goaltending to bail them out more often than not. Hoping that Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen rebounds/Alex Lyon steadies them/Devon Levi takes over the net only adds more questions to be answered. If Buffalo is in the hunt for McKenna by the end of the season, keep Sabres fans in your thoughts because next offseason would be immensely difficult. There's no reason for a team with Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and Owen Power to be in this discussion, and yet...”

I hope that is the case. Very often the issue isn't necessarily how much you spend as it is how you spend it.

In fairness, you don't often hear Adams described that way. (Usually) context helps tremendously. In this instance, not so much.

I have never been told that I acted adroitly. However, I have been told many times that I acted impetuously. Too much Italian in me. 😁

Sometimes as a Sabre fan you feel boxed in. You go with what you got. No other choice. In a way, I don't want KA to get too exotic when making moves because he would be acting beyond his capacity. Sticking with the basics is the right course of action for him. No fancy French or Italian food on his plate. Simple meat and potatoes with a domestic beer.

Making me feel dumb having to look that word up

I have said this in a numerous postings that I feel KA is playing this Byram situation adroitly.

Exactly, and that's the problem. KA is just a s**t GM. Simple as that. I'm a chess player .

Exactly. Which tells you that Byram could have fetched a decent haul if they'd gone that same route. I mean consider it. Even if Byram is less and you only get the 2 firsts, you sign Orlov in free agency and then use those picks for Rust or maybe even Robertson. Face it, Adams is a lousy GM and he is killing this team because Dahlin will ask out after this year. I am almost certain of it.

Not entirely true. Yes, even if they are perennial champions, they aren't going to be worth more than the Broadway Blue Shirts. But their value would go up significantly if they were successful on the ice. They'd have perennial sellouts and the broadcast rights would go up in value as more people in the area would be watching on TV so the ad rates would rise. Throw in merchandise sales and the like, and winning would likely increase the team's value quite a bit. Especially if Pegula or the guy he hired to run his teams could figure out how to get Sabres games broadcast on the NP, the value of the team could go up a lot by putting a winning roster on the ice.

If no top 6 forwards are signing here, I don't care if Byram gets paid for a year or two. They have the cap. Spend it