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It is possible that the big UFA RD (Pesce, DeMelo, Roy, Tanev) just won't come to Buffalo. If any would consider coming to Buffalo, and there is a Sabre tax to be paid, then the cost might be an extra year on the term as opposed to a higher AAV. So, instead of Pesce at 6.25 x 5 years maybe it is 6.5 x 6 years. Such a move is sustainable so long as they are willing to eventually move something else out. This, to me, is why you have a good prospect pool. If you sign one of the UFA d-men, then in a year you might not be able to keep all of Byram, Samuelsson, Quinn or Peterka. So you then move one or two for a pick/prospect and promote Johnson, Kulich, Savoie or Rosen. If the team is successful, this will eventually happen regardless of whether you acquire higher end talent through free agency or trades. The upside of acquiring such talent through free agency is that you retain your prospects and can utilize their ELC's when you need to move a veteran out. The downside of acquiring such talent through free agency is it will likely cost more in AAV and/or term. In both cases, you are sacrificing a degree of flexibility in one area and keeping some flexibility in another. Also, the thread title is "...what moves should Adams make..." not "what moves will Adams make...". So the point, I think, is to live for now in a world where anything is possible.

Hold up. While I understand what is being said here, this is incorrect terminology. Rasmus Dahlin is a not a RHD, he is a LHD who can play on the right side. LHD and RHD denote how a player shoots, IE. they are left or right handed. So Dahlin playing on the right side with Power on the left looks like this Power LHD - Dahlin LHD You don't change his handedness because he is on the right side, he is still a left handed defender, he isn't changing how he holds the stick. Sorry it is imprecise and bugs me.

Idk names well enough to throw out suggestions, but stop expecting 4/5 defensemen guys to be a suitable season long 4th defensemen. Jokiharju, Clifton, Samuelsson, etc., let them be bottom pairing guys and get someone that’s solidly been a second pairing defensemen to come in and be a second pairing defensemen Seems like we continuously rely on guys to come in and play their best game and play at their ceiling for us. It might work for the Boston’s, Tampa’s and Florida’s of the world, the teams that already have foundations in place but we don’t. We still need to lay that foundation. Dahlin Byram Power XXX Muel Clifton Joki RyJo You’ve got the money and you’ve got the assets, go out and get someone proper for the role. Don’t worry about blocking people or having too much depth, too much depth doesn’t exist and if someone outplays their role you can worry about that down the road and trade someone to make space later.

It's sustainable for Buffalo b.c they are not doing it. It might not be sustainable for contending teams that actually spend money but this team isn't one of those.

My birthday was Monday and my son got Marty Biron to send me a video birthday greeting. As he likes to talk, Marty spoke for 5 minutes.

It’s interesting how there are complaints about the pairings having the same handedness. It is a good thing Dahlin is versatile enough to play RHD which helps a lot. He and Mule were kind of switching sides quite a bit when paired together. Dahlin was roaming around and Mule would adjust accordingly. If Mule is in the top 4 then a possible third pairing is Clifton and Jokiharju, two RHD, creating a similar issue.

I think reality might be a bit close to this, minus Pesce. The top 4 here that are going to get the majority of the minutes will be Dahlin, Power, Bryam and Samuelsson. Clifton will be on the third pair with 'whoever'. And, I'm OK with that. In the 2nd half of the season when the forwards 'started' to play better in their own end, the D looked a LOT better. Plus they are still young, they should still be getting better. I'm not all that upset with status quo on the D, as long as some changes are made to lines 2/3 up front.

I'm falling into the rhythm of the local MTB ride on Tuesdays, gravel bike ride on Thursdays, and a Fantastic Friday after thinking about how much I enjoy them.

I figured they would be a bit rusty for game 1.

Last day of work until Tuesday. I’m retired but doing some work for American company. Missed Victoria Day but Memorial Day is great.

We’re running out of weird kids who can’t skate.

This is great. Absolutely wonderful. Couldn't agree more except for one little thing. 7.5 million for your bottom pairing D? 31 million plus whatever you pay Pesce for your 6 D (it would take like 8 million to get him to come to Buffalo). It's not really sustainable.

Dallas looked a little flat compared to the previous series so they either wake up or their age is showing. It was a surprise to me.

Gotta be something good

Pretty good game one. Can’t leave McDavid that open.

Bobby why hide these videos in this thread? I am also puzzled by the Flyers clip.

McDavid outsmarted himself, waited to long

I'd have Pegula do a full court press and fly that Jet for RHD Brett Pesce, I would deal Jokiharju with other pieces for a forward. Now you have: Line 1- LHD Owen Power RHD Rasmus Dahlin Line 2- LHD Bowen Byram RHD Brett Pesce Line 3- LHD Mattias Samuelsson RHD Connor Clifton Pretty solid defensive core with some ruggedness, skill etc.

McDavid stoned!

Spectrum outage in my area. Wonderful

I vaguely remember a missed offsides call against St Francis’ own Todd Krygier. He actually came to the school and did a talk a little after that series. I was one of a few not exactly giving the warmest of welcomes. Strangely enough, I just googled this and found a paywalled article from the Washington Post mentioning his visit to the school.

I’m looking for the elite goalies. Your suggestions for the current best, those are just laughable (I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing at Canada). All the Levi mentions earlier, those are so ridiculously premature. He’s not a part of the discussion right now. Long story short, Canada is not producing goalies. I’d love to know why.

If he stays healthy I absolutely think he will be close to Ekholm. But there is a big But.