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Doubtful. Pretty sure that went at last year's sale.

The old S&C Coach ain't laughing.

Griddle is finally hot, so time for dinner. Hope all our American members have a great Independence Day. And hope all our Canadian members and those few from elsewhere have had a very pleasant July 4.

You're totally overlooking the inspired full season of play they'll get from Norris and Quinn. None of them were effectively on the roster last year. You KNOW that Adams is banking on big years from Norris and Quinn. (And IF he gets that, AND the goaltending is at least top 12, AND they stay healthy, AND Kesserling and Power gel; well, without any pucks going into the Sabres net off knees and counting, then probably (possibly?) PLAYOFFS!!!!)

At this point in his career, is the answer a rusted Zamboni? (Realize it isn't, but couldn't resist.)

If Kevyn Adams isn't one of the 5 lowest paid GMs in the NHL, would be surprised. If he isn't one of the 10 lowest paid GMs in the NHL would be shocked. He's a 1st time GM with literally his greatest success in 5 seasons as the GM being having finished 9 points above NHL 0.500 once. Every other season his teams have finished below 0.500.

Advice you should take.

Kulich is making the team this year. But, the question was which of last year's Amerks are most likely to make this year's Sabres team. And Kulich started the year as an Amerk and ended the year as an Amerk. He belongs in the discussion.

Forton said he saw 7 players in the top tier. He also said (and paraphrasing this, did not see the interview with him but several here reported it) that the top 6 fell the way he expected exactly and that they had Mrtka in their top 7. As Hagens went 7th, he necessarily was rated lower by the Sabres than they'd rated Mrtka.

It's 2 years to becoming a UFA. Only IF the ages &/or service years to achieve UFA status change with the new CBA would he only have 1 year until becoming a UFA. There has been absolutely ZERO reports that the age/years of service to reach UFA status have changed with the new CBA. Soooo, he is 2 years away from becoming a UFA. 100% you match at $7MM or less.

The job does still seem to be incomplete. Wish I had faith that it would be completed and completed well enough to make them relevant again. Have hope. But no faith.

Probably a 1 in 4 chance of Byram still going bye-bye. Would give a lesser chance that another Zucker or Greenway gets signed on the cheap because it seems Adams finds one or 2 more guys after the initial FA rush; but they already have a bit of a glut of 3rd and 4th liners. Need another top 6 guy for when Quinn doesn't go back to what he was becoming 2 years ago &/or when Norris breaks again. (Or for when Tuch or Thompson miss their 5-10 games with injuries.)

How are you getting to 5 of them? (And NOT saying this is how the roster plays out, just putting guys we know are making the roster in a matrix) Benson - Norris - Thompson Quinn - Kulich - Tuch Zucker - McLeod - Greenway ???? - Krebs - ???? Spare. So, having included Kulich above, that's one. There are 3 other roster spaces left. Fully expect Doan to take one of those other 3. But from your list, only see 4 guys on the final roster. (Personally expect them to run 8D, but maybe not and that would be your 5th. But again, expect 8D.) And would expect that Malenstyn is that last one, though could see either Danforth or (less likely) Kozak beating him out.

Know it ain't happenin', but if (when) the Sabres trade Byram, want HIM to be the one that has adders with going out the door so that Buffalo ends up the team getting the most roster altering (in a positive manner) player in the deal. Doesn't have to be the best player; but really want the Sabres to be the team that WE believe won it. Don't care if the other team believes they won the trade too. But want, at the end of the day, should Byram get traded, all of us here being able to say, YES THIS is what a GOOD TRADE looks like! Until we've been told Robertson is definitely in Dallas' plans for next year; that HAS to be the wishlist target. Not sure that it makes nearly as much sense from Dallas' side as a Peterka package did; but make that happen, or swap Byram for a F that Dallas would be willing to see a package built around and send HIM to the Stars along with something else.

Yeah, it really truly isn't a bad thing should Kulich be the only Amerk from last year that makes the jump out of the gate this year. THAT sort of thing happens quite often to the teams that are actual members of the NHL and not merely affiliates.

Wonder who the Sabres will grab at 7 then? (Yes, without losing the lottery, that would have the Sabres picking 5th, but c'mon this is the Sabres we're talkin' 'bout. We all know they only win the lottery if they finish dead last (and only 50% of the time at even that.)

He says on social media unironically. 😉

Technically, they both did. Which one WILL be harder to play against is the Q it seems you were trying to ask.

Don't tell NS.

Kaleta played 5 games for the Sabres in '13-'14 and 7 in Ra-cha-cha. Girgensons was a rookie that scored 8 goals in 70 games. And he was in the top 6 that year. He wasn't the solid 4th liner he'd eventually become at that point. Grigorenko shouldn't have been anywhere near that team, he once again wasn't ready, and only played 18 games as a Sabre that year. Larsson was still a rookie that year too.

If Poltapov comes over in '27, yes, he'll be on an ELC for 1 year (provided ages for ELCs don't change in the new CBA). If he hangs out 1 extra year in Russia, nope. 25 year olds don't go into the Entry Level System. So, he'll cost the Sabres whatever he costs to get him to put pen to paper on a contract.

Nowadays, not many. Back in '06 there were a LOT of arbitrations. But both teams and players seem to be better about working a deal out on their own without a 3rd party mediating (arbitrating, whatevs) the discussions.

Tuch's extension doesn't factor into this year's team salary at all. Worry about fitting all the guys that need to be re-signed or all the guys they hope to bring in next year in the next off-season. They can trade a piece or pieces for something cheaper next year IF that's necessary. It certainly isn't necessary at present.

Yep. And it's why they shut him down immediately. Gave him an extra 6 weeks or so to heal up and be ready to go when camp opens in September.

IF an offer sheet comes that puts the Sabres over the cap this summer, or if Adams gets an offer on a top 6 F that he simply can't refuse that puts the Sabres over the cap this summer, he has until right before the season starts to get the team cap compliant. Trading away Samuelsson, in almost any case would get the Sabres cap compliant. He wouldn't be immediately handcuffed.