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True. But that said ... Won't keep this kid from railing against the policy. The policy is just SOOOOOOO misguided. (And personally still believe there's a good chance that Levi will become what they need. But that it will happen THIS year is merely hope. And, hope AIN'T a plan. They need to widen the margin for error and this move BARELY moves the needle in the right direction on that metric. It DOES move the needle the right way, but so trivially, it almost doesn't even count.)

He IS a good choice for a cheap backup. BUT ... The Sabres needed to upgrade their goaltending, and maybe UPL or Levi will play towards their ceiling and in the end they will have done so, but hope ain't a plan and replacing Reimer with Lyon ain't one either.

Well, you could hit on 2 of those. And 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

Sabres fans NEVER have a happy Canada Day. 😞 (Maybe it just seems that way, it's been so friggin' long.)

He's a very good player. Ideally is the 3C but can play in the top 6 in a pinch. Kind of a really fast Jochen Hecht. Nice Swiss army knife to have. Glad he wants to be here.

At least the guys who are here (and note, Peterka ain't here) do seem to actually want to be here. What a sad consolation on what used to be a very fun day.

ONE piece of good news today FINALLY.

Quite the logjam. But isn't Greenway pencilled into the top 9 at least until Byram returns a F for the top 6?

Maybe the Sabres are planning on having a $1.5MM EBUG when they become a thing. Always forward thinking they are.

Isn't that still like a 50% raise for him? A match made in heaven.

Not the one I was looking for, but a reasonable example of one of their commercials.

Nah, it still looks like Christmas, just at the Bender family. Relevant portion starts at 2:00. VERY NSFW due to language.

Nice work, Jason. Now go wake up your boss.

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

And if Alex Tuch isn't saying "I want at least 1/2 of every $ you penny pinched to stay on this God forsaken team one day longer than I have to" well then we all should have lost some respect for him.

Wow, that's 9 more than the Sabres have working on AHL deals and 10 more than they have working on NHL deals.

He doesn't. But Karmonos is running up quite the phone bill doing HIS job. Wonder if his boss knows July 1 isn't a holiday on THIS side of the Niagara?

But only until they check the fine print.

He may be a Dickman, but he's R. Dickman.

Well, it's good to see Karmanos is on the job today at least. Think he might decide to wake up his boss anytime soon?

Bernard-Docker, the D-man the Sabres got from the Otters in the Cozens deal.

You sure? Not positive that ANY of us are winning with that result.

Which is why I was saying he's not a UFA for 2 more seasons; but IF the CBA has that change, well ... (And personally agree, that that is the sort of change that SHOULD be considered a big deal if it actually was/is made.)

Have not seen that ANYWHERE. Not doubting you, but do you have a link? They ARE shortening maximum contracts from 7/8year to 6/7 year. But haven't seen any reports of the age/service level to reach FA getting reduced.

Yes. But the big guys they've brought in (at least Kesselring) are supposed to be "fast and skilled for a big guy" and Timmons is more skilled than Clifton. They aren't going for JUST size in theory but are trying to find that sweet spot of all 3 (even though unless you're getting an Eichel, and those are hard to get, it's really hard to get true size, speed, and skill).