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Well, Chiarot is the cautionary tale for why McCabe MAY net a 1st. But also why the Filly 2nd should be enough to land him.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if nobody makes a better offer for him than the Phlyers 2nd. (CAN see somebody giving up a high 1st, but wouldn't have any money on it.) Considering that the Hawks are in full on rebuild mode, that Filly 2nd could get the deal done.

It WAS the wrong thing to do. But it's good that sometimes there are people like the big guy that do the wrong thing because maybe the next rocket surgeon that's going to act like an entitled weenie will think twice before acting like an entitled weenie. Society as a whole is better when people remember that when in public they should ask themselves SHOULD this be done not CAN this be done. But, to your 1st sentence, 2 things: 1 - per our resident Texan, that punch likely wasn't illegal. & 2 - just because something is illegal, it isn't necessarily wrong. There are all sorts of unjust laws on the books in various places.

Expecting you'll be disappointed. No way Granato doesn't roll with Ukka Pukka Duukka today.

Realize it doesn't answer your question. That is for @LGR4GM to do as the question was specifically asked of him. Was specific in explaining why the post you responded to was made. A lot of people don't know the CBA particularly well (which is perfectly fine, there is nothing wrong w/ just being interested in the games & not the business side of things) and could very well have gotten the impression from your post that the contract would slide if he was in Europe but wouldn't if he was an Amerk.

The 3rd line was a big problem when it was used as the 2nd line. Since dropping the 3rd line deployment it hasn't been a problem & since Jost subsequently joined it, it has been actually been good.

Point of clarification for those reading your post, whether Östlund is in the AHL or the SHL or any other non-NHL league, his contract will slide again next year. Unless he plays 10+ NHL games, his contract is sliding again.

Not trying to speak for PF, but most likely exactly as it has for the last 15 or so games. If the kids ice time gets reduced, Cozens will bump Jost &/or Krebs off their lines & he continues to get his normal ice time.

Yeah, it was an exaggeration of your position about specifically D-handedness but also your dislike for F lines being comprised of a single handedness.

Joisey's 3rds this year are black w/ a couple of pairs of white piping near the top & bottom of the shirt and no logo but a script "Jersey" in big white letters. At the All Star Game, saw a Joisey fan wearing that jersey along with a black baseball cap using the same font spelling out "Hat." A very small white Devils logo was on the back of the cap. It was extremely sad but yet also genius at the same time.

No. It violates one presuming the Sabres have traded for him.

Why?

Where? When?

But IF you were a Joisey Devils fan, AND you owned one of those black 3rd "Jersey" jerseys would you also buy the matching "Hat" hat? Am SERIOUSLY considering getting one of those hats even though do not like the Devils just because they are SOOOOOO stupid, they're awesome.

The interesting thing about Chychrun is because his family and the Pegulas are friends is that when he becomes a UFA they COULD (not would, but could) have a gentleman's agreement to a reasonable deal in the NHL and then him getting a "job" in one of the Pegulas' businesses a year or 2 after he retires that makes his overall pay through the years in line w/ what he could've made playing for a different team. Again, not saying the Sabres nor he would do such a thing, but it would be pretty tough to make a collusion case against it based on their history.

Is Skinner's middle name Tanner?

Any word on why Jost wasn't there & was it expected that he'd miss today's session? Could be as simple as he had delayed flights getting back to town.

It would look better, yes. Percentage of capwise it'd probably be about 1/2 way between the $7.5 he should've got & the $9 he did get. (Assuming the cap went up 2% each of the past 3 years.) The $9 is ~11% of the cap and $7.5 would be ~9%. The $9 w/ a typical appreciation would be ~10% today. Either way, it won't limit Adams next year nor the following one. It MAY be restrictive after Frick & Frack earn their big deals those last 2 years of Skinner's current deal. But am expecting it to not be terribly restrictive.

One of the kids on my one son's youth team had big time helicopter parents. Drove the other guy that coached with this kid nuts, but just knew what was coming & dealt with it. Was what it was. They were nice people, but had different views on parenting than yours truly.

You think his contract will cause ANY problems in the next 2 seasons? Not a chance. Quinn & Peterka will still be on their ELCs & the cap will be at least $4MM higher with Hodgson's deal finally off the books this year. Okposo will be gone or making a fraction of what he does. Now, the last 2 years of the deal, some hard decisions might need to be made. But still don't expect they'll have to pass on somebody they wanted because of not having an extra $1.5MM in cap space.

Ricky Notes would be more entertaining and only marginally less legible.

His contract doesn't affect things next year and likely doesn't affect them the next year either. His final 2 years could make things a little tight but Adams shouldn't have too much difficulty working around it, and nearly 1/2 of his overpay effectively goes away at the end of this season as Hodgson is off the books this April.

If the deal were $7.5/yr nobody would bat an eye. The thing is, because the Sabres are so young and accordingly being paid so little on a per player basis, his being overpaid by $1.5/yr actually let Adams get away w/ only buying one BF-LTIR player contract. If he were paid what he should be paid, they'd've needed another contract to reach & stay comfortably above the cap floor.

IF they get Chychrun, it sets up an interesting dynamic. Do they pair him w/ Power and go w/ @Thorny's nightmare scenario of the top 4D all being lefties or do they slightly balance the 2nd & 3rd pairings a bit more keeping the top 4 as is & bumping Bryson into the pressbox?

Nashville never had centers. The Sabres have them in spades. Now, Nashville had/has great goaltending. The Sabres? Well hopefully UPL continues to improve & Levi is the next Sarros. Unfortunately, hope isn't a strategy.