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Yes. Is this the point of the show that we list truisms? If so, toast is good w/ bacon & homefries. 😉

You don't say? The stores for a company who's main selling points are cheap & fast located 1/2 a continent away from HQ aren't nearly as concerned about quality as the ones that could literally have a corporate exec in their shop at any time? Inconceivable. 😉

Cirelli is Tampa's 3C & people here have been pining for him for at least 1/2 a decade as surely THIS'LL be the year they can't keep everyone. Well, that year finally came & Cirelli is still there but Stamkos & Sergachev aren't.

It's what Murray always said was his plan. HE knew which of the Sabres prospects would come close to their ceilings and to trade the their value went down. Of course, pretty sure everybody tries to do that too.

Yeah, they'll reach a point where they can't overpay bottom 6 guys. But they're not at that point yet. And only Lafferty, of the new guys, has more than a 1 year deal. his is just a 2 year deal. And the 1C & 2C each only get just over $7MM/yr. The 4th line is still a lot cheaper than the Aisles 4th line was last year. (Aisles dropped $5.75MM on their 4th line.) Expecting the Sabres will be giving theirs usage more similarly to the way the Aisles use theirs than the way the B's use theirs.

Lindy has historically deployed minutes in a balanced fashion on the back line. But he never had a Dahlin before. He's going to ride Ras hard. But not sure if Ras will be the 4 or the 5 as far as rotation into the PK is concerned. Remember, he tends to be the D-man in the box if one took the 2 minutes. Jokiharju is decent on the PK. Could see him or the new guy (if he's not the 7) slotting in front of Dahlin usually on the PK.

Could see him being played against certain opponents & somebody else (Krebs) getting different ones. Ruff used to rotate the bottom the lineup guys in & out depending on the opponent. Don't see a reason for that to not happen again.

Personally, no. At least not the Ruff to GM part of it. Because it makes more sense to move Karmanos into the GM role with either Adams (if things work the next 2 years) or Ruff (if they don't) in the PoHO role. And if Adams is PoHO then Ruff ends up a "special advisor" or with some other such title.

Dislike losing Wahlberg, but there's a lot of roster flexibility added if a guy like Zegras is brought in. And, like the other moves Adams made this summer, it not only helps today but it can still be good for the '26-'27 squad (which is still where (when?) IMHO Adams sees the prize located).

Still wouldn't be surprised to see 1 more move later this summer, but if this is the roster, as others had mentioned that Krebs was being discussed as a winger & with how compared to the rest of the bottom 6 Greenway skates like his blades are rusted; starting to wonder too if it isn't Greenway as the 13th F and Krebs clinging to that 3W spot. It does give Ruff some flexibility as they are very different players. (And again, still believe Adams is trying to work 1 more deal that'd put Benson onto the 3rd line & both Krebs & Greenway into the pressbox or out the door.)

Interesting how the Eulers seem to have come to the conclusion the reason they couldn't get that 1 extra win was not enough firepower (at least based on their Sabre related moves). Foegele out as a FA; Skinner in. McLeod out; Savoie in. Really not the conclusion most outsiders would've come to IMHO.

??? You're in Buffalo; why go for a Detroit style pizza? Maybe you could find a Houston style chicken wing while you're at it. And don't understand the comment about the Brew Pub thing. The Buffalo Brew Pub on Main just off Transit was something like the 8th in the country. Pearl St wasn't brewing in the 80's.

Necas didn't have a NTC/NMC. Bit it was reported he wouldn't agree to an extension w/ the Sabres.

Arrogance? Not seeing it. Like Marv Levy famously said "when you start listening to the fans, you get to sit with them."

What is with all the Malenstyn hate? They picked him up for a piece that wouldn't help for at least 3 more years; and possibly 5 more (if ever). And he got that player essentially for free as he seems to have wanted Helenius at 11.

Is there nothing dumping a Nylander can't fix?

UPL may not be Adams' guy. But, at least right now, UPL is Ruff's guy. Lindy has said essentially that the crease is Ukka's and unless he spits the bit or Levi just flat out plays too good to keep on the bench; UPL will be getting ~55 games (maybe more).

Wouldn't at all be surprised if there is 1 or 2 more moves. (For the mythical 2W & a potential upgrade of Jokiharju's slot. With the former seeming to be far more likely than the latter.) Won't have money on it, but it's still quite realistically possible. 2 nice thing though are: 1. if he can't swing another trade, they at least do have a full roster of 20 players that seem to be slotted properly (or close to it (not sure there's 2 true 3/4's on this team, but there are at least 4 4/5's on the roster & they have Dahlin which can make that work)) and that helps cut down tremendously on how much luck they need to make the playoffs (they still need luck, but they don't have to roll 5 consecutive 3's to be in the running); and 2. because of that, this board will very likely be readable over the summer. (A couple of days ago, not so sure that was going to be the case.)

Rodrigues being the exception that proves the rule.

But, it's not like Adams hasn't tried to accommodate his coach in the past either. Krueger wanted Hall & got Hall. How many current Sabres had been coached by Granato when they were younger. Now, Adams brings in guys that fit what Ruff wants to be doing. That was pretty much a given, that he'd try to do that. Nice to see he's succeeding on that front. (At least to a seemingly significant degree. We don't know who he tried to get but couldn't land. But he's landed an appreciable quantity of players & there's still runway left before they leave for Europe.)

Said this in another thread a few days ago, but am expecting them to score between 260 & 270. (264 as the EV) Peterka - Thompson - Tuch - 85 (28-35-22) Benson-Cozens-Quinn - 75 (18-22-35) Zucker-McLeod-Greenway -40 (16-12-12) Malinstyn(sp?)-Fogarty-Aubel-Kube - 24 (8-8-8) Defense - 40 (Dahlin 18. The other 5 - 22) Yes, some won't get there & some will be injured. But that doesn't include ANY goals from those not in the top 18. They should pot another 10-20 which'll offset some overly optimistic predictions. And with reasonable health, Tuch & Cozens at a minimum could pot quite a few more. So, yeah, they have enough offense.

Based on everything that's been said about him, expecting that is correct. While Krebs was the preference to be the odd man out, it wasn't realistic. Savoie (or possibly Rosen) was the next on the list.

If you're bringing in Ehlers but Tuch is going out in the process, you aren't really making any progress towards improving your top 6. Now, if the other 1/2 of the player portion of the Eichel trade is what's going out the door as part of the package, you are improving the top 6. Even with Iafello coming back in the package, don't see how they're improving enough when Tuch is removed from the roster to make it make sense.

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