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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).

Can't find a summary of the changes to the CBA that mentions length of service - neither it staying the same nor getting shortened a year. They're reducing the maximum length of contracts by 1 year, but no data regarding when players become eligible for FA.

Provided the new CBA doesn't reduce the age/experience level to earn UFA status, correct.

Does the new CBA lower the age/experience for UFA status? If it does, then yes, Byram will be eligible to be a UFA next year. But if it doesn't, he has 2 years to wait to be a UFA.

Tops Moe-ray-all converting a 4 to a 2. Wonder who'll be the GM to convert a 6 to a 2 courtesy of the good ol' blue and gold.

True. And if he hasn't been heard in the 1st 4 or so years; why would we expect Adams to listen to him now? That 2016 draft totally hosed us. Pegula was smarter than Murray about Chychrun and Forton was smarter than Murray about McAvoy. Not sure either has been right about any players since, but that ONE TIME ...

Yeah, they aren't getting away from speed and skill; but they are moving towards the Murray model - size with speed and skill. The team is becoming heavy but still see it not playing that hard game that LA was doing when Murray decided to emulate it nor that FLA is playing that KA seems to be now trying to emulate.