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The goal was to get as close to the cap as possible so that when players go on LTIR they get as much cap relief room over the cap as possible. So now a bunch of moves will happen again today/tomorrow. Olofsson will absolutely be back for opening night.

It's wailing. These guys have been covering sports for decades and you'd think they'd be a little wiser for it and provide some content that reflects that. But I understand, they have to appeal to their listener base: the worst opinion havers on all sports topics. It's too bad really. They could be worth listening to at moments like this.

Yeah, I had to turn them off this afternoon. Just incredible levels of wailing.

I don't know why I'm picking first in this league again but, uh, sorry everyone ?

So basically we find out tomorrow who is going on LTIR. That'll be interesting. I don't expect Bogo to be there. But you never know.

This looks right. I knew there was something weird about league first day that we were missing.

I was under the impression the LTIR effect doesn't happen until the team's first game day.

I don't think this is correct.

Hunwick is already on LTIR Edit: sorry no he's not.

Sure, but then you can place them on LTIR and get that salary relief over the cap if you add a player. So the goal is to get below the cap as much as possible right now to give yourself as much space as possible to go back over the cap later.

So much roster juggling. Cap stuff is going down.

I think LGR and freeman are both half-right. My feeling about the tank is that it was a good idea executed with the worst foundation in place. Tanking a year to try to get a good player is no big deal but you have to have some things in place first, like a good farm system with a handful of developed players ready to make the jump. And you have to keep some of your good team vets around. The Sabres started their tank with no farm and got rid of too many vets. They tanked about 3 years too early and this has been the result. Meanwhile, a team like Toronto has recovered much quicker by doing exactly the things the Sabres failed to do. Pittsburgh is another team that executed a tank correctly. It's totally doable. The Sabres just screwed it up in every possible way.

You caught me before I could fix it. But you're right. Last season only under Housley, who leaned on him in a defensive role even more than in his last season in St. Louis. Prior to that, given more balanced deployment, he wasn't too bad. Not an offensive juggernaut, but not a liability either. Any way, stirring the pot since that's what everyone wants.

I'm going to throw this out here and really let people melt down: One of the reasons Housley was fired was for his misuse of Sobotka the last two seasons compared to how he was used historically prior to coming to Buffalo.

I can't believe we're in agreement on something, but here we are lol

You're not accounting for the effect of things like cap management, the RFA gridlock, and the movement that is likely to take place these first few weeks on the decisions that need to be made about doing things like waiving a Sobotka or Okposo. If this stuff is going to happen, it's going to happen after the season starts. Imagine the flexibility something like Bogo getting LTIR'd could afford?

I saw that today and was glad to see such an outpouring of support. I can't even comprehend the trauma Molly has experienced, and Jeremy along side her. Just absolutely life altering.

It'll sort itself out.

Me too. Next year. On another team.

Olofsson and our more mobile defense. And Johansson pushing Mitts to 3C. I also like Krueger more than a lot of people here seem to. My feeling is that he's the kind of person this team has needed at the head coach position for quite a long time. Mostly I just think there are a lot of things that are going to happen league-wide over the next week or two that could leave a lot of teams, including the Sabres, looking different than they do today. They are not going to have the same season they had last year. My only real concern is how long it takes for the new goalie coach to make his mark.

I feel good enough about this team that I don't think a bad October buries their playoff chances. I still think they're a bubble team anyway. I also don't think they end up having a bad October even with Vlad on the second line for a bit. We've been suffering for so long that I can hardly get worked up about it.

The thing is, Ralph Krueger doesn't read your posts lol Might as well just let this play out, right? If you're right then it shouldn't take long for it to get fixed unless you already believe that Krueger is a lost cause. So start the fire Krueger thread then.

Man, it would be great if this ended up being an option.

And if everything goes the way you think it will, all of this complaining will be moot in about two weeks when the bad players who aren't doing their jobs are off the team.

It's the way teams do things. He's got a new coach too. And the preseason only means so much to evaluation. Sobotka's role on this team is second line or bust. If people want him to fail out, this is how that happens. I'm sorry you guys don't like that this is how teams do things.