Palm Trees And Taxes

League is a joke. When you have NHL shills like Elliott Friedman saying 'wow what a job' by these no tax teams, the league is a farce. So if Person A offers me $20.00 and I net $12 from him and Person B offers me $17.00 and I net $14.00, this makes Person B a genius in the commish, and other NHL shills eyes, who deny, deny and deny. Might be time for the NHL to go the soccer premier route and have the No Tax and big Markets for one Cup, and the other markets compete for something else.

Islanders are CLEANING up

Is this a Euro version of Tyler Myers?

Feel the same exact way. Hate that it took moving a 23 year old Top 6 forward in Peterka to get a RHD who is big and physical. Or maybe that is a reflection of the price of such talent, RHD's with these traits are not super easy to come by. I think the true assessment of moving Peterka can be made July 26th, not June 26th. Let's see what the Sabres do next.

What would you all say to signing John Tavares?

True just wondering if he may be part of this deal

Lawson Crouse?

4th overall?

Hmmmm for who?

LOOOOONG overdue happy for #89!!!!

Zegras to Philly

I would agree JohnC but my thought is this: Dahlin and Thompson are not going anywhere. EVERYONE else IMO 'could' be available for the right package. Afraid to deal Tuch? Remember when Florida dealt for Tkachuk and they traded a 100 point winger as part of that deal and Florida was ripped for it? Sabres can't be afraid right now. Be bold. Aggressive. And have the right plan to truly build a winner here. Example: I may catch flak for this, but if Jason Robertson was every truly available (highly doubt it now) but I would not be afraid to include Tuch. Players like Robertson do not grow on trees.

I would agree with this. Power is far from a finished product. My biggest issue was paying Power 8 years. Would have preferred a bridge deal. Would have provided us with 2M or more of cap space the next few years, and also made Power a more attractive trade piece of we did decide to go that route.

I am not on the Dobson bandwagon. We need RHD options who complement Dahlin and Power perfectly.Dahlin and Power take up over 19M AAV, I don't need another 10M defenseman. Way too much $ to allocate to defense. Plus 3 #1 PP defenseman isn't an ideal use of assets.

One problem the Sabres will have with moving Pick #9 is the pick does not carry as much weight as usual. The draft isnt great at 9 and other teams also want to move off their 1st round pick. It is a buyer's market so the Sabres wont get the usual value that comes with Pick #9. In this case, I am ok with Buffalo keeping this pick provided they are utilizing other existing prospects in the pipeline to upgrade the current roster.

Sad but true the Sam Bennett effect and emulating SC Champions builds is real.

Well this is true, where the tax advantage comes into play is generally after the team is constructed, to then be able to add an extra 6-8M to the books AND re-sign players at lower rates to sustain excellence.

The Houston Sabres? Well at least Kevyn can have his yearned for Palm Trees and No taxes

and with Vegas circumventing LTIR and their tax advantages that definitely aided them

The NY Rangers 2025 1st round pick was Top 13 protected this year (was in the JT Miller trade) so doesnt that mean the NY Rangers 2026 1st automatically goes to Vancouver?

The only way I am dealing Helenius is in a package for a player like Jordan Kyrou or Jason Robertson

If JJ Peterka signs an offer sheet with NY, the AAV would make the compensation be a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd. IF the Sabres were able to land another top forward like a Jason Robertson, or even a Jordan Kyrou (who is rumored to be available), I would gladly let JJ walk for that compensation.

Whenever I think of Jake Oettinger I say to myself: 'He is really good, BUT' Just do not feel he is a top tier goalie. IMO he is a very good goalie who is boosted with a tremendous roster around him. And now with that large AAV kicking in I would not want the Sabres to make this kind of move.