Ruff Around The Edges

It will be the 2025-2026 season and we will still here 'oh you just wait till Ukka Pekka-Lukkonen arrives, you just wait!!' and marginal starters will be brought in on the cheap.

Would love to see Rasmus Asplund score assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Rasmus Ristolalinen

Dahlin 1G 2A tonight. Book it.

The way this franchise has played for over a decade, every game feels like a road game

UGH. Feel bad for Zegmus that is a tough one to watch

Im in!

Reminds me a lot of when some Bills fans bring up 'Lets bring Chad Kelly to the Bills because he is Jim's nephew' once a year annually

Have to believe all the plans (schedule, divisions, etc) are in place to start the season when the league and NHLPA plans to, its all about the CBA negotiations etc and once and if that is resolved, the league and players will be notified right away and they can go forward with the season. If I had to handicap this, I'd say it is 50/50 as of today.

Very fair point and there are times I definitely feel that too. I would rather see this then nothing at all. Call me an optimist, but i just get a sense that Kevyn Adams has a good grip on the GM position

Say what we want to about the Sabres ad the futility they have shown on the ice over the last decade: The work they have been doing on socal media and these clips is great. Keep em coming

Tommy Gunn. Landslide Victory

I'm really starting to winder if there will actually be a season, can anyone envision a scenario that that could actually happen?

This Sabres franchise hasn't sniffed the playoffs in almost a decade. And I see some fans want longer term deals. I love the 1 year deals. It is time for this franchise to prove something. 1 year contracts are great. Show us something first and if not, we can reboot and have a clean cap.

Got you and I definitely got your original point. I'm glad to see the game branching out to other ethnics. To me its all about availability, affordability and if the game reaches to others either to play in person or on TV. The diversity aspect of things will naturally take a progression as that happens.

Don't discredit Asians in some areas too. I went to the LA Kings practice facility which is close to LAX Airport twice and there were leagues there for kids and I was floored how many Asian kids are now playing hockey.

Unless he can live to 200 I don't see this happening

Moved?

The big detail they left out was this: Matt Murray - a Stanley Cup winner -Who will count 6.25M AAV against a hard salary cap, just went for the 52 pick in this draft. Lias Anderson - a more disappointing prospect than Casey selected one pick before him in 2017 - went for the 60th, but costs virtually nothing against the salary cap In this market, a 2nd round pick gets you a goalie, or a tarnished former top10 pick. Bottom Line: the salary cap hit is dictating value almost as much as the actual player these days.

If the Sabres are able to move Ristolainen and Reinhart and get a player back like a Sean Monahan, no offenses to both those players, but I would personally drive them both to the airport to make this deal happen.

Maybe JBot 'slammed another door' in a fit of rage

I think Skinner is happy about this move, it takes a little pressure off of him and perhaps Skinner can get back to 30G 60 point form for the next several years. Granted he will never live up to that 9M a year contract but at least if he produces like that the contract wont viewed as bad of an albatross as it truly is.

I would be very careful what to give Olofsson at this point: 4M for one season where he proved himself? Id slow that roll a bit

Yes but not for 9M 7.5M would be more reasonable IMO

Could you imagine the meltdown here if this contract came through and the Sabres did NOT get Taylor Hall?