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Between July 20 and August 6 I think.

It's usually the golfers. Can we sign him now?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6480740/2025/07/09/sabres-live-questions-july-2025/ This is the Athletic which means paywall. But it's an excellent and balanced discussion of the state of the Sabres via Q&A with Matthew Fairbairn. PM me if you have trouble reading it.

We need to sign him to a one-day contract and let him take the face off at the home opener. #breakthecurse

NHL schedule release day is July 16.

Dom Hasek isn't walking through that door.

I think JK is steering most of these deals/signings. Lindy has his input as well. There is a marked shift from speed/skill towards toughness/grit.

It has an effect. Losing hurts the most but don't kid yourself. The sunny, low-tax markets have an advantage. This isn't the 1980's NHL anymore.

We didn't talk much about Jarmo Kekalainen, but he's part of the front office now.

No disagreement from me. As for Tuch, I'm sure he's got one skate out the door. But I think he's giving the Sabres this year to give him a reason to stay. Same for a Dahlin and Tage. I also think 14 years, plus being cold and high tax Buffalo, makes it that much harder. I don't believe there is a lack of desire on Adams part to make a big swing. It's convincing players to come here.

I don't follow every transaction. And when things like that pop up on my feed, I assume it just happened. I need to check first.

Big time. That was sarcasm.

😂😂😂 Busted! Yes, I'm Mike Harrington. Hack journalist and supporter of all things Pegula. I'm surprised I got away with this ruse as long as I did. 😂😂😂 Maybe current Kraken GM Jason Botterill should have been more proactive, no? Not just with Ullmark.

Funny, I clearly recall folks right here saying Ullmark wasn't good enough as a Sabre. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Leinonen with a 2nd. But with goalies it's so hit or miss, a 5 or a 6 has as much of a chance.

You're right. 2020 and 2021, no goalies. But one in '22, one in '23, one in '24 and two in '25.

You keep changing the topic. First it was "he's not addressing goaltending now." Now it's "he didn't the past 5 years" which is also not true. He did commit to UPL but he also traded for Devon Levi. He's drafted goalies every year. (Leinonen, Ratzlaff, Leenders, Meloche, Prokhorov) So to say Adams is doing nothing is demonstrably false. You may not like it or agree with what he's doing but that's a different argument. And this year in particular, the Sabres are beefing up their defense which should help the goaltending out considerably. Over and over people talk about addressing goaltending in the abstract. Gotta get that magical guy who'll be awesome! Who that is is rarely identified or is a player who's team would never trade away. (Even an offer they can't refuse, which no one ever articulates what that is.)

By the time Byram and Timmins get their arbitration awards, and Levi is signed, the Sabres will have less than $4MM in cap left. Maybe they sign a middle 6 type free agent forward. Then the complaint will shift from "why aren't we spending to the cap?" to "why are we spending our cap on these guys?"

You named one goalie who didn't leave Vancouver. What exactly is an offer the Canucks can't refuse? It's easy to come to with hypotheticals. It's another to make them happen. If you didn't like Gibson, then Adams got the next best free agent goalie available. In other words, he addressed the need. You may not like it, but he addressed it.

I didn't know and it was the lead headline on the Athletics' NHL page today.

It was the lead NHL headline on my Athletic feed today. Fooled me.

The Blues just traded Zack Bolduc to Montreal for defenseman Logan Mailloux. Would getting Bolduc been enough for Byram one-for-one?

Blues trade Zack Bolduc to Canadiens for defenseman Logan Mailloux. I guess St.Louis has moved on.

Alex Lyon? We also draft one or two goalies a year.

I don't think Adams was ever in danger of being fired.