PromoTheRobot

It's all revenue driven.

If no top 6 forwards are signing here, I don't care if Byram gets paid for a year or two. They have the cap. Spend it

Sure. Play great, get traded for value. Win win.

The Sabres could win 5 Stanley Cups in a row and their value wouldn't be affected by that. The Sabres are worth what they are worth because of market size. They will always be the #29-31 team in the NHL. But NHL franchise values keep rising. So win or lose, the Sabres are worth $1.15B according to Forbes. Probably more next year. But that's kind of bad news because the value of the franchise is beyond what anyone else would pay to keep the team here. You have groups that wouldn't think twice of paying a billion plus for the Sabres and another billion to the league to relocate them.

Getting upset upset over feelings. Why isn't Byram forcing a trade ala Peterka now if he wants out so bad?

Couldn't Terry sell stakes in the Sabres and pick up a couple hundred mil? There are arena updates on the horizon too.

That could happen. But look at the last few trades that included picks. Montreal had to give up two mid round fists and Emil Heineman to get a signed Noah Dobson.

I blame autocorrect. 😛

Oh I'm way old enough to know Gilbert Perrault. But we called him "Gil Perrault."

Based on the thread title, I thought Gretzky was taking about Dennis Gilbert. 🤷‍♂️

If you can't get value in a hockey trade for Byram, what are you getting for picks? Sounds to me if you're converting Byram to picks and then a trade, you are losing value and will end up with less.

I always thought arbitrators tend to favor the players.

I agree they're doing things right. But let them make the playoffs first.

I was basing the $9MM figure from a 32 Thoughts pod where they were guessing Byram's next deal. They felt that's his worth.

What part of signing Byram is funny?

Byram. Doesn't he want Dahlin's role?

Utah won the off-season.

Hindered him by a couple days, most of which are holidays. And he was proactive by moving on, leaving the Blues holding their member.

Again, what is with this self-imposed deadline on moves? If it happened last week instead of this week, what changes?

Byram could get $9MM/2 years. That leaves what? $3MM? Go read your take again. Could still happen.

Like trading draft picks?

Carry on.

It could be Adams got tired of waiting for someone to make a serious offer. This Byram saga may have hindered getting one of the remaining free agent forwards signed. Good for the Sabres. They wouldn't have done this if Byram wasn't open to staying.

I take it the answer to my question is no.

Why act in haste?