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Ok I turned it on at 2-0 and left at 4-0 and WTF happened?

I’ll bet the advanced stats support it. It was really the only move there.

Down 3 in a playoff chase? It is the only thing that made sense. of course, Boston scored, so now Granato will go back to his usual pattern of waiting too long.

$210 / year for Sabres and apx. $150 / year for one streaming service at a time (which is all I have time to watch) is MUCH less expensive than cable.

Boston did something stupid for a guy who will be a UFA this summer. Let's enjoy it. (Unfortunately, they helped out another division rival in the process.)

Detroit with four picks in the first rounds of the next two drafts now. You know some of them will hit.

And it's not a short term need, either. Getting a defenseman through 2025 at a reasonable price would have been great.

Adams does not properly evaluate the team's needs. He just doesn't. He hasn't fixed the mess in goal and now he's got a bare cupboard for a blue line. Draft picks outside the top five are lottery tickets. We all know that. A first round pick in 2023 (even in a deep draft) and a second round pick a year or two from now are not sure things. But certain defensemen are. He needed to pull the trigger and didn't.

Yeah, that's not a lot. I would have expected a higher price given the McCabe deal. This should have been doable for the Sabres.

I just don't love beef on weck. I'll eat it, sure, but I am hardly a connoisseur.

Remember when that guy was a Calder runner-up?

I've been hearing and reading bad things recently--but mostly from people I don't know. When were you last there? I don't love beef on weck so I don't have a nominee, sorry!

As @Contempt and @tom webster said above, a deal for Chychrun shouldn't be off limits, but also shouldn't include the Sabres' 2023 first. He's not a rent-a-D, and we could see two VERY solid pairs and a half-decent pair entering next season. My focus remains on the big prize; if the Sabs make it this year, it's a bonus. (I voted no in the poll from a few months ago.) But also, the Sabres absolutely need to address goaltending--not in a rental situation--before September. Levi and whoever emerges among the current three is unlikely to cut it, no matter how high I am on Levi. I don't want a bandaid goalie though.

If I ever find out that the Church sainted Brad Park, I'm converting to Zoroastrianism.

Leave Pegula out of this.

This is the problem. Yes, Adams wanted another physical D, and he was right to (and needs a better one, still). No, he didn't overpay. If you have a thousand crates of toilet paper (which you are paying to store) and your family is starving, wouldn't it make sense to trade 100 crates for some food?

Now this--a guy who knows "Stosh"--this is a real Cheektowaga guy!

Yes you were. I saw you.

>If he was excess inventory why give him a contract early? Because he's 19 and doesn't count against the cap of 50 contracts. Not signing him results in a possible re-entry in the draft. >If you had excess inventory why draft another 400 forwards the following draft, when you had a D inventory of 1? I can't explain the Sabres' preference to draft fewer defensemen. It has nothing to do with Bloom, though, and, in fact, it would point to a lack of confidence in Bloom. Take it to its logical end: Why *were* the Sabres still drafting forwards if Bloom was in their plans? >If he had traded Bloom for a D prospect I'd have been thrilled. Pretend he did. Stillman was ok in Florida. >If he had received good value for Bloom, I'd also would have been thrilled, but instead... You are overvaluing a guy who was unlikely to make the team. If Adams thought Bloom would be with the Sabres in two years, do you think he would have traded Bloom? No. He would have traded some other guy whom he felt wouldn't make it. And since Adams is in control of who makes the Sabres, well, I'd have to trust his opinion on whether Bloom will be there or not. He traded surplus. Give. It. Up. >I'm also not the only one who believes this. No, I'm sure there are a thousand Wallys from Cheektowaga calling into WGR to bitch about it, but it doesn't make it a reasonable position. EDITED: A lot of spelling and grammar!

No one seems to agree with this take, no matter how many times you repeat it. Everyone else can see that Adams traded a guy who probably wasn't going to get through the Sabres' forward pipeline. That's not an asset. That's excess inventory, and it's costly for a business to carry excess inventory.

VERY good point. Another good point. For NYCers who want to watch the Knicks and whatever else MSG covers, it might make sense, but Weave's got that down above.

I pay for one monthly service at a time. This month it's Hulu/ESPN+ for $10, and believe me, it requires the NHL to be worth $10 (Hulu is crap--it has M*A*S*H, Cheers, and little else). Next month it will be Apple+ if the new Ted Lasso is out. I probably would pay $300/yr for MSG, but that is kind of a lot. There would have to be absolutely no blackouts--not for ESPN+, not for TNT, etc., and I doubt they're going to pull that off.

Ah, got it now...

Columbus got LA's first round pick in return for taking him. Quick may or may not retire but his contract is up. Ok I misunderstood two of you then--sorry! (But you did quote a tweet about quick)

Oh ok!