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14 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
Adams whole thing was sign these kids up early to long term deals and save money over the course of the deals. Rage’s deal has worked out great. The other deals have not.
He hit w Tage...thank God. But the strat unfortunately failed. That's too low a batting average when it comes to signing your own (although he gets a pass on Skinner...that was pegulas blunder. I believe the rumors that botteril was not high on doing it)
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1 hour ago, Taro T said:
She. And she's a moderator. Fortunately for you, she is very fair and has a thick skin.
Ok, she was pushing buttons then. I should've just ignored her...but the 'why' and blow steam comment was just purposefully silly to me. I'll just ignore her comments next time and she will probably do the same is my guess.
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15 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Why are you taking that out on a fellow Sabres fan? Telling someone to piss off? The people here are your brothers and sisters. Our community is better than this.
Meh. He was purposely antagonizing with his 'why' question with no further context. He knows it. He wasn't being innocent.
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3 minutes ago, spndnchz said:
Do you hear yourself?
Sure do! Sabres suck. Thanks for giving me all this attention to further vent!
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Just now, spndnchz said:
Blow what? Steam?
Piss off? Better? Your question was dumb. Yes, there are such things as dumb questions
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Just now, spndnchz said:
We’ll be hasn’t been around 14 yrs mate.
Pegula has. And 5 years in the NHL w no playoffs for a GM is to long. And I ain't your mate.
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1 minute ago, spndnchz said:
Why?
14 years. Blow off
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2 minutes ago, spndnchz said:
Why?
Why?
Because they both suck at their jobs. 14 years
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13 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:
We need this re-pinned.
In support of the re-pinning, I post here a photo taken 6/30/2025 that just infuriates me.
Our team's owner thinks he knows puck, folks. And that is why the Sabres continue to struggle.
That photo makes me want to punch palm trees.
It's a photo of perfect ineptitude.
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I'd say all of them....but we barely have real cap room to bring anyone of significance in.
Our team is a sack of sorry potatoes.
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We have a two page thread dedicated to a defenceman making 775k for 3 years who is going to probably play in Rochester next year.
Our team blows.
Care to elaborate? Or should I say, KA, care to elaborate?
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2 hours ago, Flashsabre said:
Better than what?
Let this sink in for a second:
Last year this GM stood up and said “No more excuses, it’s playoffs or bust for this team.” Then he put together a team that were one Bruins sell off away from ending last in the division.
The owner didn’t think that was a fireable offence or that owning a team for 14 years and not making the playoffs one time is a big issue.
The GM has put together a similar offseason so far this year.
What are we even doing anymore? The Sabres are the laughingstock of the league and no one associated with the team seems to care.
It's awful. Power, awful contract. Cozens, awful contract. Samuelson, awful contract. UPL, mildly awful contract. Norris, awful contract to take on. Skinner buyout/original contract was awful.
None of the things I mentioned above are considered hindsight opinions by many.
Not a single contract I mentioned offered us high level impact.
We suck.
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3 hours ago, Taro T said:
Thing is, they aren't really storing up all that much cap space.
Per puckpedia, with 14F's, 6D, and 2G's, they have $12.865MM in cap space with Byram, Timmons, and Levi left to sign.
Byram will be at least $6MM on a bridge and likely around $8MM on a deal cutting into some of his UFA years. Leaving them with ~$5-7MM. Timmons will be ballpark $1MM. Levi ballpark $2MM. Yes that's 24 bodies, not just 23, but how often is the team going to only have 23 players on the big club's roster. And after those signings, they'd have ~$2-4MM left. Which shockingly is what NHL teams end up with. Not the $8MM+ they tend to like to keep available.
Once Byram's fate (contract, whatever) is determined; then we'll know if there's room for any other moves. But it's not like they're sitting at $20MM waiting on making sure Byram doesn't get a $13MM offer (and he ain't getting a $13MM offer). They're about where they should be $wise, but personally would like to see them about $1MM away from the cap on opening night rather than $4-5MM away.
Pretty sad that they are that close to the cap and they still suck big giant salty balls compared to the rest of the league.
Our favorite team is a clown show.
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23 minutes ago, jahnyc said:
Sabres must be under incredible internal and external pressure to trade Byram. I don't think they were planning to have him on the roster for next season, particularly when they decided to trade Peterka. It has been out there for some time that the Sabres were shopping Byram and now the offer sheet threat further complicates the situation. This is exactly how you end up with a poor return for a young player with real value. We will see if Byram is traded and what we receive back, but this already is bordering on complete incompetence.
Correct. KA handcuffed himself not being savvy enough to make a move. KA fd up. Plain and simple.
The order of things matter....
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15 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
Thats WAY too positive of a take. Don't you know around there you can only post about Adams if its pure, 100% bashing? Nothing he can do, say, no movement of his body can be anything but a total disaster destined to make the Sabres (along with the life every citizen of WNY) worse in every way.
Mjd....you're getting it!
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KA is kind of silly
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Just now, Flashsabre said:
Does anyone really think Ehlers is considering Buffalo?😂😂
Not even sure id want him for 9+. Suter on the other hand...2 way 20 goal scoring centers are a beautiful thing
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10 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
They aren't any better at all.
Lyon replaces Reimer - that's a wash
Norris replaces Cozens - that's an improvement only if Norris actually plays 70 games.
Joki and Clifton have been replaced with Kesselring and Timmins. An upgrade, but not really enough to move the needle
Doan replaces JJP. This is a significant downgrade and there is no honest argument that the offense will be better with Doan over JJP.
Ultimately, the players chiefly responsible for the terrible in zone D play and goaltending are still on the roster - Power, Byram, Samuelsson and UPL. That $25 mill of wasted cap space on bad players once Byram is re-signed.
Congrats Kevyn, all you did this off-season is make a bad team worse.
Don't forget....same asst coaches
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So who is left that we care about? Ehlers, suter?
Trade market or bust now?
As is, this team is not ready going into offseason
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1 hour ago, Mr. MVP said:
Is Miller close to Byram value?
His agent will think so. I'm not gonna say byram is not worth 7m on the open market...but he's not worth 7m on this team based on what we already have wrapped up financially on D.
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That's a fine contract
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Ok, I wasn't expecting a big move today. But I also wasn't expecting this. Whoomp whoomp is not what you want to see from a team w cap room and playoffless for 14 years
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1 minute ago, That Aud Smell said:
Per Alan Pergament at The Buffalo News.
"The Buffalo Sabres are making a key television lineup change next season.
Joe Pinter, who has been producing Sabres’ games since 2002 and has been working for the team for 37 years through when games were carried on WUTV (Channel 29) and WNYO-TV (Channel 49), was told recently that his services are no longer needed.
Pinter declined comment.
His replacement hasn't been named but the job has been posted.
According to sources, some members of Sabres management believe the television coverage has been too critical.
It is a laughable claim since the team has been on a 14-year Stanley Cup playoff drought ... ."
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If this is the kind of business stuff that Pete G. signs off on, he can go get wrecked as well.
Too critical? They suck. That said, I always felt the coverage was one big giant bj for the team. How *****
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2 minutes ago, Rasmus_ said:
Pius Suter
I could live w this.....if it's under 5m.
Bo Byram ultimate final prediction
in The Aud Club
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It's a fine contract for him.......BUT.....that would give the sabres one the most expensive d corps in the league....AND...they are not even particularly a good group.
It's such a frustrating position to be in.