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My guess is they'll announce Pegula is buying the stadium with some degree of KeyBank involvement

The problem is there are about 3 teams actually selling and the rest are in either holding or buy stances. Could we beat an offer for Rust or Rakell, sure; but I sure as hell wouldn't bother because they'll be looking for our unprotected 1st or a protected 1st and Helenius.

The Devils defense was an enigma that year based on future performance. Graves is a complete train wreck in Pittsburgh. Brendan Smith has always been a depth dude from his first games in the league. Severson spun his great season into a large contract with Columbus before falling back to his typical level. He’s very good just not his contract level good at signing. Marino has been a great Defensive Player so I’m unsurprised by him Hamilton’s defense leaves much to be desired but is still a dynamic player when healthy.

Well where is this real goalie coming from? I’ll take UPL over the grab bag approach and I’m not dealing high end assets for a long term contracted goalie as they are an enigma. If you keep UPL’s confidence up, he tends to play solid and much better than most other options.

All I’d change is Zucker and Greenway’s wings and would expect the Sabres to at least start with Kesselring with Power. I think Doan overtakes Greenway by game 15 barring injuries. If not for his injury history I’d say he’s effectively in a Bot6 + PK role and Doan makes him somewhat irrelevant however I’d rather have both than neither. I do agree though I would of done 1 yr or 2x2.5/3mil

Effectively, we came to the plate with 2 outs and a man on 1st who after a pitch got caught stealing thus ending the inning.

My question is how do we know they haven’t done all they could? From the outside we can certainly pick them apart but how do we know that we aren’t just ***** this offseason thanks to a combination of a lack of good UFAs, NMCs/NTCs, a general dislike among other players/coaches/management candidates, etc? While I don’t think they’ve exhausted every search or turned over every rock to anyone’s satisfaction; that doesn’t mean they aren’t doing anything. I can’t quite wrap my head around how you are even a fan of the Sabres or any sports team for that matter. You want to take the hardline logical and cynical approach to everything and fandom is neither at the core of it. No matter the hopeless situation that may appear; fans will always find some means to make cheering meaningful. Your need to give anyone here a cynical diatribe about how we are delusional about this team because we want to manufacture hope is just not needed. It’s akin to telling a Stage 4 cancer patient, “yeah, you’re going almost certainly die” and even when you’re likely 99% factual with that statement that doesn’t mean you’re required to tell them that. You aren’t their doctor, you are just the person’s acquaintance from across the street. Maybe we even deserve some divine providence at this point; we’ve been royally screwed so many times and yet somehow never get to fall ass backwards into even a semblance of success.

Well rarely do you see anyone garner kudos for standing firm on the idea of “innocent until proven guilty” when accusations are dished out. You only either get hammered for not doing anything, hammered for not doing something fast enough, or ignored/ridiculed for acting at all.

There was plenty of people demanding Araiza be released even before we had all the information

I'd be happy to see it but I'd imagine the media would crucify us

I can't imagine the Sabres doing it; the PR would create more hand wringing than they'd deem acceptable.

Was unsure where to put this: Found out today the Sabres built a 1mil sauna in the locker room for Eichel during that scramble to placate Eichel. Was honestly not surprised

Frankly I'd guess NHL players would be more predominantly in line with a more "old-fashioned" line of thinking. For players not looking to live fast and loose and have a long time girlfriend; locking them up isn't exactly inconceivable. Players in hockey, do tend to be of Christian origin and will use the motifs and typical behaviors in everything from interviews to what charity work they do. You also have the interesting circumstance of Europeans tending to be more secular however the ones that aren't tending to be more outwardly religious. To sum it up, I don't really see Power or Thompson's marriages and religious overtones being an issue as I wouldn't be surprised if many of the players are at very least passively religious.

Well that is certainly high on the reasoning for sure

Better than: Philly Possibly better than: Carolina (Andersen is frequently injured) Pittsburgh (Silovs has potential and Jarry is Russian Roulette) Columbus (Merzlikins has declined greatly the last 3 years and their back up I have never heard of) Red Wings (Gibson, which version shows up and for how long?)

Huh? I’m unsure how to even compute this. Most hockey players are going to fall on the more conservative side of beliefs and are going to be more likely to have more traditional relationships since they’ll be the breadwinner 99.9% of the time and if they have children the mother will almost certainly stay at home. Why would that have any impact on the team? If they tend to have a more traditional relationship how is that a bad thing? As I said their playing career effectively pidgin-holes them into a more traditional role set up. Otherwise they can’t have children. And sorry if this might be controversial but if a baby is born; at very least one parent should be a primary caretaker for the child. Last I checked players don’t retire upon becoming fathers so there you go. Frankly there’s a reason traditional roles have been used for centuries; it works well. And it’s not as if the wife has a gun to her head to have babies and stay home 24/7. That “regressive” statement really gets my blood boiling. They like to make it sound like traditional roles requires a nigh 1930’s or earlier style of behavior and that it’s automatically a negative.

Crazy Train will always be a sporting event staple that I know him from. He was the odd MTV guy by the time I was old enough to understand stuff but I’ve come to really like some his bigger hits like Mama, I’m coming home, Flying High again and Paranoid. (Iron Man and a few others are also great) Plus he seemed like an alright kind of guy.

Not interested in playing the OS game; we need our 26 1st for any semblance of safety if things go belly up again. I don’t feel McTavish will give a boost this season to assure us a playoff berth or that he might ever reach his contract level.

The thing is Buffalo helps with the American average and viewership percentages. Even with a smaller real number we create a legitimate percentage booster when kept at a macro level.

I thought you were talking about Tuch lol

I think this is a tad misleading this year since most of those years had no cap increases and presently half the league has more than 5mil in cap space including WPG, CAR, MIN, and the NJD

I doubt it, there isn’t a team in the league that would do that. Even rumors place him around 8.5mil

Joshua isn't a Top 6 forward; Perry was used for 3 reasons. Grit, vet savvy, and the fact that in his prime he was a Top 6 player. You can't just stick a random tough guy in the Top 6 and expect it to actually achieve anything. Most players in Joshua's category aren't skilled enough to keep up. Additionally physicality means more in the playoffs than the regular season.

That wasn't at all my point Our lineup presently: Benson-Norris-Tage Zucker - Kulich - Tuch Quinn - McLeod - Doan ??? - ??? - ??? To fill those 4th line role we already have Greenway, Krebs, Danforth, Malenstyn and Kozak. Let's put Krebs at 4C and Greenway at a wing So now Danforth, Malenstyn and Kozak have a singular spot to play

Could he learn center; yes Would it be wise to; probably not He certainly brings the defensive competence that great centers have and is a sneaky good playmakers