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A random set of moves https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/5038481

Expected Buffalo had Toffoli at 2x7mil which is where my concern came from. At 2x3.5 you can make it work with some maneuvering. With 2x7mil you have no real options besides losing 1 or hoping you can bridge all 3 at reasonable rates

What makes it funny @Thorny ?

He talked with double digits, truly interviewed 3/4 A good way to fight off a question regarding who he talked to as no one will pursue the read people until late in the offseason.

Toffoli is 2x3.5mil here right otherwise I can't imagine us doing this as it would effectively doom any hope of resigning Levi, Quinn and Peterka.

We lost due to injuries on our defense finally sinking us; had McKee came back for Finals we'd have been better than Carolina in theory. That being said we'd of lost if we had to field 3 AHL depth defenseman for the whole Finals.

Frankly this seems nothing short of petty by Friedman. Its far too absolute to be true and I highly doubt Adams was outright lying when he said he spoke with double digits of candidates. Its far more believable to say Adams is stretching the truth or using a technicality than it is for him to blatantly lie to the press and fans while doing little to nothing for the past week. Plus we know for a fact Friedman holds a grudge against Adams and the Sabres due to our rather tight lipped front office and the whole Eichel situation in which Friedman carried Eichel's agents viewpoint at every turn.

I don't think we would of had an issue with Edmonton that year no matter how tough they were; that Sabres team weren't wallflowers and could certainly punch back while having two incredibly clutch centers in Drury and Briere. Now injuries are something we can't exactly allude to know how they would go down but if McKee could come back for the Finals; we'd of been in a slightly better position than Carolina had been.

I don't think I make that trade for Karlsson, perhaps with Östlund or Wahlberg I do but not with Savoie. After all, Vegas has to gain cap space. Otherwise I'm ok with both moves. I doubt we buyout Skinner this offseason; its far more tolerable of numbers next year.

Something tells me even that is not set in stone.

He may of contacted Ruff after Ruff was fired regardless; as the season grinded down he interviews a few more with him still being on the fence with Granato. However the commentary from some players adjusted Adams strategy.

I'd classify him a solid hire; not a slam dunk but also not a complete travesty.

I'd guess he got a few at very least Gallant for as much as I like his resume has serious issues with younger players.

Frankly a really good answer that I hope he lives up too.

I don't believe he is lying about interviewing 10+ people; perhaps he didn't interview 10 guys in depth but if 4 of them had the wrong persona and he didn't pursue further.

I know your unhappy but maybe not look to endlessly look for fault.

Well that's on YouTube not the Sabres

There's far more than those 5 Claude Julien with Montreal Darryl Sutter in Calgary Scotty Bowman and Ted Nolan here in Buffalo

The spleen injury he supposedly had take 3 to 5 months to recover; yet here he is after barely 2 months playing high contact sports.

In Stone's case; I think he happily played along. Once shame on you Twice shame on me Three times heads need to roll

It’s fascinating how LA has gotten worse each iteration of this series and the 1st one they were honestly the better team

Vegas needs to have their knees hunted for the BS LTIR stuff. The fact Stone has done this 3 times in a row is asinine

Martinhook is a guy I wouldn’t mind for a bot 6 role

I honestly do think Adams did interview at least a few candidates

Frankly I think the Brunette thing is a bit overblown. He certainly was a boon for them 2 years ago but this year NJ had 3 goalies that made ours from last year look good and 2 or 3 Dmen out most of the year.