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Changing everything is far from a good thing however. Tradition is very important in hockey so some changes don’t make sense. However, I would change the goal song and bring back the full horn with sirens from 05-06. Didn’t they just change the PA announcer due to the whole 97 rock scandal? PA, what is with you and hating the anthem singer lol. I’m good with classical male deep voiced singers. I love the gravitas. I’m not exactly fond of the disposable wannabe pop star girls or making a gigantic show of it every game with children’s choirs and such. Now if we could steal the Chicago singer….. I’d certainly do so. One of the few exceptions are MTL’s old woman opera singer and the country themed Nashville anthem. I wonder if Seattle will use a Grunge singer for the anthem?

Ok, I certainly agree with most of that. My only caveat is we should compare Buffalo to Vegas. Vegas likely has the best game presentation in the league.

I’m rather curious at what exactly they are doing wrong specifically in the stadium besides the obvious physical wear the building has on it. I hope they win, I had my fill of tanking for Eichel. If they lose I’ll be mad and disappointed but I’ll bounce back easier knowing this isn’t a high pressure season. I’ll only want them to lose if we are in Game 82 and a loss somehow assured us pick 1. That’s my feeling on the subject.

Well I'd guess we'll have 2 Dahlin with 40+ Butcher with 25 to 30 due to 2nd PP time Jokiharju, Miller will land in the high teens low 20's Pysyk, Hagg in the 10's The rest will put up under 10.

To be honest what I'd expect isn't listed. I fall between Options 1 & 2. I expect him to bounce back and look good again but not be what he was his rookie season. 3-5 Dman with about 30 pts would be my guess.

Only the 1st offer would even get my attention. And I'd agree with Pi in wanting a 1st over a 2nd. Trade #2 gives us yet another D prospect which doesn't exactly aid us Trade #3 gives us a nigh-bust Strome and another Olofsson who's slightly better. Trade #1 at least gives us Dach, a Center. That being said I can't see how they would swing that with their cap situation.

Part of the problem there was the fact it would be impossible to force mask mandates in general. You can’t just throw every other person out as you couldn’t have enough cops to pull it off. They made all the employees wear masks, which was aggravating to be honest. I was fine with a mask inside, just not outside where it becomes a nightmare to communicate with fans over their ticket trouble. ( I work game days.) On the flip side I’ll likely wear one in the winter for warmth while not helping sort out issues.

They did this last year too. They like to make the opposition’s defense remember Allen can run

I believe this was a joke.

So, should we sign two depth defenseman or trade for a 1C? How would these be mutually exclusive lol.

Samuelsson is probably going to play over Hagg and Bryson to be honest as he brings something the rest of our D lacks in size and strength. I've been picturing Dahlin - Jokiharju Samuelsson - Miller Butcher - Pysyk Every pair has a more offensive and defensively skewed player. The bottom pair is part 3rd pairing and part situational players. Butcher skewed towards offensive situations whereas Pysyk takes more defensive responsibilities. Hagg is just Risto-lite Bryson started off great last year but struggled down the stretch. The one interesting situation however would be if Borgen is waived by Seattle due to their present player numbers. In that case I'd go Dahlin - Borgen Butcher - Jokiharju Hagg - Pysyk/Miller

How exactly? I'd guess he certainly looked pigheaded but also steadfast. The likely people who disliked Adams would be those looking to screw him over. Many would question his asset management while simultaneously understanding Adams isn't going to capitulate if you try to wait him out. Effectively it would boil down to what sorts of offers were on the table. If Vegas offers Krebs, Smith and 2 1sts for Eichel and we refuse to budge from Eichel for Krebs, Smith and 3 1sts then Adams is being overly greedy or unwilling to compromise. If Anaheim refuses to offer Zegras, Drysdale, MacTavish and continues to offer only secondary pieces; then Adams is steadfast and difficult to rip off.

Buffalo is bad with a great amount of fans Arizona is bad with a mediocre amount of fans Even 25% of the Sabres fanbase viewing each game is likely more than Arizona at 75%. Ticket sales might be a different story; however Arizona, like Florida, are known for absurd ticket selling schemes. You'll never see Sabres tickets offered in Tops with a gift card purchase or the like.

In this case they likely would. Refusing to cave in would give Adams clout and a proven history of not backing down from a challenge. If teams are only offering their 7th prospect or lower and a bunch of conditional picks then we are better off just waiting.

There's the key in this. I refuse to take a ROR deal where we get utterly humiliated. Give us great assets or no assets. I'm not going to settle for garbage.

At this point I say let him have his surgery. If it doesn’t work for NHLers. the Sabres medical staff looks wise, Eichel looks like a fool and retires and although we lose the asset; we don’t get screwed by trading him for garbage. Honestly, I’d rather have Eichel, a king’s ransom, or Eichel retiring than an awful ROR trade sequel we’d be laughed at for years to come.

Begs to question if they were more or less "hands off" with Murray; then went overly "hands on" with Botts in reaction to what had happened. Perhaps Adams was a person they felt they could trust not to take advantage of them without requiring them to continuously meddle. I'd guess Terry wants to win; and like us is a fan of the team and meddles more akin to how we would if we were in his position. Kim is a bit harder to get a real gauge on; her upbringing should point to a very good person whereas the stories of her seem to wildly sway between black widow and baking cookies for the coaches and scouts.

I'd trade Johnson, FLA's 1st, and our 2nds in 2022 and 23 for Chychrun. Shift Dahlin to the right side and in a year we could run Chychrun - Dahlin Power - Jokiharju Samuelsson - Insert Vet Here That would certainly be a damn good D core.

Well the idea would be to acquire a 3rd 1st in 2022 and then deal FLA's plus the new 1st to get him.

I'd love the kid but we lack a 2nd random 1st and have a backlog of LHDs

My most recent roster https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/510190?post_id=2668469

Hanging out with his brother?

It is needed because the NFL wants it. That alone is reason enough.

8 years 2.5 mil per lol

Does Adams have some sort of specific love of signing only the same contract information.