thewookie1

I'd do it with Risto in a heartbeat. He's inconsistent defensively but that's still better than Risto

I've said Hanifin & Rittich(1.1 mil) for Montour, Mitts, and Hutton for awhile now. Flames fans say no all the time but it does make logical sense. Rittich's retention is to offset the cap hit of Hanifin vs Montour for this year. Ideally we would find a way to make it Risto for Hanifin but who knows if Calgary has changed its mind on him. Colin Miller instead of Montour just requires adjustment on Rittich's retention for this year to offset the contracts as much as possible. My Risto trade is slightly bulkier Hanifin, Rittich (1.375 retained), and Ryan (1.3 retained) for Ristolainen, Hutton, Mitts and a 2nd round pick. It would be effectively cap neutral besides whatever Mitts' deal is and we swap handiness on D.

To be honest I honestly didn't expect them to cram Barrett in there. Technically they had control of the senate both times but I do understand the sentiment. I'm not a fan of shifty political posturing domestically. I'm not saying the Democratic party stands for communism or socialism but there seems to be quite the ambivalence amongst the younger generation based on Sanders' success with his Democratic Socialism and the fact plenty of the younger generation felt he wasn't going far enough. All this "Eat the Rich" BS and the like. When people are claiming governments like Venezuela's model is ideal, with the caveat of "we'd do a better job," there is a major disconnect between wishful thinking and reality. I am not trying to say that I want them to abandon their culture; I want them to adopt our cultural influences if they are here. Pride in one's heritage is no problem to me. I have a problem when illegal immigrants put up Mexican flags on USPS offices or proclaim they are retaking over the South Western states. Same goes with completely incompatible cultural differences such as very strict Islamic practitioners that don't believe in women's rights whatsoever. They need to either leave or conform to the law of the land. I will admit however that I am concerned by those who come to American with the intention of fundamentally changing our country. Just look at Europe for examples of how mass immigration from the Middle East has effected European culture. The European armies of old didn't fight back the Turks outside Vienna for them to waltz over the border 600+ years later unopposed. (I know most immigrants are truly good people looking for a fresh start but there are some who look to force us to change to their beliefs; they do exist and need to be accounted for.) At the end of the day if you immigrate to America, you either need to adapt to or tolerate American society; you have no right to come here and then start imposing your ideas on us.

Never said he shouldn't have. We need to stop the wild pendulum of political leanings. I like my presidents moderate, their job is supposed to be one of compromise and leadership to the entire nation. Also, I do wish Trump would of brought the country together but obviously many left-leaning people weren't going to unless he stepped down from day 1. When you throw temper tantrums in the streets over the other side's president winning ........ That being said I really hope that the conservatives don't start their own civil unrest over losing; can we act like adults and not like Vancouver after Cup losses? They nominated and placed judges within the given judicial numbers. Obama put a couple judges I don't agree with in when he had the opportunity. There's a big difference between filling the court upon opportunity and creating new spots in order to force a certain stance. As I said before; the judicial branch should be more on the conservative side as it is meant to keep the country from merely following every popular idea that strikes a president's fancy. I fear for this country's future; my age group (18-35) seems to have no inkling to how absolutely terrible communism was for those who actually lived through it. They want to globalize our country out of existence in the name of "social justice." I want immigrants to melt into our melting pot; not continue to merely be Mexican or Middle Eastern while located here. I don't want what is happening in Europe to happen here; I don't want American culture to be destroyed by mass immigration overwhelming the melting pot and spilling it over. Is that wrong? I don't want to live in a world where being a white man is somehow deemed oppressive by mere existence and needs to be put in their place. I don't want a world where merely disagreeing with someone makes you racist, sexist or homophobic. When I voted for Trump I had truly hoped he would crush the SJW stuff; instead both sides have merely become whiny children wanting to yell at the clouds.

As long as the Republicans hold the Senate I’ll be fine losing Trump. I wasn’t happy to vote for him either time, he’s a real ####### but he helped bring us a more conservative court, made us more energy independent and at very least stood up to China. I think he did fine from an economic POV, where he failed was his demeanor was unbecoming of a president and he only seemed to get worse as time went on. (Granted the whole Russian collusion thing was a complete farce and he had a right to be angry.... but there are ways to express anger without tweeting like a teenager.) Biden, I pray that you stay moderate and help bring our country back together. I fear for our nation’s future if he starts adopting far left ideas the the Green New Deal or trying to pack the court. All that will happen is a reverse of the last four years of angry yelling. A more conservative court is a good thing because rarely due to conservative judges toe the party line. Hell the Chief Justice was put in by Bush and he sides with the more liberal judges quite often. The Supreme Court should always be there to keep the other branches from doing wild sweeping changes. I do worry about Facebook and Twitter’s power over information however going forward. They both blatantly lean left and will leave leftist lies up while chasing down even accurate conservative counterpoints. Not to mention if a famous person in sports or what not says anything even construed as conservative they are lambasted whereas leftist ideals being espoused are met with wondrous applause. I would like to know however why people have been so bloody emotional about Trump winning in 2016 through to now? The vitriol they had before he even made an act as president was ridiculous. I wasn’t fond of him as a person and that didn’t improve as I got to watch his behavior but the over the top theatrics were unneeded.

I highly doubt Botts does the Staal trade. Part of his targeting was KA’s personal connection with Staal.

If you are a Sabres player for any amount of time, even Dalton Smith and Jaro Halak, and don’t burn bridges with the city then I see them as former Sabres and former combatants for our cause.

I second this statement as I too remember reading about it. Id guess we feared that if he went to arbitration we would be handcuffed in going big fish hunting as Kahun’s arbitration number could of wildly varied anywhere from 1.8 to 3.5 mil a year. Perhaps more depending on similar player contracts. However I doubt he would of surpassed the 4.2 or 4.5mil needed to walk away. The nightmare scenario would be everything else still happening but Kahun getting 3.3 mil for 1 year and putting us over the cap. I wouldn’t doubt Adams left his 1.4 mil deal on the table throughout but Kahun’s agent wasn’t about to come crawling back after screwing up. The Oilers have his good friend Draisital which gave the agent an easy target once salary concerns took the back seat to a roster spot.

How exactly? Kahun wanted arbitration or what was likely 1.8mil plus per year. Adams said no thank you Kahun tests the market and is unable to reach his target salary. His agent, at very least, rather not return to Buffalo having been proven wrong and instead Kahun decides to play with his good friend on Edmonton.

Kahun wanted over 2 mil and the Sabres called his bluff. I would of loved to retain him but we technically played our cards right here.

Hanifin & Rittich(50%) & a 4th for Risto and a 2nd? we take on just under 1 mil cap and we both solve our respective problems

Risto for Hanifin? Both are younger Dmen with defensive woes but love to hit. Hanifin is a bit better defensively and their salaries are very close.

Anyone else notice a strange trend with the Buffalo GMs this past decade? Tim Murray was supposed to be draft savant able to adjust yet he was rather rigid in who he wanted and seemed to want to trade his extra high picks at every opportunity. Botterill was supposed to be a cap guru with team cohesion skills who could make us competitive while our prospects worked their way up; instead he weakened our team and did anything but run the cap well while heavily relying on his youngsters. Adams thus far, outsider who shouldn't do well at all and likely in over his head and yet he's done a better job with cap manipulation and seems to be actually building a roster. Its weird how Adams has so far done we wanted from Botts and Botts seemed to follow what we expected from Murray.

I’m guessing the NHL lets teams have. Practice squad of sorts until the AHL starts training camp

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So far I have come up with Risto to Chicago for Murphy and Carpenter. (Murphy is a more defensive Dman which we could use with Dahlin) Then Miller to NJD for Butcher (was proposed on the hfboards by a Devils fan. From there, with Hutton in Rochester we would have 3.793 mil in cap space to acquire a goalie.

I could of sworn they said depending on the revenues it could go up 500k. But maybe that's year 3?

Why does the Girgs contract have to continue to pain me at every turn?

Yes but depending on how the year goes; we will have a lot of flexibility.

Kicking the can down the road again. I would of liked a 2 or 3 year deal but with the flat cap and whatnot; more flexibility cannot be a negative.

Just so you know, I believe they cannot place a player on LTIR until after the 1st day of the season. Meaning they have to be under the cap at Day 1 and then they can LTIR them.

I’m guessing 1x2.95 as the result. Splits the difference

Any Kane trade would likely require some retention in this flat cap world. Reinhart and our 1st next year for Kane would very likely be at the center of the trade. From there it would be a matter of assets and money being swapped. I’d throw in Mitts and Risto and see if we can get Murphy from them. They would get younger and we would get another star. Reinhart, Mitts, Risto and our 1st for Kane (3mil retained) and Murphy It would come down to Bowman’s thoughts on Risto and Mitts. Hall-Eichel-Kane would arguably be the best Top Line in the league. Sounds terrible defensively but offensively goalies would cry in terror

Far to costly and unpredictable to play even 60 games outdoors for every team. Put 1/4 in the arenas + somewhat filled suites and wear masks. People need to take some responsibility for their own health and the world can’t continue to hide and hope a vaccine appears in the next 6 months

The Goathead shall return.