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I wonder if Eichel was effectively making a call for action to both Botts and the Pegulas to right this damn ship.

I love how we went from overpaying and overzealous GMing with Murray to sleep inducing with still some overpayments in contracts with Botts.......?

Technically we could acquire Monahan prior to whenever the new league year starts thus avoiding the NTC.

Well I wouldn’t either; we are all suffering but at least he gets paid to do so. If I had to guess Eichel and ROR likely did have some bad blood but not enough to warrant a trade. Remember Matt Duchene and at least two other players have had this kind of love hate relationship with ROR. He may just not be a great teammate for a long bit of time but a great guy thus short stints work fine. Winning also likely helps with his seemingly negative vibe he gave while here.

The idea Botts destroyed the Sabres akin to Milbury on the Island is a tad overkill. The ROR trade was a monumental failure and at best could be only a bad trade if Tage and Johnson figure things out in the long run. However regardless of what happened with the Blues, the Sabres jettison a handful of great players & prospects for a singular over-hyped center or draft a goalie 1st Overall with an already star young goalie in their pipeline. That being said he hasn't done well either but I'd temper the "end is nigh" sentiments for now. COVID-19 saved his job, let us see what he does with it. I pray we get more of the Jokiharju variety and less of the Vesey or ROR type. What seems so strange to me is how he can bumble so many different things yet pull off that Kahun trade. Maybe he has like one pro scout whose incredibly gifted and thus creates these anomalous top tier deals.

Technically, but a lot of it comes down to exactly what the trade parameters were. We know Calgary didn't see Risto = Monahan yet Larsson + Risto and a lesser unknown = Monahan and Bennett So based on that, unless we do a sign and trade, we would need some reworking done. That being said if Calgary gets booted yet again perhaps his value goes down. Its a very interesting situation.

I give him 1 more year, if he fails I hope his effigy is tarred and feathered in Knox Plaza

I meant the Monahan thing

Do they think it will be revisited?

I get the sense there may have been draft picks involved based on those trade proposals.

I’m good with crafting stories and such, but with trade ideas I get a bit more fan biased ?

Post: 6/25/46: With Dahlin announcing he'll retire recently I felt we should look back on his incredible career. The 20's started with the whole COVID-19 thing and missing that expanded playoffs must have seriously ticked off some players as we saw afterward. 20-21 and 21-22, were fun but accomplished little besides playoff berths and 3 rounds of playoffs. 22-23 however was a different story, they seemed to find what they were missing and would run on an incredible 20 of 25 run with the young UPL and more elder Ullmark backstopping. The playoffs we got lucky with Detroit's Larkin getting hurt in the final week of the season leading to their quick demise. Toronto was a tad tougher but Eichel being their kryptonite ended the series in 6 games. The Conference Finals were a doozy with the Sabres matching up with a Rangers team that had only lost once thus far in their playoff run. However at the end of 7 games only the Sabres remained in the East. The West had been a bloody battle through their three rounds; while the Blues made it out at the end, the Oilers - Flames series was by far the most entertaining. The Sabres were healthier than the Blues as well as younger whereas the Blues held the experience and home ice edge. I may have lost a few years on that series but we had finally done it, winning in 6 games with 5 going to OT. Ironic how Ryan Johnson would be the guy with the GWG to end it all. Kyle Okposo walked away with a ring and 2 goals in the Cup Finals a very happy man. 23-24 and 24-25 were plagued with injuries but somehow we snuck in both times only to lose. 25-26 we played great and made it to the Conference Finals only to lose to Detroit who went on to win it all. 26-27 and 27-28 should be renamed the Buffalo years. Winning 2 Stanley Cups back to back and our 2nd Super Bowl of the decade was great! Not to mention denying Edmonton and Seattle was rather fun in the Finals. 28-29 was a slow year between departures, injuries and just sheer exhaustion 29-30 was only noteworthy due to the Vancouver ending the Cup Drought in Canada in a n epic 7 game series with the Islanders. I'm glad they finally won, at least there wasn't a riot this time around. The memories of the 2030's Sabres teams can be remembered mostly as the falling action of the mid to late 20's. The 2030-31 Sabres would win their 4th Cup in 8 seasons, knocking off the LA Kings in 6 games. It was nice to see McDavid not only snub the Leafs but join us for his 1st career ring. The Sabres would remain competitive throughout the mid 30's but would make it to another final until 2038-39 which would be remembered for certain. The prior offseason Sabres legend Jack Eichel hung up his skates and chose to go into coaching his younger sons; partially due to a nagging knee injury he had sustain the prior season. However the 38 year old Rasmus Dahlin, thought to have become the greatest Sabres defenseman, and potentially Top 5 all time wasn't anywhere close to being done. With only one other prior teammate, Dylan Cozens who had been in Calgary and Washington the past 6 years, returned to be a vet 3rd liner. The Sabres were a strange mix of guys under 23 with 4 players over 34. However they found ways to win, Dahlin tied his career high with 88 points and seemed to will the team into the playoffs. Again, come playoff time Dahlin lead his team to series win after series win with the Cup Finals being decided by his 10th goal of the playoffs. Only thing that made it any better was us beating Dallas all these years later. God do I wish we could go back to their primes, missing the playoffs 4 years in a row isn't fun; granted it is way better than when we had drafted Dahlin......

It was from some report on Twitter, I can't remember though if it was the NBA's plus Bettman's desire for the 60 day thing just combining in my brain. I'd guess the lottery will happen during the Seeding Round

Supposedly it would be akin to Early through Mid June: Tune up camp Late June/Early July: Start playoffs Supposedly they want at most 60 days to pass before the Cup is handed out July & August would be the playoffs September would have the draft October Free Agency/Rest November Training Camp/Preseason December 2020-2021 starts with a condensed timeline but full 82 game season.

Someone on HF proposed Risto Johnson our 2020 2nd To ANA for Henrique(1mil retained) Max Jones Jacob Larsson and their 5th I don’t mind it, Henrique is a very consistent 40 to 50 point guy, stays healthy, scores big goals, and while his contract would end when he’s 34/35 the retention puts him under 5mil per year.

They took tests, I didn’t have the antibodies sadly

Yes, county and emergency personnel did 2 weeks ago

Seen above: Tage Thompson runs over Aaron Ekblad to create a scoring chance

Alright, I get you. ? Though it certainly tells me they still have a lot of work to do with immigration policy. We are a melting pot but currently someone decided to dump an entire shaker of Central American spices into the pot and we need a bigger spoon to stir it. ?

Different circumstances however; if you want higher income taxes that doesn’t mean you must also want higher sales taxes since they are both fiscal policies

Added incentive to Olofsson’s contract.

If he can learn how to use his size, not merely cheat using his size he could truly be a great 2RW. His size with hands is a rare combo

I don’t see how being against illegal immigration and the possible irreversible cultural shift caused by a mass influx of non-English speaking people can be truly equated to challenging a visa denial on a person with professional skills. Just my 2 cents

New plan: Trade the 7th Overall and a 4th in 2021 for Cirelli's RFA rights; sign him at 6x6mil Sign RFAs Reinhart 6x7mil Ullmark 3x2.9mil Pilut 1x1mil Olofsson 4x4mil Kahun 2x1.85mil Trade Hutton for Brandon Sutter(1 mil retained) Trade RFA rights to Montour and Thompson and our 5th to MIN for PIT's 1st, MIN's 4th, their 2021 7th, and Foligno(1 mil retained) Sign UFAs Larsson 2x2.25 Elliot 2x2.15 1.25mil Cap Penalty included sneaks us in with 24k capspace Skinner - Eichel - Reinhart Olofsson - Cirelli - Johansson Kahun - Cozens - Sutter Foligno - Larsson - Okposo Dahlin - Miller Pilut - Risto McCabe - Jokiharju Ullmark Elliot Extras: Asplund, Ruotsalainen and Borgen At years end we would recoup more than 12 mil from our UFAs to help re-secure Dahlin and Jokiharju What do you guys think?

Nothing new, the NHL always looks to screw the Sabres and the city of Buffalo and award garbage fanbases. I'd like for the city of Buffalo to boycott the playoffs airing. Why should we help them if they never help us. I want to see the Sabres playing not garbage like the Hurricanes, Panthers, Stars, and Coyotes who don't even deserve teams. Plus the fact Montreal would get to go is a bloody joke; they are worse than Buffalo with just better goaltending. They lost to the Red Wings 4 times....