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An article that was linked on the HFboards seemed useful to read https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/26141295/the-secret-carolina-hurricanes-goaltending-turnaround about our supposed new goalie coach and his philosophies. One thing I noticed is some of his answers sound like RK's

If we trade Risto, I'd be looking to acquire Colin Miller from Vegas; I'd even take Reaves' contract to reduce the cost. Miller isn't quite the pest Risto can be but does play a physical jack of all trades role. Reaves for 1 year to be our 12/13/14 forward would also technically fill that physical role we lose with Risto.

To sum it up quickly: Cal O’Reilly was signed by the Sabres org to be an NHL/AHL tweener and was brought in when we signed RORs extension. COR was made captain of the Amerks and became Nylander’s host and mentor during his rookie year. Around the midway part of the season COR became unhappy and likely complained to GMTM and by March he was loaned to their rival, the Marlies. Supposedly his discontent also affected the rookie Nylander. I’ll look for the articles when I get home

Ryan is not at fault for Cal's actions; but it likely contributed to the overall relationship between ownership and him. That's something that always perplexed me about ROR; he seemed honest yet simultaneously he seemed to have a script as to his post-game feelings. At the end of the day, if you keep saying you need to be better; why didn't he ever get past what seemed to be the same issues?

He quit on us by stating it to the media and with his brother’s escapades I’m unsurprised the Pegulas were hardly happy. Great player but for a guy who literally only gave cookie cutter answers in post games; his end of the year presser becomes unusual

God they are nuts

I'd try Turris for Okposo, same cap hit, Turris has one more year on his contract but is about 1.5 years younger. He was great only a couple years ago and then hit a bunch of injuries. If he regains his form he'd be a perfect stopgap for Mitts and would be a solid 3rd line center in his 30's. If he continues to be banged up, we merely LTIR him.

Steep cost, but as long as he plays well for 5/6 years of it he'll be worth it for sure.

If he wants more than 9mil per year then let him walk. I'm not letting a player hold us hostage. He's worth somewhere between 7 and 8.25 mil per based on his statistics and such. 8.5, ok.... 8.75, fine...... 9, grin and bare it...... 9+, no way in hell.

That’s a no from me, I don’t get all giddy about any prospect aside the top 2

I'd say no, I love Foote but we help Tampa way to much in this deal by bailing them out of cap hell and giving them Risto whom if traded I'd want as far away from Buffalo as possible.

How would Risto do as a RW?

Hell, some people I've seen on hfboards say that he was the best consistent US player

All of that show was to lead to this..... wow.... that's like a kick to the balls.

He's akin to Ted Nolan but seems far more sophisticated in his approach. He'll need an Xs and Os guy but he certainly strikes me as someone who can at very least reverse this ever somber franchise.

Skinner, Myers (if we even want him), Hayes/Lee “money talks,” Stralman (Dahlin + money), Dzingel (opportunity)

Why does Buffalo always get screwed? Honestly, we have won one lottery and besides that have only ever had the worst possible scenarios play out practically. Burn in hell Dallas for failing us. I hope the Blues are wrecked in the conference finals.

USA vs Germany tied at 2 after 2 Eichel has an assist with one of his patented faceoff plays with Keller playing as Skinner.

Also 06 leaves me bitter. I do however like their style and rebellious feel to their marketing. Can’t stand though how fair weather the majority of their fans are

I hate them for their uncanny luck. They make the playoffs twice a decade and yet make it to the conference finals every time

Supposedly they want to make a living and have insurance like the men. So effectively let's say they each want a minimum of $20,000 with additional insurance. Each roster would likely hold 23 players + maybe a couple extras due to a lack of any minor league. $20,000 * 25 = $500,000 Add to that, let's say $100,000 in insurance and equipment So we are already at $600,000 per team and we haven't even touched stadium costs, transportation costs, etc. Let's sum it up at 1 mil per team to keep it simple; can the NWHL make 1 mil per team + profit at its current format? Not really. They play one/two games a week and only 16 games per season plus a potential two for the playoffs. They would need 2000 tickets sold per game at $10 each to hit $20,000, 4,000 to justify the salaries for both teams. Additionally you would need to add at least 9 more games to the regular season so that the potential to break even with salaries alone is possible. Any amount of ticket price hikes would only hurt the attendance further so their max ticket price probably sits around $15. Most NHL teams struggle financially as it is; how do they hope the NHL will convince owners to almost certainly toss another million per year into a furnace? Not to mention, how do you have the NHL universally support the NWHL if the number of actual NWHL teams wouldn't even surpass 1/3 of the NHL's teams? Why should the Sabres, Bruins, and Leafs owners need to support the NWHL if the Stars, Panthers, and Coyotes don't? There's just so many questions that would need an answer.

The NWHL has all but one team owned by it's league. This strikes me as women trying to force the NHL to prop up their league akin to the WNBA. Biggest problem I see immediately is that the NHL has its own labor dispute around the corner thus the women will likely be more of an after thought.

I wonder if they bring Tippett as HC for structure and Gronburg as an AC as a way to invigorate the team while also giving him the entry to the league he desires.

I just don't understand how we could do so well in regular season but completely fall to pieces in the playoffs. Honestly how is it that we cannot even back into some success? It's like everyone is conspiring against us to endlessly fail at every turn.

Damn Blues and O'Reilly to hell. Now we must rely on whomever wins the Dallas/Nashville series to save us from being stuck with a bottom 4 pick in the 1st