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Probably my most vivid Sabres dream was just a regular game that I quite literally watched an entire game (I believe I was on Benadryl that night which could explain the extremely deep sleep I was in) This was years ago but it was incredibly realistic. So the idea that you could have an extremely detailed dream isn't unrealistic in the slightest.

The issue here would be is Savoie ready to step right in and become at least 33% of Skinner’s production? Id also check if we could trade Skinner for Trouba or Coulture before buying him out. In no small part because I really don’t want him to sign 1x1mil in Toronto

If you buyout Skinner yes you get a cool 7.5 mil in new cap space for this singular year. However, any replacement for his production will make the combined cap hit the next two years worse than we'd have if we just waited. Imagine if you will we replace his production by signing a 5mil player for 3 years. Well, this year he'd have a cap hit of 6.44mil, next year it would rise to 9.44mil and then in two years it would be a whopping 11.44mil. It's not exactly easy to straight up replace a 25+ goal scorer and not take a beating over the next two seasons in cap space which we'll likely need for Peterka, Quinn, Benson, Levi, etc. Trading him is far better way to rid of his cap hit, albeit partially. Your only option with a buyout this year is to sign a player to a 1 year deal, hope Quinn/Peterka fill the hole and then sign another 1 year deal at 4mil next year and 2.5mil in 2 years . Otherwise you are making a larger cap hit for the position.

I might trade Skinner for Trouba but otherwise I wait until next year.

I’d give Krebs 2x1.5mil UPL 3x4mil Blueger and Bryson are good at those numbers Id just go after someone more talented than Amadio if I’m giving anyone 3x3mil

At the end of the day I want the Cup drought in Canada to continue and McDavid to not get a Cup. Nothing against McDavid but he should of been a Sabre and his team doesn't deserve to be given a Cup too. Plus the headcase known as Evander Kane shouldn't get a ring either. Florida, I don't like all that much either but I would like to see Reinhart and Okposo win a Cup.

That is far too many years and cap for 3/4 line guys I'd give Blueger 2x2.75 but nothing more than that. Amadio is more akin to a 2mil guy and I'll give him a year. UPL will get at minimum 4mil x 3

My co-workers cousin just bought his house and some of the furniture from him. Plus my job involves occasionally looking up property tax info for zombie houses so with the address given I could connect the dots.

Girgs isn't likely to be back; he sold his house along with a good deal of the furniture in said house

So angry EDM made the Finals, wanted Pavelski to get a chance. Plus EDM doesn’t deserve it in the slightest seeing as they only got McDavid by being inept, winning multiple 1st Overalls which made the league change the odds which gave them McDavid over us. I pray Florida humbles them

No use in buying out Skinner; it will put us in a precarious position next year

I couldn’t care less if players have power. In my opinion when you sign a contract with the captaincy either explicitly or effectively given to you as a part of the deal; the player has an obligation to stick through most if not the entire contract. Anything besides that, not including the team itself dealing the player against their wishes, is a sign of a lack of conviction and character.

I’ve read Dumba is just shot at this point Zero interest in Amadio with those contract numbers. Same goes for Blueger.

Ah yes, laugh all you want Thorny; because obviously a guy who forced the letter C be on his jersey and then would turn around and demand a trade are sure signs of a high character individual. Unlike Vegas, we don’t exactly have a group of vets who can more or less tell Tkachuk to grow up, stop being a problem child, and play hockey. For us to improve the team doesn’t require us to just throw assets at a problem and pray it succeeds. You can still be smart with your moves even when possibly slightly overpaying. If a team will take a 2nd and a prospect for a player; you don’t need to give them a 3rd for giggles. Simultaneously when acquiring rental players you need to make sure they wouldn’t be Eric Staals

Sadly that remains doubtful; the captaincy was a part of his contract negotiations in Ottawa and asking out would make him as low character as a non-criminal can be.

Gourde is still a solid player and Tanev isn't exactly over the hill for 1 year. I wouldn't go so far as to extend Gourde for 4/5 years but both he and Tanev have another couple years of bot 6 play in them.

How far would Vancouver be from Florida? I'd guess that would be the max possible

Kapanen is one of the softest players in the league. While overpriced we are also desiring that playoff experience and general veterancy

Hence my counter proposal, I’m willing to “lose” some in the long term but just not straight up 11 and 2 RFAs for 3 UFAs especially without retention involved. Effectively at full price I have no idea how we’d field a good team because we’d need to magically convince multiple quality 4th liners and bench players to sign to league minimum contracts.

Well I do feel my counter proposal is very fair still

And if we still fail; then what?

Just so you know I'm getting good reviews for my slight alteration.

First I’d want to keep 11 until Iginla is off the board and perhaps Eisserman. If both are gone; then I’m more open to trade down. So my offer would be 11, Jokiharju, and Krebs for Gourde, Tanev, Larsson and 40 I’d throw in a 3rd next year for some retention on Gourde. https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/5192733

I’d say no, but based on value and cap space. Essentially you are taking on 12.6mil cap for 30+ players with only 1 year apiece and sending a high 1st and 2 much younger players back. Id offer next year’s 2nd with a playoff berth condition to become a 1st. But not 1 guy there is worth the 11th pick in the draft. However player wise I’d be interested just not at that exorbitant price. Could we do it; with retention perhaps, but from a value standpoint we’d be getting screwed. Another question would be could we get any of them to stay one or two more years at a reasonable cap hit

The thing is we don’t know what our team will be like in the playoffs. Players always step up their game, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they can handle playoff hockey. Marner is one of many who have been found to have issues with playoff hockey. But nothing can truly predict playoff effectiveness. Patrick Kane is very similar to Marner in stature and actually less of a two way player; yet he has always been a clutch performer in the playoffs.