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He didn’t phrase it that way. He said something to the effect of “I’ve heard all the chatter too, but when I talked to my Buffalo people as recently as yesterday, they say it will be status quo.” He didn’t clarify how broad that status quo was (By that, I mostly mean Karmanos) but the implication to me was “no special advisor”.

At least some people are bringing it this off-season.

A real good example would be Jeff Chychrun. He was behind Chabot and Sanderson in Ottawa, got traded to the Caps and nearly doubled his salary by scoring 20 goals in a higher role.

He’s a restricted free agent now. And there’s a much better chance he can get the type of contract he wants elsewhere on a team lacking a defenceman as talented as he is. He gets traded to, say, Calgary who desperately needs his type of defenceman. They offer him 7 years at 7.5M using the same logic the Canucks used with Hughes, and the Sabres with Power: that he’ll make it worth their while over the term of the contract because he is going to be used like a #1 D-man and they believe he’ll thrive in that role. Or he inks a 1-year $5M deal in the hopes he earns a 7-year $9M contract by putting up 60 points next year because he believes he’ll get used like a #1 dMan and will thrive in that role.

I have no idea what the Sabres think of McQueen’s health, but if this is the way the top 8 drops, McQueen at 9 makes a mountain of sense in terms of upside and need. Like most of you, I think Martin would be ideal, but I would be good with this.

Not that I don’t agree with you, but to be fair that’s not uncommon in NHL circles. Hasnt everbody’s darling Dudley lived in Buffalo his entire stint with the Panthers and even earlier?

You know who else who had terrible underlying stats away from Dahlin? Jake Sanderson and Mortiz Seider For a little apples to apples: These are Byram's numbers with Dahlin GF% 70, xG% 53.1, SA% 54.2% These are Byram's numbers with Power GF% 50, xG% 42.6, SA% 51.7% These are Byram's numbers with Clifton GF% 50.4, xG% 46.4% SA% 41.8% These are Sanderson's number with his #1 guy, Zub GF% 47.4, xG% 56.3, SA% 51.2 These are Sanderson's number with his #2 guy, Hamonic GF% 23.8, xG% 46.2, SA% 47.3 These are Sanderson's number with his #3 guy, Jensen GF% 49.3, xG% 57.1, SA% 49.4 These are Seider's number with his #1 guy, Chiarot GF% 49.2, xG% 47.1, SA% 46.6 These are Seider's number with his #2 guy, Edvinsson GF% 62.5, xG% 51.6, SA% 53.3 These are Seider's number with his #3 guy, Holl GF% 0, xG% 60.7, SA% 56.6 Young D playing 1st-pairing minutes on mediocre teams don't typically have great analytics. For some reason Byram is held to a different standard. 🤷‍♂️ Exactly

Because this is a list of defencemen whose PP production helped them get paid. The entire point of the post was to show the coin Byram might be able to access if he got a shot on the PP to pad his stats.

it's more like wanting to be on a team where he gets the opportunity. You don't get the big bucks without the big points. And you don't get the big points without being on the power play. Byram doesn't play on the power play and won't as long as he's on a team with Dahlin. ES points: Fox 40 $9.5M Karlsson 38 $11.5M Carlson 37 $8M Chabot 37 $8M Byram 35 RFA Chychrun 32 $9M Montour 30 $7.1M Pietrangelo 29 $8.8M Sergachev 29 $8.5M Dobson 26 RFA Burns 26 $8M Hamilton 25 $9M Sanderson 23 $8M Seider 22 $8.5M Josi 21 $9M Look at those numbers and you can see his point.

He's on 5-year run as a Panther advisor, his longest stint with one franchise. Maybe he's settling down in his 70s? VP Canes 2 years VP Habs 4 years AGM Habs 2 years Director player personnel Leafs 1 year GM Thrashers 1 year AGM Thrashers 1 year AGM Hawks 2 years DPP Hawks 2 years GM Panthers 2 years GM Lightning 2.5 years GM Senators 1 year That's a lot of change, but he keeps getting hired.

This is what gets me shaking my head about the Byram conversation. Never mind what “kind” of defenceman he is, he was the team’s 2nd-best defenceman and +11 at 23 minutes night. They’re going to get 3 better defenceman than that this summer? I don’t think they’ve had three better defencemen than that in the last decade.

Wookiee had it. Appert was from Seravalli, Karmanos from Lysowski, Ventura speculation since he’s Karmanos’ guy.

I wonder if the Karmanos/Adams promotion plan was part of an office power play that Kevyn won. And let's be clear here: the new advisor won't be adding to the brain trust, he'll be replacing the only proven NHL executive in the Sabre front office.

I mean, I don't disagree with your point in general. But the "news" of the past 24 hours is this: Keeping the bad GM Planning to hire his potential replacement to 'advise' him Likely losing the associate GM with 3 Stanley Cups and 25 years experience Potentially losing the touted head of the analytics department (i.e. the only other credentialed guy in head office) Giving the chatty, smiley, not-great 1st-year assistant coach with the hair greater say in player personnel Hiring a completely inexperienced friend of the GM as his new right-hand Trading the #2 defenceman Not sure how any of this makes us better. More sure how it could make us worse. Is it becoming clear yet to you on how Kevyn sold Terry of his plan?

And here it is https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/hate-is-hate

Quite like the logo, don't mind the name.

Seriously, it seems so obvious. It's about giving Terry a safety net and a chance to get to know him.

Is he? I don't remember that.

I despised the way Staal played for the Sabres. My feelings for him otherwise are completely neutral. Wherever the angst comes from, I must have been out of the room 🤷‍♂️ I mean the hiring itself is pretty typical old boy NHL stuff: Yzerman, Sakic, Lafontaine, Neely, Shanahan, Francis, Blake — the number of former stars hired for these kinda positions to get their feet wet in management for no other reason than their connections is long and well-walked. i doubt he brings much, but I'd rather this than not this.

I don't. if you are Jarmo, or Kenny Holland, or Pierre Dorion, or God knows who, this might be your fastest ticket back to a GM seat. If Adams succeeds, you can sell yourself as a guy who helped finally turn it around in Buffalo. If he doesn't you could find yourself steering the ship by Christmas. Short of an actual GM job offer, or a similar offer from a better franchise, this is a great opportunity.

Mike? Inside info, or a feeling? is his contract up in St. Louis? I could see it, given organizational connections and trends, and the need to replace Wilford.

Glad they are adding more minds and eyes to the hockey department. Not surprised to see it's another guy from Kevyn's existing circle and doubt there was any kind of search. (Sigh)

Thanks. I guess I should never be surprised when the unopened package is preferred to the imperfect one. i don't understand the amount of Sabre fans who seem to consider Byram to be another Colin Miller. I guess i should be hoping that they're right, but that some NHL GM agrees with me and pays a fortune for him.

Really? Why?

Pretty clearly no, from your examples when you see what Risto, Montour, and Sergachev were traded for, and the other two guys are the league's best defencemen. The 40-point guys at that age by and large are studs. Especially when you factor in the PP time, as you point out, and realize that Byram would likely have been a 50-point-plus player had he been used on a #1 PP.