dudacek

Wow! Out of the box signing there. Good for Will.

Now this is one I can get behind. This guy is amazing - big body, loves to hit, fantastic… Sorry, I can’t 😂 Never heard of him. (He is a big body who does like to hit and had a cup of coffee in the NHL and a nice playoff run in the AHL for Cleveland)

So we’ve replaced Skinner, Okposo and Girgensons with what appear to be similar level players, more or less? Still have to replace Mittelstadt and Olofsson, though I’m thinking Olofsson might be internal.

Damn, it would something to track the the depreciating value Ottawa has gotten from its big moves over the Dorian era.

I wouldn’t say so, but I like Z. Might be more productive, but we’re talking 25 points instead of 18.

No, not really and yes. Skates fast and hits people. Sterotypical 4th-line forechecker.

But is it ridiculous and petty to reject an unsourced claim -innuendo to be more on point- from someone whose track record you are familiar with as being questionable?

For some reason I’m thinking Lafferty…?

So who will be today’s Connor Clifton? Trenin, Duhiame, Clutterbuck, Lafferty, or Max Jones?

Oh thank you, I’ve been calling him Malmsteen in my head all weekend.

Damn, scoured the internet - which is bursting with reports of already done deals and teams in the mix - no sign of blue and gold anywhere. I mean Eric (Mrs) Robinson to Carolina is even out there. My expectation meter is set for Girgs 1 year at $3.3M, a Bob Corkum PTO and a report late in the day that Dustin Tokarski’s agent butt-dialed Adams by mistake.

Got your gifts, puns and jokes handy everyone? If Adams can’t make me smile today, maybe Sabrespace can make me laugh.

So this is the kind of nuanced thinking you’re used to from Andrew Peters? And I thought the “rumour” was that GMs don’t want to deal with Adams. If what you are postulating is true, wouldn’t GMs want to deal with him?

Well he’s definitely wrong about the Kane thing 😁

With respect, I sincerely doubt there is anything Adams could say that could, or should, change your mind.

Kelly is a prick. We could do worse.

No but it officially ends any interest I have in Kane. He had his chance. I don’t want to be his farewell tour.

My uninformed take: I was very high on Buium, I liked him the most and will be watching him closely. He’s got the widest range of the 4: reads the game very well, but lacks the tools of a Byram or Power. Dickinson is a much safer pick: he’s a prototype. I don’t think he has 1D upside, but is a solid bet to reach a Brent Seabrook 2/3 level. Luchenko is a likable player: some skill and plays hard but I don’t see him higher than a 2C. Helenius is the guy I wanted and expected to take at 14. He is a solid prospect with enough game to play throughout the lineup and has Nick Suzuki upside. He’s better than Luchenko and on a similar range to Dickinson.

I'm not sure of the odds. Oh you can bet on that.

Absolutely possible guy might be back. But in the purest sense, none of these guys are tied to the Sabres anymore. They're unrestricted free agents.

RFA Shane Pinto reportedly chasing an offer sheet.

Adam Boquist getting bought out by CBJ. One of the rare exceptions to the hit rate among top 10 D picks. Still young enough he could pull something together if he stays healthy.

Durzi signs a last-minute extension with Utah 4x$6M. As much grumbling as there is about Power's deal right now, or even Samuelsson's I imagine they are going to be looking pretty sweet in a few years. And Bowen Byram should be very motivated.

I'm not saying this is particularly noteworthy, but Adams seems to be having no problem cutting ties this year with guys who haven't cut it, or he doesn't see as part of his plan: from Mitts all the way down to Biro, just because you want to be here doesn't mean he will automatically keep you. At the moment, he's effectively cut ties with Okposo, Johnson, Mittelstadt, Skinner, Olofsson, Robinson, Girgensons, Jost, Bryson and Comrie from the Sabres And from the pipeline he's dumped Murray, Biro, Weissbach, Cooley, Cedarqvist, Lindgren and Stillman, plus potentially a number of UFA Amerks. I mean its GM 101 to turn over pieces like that, so its not a big deal. I only bring it up because last year — and bringing back Girgs and Jost in particular — raised the question for many of us about whether he loved his players too much.

So we've relinquished the rights to Bryson, Murray, Biro, Weissbach and Stillman.