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Come on now. Alex Tuch's cap hit won't matter until 2026.

How about I word it this way. I don't believe Kevyn Adams when he says they dumped salary to prepare for a Byram offer sheet. I think that was in their minds, sure, but they dumped salary to dump salary until proven otherwise.

Unless they either sign Byram to the saved space or trade him for a player that takes that space, what adams said is nonsense.

yea, he tore a core muscle like an oblique or something like that

If this were true he would sign Byram and move on. Or he's incapable of pivoting.

Samuelsson: 14pts... 14 entire points. -12.3relCF%, -11.6xgf% and yet they start him in the defense zone 73% of the time, even though he's not good at defense. He might be average or so but woof.

I secretly hope we don't draft high enough but Roobroeck, right now, is my 2nd behind McKenna.

I like Šimon Katolický a 6'4" LW from Czechia who won't be 17 until the end of July.

Draft season will kick off with the Hlinka tournament and yea... so here's the primer for the 2026 draft for those who are interested.

I would argue 2 deals. McLeod but your point stands. I suppose if you put McLeod in that working class parts bucket it doesnt apply.

Adams has no clue what a 2nd round pick is worth. I stand by that statement.

Am I the only one who has almost no faith that Ruff has it in him? He's known for playing favorites.

Adams is either a liar or just not very smart. Sorry to be so blunt Kevyn. JBD has played more NHL games, been more successful, and is bigger, more physical, and plays the right side. Everything about JBD makes him a better fit to be the 7th defender or even 6th defender compared to this ridiculous AHL signing.

What is hilarious about keeping Adams is that because the Sabres have kept Adams and are allowing him to drive this bus, he will not get the best trade for Byram. He can't accept futures even if they were good picks and prospects because Adams has to make the playoffs this year. He can't sign Byram because he stupidly gave Samuelsson too much money AND compounded his error by convincing himself he can't move off of Samuelsson or simply sign Byram. The solution is so blindingly obvious, sign Byram to a 4-5yr deal at 7.25 or whatever and then move on. Instead Adams is trying to force who? Calgary? St Louis? into a trade that they clearly aren't going to make and in the end it is just pushing Byram towards an offer sheet. Bo Byram: 246 career games, he had his point total go up again even though he got basically no pp time. He had 7g, 38pts this past season. He had 75 hits and 116 blocked shots. He was a -5.8xgf% and only -2.6relcf% Rasmus Andersson: 536 career games, he has had his totals drop every year since his 50pt peak. 49, 39, 31 this past year. Most hits is 63 and he had 36 last year. He is good at blocking shots with 196. -8.9xgf% last year. -6.4 relcf% Why the ***** are we trading a younger, better defender for an older not as good defender? Byram has upside and Andersson wants to play in Vegas next year. Sign Byram and figure out the logjam of highly paid defenders some other day. Or trade him for a top 6 forward (which will cost the same on your cap) but we can't do that. Adams decided he was moving on from Bo and that's that. Adams is a narrow minded, one track sort of thinker and it is so painfully obvious he lacks the abilities needed to be a successful NHL gm.

Adams has demonstrated he has 0 understanding of what a 2nd round pick is worth.

The Sabres have almost no forwards in the pipeline of note. It's basically 3 guys. They've spent almost all their 2nd and 3rd round picks on defense, goalie, or trade. The Sabres RHD pool is deeper than their forwards pool.

He's not ready.

There's no chance in hell St Louis offers to Thomas because they singed Suter. That's a 3rd line center.

Konsta Helenius? He's not even remotely ready for the NHL. That's nuts.

He's the only good ufa left, not sure he needs to use anyone for leverage.

Verge? To quote Clark Griswold, look around Hellen! We're at the 9th circle of hell.

Cannot disagree more

Why cuz he hits things? He's not that good defensively which is the major problem for a "defensive defensemen"

I would take my Sabres sweater, cover it in feces, and ship it to Adams office if he made that trade. It is not a home run deal to trade Bo Byram for a worse defender who is signed long term to meh deal when you can just sign Byram. Byram is even younger than Bahl. I hate, that trade with the fire of 1,000 suns.