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Jackson Lacombe gets 8yrs x 9mil

To be blunt, you don't understand. I'm not concerned with Power having x number of hits. He does not play hockey with aggression which is something Lidström certainly did. He's passive, it's a huge problem unless you're good with him being a mediocre defender with 40-50pt upside.

Ok, I'm gonna say it one more time. Owen Power is never ever gonna be up to the physical part. He wasn't in college and he's not in the NHL. He's a passive defender with a good stick and skating. He has good passing. He's always gonna get his ***** pushed in because he plays passive defense. So either we are good with a 6'6" offensive defender who isn't physical but takes up space and gets you 40pts or we should move him.

Oh man the 2026 draft is nutz. Straight up, no joke, it's got some dudes.

It's 8yrs x 5mil

Yea I'm sure Jan in accounting is really making it hard for Terry to afford her 60k a year. Also as noted up thread, Terry is saving a penny to cost himself a dollar. This team would make far more money if they made the playoffs.

Does 180 million pay all the bills for a team that only spends half that on the cap? I'd hope so.

Buffalo is reportedly worth 1.36 billion. That's 29th in the league. They also managed to generate 174-183 million in revenue last yr which is shocking considering how awful they've become and how run down the arena is. "next six lowest revenue-generating clubs — Buffalo, Utah, Ottawa, San Jose, Anaheim and Winnipeg — still made between $174 million and $183 million last season." https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6680260/2025/10/01/nhl-franchise-valuations-team-worth-sportico/

The players that I thought looked bad, were bad. Mrtka was dragged into the abyss by Bryson. Ryan Johnson is straight up better. I actually agree that Zucker McLeod Tuch looked like poo last night. Zucker turned a bunch of pucks over and they didn't seem to have legs as a line. Jack Quinn is catching fire up thread, he was mediocre but so was Kulich. Doan was the only one who had a few moments on that line. It was obvious that the AHL Pens wanted it more but it all game down to gt and special teams. Buffalo's were trash yet again. Passing around the perimeter on the pp so you can pass to Tage for a shot is stupid and rarely works. The PK looked like a disjointed mess but that's partially because most of the pk defense was gone. It's preseason, but warning signs are flashing. Bringing back the same coaches was stupid. Also Georgiev... not impressed.

Buffalo played poorly. The 3rd string defense and goalie didn't help. The pp is the same stupid ***** from last year. The pk... idk why Wilford is employed. It's preseason but the Sabres got rolled by the AHL lineup of one of the weakest prospect pools in the league.

Lmfao. Good job Tuch.

I forgot Pittsburgh took Kindel in the 1st. Good pick.

Sabres miss Benson What a weak penalty call

Rasmus "yes, I'm better than you" Dahlin

This pp is stupid. Everyone knows that Tage is shooting.

Was that Koivunen!? Love me some Koivunen

Georgiev is bad

Ryan Johnson is better than Bryson

Woot!

*****

Josh Norris glides a lot

Lmao 2/2 for Pittsburgh pp? I lied, we don't have defensive depth.

How does Marty Wilford keep his job?

Georgiev slides right in a split then tries to slide back left but is already down and he just stays down.

The fact Bryson is even on this team is the biggest and brightest flashing sign that Adams is bad.