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He doesn't have a current contract. He's a restricted free agent, he's not under contract, we just retain the right to sign him. I suppose if he refuses to sign he gets offer sheets which we can match or he goes to arbitration where I think Buffalo can select a 2yr deal. But there's no current contract to ride out.

He has no contract.

Ruff benched Benson for taking a penalty while the rest of the team plays defense like trash. Ruff is a fake tough guy coach and he's unfair. As always and has been repeatedly said here, depends what we trade him for. If it's Robertson, sweet.

I think that's right? He's arbitration eligible, I know that. I'd sign him to a 4-5yr deal.

We should trade Samuelsson and keep Byram. That's where I fall after all this discussion.

I can't help but wonder if Peterka is about to hit a regression. His sh% isn't insanely high, was a bit above his avg last year but his shots were down. Hmm, he's a tricky case because even the eye test tells us there's some cause for concern.

you may think this post is about gt, it's not. The bottom axis shows xG against/faced. Buffalo, while not unique needs to be far better at being lower there. But also yes gt was awful and UPL was bad. What's also of note is that Reimer is kitty corner to UPL. I'd guess they played better team defense down the stretch but also Reimer let it fewer goals. So it's just confirmation they need to overhaul defense and gt.

You can always find a Rangers fan... also Buffalo desperately needs knew coaching.

Reason #54 why I don't trust Pronman... He ranks the best skills and one of them is "compete level". Carter Bear doesn't appear on the list, at all. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6372836/2025/06/13/2025-nhl-draft-prospects-skills-tools-traits/

Such as?

No it does not. St Louis won the Cup.

Bernard Docker makes Spence less relevant but I'd kick the tires.

2 years. I'm glad Krebs will block him from the NHL. He could be a 2nd line center someday with the right dev path.

We'll trade an old MSG hot dog, no bun, this subway card we found with no money on, and a 7th round pick in 2057 for Jack Eichel. Asking for anything else is unreasonable. - every f-ing nyr fan that summer and half the media

No he doesn't. He's a defensive liability. The 2024/25 Sabres wouldn't be better with Mittelstadt. Personally I think all the hang wringing over Mittelstadt is nonsense. He played 1 good stretch here and was otherwise worse than McLeod. We're in agreement.

Both teams didn't lose the Mitts Byram trade. That's illogical on its face.

Are you arguing we should have kept Savoie? Also, I'd argue McLeod did make the Sabres better. Trading Mitts wasn't a colossal error.

So he's not another undersized finesse player? Who knew? Who. Knew.

Fascism. I noticed all the conservatives who were doing victory laps here in February have vanished. Listen to what this woman was saying.

You're missing a key element. Does Casey Mittelstadt on the Sabres make them better? I'd argue no. So yes we can be mad that Mitts wasn't traded for something we need, but if Byram gets us that, that's good.

They won't. And Buffalo still won the trade. Byram is worth more than 3/4 of Charlie Coyle with a prospect and a 2nd adding up to the other 1/4.

This is Caleb Desnoyers who most consider an excellent 2way forward that will probably go in the 3-6 range: this is Carter Bear who almost no one even talks about as a top 10 pick... because ppl don't evaluate players like Bear correctly:

Adams won the Mitts trade. Mittelstadt is worth less than Byram as we sit here today. It's like winning the Jokiharju for Nylander trade, sure Joker wasn't great but he was better than Nylander. Byram's gonna give us more when traded than Mitts have Colorado.

This kids is why you draft Carter Bear. Also Zach Benson hasn't even played his 20yr old season yet. Those defensive metrics are insane.

So... Florida is a wagon.