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I see. You don't think they might retain salary on another player that might get traded today? or they might find themselves in the position to be a broker for two other teams and need that retention? What you propose is a possible outcome.... we shall see.

What move? Has ANY move been made?

You do need a lot of D if you are going to go deep. That's true.

See below If nothing else they are the kinds of picks that get packaged with a player deal to "even" it out. 100% this.

I just want to know what you use for your autoposting. 🙂

Damn that's pretty dark...

How did they make room for him with the salary cap? I haven't looked for any other transactions.

But do you deserve what happens to you when they listen to someone like that? If the circle of harm was limited only to those who believed that way then it would be easy to ignore.

I got Moderna yesterday and felt the same way. I have not been as impacted by COVID as others and certainly not like you so I can only imagine how you are feeling. I'll just assume at least 10x more uplifted than I. I look forward to the day you post about hugging your Mom.

Last year on May 9th it was 28 degrees, 20mph winds and snow/sleeting. I am right there with you.

I mean, it's reality. You don't want to accept it? I get frustration but how do people refuse to accept the salary cap explanation? R2 is with the team and practicing at least. This will improve his insertion into the lineup once they make the required changes to their salary cap structure by making trades. Hell, why does it even matter if he plays tonight or in two games? The season is lost and he'll have plenty of opportunity to prove his fit, even if its two games from now.

This.. and frankly as long as you aren't throwing in NMCs on his contract the Sabres will be able to move one of them should UPL up his game in the future. Good teams don't let players walk in the hope of the future player developing. They sign the contract for a good player and then make decisions on how to handle things in a few years when the situation changes. I would have no problem signing Ullmark 5x5 right now. I don't think he's going to have the bottom fall out. He's a great team player as near as I can tell. You pull that trigger and plan for the succession/back-up situation.

Basically the Devils moved them for a 1st rounder... everything else is just balancing.

In the vein of scheduling.. here in Rochester. URMC has appointments..tons of them. I just signed up this morning for later this afternoon and you could sign up right now and walk in at 9:15am if you wanted. Monroe County has spots open for theirs, Rochester Riverside CC has a TON of open spots, the other locations are a little more filled up. The state run site at Dome Arena (Pfizer) is the most booked but if you refresh that you can cancellations a few weeks out (some even same day). I didn't even bother going through Wegmans. I did it with URMC since I am a patient and it saved me having to enter all the insurance information, etc. They are Moderna in case anyone cares. To me it seems like if you want an appointment around here you can pretty much get one at will, right now.

With or without the face?

Exactly. That's the point of the quote. There is no such thing as luck. If you get analytical about anything you can find something that would explain how the outcome of a situation was impacted by a certain factor. If people want to call it "luck" that's fine but there is no such real thing. If I enter the lottery and win, it's not luck. It took a conscious action of entering a contest into which there was a sleight probability of me winning. Yet, there was a probability of that outcome and as such, am I "lucky" it happened? Sure, but it was a potential outcome, however improbable, that was only brought about by my preparation "the choosing to buy a ticket". Now, winning the lottery without ever entering, that would be something.

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Roman Philosopher, Seneca. In short, the Sabres are now preparing, through practice, to have the opportunity, through games, to improve their luck

Makes you wonder if they might sit Hall. I would. Let's go "kid". Here's your shot, I hope you make some people's heads explode.

Well, they could have left him on the bench for the 3rd I guess. What if they did not find out the information until the end of the 2nd?

Right now I see a player making many smart moves. Holding the puck to let the ice open up, making slick little passes, all the things that go into the making of a solid NHL forward. He's not all the way there, he still has his moments, but a few games ago he hauled his butt on a back check the likes you rarely see any player do and that spoke volumes to me about where his head is at. It's the kind of break the Sabres need to be successful in the future.

Just keep using the words controlled zone exits/entries... please... please. Now, just don't let the coach take that away from the player when they get to the NHL. 4 apples are nice, but I am far more interested in controlling the puck.

The last time these two teams played the Rangers moved the puck around the Sabres D zone at will. I just hope that does not happen this time. Also, all the other teams have better goaltending and D right? We'll see.

I mean, they are going to get some kind of draft pick for him. So it was 8 million well spent. 🙂

isn't that what I said? You waive him and someone picks him up or he's buried in Rochester. Whether you waive him this year, next year, doesn't matter.

Worst case scenario you waive him later on and someone else picks him up or he's buried in Rochester. Better case, you can move him for a 7th round pick in 2022. Best case, he makes your team better. They are about to move on from many defensemen, why not bring him in.