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I think Adams and the front office, for better or worse, were on a different timeline than most fans for acquiring long term pieces through UFA or trade. The defenseman and goaltender was slim pickings last offseason as you mentioned. The Chiarot and Gubrandson deals were a sign of that. The goaltending acquisitions, with the exception of Levi, have not been remotely acceptable. But I do believe there was the underlying concern that Levi would follow Portillo to UFA Status. By all accounts He loved school and does things his own way, so even the perception of blocking his path to the crease may have been detrimental to the team signing him. And with report that the Sabres finally starting to come off trade lists, the quality of players willing to come to Buffalo has possibly improved. As you mentioned with the assets they have assembled, the cap space they have, their improvement in the eyes of players and agents and the level of talent that is available this offseason, there is zero excuses not to make moves.

It cannot hurt, she just graduated from University at Maine this spring. The bigger factors influencing his decision will be contract amount and playing time, both which the Sabres can provide next season. I believe Tom Webster mentioned the Sabres might be looking at one of the two Carolina Goalies in UFA earlier this offseason

It’s not lost on me that His Sister signed a Free Agent Deal with the Buffalo Beauts

Great article, thanks for sharing

This may or may not be the reason those two were specifically mentioned

This one hurts. He has been great for forward development

Juuse Saros , Shesterkin are two examples of goalies who have quick lateral movement post to post and are better at defending them.

A recurring theme that has been mentioned on 32 Thoughts by Jeff Marek is the NHL is the only major sports league in North America that has less than 30 franchises in the United States and they would possibly want to close this gap.

Kevin Woodley from InGoal Magazine was on the Jeff Marek Show on Thursday and he said basically the same thing that Hellebuyck struggles with down low east-west cross ice passes and breakaways. The Sabres gave up the 5th most cross ice passes and the most breakaways in the league. Some defensive adjustments will be necessary should they acquire him

Yes, but he would be one year away from UFA and arbitration eligible. He would have completed six seasons at that point

They should come in at 8-8.5 Power is a 10.2 RFA after next season. He doesn’t have arbitration rights and cannot be signed to an offer sheet. The biggest risk to the Sabres is having his AAV go higher than 8 Million with a dominant season. Power’s biggest risk is if he suffers the Sophomore slump that many players go through but even then he could sign a bridge deal. I agree on the outline of six year deal as Thorny said. Eight is preferable, but six years is not the worse case scenario. That would put him on same contract timeline as Tage and Cozens in terms of team control. It’s up to the organization to make sure that players want to re-sign with the team. Submitted for no particular reason.

The Coyotes lose a salary retention slot for 8 years as a result of the OEL Buyout

Per 32 Thoughts Michkov has refused to meet with a lot of NHL Teams Scouts in Russia. They do not know if he will agree to meet with teams in Nashville either. There is the thought he may be angling for certain teams

Pretty good

He played at the USNTDP when Granato was there, it’s gotta happen

Here is his three year RAPM Chart

I do find it interesting that Corey Pronman twice mocked Danill But to the Sabres at 13 OA, especially since Pronman was the first to link Jack Quinn to Buffalo in 2020.

Right age, right hand, right size with playoff experience, Metrics have slipped the past two seasons Evolving Hockey has Him six years 6.3 million AAV extension. Romanov got 13th OA last year, but he was 22 and a RFA They probably ask for 2024 1st to start

Per Pierre LeBrun the Sabres have interest in Brett Pesce