Brawndo

He is so good He doesn’t even need to play defense

He might be pretty good

The Same Reason that Tim Murray did during the 2014-15 Season

Comrie on the ice for the morning skate

Bishop’s Contract going to Arizona would offset Chychrun’s Cap Hit and Mitts/VO are in the same range that Vejmelka is

How about both? From Elliotte Friedman 8. The name we’re always discussing in Arizona is Jakob Chychrun, but more and more I’m wondering about Karel Vejmelka. Whether you believe in Moneypuck’s Goals Saved Above Expected metric (he’s first) or Clear Sight’s (third), he’s having a fantastic season and is signed for two more years at a $2.725 million AAV. Back in the 1993 MLB expansion draft, the Florida Marlins shocked everyone by taking highly paid closer Bryan Harvey — with the rationale being they wanted to give their young players (and fans) a few extra opportunities to win. Vejmelka’s got the same effect here, but if I needed a goalie and had the assets? (Purely made up by me: Would Los Angeles go after both Chychrun and Vejmelka?)

Alison Lukan, an analyst for Seattle calls it the Power Kill, putting Your Best Two Way Forwards out there to capitalize on short handed chances. It’s actually a sign that the coaching staff is listening to the analytics department Cozens comp per Chad is the Jack Hughes which is 8 x 8 or 9.7 of the current cap. He mentioned in a recent podcast that is the comp being used used by His Agent. Cozens actually has slightly better metrics then Hughes in some categories. In terms of comparing to Tage, Cozens is taking His Leap in the final year of His ELC. Tage suffered His Shoulder Injury the final year of His ELC, He had 12 points in 12 games in Rochester and 12 points in 65 games for the Sabres the year before. Tage’s next deal is His Third Contract and both the Sabres and Tage took a risk on signing for 7 Year 50 Million. Having Your Top 2Cs signed for the next seven years at 15 Million AAV would be some great GMing. 10 Million for Dahlin sounds about right.

I believe all along that Adams knows when the team is going to be ready to make trades and sign UFAs. By this off-season, he will have a great handle on his younger players. He’ll know which one of them are expendable and can be traded. He also knows the value of the players in trades. Adam is a very smart guy and the first thing he did when constructing his front wants to go out and hire smarter people to fill positions. They have a plan and they are going to execute it. If a deal becomes available and improves the team now. And they believe it is the right one for them. Adams will pull the trigger. I would make this deal I don’t think Vancouver would though. Schenn will probably fetch them a first round, pick in return himself. I also believe Adams will make this deal based on what Jeff Marek said about the Sabres being ready to start building the team around the core. Also, Lance Lysowski mention it’s his belief that the Sabres will need to get another goalie as waiting for Levi isn’t the best idea. Demko has struggled this year, but his underlying from the past few years have been very good. If the deal was Rosen and a top 16 protected first 2023. I believe Adam would jump all over it.

This season was always going to be about development. Entering TC who were the players that were guarantees? Tuch and Dahlin. There was skepticism surrounding Thompson, Skinner has a history of being an up-and-down player year to year, power looked fantastic during his a games last season, but there’s no guarantee that this would continue into this year based on the fact that he’s playing one of the toughest positions in the league at defenseman. A perfect example of this is Mitts. Quinn and JJ Peterka had a total of three NHL games between them and Dylan Cozens was being compared to Zemgus in terms of development by some people on this board. The team needed the flexibility to put people into situations to see what they have in them. This is the reason why Mitts and VO are consistently in the lineup when they’re playing times has deserve them to be healthy scratches. If the Sabres had signed free agents. There would be expectations by these players about playing time and this would cut into the development of the younger players on the team. in terms of the trades that the Devils made, Vanacek didn’t have the numbers that he does the season until he started playing behind the New Jersey defense. The picks that were sent for Him, were better than what Buffalo had. Also, last season he had 2.9 goals above, expected last season. The Devils defense certainly has helped. In terms of John Marino, Sam Ventura was the reason why Pittsburgh drafted him. He was also the reason why Marino, signed the contract that he was. You can’t tell me at the Sabres were not in on these negotiations unfortunately, they did not have a Defenseman of Ty Smith Caliber. Yes, he’s in the AHL this year, but he was taken in the first round in 2018, and for some reason NHL GM’s cannot stay away from players like that. Ryan Johnson probably would’ve gotten the deal done. Had he been signed a contract unfortunately for the Sabres they were not able to complete it.

This upcoming offseason is lining up perfect for Adams, He will have zero excuses not to make moves. It’s appears the salary cap is only going up by a Million next season unless the NHL and NHLPA come to an agreement. This means there will be some teams remaining in cap trouble. Adams said on Sabres Live they are open to doing long term deals with Cozens, Dahlin and Power as soon as they can, meaning only Peterka and Quinn will be the only two core players not locked in long term, although they should have a good projection on how much they will cost in the Summer of 2024. With this cost certainty they can be bigger players in UFA and comfortably pay a little more for players they need. (They could have done this at anytime the past two seasons, but they wanted to know what they have in house first). The potential available defenseman look better than last Summer and the one that interests Me the most is Damon Severson from NJ. The Devils have plenty of cap space, but with Nemec, Hughes and Casey ready to make the jump in the near future, the number of roster spots for Defenseman gets interesting. Severson is 28, plays RHD, could be a Power Partner for a few seasons. At this point I would rather they use the assets in a potential Chychrun Trade for a goalie. looking at You Demko. They will know the true value of their 2023 1st as it will be locked in next May. They will know which of their Young Forwards to keep and being able to retain 50% of either Mitts or Olofsson, should make them more attractive in a trade. Especially if their point totals continue to increase. Hopefully once Lybushkin and Comrie are back and the latter is playing behind a more consistent defense, there will be improvement. If the Sabres are going to commit major assets in a deal, especially in season, the player has to have at least 2-3 seasons of control and it makes more sense to have a trade like this during the offseason, when rosters are most flexible and are 31 other teams to negotiate with. All this makes it easier for Adams to make moves this summer, as the 2023-24 Season Goal has to be playoffs or bust.

Yes sir

This was one of Dan’s Best Goal Calls

I’m still in awe about Peterka’s and Tuch’s Second Goal

Two Questions: Do you take anything before creating these memes? If so, can I have some?

SHUT OUT ANDERSON

KREBS

TAGE 5-0

Granato’s Strategy the First Two Periods

That’s three assists for Cozens

TUCH

PETERKA 3-0

GOALOFFSSON

TAGE