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I believe Her Younger Brother is a Hockey Player

Not sure about that, Portillo is rumored to be very close with Pearson

For Huberdeau

He is under contract with CSKA until the 24-25 Season. So the earliest would be 25-26

Michkov will miss 2 Months with a knee injury per Corey Pronman. Was injured in a game today

In Summation I doubt Mel Pearson continues as HC. How this effects Portillo if at all, remains to be seen

Jokiharju will be with Power, although Lubushkin has great defensive metrics He actually pulled down Chychrun’s Offensive Numbers when paired together in Arizona. I doubt they want the same to happen to Power

The worse part for the Sabres is that the Head of Jersey Design for Adidas is Eric Bodamer, who is from Tonawanda and remains a Sabres Fan to this Day. He paid extra attention to detail for all the the Sabres Designs including the 50th and the Royal Blue Jerseys. Nike would probably want a deal that has each team with 3 to 4 designs for each team per season, as the volume of sales isn't as high as the NFL would be. Returning to CCM is an option. As mentioned up thread the worse case scenario would be Fanatics, as the quality is awful.

Worse case scenario, here is the buyout of Skinner’s Deal in each of the last three years.

I’m flattered, but You need to multiply that by 2

I’m actually on vacation and actually hit a milestone birthday myself today

He did break the Eichel Trade

Given that Pilut is waiver exempt while Bryson and Fitzgerald are not. Unless Pilut dramatically outperforms them, I think Larry goes to Rochester and is the First Call Up on Defense

Statsny on a one year deal with a slight overpay with the promise they will flip Him to a contender with 50% Retained at the TDL would be a good move. Defense Depth is tricky, any good defenseman that would be a fill in for the Top Six probably doesn’t want to be in a press box rotation as the young players will get ice time over them. With Bishop’s Contract actually only costing 700k in real money, I imagine they keep it to maximize flexibility at the TDL Also teams now in the Tkachuk Sweepstakes will probably need to dump some salary.

Interestingly on the Expected Buffalo Podcast, they discussed that when He was paired with Jacob Chychrun, Chychrun’s Offensive Metrics got worse, so a long term plan with a third pairing with Bryson seems appropriate.

This is the last year that not being in genuine contention for the playoffs should be tolerated, IMO. Some of the posters already feel We are way past that, which is their prerogative. By the 2023-24 Season, Adams will have had Four Drafts and a two legimate seasons to evaluate His Roster. I know He has been GM for three but it’s plainly evident that Krueger had this roster so FUBAR that any kind of evaluation is difficult at best. Feel free to disagree with that statement. By that point in time He should know who is the core of this team moving forward and who should remain from Botterill’s Acquisitions. Mitts, Bryson, Tage, Cozens, Samuelsson and Dahlin. And whether Olofsson and Asplund remain, although the latter has cemented a roster spot for the foreseeable future based on defensive play, IMO. The 2023-24 Team will have three of has drafted players with NHL Experience, namely Quinn, Peterka and Power with Savoie ready to start His NHL Career. The Amerks that season should have Levi, Rosen, Kisakov, Bloom, Nadeau, Kozak and Kulich on the team, along with Johnson hopefully. Adams should have a good idea about His Salary Cap moving forward and be able to target bigger UFAs on a as needed basis. Finally the prospect pool, future assets and the team should be in a place where targeting a player such as Tkachuk would not only help the team by adding the player, but not deplete the asset and prospect pool too deeply by making the acquisition.

Giving up assets for Him in a trade wasn’t an deemed a good idea right now. As a UFA is TBD.

He grew up in Carney’s Point 45 minutes from Philadelphia and His Wife is from a Philadelphia Suburb, the Flyers were His First Choice Mark Lazerus from the Athletic tweeted a betting site that had the Sabres 7th at 15/2 odds of being Kane’s Next Team. Graham who also works for the Athletic, reached out to His Sabres Sources to find out what the interest was put out the tweet. @tom webster told us there were discussions in the front office about bringing Him in.