Brawndo

Norris 8 x 7.95 Million AAV Thomas 8 x 8.125 Million AAV

H/T @bob_sauve28 for mentioning this in another thread. And there is reason to believe this is legit

Sharks trade Adin Hill to Vegas for a 4th

Titans release Brett Kerns and Broncos release Sam Martin both very good punters

His entire contract over the 4 year period is worth a total of 4.3 Million. I imagine it would be worth it to them to pay that out for publicity reasons He’s gone

The Press Conference has been moved into the Fieldhouse and there is a second seat presumably for Beane

I think it was an attempt at a joke

Especially if the offers from other teams were in the same ballpark. He and His Family live in St Catherines Ontario, having the NHL Team 15 Minutes away and the AHL Team an hour and a half away from His Hometown is a huge deal I imagine.

A Family Situation supposedly played a role as well and the term and/or AAV being offered wasn’t enough to overcome this.

I really trust Kevin when He puts info out there.

Or maybe both

Or maybe Sheahan’s Camp reached out to the Sabres earlier in Free Agency and they told them, We maybe interested but are working on a few other things first. One of these was an offer on the table for Larsson and they finalized Sheahan’s Deal in short order after Johan made His Decision.

Artuu signed in the Swiss League on 7/22. Larsson returning to the SHL was reported by Elite Prospects on 8/10 at 10:15am and the Sabres announce the Sheahan Signing eight hours later at 6pm on 8/10. It was Larsson

Again You mentioned that Adams has zero interest in deals such as this, which is demonstrably false. Maybe Taro can point to the section in the CBA that allows the Sabres to overrule Players NTCs or force players to sign with them. Winnipeg isn’t moving Hellebuyck and Gibson has a M NTC as does Bob. You might want to check the Toronto Message Boards and more importantly Lubushkin’s Defensive Metrics before calling Him a cast off. He is the true definition of a stay at home defensive defenseman with strong PK Skills. These basement bargains all have good analytics in certain areas that they were brought in for. Call at Moneyball for Hockey. Which leads to another point, Adams has been ultra aggressive in assembling the Analytics Department and more importantly listening to Ventura’s Recommendations. Which defenseman and/or goaltender would You have liked the Sabres to acquire? The Sabres appear on a majority of players NTCs, this was the case with Murray and presumably Monahan. All the creative thinking and the willingness to spend money cannot overcome that.

My response was to Your First Post that Adams has shown zero interest in being this aggressive since He got burned in the Hall Trade. We have an entire thread about the Sabres having a deal in place trading 16th OA to Ottawa 7th OA and Murray with salary retention. The Sabres were one of the teams in on a potential JVR Deal to open cap space for Gaudreau. Fletcher balked at the asking price of Philadelphia’s First. They were also in on another deal for a cap dump, until another team took it for pennies on the dollar. So for someone who has zero interest in these types of deals, Adams is sure demonstrating a lot of interest

He probably goes on LTIR at the beginning of the season And they can be 10% above the cap for awhile