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And have players start Their NHL Career at Age 24 in a league where the average career lasts Five Years? After Their 4 Years of NCAA Eligibility are up at Age 22 are they supposed to go to Europe and Play for Two Seasons? Good Luck with getting the NHLPA to agree with that. Players that decide to wait four years are willingly forgoing millions of dollars, by deciding to stay in school and to be able to choose Their Team. Every organization spends time and resources on players that will never play in Their Organization, that is the nature of a business where you are drafting 18 and 19 year olds. Any player who decides to go the NCAA Route and wait the full four years to sign with the team of Their Choice, is just exercising Their Right under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. On the flip side, Drafted Players in the NCAA who feel they are ready to turn pro after one or two years in College can be told by the Teams that have Their Draft Rights, We do not feel You are ready and We want You to stay in School.

It’s quite simple actually, GMs figure out where the player would be interested in signing through conversations with the Players Advisor and see if a deal can be worked out with that team. Adam Fox was traded to the Rangers for 2nd, this past TDL Minnesota traded Jack McBain, who was eligible to be an UFA on August 15th, 2022, to Arizona for a 2nd, McBain signed His ELC with Arizona. There very often is mutual desire of the player and team to burn a year off their ELC and get some NHL Games. Lance Lysowski mentioned on the Maintenance Day Podcast, that quite a few teams around the league are interested in Portillo. If or when, GMKA gets confirmation that Portillo doesn’t want to sign in Buffalo, He can put His Rights on the Trade Market. Plus there is the possibility Adams might trade for a bonafide Top Goaltender, Gibson and Hellebuyck’s Names have been mentioned as possibly being available, including a Top Goalie Prospect in the return might push the Sabres Bid over the Top

Two for Levi and only One for Portillo. CapFriendly isn’t correct, Elliotte Freeman did some investigating and discovered since He was drafted in 2019, He can leave School after the 2022-23 Season and be a UFA in Summer of 2023

Yes but if He leaves School after His Junior Year He is a UFA next Summer

Nope that’s from Lance Lysowski.

Portillo loves school. He is in the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and wants to finish His Degree. That's One of Top Business School in the US, so on one hand I do not blame him for wanting to return. On the other He's now a trade asset that must be considered in any deal moving forward.

Sam Ventura, Dom Galiemi ans Matt Barlowe will find a spot for Him, particularly with those two bars on the Right Side of the chart

Asplund is the Sabres Best Defensive Forward. His ability to keep the puck in the Offensive Zone and retrieve the puck back from the opponent has helped to turn the Mitts Line around. EvolvingWild, hockey analytics website, picks three under the radar candidates for the Selke Award and Asplund is in Their Top 3.

Power will be joining the team in Tampa. He will participate in the AM Skate on Sunday Practice with the team Monday and play on Tuesday. Probably paired with Pysyk Or someone will shift to the right side as an experiment, mentioned Dahlin playing the Right in Frolunda. this was in response to a question if Power would be tried on the right side, and No Power will not be on the Right Side

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Weegar is having problems with the Sabres Defense knocking Him Down

Great response after last night so far

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Not sure about that

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