Brawndo

Season ending Ducks for cover

BENSON

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https://youtu.be/aFbK0mE06FY?si=Na7XX47k6qEkvGi6

GREENWAY

It’s all good, for a really fun time take a look at the NBA Salary Cap. You need a PhD in mathematics to figure that out

He was outstanding in the WHL at it, glad to see it might be translating to the NHL

Yep

COZENS

FFS

LBI missed the last 9 minutes of the first

Tage out for the remainder of the game

His full salary counts as dead cap, but Pegula is saving 18.5 million in actual cash as the Texans are now paying his salary.

The Cozens line has been the best one so far tonight, so what does Granato do? Takes them off after the commercial timeout and puts Tage’s Line out. Which immediately loses control of the puck and spends most of the shift in their own zone

He is actually saving 18.5 million on the Diggs Contract.

That would have been pretty

COZENS

I imagine the Assistants are fired over the next 24-48 hours, Bales maybe stays on They did announce Housley’s End of the Season Press Conference before he was fired. That being said Granato stays on, he should be replaced . There are 3.9 million reasons that TP keeps Him. My Guess is Seth Appert gets promoted to Asst Coach in Buffalo and with apologies to Amerks Fans Ellis takes over as HC in Rochester.

No names given, they want to revisit this summer depending on their cap allowance

The obstacle is the internal salary cap placed by the owner. There were deals to be made last offseason for veterans but the incoming salaries would have pushed beyond that cap, so they were nixed. Adams took the job and carried out Pegula’s effective, efficient and economic plan, with the understanding that there would be a time to switch back to a spending mode. The thought amongst the Front Office last summer was to start that process, unfortunately the person who sets the budget did not

Is there any indication that the owner is in a hurry to make the playoffs? Since the 2021 TDL, the team has not retained any salary in a trade, acted as a broker for other teams, not taken any salary dumps for assets ( Bishop’s Contract to hit the cap floor does not count) nor have they spent anywhere near the salary cap over the past three seasons. This is coming from above Adams. Adams was relieved when there was no retention in the Okposo or Johnson Deals I wonder why that is Colorado gave Philly a 2025 1st for taking Ryan Johansen as a cap dump, does anyone here believe that the same deal wasn’t offered to Buffalo in the Mitts Trade? That pick could have been used as a trade chip this summer. There have been rumors of restrictions on spending to make up for Covid losses. Unless this changes, this team may be stuck in neutral.

FWIW Jeff Marek put in Hus Rink Fries Weekly Blog he wonders if Seth Appert and a veteran assistant would be the direction the Sabres go if they move on from Granato. He is the first national media member to bring up Appert

Looks like a moot point

He was in law school when he started playing hockey. Practiced law for 5 years when started coaching HS Hockey in Michigan. He won championships in the NAHL, USHL and AHL and was coach of the year in each league as well. Ironically he has not won the Jack Adams award. He is definitely an outlier

Not a shot against Dahlin. There is a narrative on the board at times that Power isn’t good His analytics do not support this narrative.