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  3. Adams & Granato to return?

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    3 minutes ago, ... said:

    Yeah, man, not arguing at all. I read those articles and thought we were on the hook for the money. I defer to those who know and appreciate being learn't.

    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 

  10. Adams & Granato to return?

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    1 minute ago, ... said:

    Then I don't understand footballs contracts. This is what I know:

    "Financially, ESPN reports that this trade will not be processed as a post-June 1 designation. That means the Bills will incur just over a $31 million dead cap hit this year, which is the highest known dead money charge for a receiver in any season all-time."

    from: Bills trade Stefon Diggs to Texans: Grading Houston's blockbuster deal for Buffalo's disgruntled Pro Bowl WR - CBSSports.com

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    In the NFL, a dead cap hit refers to money a team counts against their salary cap for a player who is no longer on their roster. It's essentially "dead money" that restricts a team's ability to sign other players.

    Here's how it works:

    NFL teams have a salary cap, limiting how much they can spend on player salaries each year.

    Player contracts often include guaranteed money, like signing bonuses or guaranteed salary.

    If a team cuts a player before the contract is fulfilled, they still owe that guaranteed money.

    This guaranteed money that goes to a player no longer on the team counts against the salary cap – that's the dead cap hit.

    So, a dead cap hit limits a team's financial flexibility. They're on the hook for money even though the player isn't helping them win games.

    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. 
     

     

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  12. Adams & Granato to return?

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    14 minutes ago, ... said:

    Remember that the football team just made an expensive move. It's still all Pegula's money despite being separated earlier. Who here doubts he's not happy having to consider paying yet another dead contract?

    He is actually saving 18.5 million on the Diggs Contract.

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  15. Adams & Granato to return?

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    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. 
     

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  17. Has the Adams rebuild failed completely?

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    4 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    Adams is the guy who specifically signed up for the “I will fire those guys, I can do it with less” plan.
     

    Part and parcel. Pegula’s strategy is Adams strategy is Pegula’s strategy. Pegula picked Adams *because* he was amendable to the skill set he was looking for in a GM.

    Spending to the cap is one thing, but the value we’d have gained from being used as a broker or retaining is not negligible but also not particularly noteworthy either in the grand scheme of all the potential avenues to construct a team. An extra pick or two, for a GM already reluctant to trade picks. We aren’t lacking pick/prospect currency to make moves, we have an abundance, there’s no way the loss of an asset or two presented an obstacle to making the playoffs 

     

    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 

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  18. Has the Adams rebuild failed completely?

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    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. 

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  21. Why should Granato and the assistants be brought back?

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    7 minutes ago, JustOneParade said:

    It should also be noted that the staff now has over 12 years of unsuccessful NHL coaching experience. How much more do we need to see?

    A Peca would be (would have been) a good add if joined by a couple seasoned and capable assistant coaches.

    Didn’t realize that about Cooper. Must be an outlier, no?

    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 

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