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Karmanos was offered the Canucks position by Rutherford before the the current GM took the job

Since Winter mentioned the Sabres I highly doubt it happens He did have some good metrics last season in limited minutes

The counter argument to this is this will be the first season the Sabres will not be in the bottom five in terms of spending, they will be 6th from the bottom. They were 32nd in spending two seasons ago when they missed the playoffs by one win. Since the stated goal coming the front office began last year they have been 29th in total spending and will be 27th this season after Boston signs Swayman and Detroit sign Seider and Raymond. The two seasons that the stated goal of the organization has been the playoffs they have so far left over 18 million dollars in unspent cap space. As Tom mentioned there was at least one deal in place that the owner squashed. This seems to be a deliberate plan from ownership. Only two teams have made the playoffs in the past decade that have been the the bottom ten of league spending. They are Carolina a few ago and Washington last season. You cannot win in the NHL without spending close to the cap, the analytics department, Karmanos, Adams all know this. Adams not being able to convince Pegula to do what is necessary is one of his biggest failures as a GM. “Everything the Pegula’s Touch turns to sh!t and the entire NHL knows it” this is from a well respected member of a NHL Front Office that Sabres Fans would love to have in the organization. Joshua Patrick Allen is the principal reason. Having a legitimate superstar as the QB in a league that prints money goes along way.

Per His Agent Rich Winter Giordano’s goal is to pursue a Stanley Cup this season, but jumping on with a team like the Flames, which seems unlikely, or the Sabres, could be the first step towards that. “In Buffalo, who we’re talking to, they’ve got young kids who could benefit. They’re a little worried with his pedigree, will he be happy with the ice time, will he be happy if he’s a part-time player,” Winter stated. “Ultimately, Gio has to make a decision as to what will help him accomplish his goals.”

How much does 97 get next summer? 16 to 18 million?

Add Jack Quinn to the list

For those who like analytics, they will be happy to hear he had a great relationship with the Devils Analytics Department, he frequently met with them and incorporated their suggestions into his game planning

Frankly Adams wanted the first, same way as he tried to acquire Sean Monahan from Calgary. Johansen wouldn’t have played last year and if he did as going to be a problem this season he could have buried or bought out. Adams in many ways has sucked as a GM. The fact the owner has blocked, for multiple seasons, any attempt to take cap dumps for assets sucks even more.

My neighbors did this last summer and absolutely loved it

Fun fact had Pegula been willing to acquire Johansen in the Byram Trade, Colorado would have sent a 1st round pick with Him for the Sabres Trouble

Tuch, Bryson and Dahlin were skating this AM at Harborcenter

More GMs need to be like Armstrong

The Red Wings, with Seider, Raymond and Berggren needing new deals, most likely move the Sabres to 7th on the list. Add not being able to convince the owner to spend additional money towards building a playoff team to the list of complaints about Adams. Plus it should be changed from the 3 Es to the 2 Es because they sure as hell haven’t been effective.

No salary retention by Columbus

This frees up cap space for them to possibly match both deals. With Ceci gone and Kane on LTIR they would have 149k remaining in space

No, but I had two vivid dreams about three months apart of Josh Allen winning His Second SuperBowl MVP with the Bills

I imagine the players on the Amerks will play the games on September 26th and 28th and the players that will constitute the Sabres Final Roster will play the game in Munich

The NCAA has been heading towards this, Jeff Marek mentioned the last holdouts have been the head coaches.. This most likely expedients the process. The USHL most likely will be adversely impacted as the higher end college bound talent can chose the CHL.

This is outstanding GM’ing by Doug Armstrong. The Oilers can put Evander Kane on LTIR, but they will only have the room to match one of them. The compensation is a 2nd for Broberg and a 3rd for Holloway.

Auston Matthews expected to be named Captain of the Maple Leafs on Wednesday