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If you scroll through Instagram during the All Star Break you will find pictures of players from all over the league enjoying the sun with teammates. The NHL even highlights some of pictures on their account

I wouldn’t be so quick to rule out him waving to come to Buffalo for a year. Is it likely? No, but it isn’t completely out of the question. Buffalo is one of the few teams that has the need and the ability to take on his full cap hit It’s close to Toronto. His Uncle has strong ties here and Okposo is one of His Best Friends and is a huge supporter of the Sabres The Sabres are ready to take the next step. Unlikely it happens, but there is a chance

Evolving Hockey’s most likely contract projection is 4 years at 5.1 AAV

Yep

Berube to NJ or Toronto?

Marek has gone into detail about this. The prevailing thought in some circles around the league is that UPL has had to do everything he can to prove that he belongs in the NHL, while Levi has to prove that he doesn’t belong. There was disagreement earlier in season about where Levi belonged this season. Granato wanted to ride him in the NHL while others in the FO felt Rochester was the best path forward. Levi was given the starting job before TC began this year. Also last season once Levi was signed, UPL wasn’t even dressed as the backup for the last games of the season.

From Jeff Marek’s Rink Fries Speaking of netminders the Buffalo Sabres' negotiations with their RFA goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen should be fascinating to follow. It’s no secret UPL has been miffed at times with how he’s felt skipped over and for good reason. As the Sabres enter a phase where their big contracts all kick in and they need to watch every dollar closely, let’s see where the decimal point lands for their No. 1 goalie. I’m guessing somewhere between $4-5 million on a five-year deal. We’ll see.

If Moose Jaw gets eliminated in the WHL Playoffs I believe Savoie would be eligible to play for Rochester

Wilson has seven years left at 6.5 million AAV and he has already started his decline in production. And his metrics are atrocious

Over the past 3 years at the NCAA and AHL level, Devon Levi has given up 192 goals on 3,082 shots faced In 30 NHL starts he has surrendered 12 fewer goals than expected Source NTrider825 on Twitter This was before last night’s game

Another perfect target who has zero trade protection is Dylan Strome and 4 years left at 5 million AAV The Capitals need to get younger and their prospect pool is shallow. The trouble is I think there is NFW they move him with Ovi chasing the record

I thought it was interesting that Tim Graham re tweeted the post.

Ehlers has a 10 Team M-NTC, the Kings need a retool as well. Could the most famous Sabre Player in History convince another Victoriaville Native to waive His 10 Team M-NTC to come to Buffalo 3 seasons of Phillip Danault at 5.5 million AAV as the the third line center would be perfect

I do have reason to believe the NHL has placed pressure on the franchise to end the drought aka not being a bottom five team in spending.

Cozens is the player who Ruff should have one of the biggest impacts on. I am interested to see what the impact on Skinner’s Game is, ironically during His Krueger Season he was in the 89th percentile for defense for all forwards in the NHL that year per Evolving Hockey’s Model.

Here are players on the list

This comment was before Adams was hired. But I still believe the top end talent still believes this is a toxic situation.

The irony is a well sought after potential hire once said Everything the Pegulas touch turns to ***** and the entire NHL knows it. With Arizona out, he has to rank 32nd out of the NHL owners in terms of who is most desirable to work for. Luckily, Lindy is comfortable with coming back The search for Granato’s Replacement did start a few weeks before he was fired. I do believe Adams wanted to or at least thought about replacing him in season

One advantage Lindy Ruff has is his ability to adapt his systems to the players he has. Rod isn’t the best at doing so

There is no ***** way Rod Brindamour is going to ever work for Terry Pegula

Auston Matthews is out tonight for the Leafs