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Why would we need to improve? The answer's in the room.

Honestly, if I was Dahlin and I see what we've done so far, I'm going into the GM's office and saying if we don't make the playoffs you're trading me

No, you're right. I mis-remembered the max contract as UFA age. My bad.

New CBA reduces the age you become a UFA. When does that come into effect?

I assume we'll just trade him one-for-one for Rust

Yeah but we got JBD with it!!

It really feels like this front office has no clear plan or idea what they're trying to achieve

Not if he LTIRetires right?

One of the reasons we've linguered in misery for so long is because of the minimal moves Adams makes. New GMs make about the same number of moves in an off-season as he has in 4/5 off seasons.

Marchant playing till he's 43? I wonder if the league will review that signing

We've heard no talk of a McLeod re-signing. I wonder if he will be traded

Do the fancy stats suggest he could actually support Dahlin? Rather than just be a plug Dahlin drags around the ice?

If he played with Karlsson, do we see him as our support for Dahlin?

I like Rust, but his age, contract and potentially being propped up by Crosby means I wouldn't trade too much for him

The guy had 39 points on an awful year. Honestly I don't think this is that bad. I don't think people realise what's happening to the cap and what players values will be.

I quite like this trade... Im a bit of JJ-skeptic. I think he's a good supporting piece but him and Thompson reminded me of Kunitz and Crosby (obviously not to the same level). We got a young big-two way right shot defence man. We should be trading Byram for a top 6 player and ideally trade 9 for another top 6 player. Imagine if we could sign Gavrikov and our top four is suddenly: Dahlin - Kesslering Power - Gavrikov With a top 6 of: Tuch - Norris - Thompson Benson - Rossi - Someone Not awful...

Have the Sabres ever beaten Jake Allen?

Jake Allen always has our number...

The third was their best period. Let's hope they build on that and split this series.

This is looking ugly by the Sabres... It's probably 3-0 without UPL

I don't mind the bottom line's thing being that they are fast and hit stuff, whilst being a bit rubbish doing anything else. It gives Lindy a tool to wield. That said, the third line feels a bit like the spare-part line. Krebs and Greenway are closer to fourth liners than decent third liners. And Zucker is fine but doesn't have a thing he does particularly well. I'd rather have Benson - Cozens - Quinn be our defensively responsible wild card third line, and then have Skinner and two other players as our second line.

Alexander Wennberg would be my choice for 3C. I would love Pesce to round out our top 4, but he would be expensive and the Devils are strongly linked to him. Peterka - Thompson - Tuch XXX - Cozens - XXX Benson - Wennberg - Quinn Greenway - Krebs - Malenstyn Savoie / Rousek / Kulich as the thirteenth forward I think overpaying a youngish player for 2-3 years is the best option - they can double dip free agency when the cap has gone up and still make a decent amount of a short contract with the Sabres

I think this move only makes sense if you have a clear plan (i.e. are pretty confident in free agent signings), or you're desperate to do something and hope it fixes the team. Current needs: 2x top 6 wingers 2x third line defensive players 1x top-4 defensive RHD That is an achievable goal. But I think it's going to need a couple trades to make it work.

I would have happily done 42nd / 43rd for Marino. Disappointing. But at least we got whatever that bloke is called.

If this dude is a legit shutdown, defence-first PKer. Then I don't care if we overpaid. My concern is that he is simply a gritty 4th liner that you can get for $1 million on 1 July for free every year. Hopefully I'm wrong.