DarthEbriate
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Slide #1: Cap going up + Sabres stay $8M under = wEEE!
Slide #2: Go Bills!
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5 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
Partially incorrect post on "X" by that guy. They have tried to bring in 'high end players'. Okposo and Taylor Hall were considered at the top of the class in terms of free agents. They brought them in, they both failed here miserably.
Okposo and Hall were before the timeline, although Hall could be added as like those he was a 1-year contract. Okposo was 9 years ago already.
5 minutes ago, oddoublee said:Don't forget....same asst coaches
Can't release (what I can only assume are among the most inexpensive in the league) folks while they're still under contract for one more year.
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Haven't listened. Has EEE won again?
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7 minutes ago, LTS said:
You've identified the one criteria Buffalo clings to when making decisions.
Adams couldn't, but Admiral Pegula can. He's a visionary.
And now I feel like I had Taco Bell.
What's the worst that could happen?
In going after McDavid, Pegula will get tagged for tampering before the draft and forfeit the 1st overall that they won -- moving up from 4th -- in the lottery. McDavid then refuses to sign on day 1. McKenna goes to Pittsburgh who finished #2. Tuch walks. Benson refuses to sign RFA, and Dahlin and Tage request trades for trivial futures.
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13 hours ago, Taro T said:
Wow. They're taking this no more no blocking the kids anymore seriously as even the 2 huge Russians might be fighting for playing time in Ra-cha-cha. 😉
Karmanos is in the running for AHL GM of the year by now, right?
Yup, Karmanos is doing fine. The AHL vets shuffle teams from year-to-year. There's plenty to be upset about with this franchise, a tweener D-man with NHL experience to go to help Rochester is not the issue.
At the conclusion of the playoffs last year, Rochester had the first lineup and everyone was healthy. With Johnson moving up to NHL 7/8 -- someone need to battle Bryson to get sent down. Jones is fine for that.
R.Johnson - Rathbone
Novikov - Metsa
Clague - Komarov
(Brännström, Prow, Laaouan)2025-26 season:
Novikov - Metsa
Jones/Bryson - Rathbone
Laaouan - Komarov-
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13 hours ago, dudacek said:
Edit: scratch Clague. Thought he was still under contract, but he signed a deal with the Jets.
So basically, Jones is replacing him.
This.
Clague was their best offensive defenseman in the playoffs last season and they'll need someone to be that player in Rochester.
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10 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Kevyn Adams on Byram: “A lot of conversations with his agent right now and nothing’s changed in the sense that we believe Bo is an excellent hockey player who can help our team win. I maintain the same position that if there’s a deal out there that makes sense for us that we think is going to improve our roster, we’re open to it. If there’s not, we’re not in a situation where we’re looking to move him out or looking to move him for futures and stuff like that. For me, we want to help our team win hockey games, and he does that.”
Cool. So sign him to a 2-year bridge, then.
You can still trade him anytime along the way. Hell -- Toronto traded Marner the day before UFA just that he could make more money elsewhere with the extra year of term.
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2 hours ago, Pimlach said:
SO RFAs will just say I'm out and that is it? Do you think JBD said he wanted out? I have not heard that or even thought of it but he should have been retained and was not so ....
My fear is that that's where we are not at with this GM/owner. They're pinching almost every penny they can and you can simply say you're not going to play that game and "I don't want to be here" and they'll let you go.
Edit: Haven't heard anything on JBD. But, Johnson-JBD as your 7/8 is so much better than Johnson/Bryson -- it's laughable. So you give JBD the Qualifying Offer and work through it, then worry about Bryson in mid-to-late July.
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7 hours ago, thewookie1 said:
Levi needs to be able to take the time he needs to reach his peak; goalies are also complete voodoo in terms of scouting.
Aside Allen who got a rough contract for what he is, Lyon was the best on the UFA market arguably. They all have their warts but Lyon has successfully gone nuts for 2 months and took a team to the playoffs.
The only goalie worth inquiring about in trades was Demko but he got re-signed and I guess Silvovs whom might anger Levi and be the new Robin Lehner of Calder Trophy winning caliber goalies.
I do want us all to remember -- Lyon was great down the stretch that season.
He was also backstopping the Florida Panthers -- who had won the President's Trophy the season before and were scuffling. He didn't drag a belowgrade roster back to the playoffs. He played great behind a great team that needed a kick in the rear.
13 hours ago, Taro T said:Not necessarily. Expect he should be ready next year & possibly this year.
Hope so. I think this year he could, but (2026-27) next season is when he'll be 25 and that's when Miller/Ullmark both became themselves. I also hope that's not too late for Dahlin/Tage/Tuch who can be a good group to build around. Just need centers....
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You can emulate Florida when you don't trade your stud #2 overalls for futures and they're able to carry the load, and sometimes on very nice contracts based on when they signed.
Once you lose those studs (Eichel/Barkov; Reinhart/Reinhart), you can spread the money, but you don't have the elite players to build around.
Plus, Florida's internal cap is rebuffed by Zito and LTIR. The Sabres internal cap seems to always be about $8M or more.
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11 minutes ago, Taro T said:
???
Essentially, by the time Levi reaches his potential, he'll be on the brink of UFA. Tuch may already be gone. TNT and Dahlin could be demanding trades. And then Levi walks, just as Ullmark did, because there's no money in the organization that had Hasek to pay a proven starting goalie. (Under this current GM/owner combination.)
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10 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Benson's a carney. You honestly think that he can't handle a little stick tap on the helmet when the HC is trying to make an example of him? He's heard every single derogatory slur there is and it has all rolled right off.
Benson laughs at your lack of faith.
I'm not worried about Benson not responding to a coach. I'm worried about Benson being a self-respecting SOB who wants to win and telling the GM of this team via agent: There is no counteroffer. We don't want to be here. Trade, please.
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Two good signings for Rochester.
Metsa won't ever get a look over Bryson. Metsa would hate to be stuck in the press box.
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4 hours ago, Taro T said:
True. But that said ...
Won't keep this kid from railing against the policy. The policy is just SOOOOOOO misguided.
(And personally still believe there's a good chance that Levi will become what they need. But that it will happen THIS year is merely hope. And, hope AIN'T a plan. They need to widen the margin for error and this move BARELY moves the needle in the right direction on that metric. It DOES move the needle the right way, but so trivially, it almost doesn't even count.)
What good is Levi hitting if you've wasted Tuch's cheap days, Dahlin and Tuch get tired of waiting on a goalie prospect, and Power never achieves full power? Levi will price himself out of Buffalo by the time he's good.
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1 hour ago, Scottysabres said:
Said it before, say it again….
The Sabres brand is damaged so severely that an overwhelming number of the leagues impact players will not consider coming here. It’s not merely a matter of how those players view the 14 years dwelling in the basement, it’s the players that have been here with their escape from Buffalo stories.
Under This Pegulas ownership, no matter his intention, the Sabres name and logo now represent the worst case scenario for players careers, their hopes, dreams, aspirations, their internal fires for compete and glory in the hockey arenas. No player will willingly come here unless is for monetary gain, the retirement run as it were, where they don’t have to worry about working hard and winning.
That encapsulates what Sabres name and logo have become.
And it's so easy to leave.
Don't worry. You won't be branded a quitter by the league -- how you gave up on your teammates and such. You'll be praised for your intelligence and desire to win.
JJP (and I guess JBD, too) laid the blueprint for how to simply coast on out of town. Benson is a RFA next summer.
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Jarmo working the phones after hours.
Probably Fiddler-Schultz insurance in case he doesn't return to the Amerks.
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As it stands: 14 forwards and 7 defensemen. If they want to carry 8D to start the year, it should be noted that Doan and Kulich are exempt from waivers. Kozak is not -- so there is a slight possibility that Kozak sits as F13 and it's Doan v. Kulich for the final starting spot.
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6 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Good catch he played for the Amerks and Cyclones over a two year period
Check it out.
Got an ATO with Rochester at the end of 2016-17, and then never really got off the 4th line the following season. But then, to Liiga.
With Luuko, Danforth won the Lasse Oksanen Award for regular season best player (MVP), and the Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy for leading the league in scoring with 60 points in 56 games.
In the 2020 COVID season, he played in the KHL with Vityaz and scored 55 in 58 (6th in scoring in the KHL that season)
Played on that 2020-21 gold medal World Championship Canada team with... Owen Power. (and JBD!)
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1 minute ago, Thorny said:
Reactions abound!
Nice contract, very good 3C, low 2C when injuries hit. Nice.
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Adams' next move is to wait until 7/5 for Byram, McLeod, and Timmins to file for arbitration if they haven't already been traded.
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27 minutes ago, LTS said:
Well, he owns less than 50% of the drought total... the joke that is the top of the organization is the real culprit.
Except the top of the organization hasn't held a press conference in years. Adams talks to the top everyday and "has all the resources he needs" to run the ship as he sees fit, and makes sure that every trade is approved. Adams is, for all intents & purposes, the head of the organization and the face of the franchise.
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Shorter skater, but he would have ranked 4th among Sabres forwards in hits last season (Malenstyn, Cozens, Krebs).
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1 minute ago, Scottysabres said:
I wonder what the story is here. They have a lot of cap space.
Well, we were in on a lot of conversations. Big conversations. But in the end, we hadn't planted enough palm trees. And our fans were fed misinformation, which really gets my goat, and I'm sad for them that we just have to go into the season with our RFAs, except for McLeod whom we took the picks for on the offer sheet because that 5x$4.5M was just too much because he'd block Helenius in year 3. But I have all the resources I need!
Something like that?
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Upthread I guess 1 x $1.5M, so Sheevyn is doling out the big bucks and term.
Defenseman Zac Jones signed to a two way deal
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JBD may be unfair because of pairing with Power, but how do those charts compare with Bryson and Ryan Johnson?