DarthEbriate

Shorter skater, but he would have ranked 4th among Sabres forwards in hits last season (Malenstyn, Cozens, Krebs).

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?

Upthread I guess 1 x $1.5M, so Sheevyn is doling out the big bucks and term.

I'm surprised the Sabres gave a 2nd year. It's against Adams' programming to do so for the other goalie. But heck, "We got Lyon!" Now Levi can wreck it all (and gosh I hope he does).

Next order of business. Levi has good training camp, waive Lyon.

It's so on-the-nose, and no hashtag for the Blues. Don't click the links! It's spam!

Fun note: Eliteprospects has him listed as LW/D. Maybe he can offer a bit of flexibility with his brawn. This prevents Dunne, Novikov, and Komarov having to be the retaliation heavyweights. Props to 23 for staying on his skates.

Big. Twice as many PIMs as games for Henderson the last two seasons. Regular season enforcer, not a playoff contributor. It's fine. Edit: All AHL... don't worry, he won't make the Sabres roster except as a one-game call-up against those scary, scary Panthers. This is strictly protection for Rochester's kids.

Gotta stay quiet because of tampering? Or Adams saw that Allen signed for $1.8M/year and realized he didn't have to spend so much cash as he thought for the palm tree tax.

They did. Misled us simple-minded online-TV watchers. What'd you miss? We traded Eichel...

If I want a path to the ECF -- meaning don't run into Florida or Toronto in the first and/or second round for the 1st three years of my new contract -- I choose Carolina.

As TSN just discussed, you're a playoff team. Your 2026 1st is a lock to be 17 or afterward (or is it?). Offer sheet Byram for 1 year -- Buffalo can't match because if you match you can't trade him for a year (no deadline sweepstakes). That walks him directly to UFA next summer and... he alone is not getting the Sabres to the playoffs... is he? Can Adams take that bet? So... present a contract giveaway trade and a lesser pick. And if Buffalo doesn't like it, you offer sheet Byram. If you're... say... Vegas, you'll figure out a way to make it under the cap by opening day.

Future D-partner to Clifton in the race to McKenna.

He doesn't stink, he can get to 20 goals (in the right setup). Now, would I rather have Ehlers as the LW1 and have Benson on the 2nd? Sure. But I'm not paying Ehlers $10M+ because he's the biggest ticket out there... he's never scored more than 64 points. He's JJP-production with 200' game. That's great, but I'm not paying that much for it. I'd rather have Tuch extended at 9 and Mangiapane at 5 than Ehlers only in 2026-27. Doesn't want to be here. And he's not wrong.

Sign Mangiapane to be LW2, bridge Byram and Timmins. Lock up McLeod, Kozak, and Levi and call it good.

Jeannot is protection for... their tank to McKenna sweepstakes. And then the expected McKenna protection if they get him. But that's like getting Okposo to be on your 4th line, instead of signing him in UFA to be in the top 6.

If you can't beat Edmonton, take their Perry.

That's some quality GM-ing right there. 2026 6th, N/A, Brännström to Europe, Norris, JBD to UFA, Kesselring, Doan, 2026 4th It's Norris, Doan, Kesselring right now.

This is Karmanos' work. Rathbone was really solid for the Amerks last year and in the playoffs.

I could see it as a preseason injury-bug waiver pickup -- and then realizing... This guy is dirt cheap and can be a #7 who I'm not afraid to play because I have a good team and I can spend that extra $1M on my D5/6.

Lafferty played a bunch of RW last season --- Doan ($925k) took his job, and Kozak (RFA) outplayed him at center. Bennett Ekblad Marchand Marner Ehlers Boeser Suter That's one possibility. Remember: He has all the resources he needs.

They do... for the next year.

From his time in Vancouver, I thought he was going to be the most pleasant surprise (exceeding expectations) on the roster at the start of last season. He was not. Good EEE, Adams. You just saved $2M. Now --- go spend the savings! (on a good player)

He'll be waivers exempt this season (to start at least, I think he can exceed the GP if he were in the lineup all year). After that, he could be an easy waivers claim, with term, for someone else.

$775. 2-way, then?