DarthEbriate

Easy. Meszaros. 1 year $12M.

Gotta stay cap compliant

GM Sheevyn: You wanted two goalies, Sabrespace? I give you: two goalies! I'm afraid our deflector shields will be quite operational when the season arrives.

Plan A? No. Plan B? no. Plan... are we into the Aurebesh language now?

I thought I could train Anderson just as well as Yoda. I was wrong.

GM Sheevyn is reading this thread. Done, and done.

I think we could all use some friendly John Sebastian tuneage.

This is going full Randy Wright for Shane Wright. Amiwright??? Eh? anybody? Don't leave me hanging

I don't believe it. That... is why we fail.

We let Lekkas go, right?

In the D zone... absolutely. Miller's got the heavier shot. Bryson is fairly nifty in the attacking zone. It's close, for certain.

Oh right. Can't wet the winged wheel! He was in his suspenders.

After cleaning out Risto and Reino and sitting out free agency, we should have gotten a 1A/1B (say Ullmark at 6 and Raanta at 5). Big deal if we're overspending on goaltending... we're not spending elsewhere except Skinner for the next 2 years.

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Cameron's just sitting in a picnic chair, in his Howe sweater, at the end of the diving board. How did they get him out there????

I don't see it. I think they're simply doing yet another new-GM reset to make his own team. Just like TM and JBot did. Now -- what's even scarier is that ownership truly believes this is the way. Just like getting the most overpaid UFA (Leino, Ehrhoff, Moulson) after having a good playoffs was the way. Then getting a top-3 picked center was the way. Now, they're telling themselves UPL is ready and that in 2 years... this approach is dethroning Tampa. That's the scary part. They didn't do obvious cost-cutting (buy out Okposo). We didn't need it for the cap, but if they truly were pinching pennies, then that would've worked. Or traded a 2nd for someone else to buy out Okposo's contract. They're not doing those kinds of moves.

I get it. When Nolan was re-hired it was because he'd get the guys riled up and ready to play and he knew he was being hired as a sacrificial lamb for the tank since it had been the stated goal of ownership and the GM. But doing this to Granato just seems cruel. Even if he's excited to lead the kids. If Linus was going to UFA, then it should have been Sheevyn's all-out goal to acquire a goalie via trade (we had the protection slot) and then deal with Linus in UFA if Seattle hadn't taken him. Please don't do this to UPL. The kid needs Rochester-quality competition for a couple seasons, just like Ullmark did.

You don't need to see his identification. This isn't the D you're looking for. Move along. (Execute Order... 49)

They needed a second goalie last year, too. And the year before that when they started super-hot and then Hutton's eyes disappeared.

^ Skinner still can't get in the top 6. Yippppeeeeee!

That's how we get Borgen back. 2022 3rd. Because Seattle got no side deals to "take someone else", they can go this route. Still shocked they took Geekie over Bean, though, and without any recompense.

Well, if the team doesn't offer then he doesn't have to worry about it -- he'll put in his minimum time and then walk or get traded at a deadline. But that's horrible asset management and there aren't any compensatory picks like in the NFL.

If you're Dahlin, do you take the minimum term to get to UFA or do 2 bridges (RFA, UFA) rather than taking a big long-term deal?

It certainly appears the goal is re-Reino re-Eichel. I mean... I love the Sabres and all. But maybe I should just sorta go into carbonite for the next couple years. And then Cozens can accept only bridges and request a trade.