DarthEbriate

I go McQueen. Risky, but the Sabres have no 1C, and he's got that ability (if healthy). They can LTIR either him or Norris and then unleash them both during the playoffs.

Adams is going to love O'Brien or Eklund, isn't he? (and they're both good yes, but... McQueen or Bear, Smith or Aitcheson.) Bruckheimer is thrilled to be here. Yay! O'Brien off the board. Thank goodness.

The off-color Philly nameplate is the worst jersey foul in hockey. It's awful, and they stick to it. It's why they'll never win ever again.

Martone is the right choice if you're not taking a center.

Would have loved to draft him. Now I hope his ceiling is Tanner Jeannot.

Ani DiFranco... (would have absolutely nothing to do with this mess, but at least would say something interesting about the world at large)

Utah guys, you're getting some echo. Mute your other speaker.

The other silver lining... at this rate, they'll be done in two hours. No frills, filler, or garbage except a single awkward 15-second interview.

So... the Mammoth battlecry is the Goofy's cry in that 1960s Disney Winter Games cartoon? Ya-hoo-hoo-hooey?

Utah. This is where the fun begins.

It was that, or make a comment about how I avenged my mom's death by slaughtering a bunch of Sand People. But... that seemed... inappropriate.

Except against the Sabres. Then screw him.

It's true, but we already have Kesselring, so we're totally fine. We're all fine here, now. How are you?

Columbus had to take on a bunch of salary for the floor (Gaudreau); Colorado had to move salary to tinker with their lineup to stay competitive. Win-win. Columbus got better (with Monahan fully healthy again). Colorado will make corresponding moves to get better today and on July 1. Palm trees named McKinnon and Makar grow there.

One team took a long time to become good, but then managed to do so by building a good culture and taking advantage of some absurdly good contracts (Barkov, Ekblad, Bennett, Reino, etc.) and one wild contract that worked out anyway (Bob). The other took a long time to.... and built the youngest team in the league and pittered away the first half or entirety of their absurdly good contracts (TNT, Tuch) and one wild contract because he's a stud (Dahlin).

Still an RFA with 1 season until UFA at the end of the deal, correct?

Or they're eyeing their next escapee who gets growing pains under his belt in Buffalo before heading down south to be yet another complementary piece in the machine.

Gilbert, Clifton, Samuelsson, Bryson, Clague, Jokiharju?

@krakensabr56390 is an Imperial Probe Droid? Welcome to the board! We need all the new posters we can get. It's gotten quieter and quieter these last 14 years thanks to the quality of the product on the ice.

The question is: What is bust? Does anyone truly believe that Adams believes that he'll be fired if the Sabres don't make the playoffs this year? The team is on a Power/Levi mid-to-late 20s timeline. Ruff will be retired, the assistant coaches will be able to be renewed or let go, and Appert will take over behind the bench. But Adams?

Hey NHL, you can announce the Isles-Habs trade anytime now. Sheevyn needs to know how the market is set before he wildly undersells a guy who would be on his team's top pair this coming season or two.

Wait, wait, wait. Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father?

Rust is going to look very different if he goes from Crosby or Malkin as his center to Norris or Kulich. Helenius is the Sabres' best center prospect. I'd say by quite a bit over Östlund. He's not untouchable, but for Rust? Hell no. Edit: And from Sullivan's coaching/scheme to Ruff's, I might also add. But it's more about that he's had two HOF centers for his career.

This is where I'm at after the Kesselring move. There wasn't a plan when he was acquired, but now, Byram has a valid spot on the roster. "Hey, here's a bridge that takes you to UFA. No, you might not get a bunch of PP time -- sorry. But guess what, you get to play on the top pairing with Rasmus ######' Dahlin and get all the O-zone starts you can stomach and matching against the opposition's best for 23:00 per night. When you get to UFA, you can ask for $10M+. In the meantime, help us end this drought."

From Fairburn's Athletic article 6/16/2020 (the day of the press conference). I hope he'll not be too upset I'm quoting his quotation from an article five years past. This was, and remains, the Sabres business model until Pegula publicly says otherwise.