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And more recently, JJP. And Kulich was nearly a 2nd rounder, being picked at 28. 2nd rounders are not the garbage people are making them out to be.

The question is, is Norris healthy and recovered from his mystery injury of last season? Do we even know what was wrong with him?

I don’t want to defend Adams, but he sort of assumed JBD would go through the arbitration route instead of signing the 2 x $900k route. But, still, I believe the Sabres have the right to walk away from any arbitration agreement and he would’ve become a FA. Does going to arbitration cost Terry money? I think he just wanted to leave Buffalo.

Definitely. He’s almost certainly considering using Buffalo as leverage to get a bigger contract.

If I were Tim Hortons, I would sue them for defamation.

Agree with this. Every year the Amerks hit the playoffs, we immediately start complaining on how we got beat by a more veteran team. Maybe having the maximum number of skilled players isn’t the way to win. Maybe having a team full of veteran bruisers with a few blue chip prospects is the better way of teaching them how to win.

What the Sabres should do is spin the Sabres Embedded series into a full blown reality TV show. Unedited. Adams just striking out on all these trades and banging his head against the wall. Would be very entertaining.

I knew I saw the name from somewhere.

I almost feel like Terry is gunning for one of those sweetheart deals Alex Meruelo got when he was leaned on (politely forced) to sell the Coyotes. He bought them in 2019 for $300M and made $1B in proceeds from the sale in 2024. A 333% return in 5 years. Terry bought the Sabres in 2011 for $189M. Sabres are believed to be valued at $1.1B, but we all know there’s people out there with deeper pockets. And, yes, the would relocate. Remember, the Utah deal sort of came out of nowhere.

Wasn’t this guy one of the Tank Commanders?

Is someone allowed to trade a player that has been offer sheeted to a 3rd team? If so, do they then become the “owner” of the offer sheeted player?

Cost cutting move. Ralph is cheap.

Is he retiring or not? Because I didn’t see that word mentioned here. Until then, you’re right. Miraculous recovery come playoff time.

I mean, Bolduc potted 19 goals last season at played at 0.5 PPG pace, all at the age of 22. No way we would get both Bolduc and Parayko. Maybe Parayko is a salary dump. Cap hit $6.5M.

The amazing this, I think it came down to not blocking Levi, who he thought would be our starter 2 years ago. Meanwhile, Ullmark is on his 3rd team and Levi is still not starting material (and there’s a chance he’ll never be).

The scary thing is, this would mean accountability occurred. I don’t think your quote is truly what will happen.

Completely agree with this. Adams hasn’t been in charge for a while, maybe even the full time he’s been GM. He’s a mouthpiece of Terry and a consensus gatherer. The problem is he hasn’t had the right people telling him what to do or it has been disjointed and there has been no accountability below him. We need a single vision, not a collection of ideas. Hopefully Ruff or Jarmo is now providing this.

I think grades are an afterthought for most schools when it comes to college athletes. $$$$>>>>>grades/classes

Who is this Joe character? Joe, are you on here?

This baby face chooses violence?

Agree with this too. Otherwise, I would rather bridge Byram than give him away for a late 1st or even 2 late firsts.

I don’t want futures for Byram. Preferably 1 NHL roster player va 2 with a diluted skill level.

I think we are being bluntly objective in what Kesselring and Doan are and who they are not. There’s no candy coating here. We have hopes though. But we never drafted them, saw them grow before us, only to be tossed away. There’s no overly emotional connection to them (yet).