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And you have to wrap up Rathbone early. He's not going to last long on the market.

He only had to buy one vowel with Mrtka.

Noah Body. Just kidding. Rust. He seems in Adams wheelhouse.

Then you forgot Quinn. 😉 (Sorry, the Sabres institutuional mediocrity is making slap happy.)

You forgot Zucker. 75% of the fowards are 3rd or 4th liners.

A pass. We're giving Marner a HARD PASS.

Well, yeah, "not like that." Who's happy that Samuelsson's contract gets the Sabres close to the cap? It's a waste of resources. Spending unwisely is just as bad as an internal cap because both prevent a team from acquring talent that can help a team win.

There's no way that rumor is true. If Adams pulled that off I might have to start saying nice things about him.

They might be better, but they are not a playoff team. Adams needs to show some out-of-character competency this week to make this season something more than another colossal waste of time for the franchise.

Good thing. Gilles has the 3rd most losses and 4th worst goals-allowed in NHL history. Nobody needs that bad voodoo hanging on him.

It looks like his ceiling is Jay McKee. That's not bad.

This type of tampering would be necessary because the trade wouldn't have gone through if Peterka didn't agree to sign with Utah. So they had to agree to terms, which look a lot like offer sheet terms, which Peterka probably preferred. And Utah was probably willing to give up the prospects, because if they waited until July 1st, more teams could jump into the bidding war for Peterka. So, knowing Adams preferred players over picks, they were able to shut other teams out of the Peterka derby with a trade.

The deal is based on an offer sheet. Offer sheets usually max out at five years. You can't spread the money out more than 5 years on an offer sheet. Armstrong probably let Adams and Peterka's agent know he was going to offer sheet Peterka. He let Adams know the number and Adams didn't want to pay , and didnt want the the draft pick compensation, so they figured out a trade. After the trade, Utah still had to sign Peterka, so Peterka's agent probably held them to the offer sheet numbers. Peterka could have refused to sign a longer term contract, and would have still been open to offer sheets from other teams.

At this point, we don't even know if Kesselring can handle top 4 minutes. And that's why this deal kind-of sucks. It's a production vs projection deal, and Adams was on the wrong side of it (because he claims he's in win now mode). If Kesselring craps out of a top 4 role (like Clifton did), we're looking at a giant bust of a deal.

Like the players, but hate the trade for so many reasons. Pretty much par for the course for the Adams reign-of-error.

I don't know about this. Peterka is only 23. Guys like Eichel and Reinhart have proven that a player can continue to grow immensely after they are 23. If you really want to build a team from within, it requires more than just drafting well. You need to create the right infrastructure and build the right culture to develop young players. A undeniable argument can be made that Adams has completely failed at building this infrastructure. Peterka at 26 could be a much different player than he is at 23. Sadly, the Sabres have no idea how to support that development under their current GM.

Kesselring has averaged around 17 minutes a night over his short NHL career. Power has averaged around 22 minutes. Kesselring needs to prove he can handle top 4 minutes. If Adam's intention is for Kesselring to be Power's partner, the gamble here is similar to the one he took when he signed Clifton.

When asked what excited him about Jarmo, Adams answered that Jarmo wants to work and is a good person. He wants to work. Not that he brings new ideas to the table, or that he has key connections to other organizations, or that he brings a wealth of knowledge to scouting other NHL players or prospects. He wants to work. Basically the same thing you would say about an 18 year old working at a McDonalds to make money to buy an Xbox. Who has any confidence that Adams has any idea how to make use of Jarmo on the staff?

Beane tried to move up to 5 and had a deal set with the Broncos before Elway backed out to draft Chubb. If Cleveland drafted Chubb instead of Ward, the Broncos would have made the deal and Beane would have taken Allen at 5. So Terry did nothing to hold the Bills at 7.

It's relevant to the Sabres because it shows that a strong GM can thrive under Pegula. It means that if Pegula would pull his head out his ass and fire Adams and get lucky in hiring his replacement, the Sabres could be a successful franchise again.

The Bills are good because Beane targeted Allen (who had MANY detractors) and made a series of deals to move up 14 spots to draft him. He didn't need a tank to draft Allen, as the Bills ended their 17 year playoff drought the season before. And Allen isn't the only good player Beane's drafted or acquired, and he is a key contributor to the excellent culture the team possesses. In other words, the Bills are good because they have a good GM.

The reason for existence for the Buffalo Sabres has devolved from winning the Stanley Cup to training Kevyn Adams on how to be the GM of an NHL team.

He played 32 games for the Sabres, and it was 32 games too many. Guy had absolutely no interest in being here. Of course our sh#t GM doubles-down on that and hires him onto his staff.