StuckinFL

Leave him exposed to Seattle and offer them a sweetener. New expansion teams need to build a pipeline from the ground up so hopefully we can offer picks for them to choose him.

I think it's a case of he doesn't wanna play right now, period. I can't imagine JBot saying no if he asked for a trade.

Close family member (wife, sibling, parent) struggling with drug addiction or cancer and wanting to be there for them worth more than money, contracting autoimmune disease like HIV that wouldn't effect your ability right away but also would make you weary of taking routine hits and injuries, drug use triggering the onset of schitzophrenia, talking to ROR too much and losing your love of the game, making a bad joke about Risto on the first day and having him stare you down silenty without breaking eye contact during every practice and locker room change since, after making said joke finding Risto in bed with your wife, Marty Biron having your address and constantly stopping by to chat and your kids start calling him dad, ect. If any of those are the case I could see walking away from the contract and not wanting the reason why to be public knowledge.

I personally think the article was too kind. He's not ready for the NHL.

I'd like to see Nylander up for a stretch. He looked great in the preseason and I think he might generate some life into the 2nd or 3rd line.

OFC. Good job refs.

I'm really beginning to love Bogo. Screw his injury history, sign him.

Anyone but Mopey McMopesalot...

We honestly don't deserve to win this game...

There needs to be sustained pressure. They'll crumble if we can get a sustained shift.

GET HUTTON OUT OF THERE!!!!

COME ON!!!!

Side note: how great is this team going to be in the next 2 years if JBot keeps this up? I wasn't even this excited when we landed Dahlin or Eichel as I am in this moment. This is what being a sports fan is all about. I love the team he's building.

Amen, I wanna see him as a Sabres for the rest of his career. But I don't think we need to overpay him to do it at the expense of our future. Totally agreed. That's why you don't need to overpay to entice him to stay. 9+, like I've read a few times in this thread, for max term is a gross overpayment.

Not at all, I continually state over and over that he is a 30g scorer and should be paid like one, not a 40+g player on his own. As far as Jack's contract, he's younger and hasn't scratched the surface of his prime years yet. And I think his contract is going to look like highway robbery in a few years. I think you and I are in agreement on everything other than what other GMs will offer him and that he'd be willing to go to. So why are we disagreeing? I think he can get about 9 per but not with max term, so thats the wiggle room. I think Buffalo is the greenest pasture for him as far as term, $, linemates, and projected competitivness. I think the market won't be insane and he can be had for less than 8 for max term.