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Generally speaking the best team should win it all, but that just doens't happen every year. in 05-06 i believe that we were definitely the best team, but, we had injuries and we didn't win.

Eichel $10M, Dahlin will likely get the same if not more than Eichel. Skinner will likely be around $8.5-9M easily. Reinhart has quietly been playing himself into a nice raise over his current salary. He's on pace for 70 points, no reason to expect he can't do that next year as well, 70 points in the NHL gets you around $7M+ these days. If Ullmark and Hutton keep up their great play, both of them will get hefty raises. Bogo has shown what he's worth when healthy, i think we might keep him and he will get a raise. down the road a piece, but Risto will probbaly command a raise on his next contract. Assuming Pilut keeps playing well over the next few years and sticks with Buffalo, he's gonna need a new contract the same year as Dahlin. It's going to be tricky for the Sabres, I know that the cap will go up a little bit each year, but, it will be difficult no matter what

it depends. a hot goalie can really make a difference. I think if the 99 Sabres. They were a joke on offense, decent on defense with in-human goaltending. I do not think we were the best team to come out of the East, but alas, we did under amazing goaltending. The best teams can lose in the quarter finals or whatever they are called now.

What's point of Thompson on the 4th line? That line was working well the way it was. i dont think hes defensively responsible enough for that. Sheary continuing his slide out of relevancy, not so sure he gets re-signed unless he picks up his play

ah yes. we were down to Campbell, Lydman, Paetsch, Jillson, and Fitzpatrick. and we still took Carolina to 7 games and lead going into the 3rd period

Let's hope that Marner is tough to sign. I saw a tweet and it quoted an interview with Marner's dad, where he said that his son is one of the top 3 players in the world. Maybe there will be issues like with Nylander and what happened and the contract fight. Sabres will have their own cap hell soon enough, but i want to see Toronto struggle mightily this off-season and getting everyone signed

Bravo, solid response to one of the greatest movies! I am curious to know what Eichle thinks of Berglund now.

Yes, Eichel coined the term "Swedish God-father"

I try to forget what happened in the playoffs in 05-06. How can you posibly have neough depth to account for all those injuries? Mckee had an infection, Numminen had a heart issue? Kalinen had a broken leg, wasn't there one other injury on defense those playoffs?

This is one of those games we all get a tad nervous about, we know we should win, but, you never know. I hope this is one of those 4-1 games, would like to see Eichel with a point or two, but i would also like to see that 2nd line get some points tonight.

And he's only 18! "giggles like a school girl"

I am not saying that you are wrong that the Leafs play more time in the O-zone, I am curious to see that actually breakout and exactly how much time difference there is, that way we could come up with ratios, we could really see where the teams are at offensively. it could be broken down into the Leafs score X goals per 10 minutes in the O-zone while the Sabres score X goals per 10 minutes in the O-zone, seeing those averages vs how many goals are given up per 10 minutes in the defensive zone. Any stats guru's out there? I agree the Leafs will have some cap issues soon, but, so will the Sabres, i dont think you can deny that. here are some salaries and some projections Eichel $10M - Tavares $11M, Dahlin $10-11M - Matthews $12-13M, Skinner $9M - Marner $9m, Reinhart $6.5-7M - Nylander $6.9M Plus we have to assume that Mittelstadt will need a raise, Ullmark will get a nice raise, if we keep Hutton as well, he will get a nice raise. Pilut will likely earn a nice raise. Things are going to get tricky in 3 years for the Sabres salary cap wise, not just the Leafs.

nom nom nom, darn good chips right there

absolutely nothing!

My father's brother's cousin's nephew's former room-mate told me the same thing

i would like to see the actual break out, but, i couldnt find anywhere that can prove your theory about the Leafs playing more time in the other teams zone than the Sabres. As it sits, the Leafs are better offensively and defensively with more reliable secondary scoring. when will this secondary scoring come on line for us? were at like 40% of the season over and none of Sheary, Okposo, Mittlestadt, Thompson, P-ville, Sobotka is reliably scoring.

I don't think they are too worried about their defense and goaltending Sabres 34 GP and 98 goals against Leafs 33 GP and 93 goals against They're also a +24 to our +7. I dont think the Sabres survive a playoff series with the Leafs this year.

Twitter; Sabres-Bruins game log. Entertaining to say the least

not sure, and i may not have understood all that legal jargon regarding the cap recapture. It wont be anything like what Nashville will face if Weber retires early, yikes

So i was reading and trying to understand the rules regarding Berglund and if both sides agree to mutually terminate the contract. The cap re-capture penalty would go to the team that offered the contract. If that happens in this case, I think most of Sabreland would get a good chuckle out of that, watching the Blues take back the cap hit.

love all the hot takes about Eichel even after yesterdays game. some random quotes i saw last night; "Eichel is on a hot streak right now, but there are still 15 other guys I would take over him" "Eichel is only good because he has Skinner" "he's a showboat a__hole every time he scores" (from a Bruins fan who probably thinks Marchand isn't a d-bag) "he still isn't in the same world as McDavid and Matthews"

Just win baby! thanks for the break down, certainly helps the confidence going forward. here's to hoping that we don't 'play down' to our competition in these coming games agains the lesser teams.

It has been amazing watching Jack's confidence grow every game. I don't know what was prettier, his two top shelf goals on the short side with a space barely big enough for the puck to get through, or his two passes yesterday on both Skinner's goals. Just unreal. He's no tied for top 5 points in the league, only a few points behind McDavid.

Much appreciated, back to you as well, i think i read the other day that you lost a long time friend?