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First bolded- Sabres were shopping Reinhart two year ago, confirmed by someone I know working for another team. Reinhart is still on the Sabres. So I don't see the relevance. Any competent GM will listen to offers from other teams. Second bolded- sending Sobotka to Rochester would be contingent on Housley not wanting him in the starting lineup. Housley clearly valued his play. How can you conflate that as being a solo JBott decision? Third bolded- how does savings that won't even count against the cap enhance what he can do from a management perspective? Regardless of the fact that I disagree with all of your speculation, I don't think your other cases are strong, relative to other cases that have been presented.

I don’t know if this is relevant to the train of thought in your response, but I interpreted the bold to imply “had to be done in the eyes of TP” I know most of us can’t imagine what it’s like to be a billionaire. But imagine, you’re about to write a $5mil+ check to a guy who is supposed to be a leader, who says he lost his passion for the game. Regardless of any circumstantial explanation, you may take that personally. That $5mil coming out of your bank account isn’t theoretical. It’s real $.

And I distinctly remember an interview about a year ago with Sobotka, where the topic came up of where he may slot in the lineup. After the suggestion, he said something like “I am not 4th line center!”

No collusion!

Is there any benefit to buying someone out at this point, if we need the cap space?

In another thread. If someone else remembers which one, feel free to link/cite

and I want a million dollars It's already been pointed out how the Z-Larry line compared to other playoff teams' 4th lines, and they compare quite well.

The NHL seems, to me, so unique in how teams can rebound from one season to the next (or vise versa), and especially, how top-seeded teams can get eliminated in early rounds of the playoffs. Is part of the RFA structure responsible for this? If so, don't change it...

The better question is: does having Marner prevent us from getting top 10 draft picks the next 4 years?

I actually agree with the bolded part above. That's not cool to mislead a team that has invested resources in you, and it speaks poorly to character. Let's hope it was a "youthful indiscretion." I was looking at it purely from the Buffalo perspective, in which I think he bears no blame. He was very candid at that point about his intentions, and Buffalonians holding a grudge about that are being a little precious.

The first thing I thought of when I heard the name was that it should be changed. Of course, it's harder to understand if you don't live your life with superficial expectations of beauty placed on your sex, even if that is not the attribute you take the most pride in. But it's your right to not care!

1. You're assuming he won't want to sign with us if we're a contender. Implicit in my response was the team isn't doing well. 2. I still think he made the right choice, $ aside. Have fun when you're young Edit: he's not on an ELC, is he?

If he's worth keeping, but doesn't want to sign, we deal him at the deadline He made the right decision. Get that $

If they gave Ryan Miller advice on how to hold his stick at Wegmans, I can only imagine what people around town are going to say to him....

He's becoming the scapegoat for a futile XGMTM move

That makes sense- Lehner didn't really do that much better than their other goalie, did he? I predict he cools off substantially in CHI

Murray thought he could use his great people skills to convince him to come to Buffalo

right. It's hard for me to interpret criticism of this move as anything other than disdain for Vesey himself

The pick's ceiling would probably be Vesey, and could realistically not make the NHL

I think your implication was obvious, and someone was just picking a fight ?

I pick living in NYC over Buffalo, and my wife tells me I need to grow up...

The article people have been linking points out he had awful linemates (his center was worse than Sobotka)

Low-risk proposition, I think

The other question is, will he prove he's worth keeping. Let's take things slow with him...

I wonder how much Buffalo offered him when we had his rights. That'd be funny if he gave NYR a discount, only to end up here