Broken Ankles

There are only 3 active because teams are locking up young D after their EL contract ends (Fox, McAvoy, Makar). All of those contracts would be larger if they bridged. Go back ten years and see there are many, many examples. Chara, Lidstrom, Boyle, Campbell, Jovanosky, Subban, Suter, Weber, Pronger to name a few. Some of these are 15-17% And dozens more where it’s 10.5%of the cap. In 4 years (my scenario) Power will be full prime, and a top 5 D in the league, which would warrant $12m. The $100m is realistic. After the $1B from Covid loss is finalized this year, they are talking of it jumping to $92m by 2025. So $100m is probable in 2027 if this conservative estimate for 2025 manifests. your dismissal of this happens at 1% is wrong. Let’s both hope that he doesn’t sign a three year bridge. https://theathletic.com/4590229/2023/06/08/nhl-salary-cap-increase/?amp=1

The bold, it’s our only leverage. If he signs a 3 year bridge like Dahlin did, based as some insiders cap estimates of ~$100m+ in 2027, a 12% of the cap total would yield at least $12m for his next deal. I advocate $8m *8 after July 1st.

First time I’ve heard this name as a trade option. What differentiates him from Comrie? Career back up, no?

WTF is this? Nice seats Sabres fan.

FWIW, my parents stay with us (wife and two boys) from December 15th through Jan 15-30th each year to escape the harsh Buffalo winters. Then back to Buffalo for two weeks, and a month in Florida rental. It can be stressful but I recognize that our distance prevents a lot of frequency to our visits so they are usually longer. I’ll bring one of the boys back this summer and work two weeks (remote) and add a few days of PTO knowing I won’t see them until Christmas. My wife loves the visits bc they add value by shopping, cooking and helping me with my oldest who is disabled. Sounds like your situation might be a little different. Three months can be a lot, so I would recommend you try one month. See if it works for all parties. Maybe he could AB&B another month. If he is a POS (inference only) and is a hindrance not a help, it would manifest within 30 days. Your wife will see it and probably think twice about the following year.

Can the Flyers 2nd get me Jennifer Hart? I would accept Jonathan Hart as a cap dump in this deal. Stephanie Powers was dynamite circa 1980.

I drew a picture of Don Edwards and mailed it in to The Commander Tom show. It was displayed in one the episodes at the end of the show and he mentioned my name. A childhood memory I have not recalled in a while. Definitely a great broadcaster. Rest in Peace. #BuffaloLegend

This makes sense. The Flyers offense needs goal scoring and Vic is an asset that could be moved for draft capital at the deadline if they find themselves at the bottom of the standings.

I get it, Petersen rejected another leadership team, but Terry was the common denominator, and Adams as we know is extremely loyal to TPegs. Plus, Cal is just not good. The Kings D wasn’t bad this year and Petersen had a really awful stretch of games. And the year prior was pretty bad too. Hart could improve the team. It’s more probable than not Petersen wouldn’t.

Petersen exemplifies “not wanting to be here”. He literally did that in 2017 by not signing. Zero chance.

The fact he is playing in a Stanley Cup final game speaks volumes about the Florida defensive depth, or lack thereof. If the Sabres can secure a true #4 RD to play with Power, and Joki slides down and Stillman is a #7, why would our defense not be playoff caliber?

Babcock, Civil War setting And the city prolly knows what the city is getting The creme de la creme of a Hockey coach In a game with everything but Wayne Gretzky.

Is this true? I’m not disputing replacing him, as I’m not an advocate of paying a guy $3M++ for a 4th line role, special teamer with *hands of stone*. The Sabres could elevate the scoring with Rousek, but not sure he can be and plug and play on the PK#1. Who areyour top two forwards?

You won’t have to endure these bad calls for too much longer. Triple A is using Full ABS or ABS challenge and from the GMs I’ve heard speak on the subject most are in favor of a Ball/Strike challenge by next year, with some advocating full ABS to follow. Aaron Judge is regularly at the top of the list each year for incorrect low strike called against and yet he is still crushing the ball. Now that he has improved his chase rate, I can’t wait to see how a full ABS might enhance his OPS.

50% of Inkmans content has everything to do with Johnson’s. So there’s that.

These are all financially sound reasons, and boring AF. For those of us leading a married hum drum life, why not lie to us a little? How about you need seven bedrooms b/c the swingers club in south county is exploding and the current membership cannot host parties larger than 8. Or you are leaving the field of medicine and starting your own Branch Davidian cult where you are the new prophet. Polygamy and all. Salamanca is the new Waco.

‘Air - a story of greatness’ was entertaining. Currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Matt Damon, playing Sonny Vacarro and Viola Davis, as Delores Jordan were both excellent. Classic soundtrack of the 80’s. Ben Affleck plays a caricature of Phil Knight. Interesting story about the inter workings of Nike which has been seen as just a running shoe company before signing Jordan to a sneaker deal. Air is the first project from Afflecks and Damon’s production company Artists Equity.

Wasn’t that Miller flailing on the ice while the game winning goal was scored right in front of him? That’s the player I remember. Unrelated, Emily Kaplan is not good. Pretty sure Deboer thinks so too.

Agree with the sentiment. Buffalo has amazing local fare, that could and should be sold in the arena. My only disagreement is that not only should ‘Mighty Taco’ not top your list, it should be removed completely. It’s disgusting. Any person who has tried a taco outside of the 716 knows this is true. ETS is better and still wouldn’t rank outside the region.

Yankees. My fathers player was Mantle. My first recollection of the World Series was the ‘77 Yankees and Reggie. WPIX in NY was added to local cable in Buffalo in early 80s so we watch Winfield and Donny Baseball. After 25 years on the west coast I can say the Angels are a distant second. My boy loves Trout. Ohtani is God here. The locals will be devastated when he leaves in free agency. Anaheim is a nice place to watch a game. So much more pleasant than LA (sorry Weave).

How can you acquire Hanifin and not lay him on the third line?

KO ranked 314 in scoring last year. Less the included D he is top 250 amongst forwards with ice time less than many around him. That’s what -low third line numbers? Names like Van Reimsdyk, Cirelli, Fast, Eric Staal and C Dvorak all had the same point totals. If he comes in as true fourth line guy on a reasonable AAV I can live with what offers on the ice, and more importantly what he brings off.

Rarely does a guy take 7 or 8 solid shots and come back and deliver a dozen of his own. Glad to see it though. What AP did was unacceptable, and a response was justified. The slash was vicious and on a star player that could easily have resulted in ending Leon’s playoffs. If he doesn’t receive a game I’d be surprised.

Can we close this thread already? The people have spoken. Kane is a shell of his old self.

Slightly disappointing… Levi mentioned Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic as someone he looks forward to playing with, as he grew up watching the 34-year-old. “I’ve been watching a lot of these guys growing up for a while. Milan Lucic is my teammate and I’ve been watching him since, I don’t even know, and playing video games as him growing up. It’s so great to be his teammate and the same for a lot of these guys.” said Levi.