Broken Ankles

That was our 6’4” D-man, Little Nikita leading the rush then with a backhand flip for the 🍎. Too early to think he’s not #6/7?

I’m onboard a Byram/Weegar trade. More stay at home type, more physical and contract certainty. A number 1 PK guy on D. AAV is a nice fit too.

I wouldn’t mind this either. In fact, Marty Biron thought the Sabres should have pursued him years ago. I want say he was choice #2 or 3. Make it a real competition.

For the forwards, maybe. But then again scoring isn’t the primary issue for this team is it? If the Sabres sign Bow, the average age of the D would be under 25, and younger if Clifton (only Dman over 30) is in the press box and Lindy plays Bryson or Johnson in his place. For context Carolina’s Blue line is 32.5. Florida is just over 30. Then at the goalie position, you could conceivably see a Levi /UPL tandem, again. Probably not too many teams with a combo that has an average age of 24.5. Moving Power or Byrum, and Mattias for veteran D could help. If Levi is going to be given a chance, we need a more reliable netminder to counterbalance his youth and inexperience.

https://octopusthrower.com/red-wings-reportedly-targeting-controversial-former-nhl-player-01jvj7tmyhd1

"It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing milkbone underwear".

Helllloooo. Matt Irwin anyone?

Game 7 tears taste even better than game 5.

Serious question. What makes you think the timid and weak GM we have would ever dare attempt to give an offer sheet? And on the other end of the spectrum, what player would accept one with the current GM/coach/owner combination in Buffalo? The odds of it happening- a Blutarsky. Zero point zero.

Watching the camera shots of their fans faces is delicious. The one of the woman with tears after the third goal was special. I can’t wait until my conference call with my Mississauga warehouse in the am. I’ll play coy and ask if anyone watched the game last night.

…or its your son, and ALL of his classmates have failed for 5 straight years, and the teacher, who doesn’t have tenure isn’t fired but rather the principal allows the teacher to hire an “advisor” - who is a retired college professor, but answers to the failed teacher. And the principal then lets the teacher hire his recently unemployed frat buddy to help with Math; but only on Fridays. The rest of the week he is remote.

100% this. Marty could transition from intermission to color so easily. His command of the game far surpasses Ray. And he lives there.

Nuance is frowned on here. Suit up in your armor, or colors, or what have you. The SabreSpace leadership has delivered its talking points, so please stay on topic and follow along. While I disagree with your take, I appreciate the opinion. An outside perspective is needed, however, Kevyn hasn't earned the opportunity to hire one of his friends, regardless of his playing experience. A new voice is good, but when the room still has stale air from the same losing leadership, that voice could be drowned out.

MDoP - aka "The Gimp"

Kev celebrating the 9 OA.

How do you know his not being fired definitively has NO affect on the lottery? There are forces out there. Just b/c you choose to ignore them does not mean they don’t exist.

If Adams was fired, that mojo could have help our draw. I'm conviced this is all Terry's doing.

Live look at SS after seeing him.

If a team outside the bottom 10 wins the first-place lottery, they only move up a max of 10 spots, so it's possible their "win" yields second place overall, and if the Sabres won the second-place lottery, they would default to #3 overall. My limited understanding.

I can’t say I agree with such a strong take, but I can concede that if there isn’t an announcement early July about an extension and Kev still has a GM title and an office at One Seymour Plaza, it’s an indictment on the organization. Alex then gets a sudden case of planter fasciitis and then goes to LTIR to not risk injury before his July 1st 2026 signing with another team. @Thorny If you had your druthers, you would not offer anything and move on from Alex?

Natural stat trick shows Ras and Bo played ~40% of minutes together 5v5. https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20242025&thruseason=20242025&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&rate=n&team=BUF&vteam=ALL&view=wowy&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2024-10-04&td=2025-04-17&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8481524&p2=8480839&p3=0&p4=0&p5=0 To point about salary cap - Sabres are 4th in Cap on Defense next year with 4.35 FTE’s signed. Those above the Sabres have 6-8 signed. Washington is tops at $6m more than Buffalo. If you get an arbitration/2 year deal for BB and an RFA for Bernard Docker you are adding $8m (?) and surpass Washington. And unless you can somehow move Clifton or Samuelson without retention you have no room to sign a better, stronger Right handed D to support Power. So how is that improving the overall D? I remember when the Kings won the cup here in LA. Jake Muzzin was Doughty partner and he was a classic stay at home D man. Maybe on a bridge contract - 23 years old, 6’3/220. Dahlin and Bo pairing - maybe they did have the best analytics stats. But maybe a Zack Whitecloud type player with a $3m contract might be just as good when paired with Ras, and allow you to sign or trade for a vet on your second line to support Power/Byrum. I fall on the side of not having 3 D that make $8M +. I’m also moving Power first b/c his contract has cost certainty which is valuable with a cap that is going up. I think he delivers a much better return.

Perhaps a character flaw, but my ex Sabre schadenfreude is running hotter than any standard hatred for the Leafs. Maybe it’s because I know neither will get by Florida in round two, and their impending doom is just a matter of time. Only benefit to extending the series is less rest.

Questionable garment selection for sure. No judgement.