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Is this one step below NFW? So you go all in on Cirelli (this years first, Mitts Johnson) and payout a higher Aav, or keep those assets to obtain a lesser player with a lower AAV and improve your Defense (at risk of an albatross in 3 years).

This is ? accurate. In Addition to these facts look at average time on ice five on five. He was third amongst forwards. Only Kuch and Pointe ahead of him. If you look at his line mates on Frozen Tools more than half his time was with Stamkos/Killorn/Johnson/Palat. Which implies Top 6. He even had about 5% with Nikita which means top 3. Question. If Cirelli is unattainable which may be true only by their expected return, would you take on cap hit like McDonogh to obtain a cheaper version in Gorde or Johnson?

Is this a thing now? If not, it needs to be.

I might recommend Smerconish on POTUS channel Sirius XM radio weekday mornings from 6-9am pacific. News topics are debated from both sides of the political spectrum. The host is well read and his guests are mostly writers, and Academics from higher institutions. Not like his CNN show on Saturdays.

According to the story in the Athletic https://theathletic.com/1909008/2020/07/03/all-the-details-of-the-current-framework-for-the-nhls-new-cba-agreement/?source=user_shared_article It it will go to the players this week for a vote. Interestingly absent from the agreement is compliance or amnesty buyouts. So if the terms are accurate and there is new min salary of $750k and the Cap will not increase for two years, and no team has a compliance buyout, how can it not be more advantageous than ever to have the amount of Cap space the Sabres possess? Yes, rookie GM and all, but he should be able to force a trade with a desperate team.

Execs have been known to take lesser positions to properly fit into a reporting structure. Especially those in the ‘winter‘ of their careers. I understand your sentiment and agree with most. If Dudley can contribute and be the appropriate teacher for Adams with commensurate pay, they will find a way. I have very little faith the Sabres organization will get there. For no other reason than Kim and Terry.

Joey played for Sabres, no? Is there a total game exception/waiver used for this Selection?

Memo to Kim. ‘Do-Right’ by your fans and f*cking sign this guy.

This is hilarious. I would go one step further. If he is NOT hired, then I must assume that he was offered a position and after speaking with NHL executives around the league, his decision not to accept the position was solely based on current ownership.

Gary and his misfits in the front office would find a way to manipulate the Expansion rules and f*ck us.

Mitts has little value to TB. Wouldn’t crack their top 7 protected next year. Concede they will find a way to sign Cirelli, take on Palat and extract Cernak in the processes.

What about Stastny from Vegas? He is in the final year of his contract (2020/21), Glass is ready to play full time minutes and they have less than $6m and need to sign one D, 2 Fowards and a backup goalie. The Golden Knights are not subject to the Seattle expansion draft. This means they can accumulate younger talent. My fear for Mitts value in a trade is what team is going to have him in their top 7 protected? Christ, he is barely in our top 7 and we are horrible. Meaning his trade value this year is extremely low to almost everyone, except Vegas. I guess if your thought is he could play 3rd or 4th line minutes at RW, make under $1m and hope he progresses and forces a GM to make a decision maybe. What is his inherent value (even if waiver eligible) when he has to be exposed?

What about a smaller offer sheet to hurt Tampa? Cernak is also restricted. Would a $4m *4 year be acceptable to him? That offer sheet carries a second round as compensation. Sergachev is obviously the priority.

I guess this is why we never understood a single word he said?

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This is a great 'demo' for Hammy. Don't know who watches local news anymore - other than say my parents....#boomergeneration

But was he really fired? Offically yes. But his contract was up on June 30th. AHL uncertainty, reportedly a very expensive salary comparatively, results in Playoffs mentioned above and little hopes of pulling a Sheldon Keefe as ownership seems happy with RaKru. Let's say he was negotiating a 15-20% raise with JB before this went down. If there is a strong chance the AHL season is cancelled, what is the impetus for his extension? I'd like to know how many of those scouts contracts were also up on 6/30. That might help explain why the bloodletting was so deep.

agree - extremely disappointing if that was the case. So let's assume Adams decides to effectively use the analytics department, independent of what he or his scouts, or coaching staff suggest. In addition to this, if Adams is open to drafting OHL/QMJHL, and is not beholden to players like Hutton (b/c he signed him) or Mitts (b/c he drafted him), leverages the uncertainty of the 20-21 season to kick the can down the road on some RFA's, and most importantly capitalize via trade with teams that need to move salary to remain under the cap, to help secure a veteran top 6 forward (s), why is our situation not better than it was a few weeks ago? Granted the last one is not easy. We all hear about rookie/inexperienced GM's crushed in trade negotiations and this could be concerning. Hopefully the cap situation will factor in to level out that inexperience.

Seems to improve this band name, not ruin it. Do these exist? Asking for a friend.

The other interesting comment was on Rick Dudley. That should excite a few SabreSpacers.

I agree so many juicy tidbits which we don’t get from local media. For me one takeaway was that agents were negotiating with Botterill as recently as a few days ago. Then silence. So maybe there was a “pitch” by JB of how to improve this offseason which was met with resistance. Maybe his vision including keeping players like Carter Hutton and others we’re not in the plans of Kruger or Adams. Maybe Adams who has no obligations or attachments to certain players recommended moving on a player such as Mitts. I also found it interesting that Adams traveled with the team on a road trip which raised eyebrows amongst the insiders. Very worthwhile. Thanks @Brawndo.

Nice source. They were right, that's kind of a big announcement.

I love a good conspiracy theory and this one is solid. @john wawrow please validate how this story got out. All is forgiven if you can get to the J-bottom of this.

You won. I cannot think of a better way to ruin a bands name.