Broken Ankles

Are those Hammy's trophies from when he was a Pee-Wee hockey star? I'm going with the ONLY acceptable hardware for a former player over the age of 60 in their "DIG ME" room is National Championship (collegiate) or some kind of professional All-star/Selke/Cy Young-like award. Jesus - can't these guys take a call from their kitchen or dining room?

With all due respect, I don't think that is the question. (Although I might guess equal). The real question is how can you show up to an external Zoom call with the GM of the Sabres in your f*c&ing bath robe, T-shirt and looking completely unkempt. It's not April 5th and your first Zoom meeting amigo. It's October 5th, and surely you must have developed some guidelines for these type of meetings. I have plenty of days where I can join an internal call (not on camera) and dressed in lounge wear. However if I showed up to a business call looking like that I can guarantee I would be reprimanded. Nor would I disrespect my Customers by doing so. Unacceptable!

Could be a great signing by year 3. With 2021 uncertainty Tage wanted a little something to "wet his beak", so he offered up the extra year. Good on both sides. "Oh there ain't no rest for the wicked Money don't grow on trees I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed There ain't nothing in this world for free Oh no, I can't slow down, I can't hold back Though you know, I wish I could Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked Until we close our eyes for good".

Does not appear to be.

In 2019 JB made three trades in or around Draft Day/Free Agency. How many will KA make? I feel like the organization has pressure to bring in more than just Staal. I also believe in #cleanslate so I'll say 4 more deals are done between now and October 17th. None will include the eighth overall. Vegas over-under has it set at 2.5 (not including the Staal deal).

Your right. We should prefer to trade both. Neither can play first line minutes. Pay for a true #1 on the right. Borgen or Miller can handle third line minutes. Whether by trade or UFA, young Rasmus needs a new partner. Just get it done.

Amazing how the stench of a bad contract can change the perception of a player. Perry played in my backyard, and all we heard from the local paper/media was he should retire and the GM should be fired for giving such a bad contract. (Sound familiar?) The Ducks will still be hamstrung by the buyout for three more years. But without a looming cap hit, and playing for $1.5m this season, the narrative has changed, and the player can actually exceed expectations. And he has exceeded all expectations.

Well we know they would still have Miller if they didn’t have to sign him last summer. So with him and Stamkos, sure.

What is most impressive with this TB line up is the mix of low draft picks & undrafted players at the Center and Foward positions. I do not think there is one of the 12 starting who were drafted in the first round (Stamkos - not playing). And they have 3 undrafted starters. I don’t think any of the final 8 teams had less than three first rounders and a few had six. It speaks to the lack of draft and development with the Sabres organization. How many third round and lower will contribute this year or next?

that's a blutarsky....zero - point - zero

I was an advocate of the Carter buyout earlier this year, but with Covid and players looking at a 20% escrow in 2021 it makes no sense. If he was bought out, the contract would not be subject to escrow so he receives 2/3's of his $2.75M salary. Savings of roughly $907K for the Sabres ownership. But his real salary will be closer to $2.2M with escrow. So the difference is only $400k. I've been in the camp of trading Hutts for MAF and seeing if we can get something in return.

They dominated elements of the game including TOP and Total yards. The over arching point is that the Bills are not under-rated and NE is not over=rated. They look like 9 win teams, and seem to be on equal ground. And I'm using the performance against a common opponent and what I've seen in the other games they have played. I'm hoping this changes as our Offense continues to improve.

Vegas had both NE and the Bills with win totals of 9. I think the narrative of a Patriot collapse and tanking this year was not broadly accepted. Buffalo has shown improvement in the passing game but barely won both games. NE kept it close against a good Seahawks team while on the road. In my mind Vegas has it right, again. Equally matched. Cannot wait for those two head to head games.

I moved out here in the 90's after college. Haven't skated (outside of taking my kids at Christmas to an outdoor rink in Irvine) in over 30 years. Tried surfing for a while. Most of the unmarried types were playing golf and basketball so I never went back. I would embarrass myself. Now I'm just too damn old.

Good observation. Seems like a match made in heaven for the new Pegula plan to help "maintain their lifestyle". Contract notwithstanding, our second round + a solid prospect seems excessive for a cap dump, no? I mean is he a PPG Phil or .5 PPG Phil?

If the 75m can get to $78m and you buyout Hutts and pick up Raanta or Keumper ($4m cap type) and that is an impressive line up.

Appreciate what you do. Respect. The last one I was upstairs in like 10 seconds to check on my boys. This time the 11 year old wakes me up to ask if everything was ok. Me (feeling nothing) - yeah go back to bed.

Where are you? I live in Mission Viejo and slept through it.

Which rumor should we believe? This one where he’s willing to spend ungodly amounts of money to sign Pietrangelo or the rumor where he’s spending 10 million below the Cap? And these are literally days apart. They are contradictory. Are they not?

1. Not this guy. “Are you thirty for more?” Yes Kevin, errr Casey. Responsible play to start. 2.) Tage - and I have a suspicion we won’t need to care who has a better career b/c one will be shipped out. 3.) Tage

From Hockey Viz. Staal seems to have more minutes with the top 3, and defended less (than league average) by the top three of the opposing team. And then on Defenders, pretty much league average, and less than the bottom pairing, which you might expect if Staal is playing with Zuccs, Parise, and Fiala

Agree. AND, Fargo gave us this for Victor.

Hot take. Anthony Cirelli is not worth the 8OA. Let alone 8 +. I’ve watched most of the Isles & Columbus series and have seen nothing special. Tampa is driven by their first and fourth lines. Point and Kuch have 25 points each in 18 games, Cirelli has 5. Thats one more than, yes, you guessed it, Bogo. Corsi is below average, face offs below 50%, and outside superior play on the PK and good stick work in the defensive zone just not enough O-fence. If the Cap control is real, I just can’t see them moving a probable starter (on an ELC) in 2021/22 to pay Cirelli $5-6m.

Well the players signed up for 20% escrow so there’s that. It takes an internal salary cap of $75m to $60m in real money. I’m not suggesting this year will not be incredibly different than most, however with the National and Regional TV contracts, some teams will be above their actual salary before any other HRR. Plus each owner gets a nice fat check of $20m for Seattle? Let’s not feel too bad for T-Pegs and his Billionaire cronies. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some kind of pivot to online sports betting to boost revenue if fans cannot fill these arena in 2021.

Nice to see Robin Clapton (slowhand) playing his greatest hits. Now I can root against Dallas.