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2014 hurt. It'll piss off Bills fans, but the Pegulas getting them was bad for the Sabres. The NFL clearly has dominated their attention since. Adding that they lucked into a good GM/Coach pair has certainly helped, but the fact that it's basically impossible to lose money as a NFL owner is the probably the bigger perk for them. Meanwhile, every hire they made of either high-recommended GMs / coaches, or high-priced UFAs, has failed miserably. So they're probably thinking that if they cut funding to save money, what's the difference? We suck anyways!, as opposed to concentrating on fixing the problem. So I guess we'll see. Maybe Jack and Dahlin save the Pegulas. Maybe both leave and the Pegulas sell. Money is no longer a factor for good, though.

If that picture is true, then Pegula is an idiot. He has no one to blame for the current drought / money loss situation but himself. Pressuring your GM to speedily move an important asset is asinine business acumen.

We can still make the moves we need to, even on a budget. Monahan and Copp would still be 2 amazing grabs, solidifying the center position, and also saving us money if Risto/Montour are in the deals.

Yeah, I was really hoping that rumored move would've happened by now, especially since the odds favor it being with a team that's eliminated. Even some smaller moves would help to show us if Adams will bring us to contention, or continue the Botterill submarine-ing.

Same : " have no interest in Granlund unless we can get him for dirt cheap as I see him as a 3rd line player."

I gotta be honest, I was expecting some activity by now.

Watching all these young guys in the playoffs...it's just sickening. It's not just that we haven't been there; We haven't even been close...

McCann is on the lower end of centers I want, but is at least a center. I'm very nervous about a Murray trade. It better be like a 4th or later, or Marcus Davidsson + Hutton. I'm not giving up value...

14 million dollar goalie group. Bold choice.

https://www.expectedbuffalo.com/buffalo-sabres-johan-larssons-potential-departure-will-hurt-the-sabres-more-than-you-think/ Chad isn't optimistic about a Larsson return ?

Good that the deal isn't dead; at the end of the day, we can't leave this offseason without a couple of veteran centers. I'd suspect/hope that *insert-team-here* is also an eliminated team, so hopefully discussions are ramping up.

In the wake of all these available wingers... ...please focus on the centers, Adams.

Danault + Domi would be a hell of a grab.

It's summer of 2018 in a loop. Pre-Skinner trade, we actually did need both of those. Skinner,Olof weren't here, Scott ***** Wilson was a top 6 LW, and Bogosian ensured our RD would forever be Ristolainen and 2 dead bodies, in this case Casey Nelson and Nathan Beaulieu. The idea machine must've 404'd, so we're stuck eternally filling these now non-needs.

https://hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklund/Sabres-and-Taylor-Hall--The-Chances-Increasing/1/107164 It's Eklund nonsense, but this doesn't make sense to me. Hall is prioritizing winning, and here we are, the team that's done the least amount of that the last decade. Also, a super expensive winger isn't what the team is missing. Trades for William Nylander, or Nikolaj Ehlers, or FA moves for Granlund or Hall, these aren't the moves that will get us to where we want to go. The simple Tierney, Copp, or Danault trades, will.

The beauty of that specific situation though, is it (a Piet signing) would basically be impossible without Risto and/or Montour, likely both. You'd have to think a center's part of 1 or both of those trades.

Can’t imagine we’d be high on the list.

With the caveat of it being good news. Our first for Matt Murray is news ?

Wonder if Ekman-Larsson is available.

Sure. Instructions will be in the form of a google sheet containing everything I think the Sabres should do in a given offseason. Use how you see fit.

Hoping for some good Sabres news any day now...

Covered this earlier in the thread. Financial timeline, not competitive.

NO idea what Rutherford is thinking. This is either an idiotic trade, or you can close shop on any ideas of trading 8, if Kaspari ***** Kapanen is the return value.

Yeah. What does Rutherford want for Brian Dumoulin these days?

I hope this kick-starts our deals...like that 2C/T6W dream...