Flashsabre

Throw big money at Kuemper on a one year deal to stabilize the net and let the kids develop. They need to spend just to get to the cap floor next year. Godfather him with an offer he can’t refuse and set this team up for success. Re evaluate wheee everyone is next offseason.

I think Slafkovsky and Geekie go higher and the 2 Russians fall, especially Miroshnichenko with the health situation on top of the Russian situation.

Wow between Dadonov’s $5 million out the door and Kesler’s LTIR contract that would have cleared up their cap mess. If this deal doesn’t go though then what? They can’t make any deals now. You think they would have made a deal like this earlier in the week so they could have time to pivot if it went south.

The Amerks are far from a playoff certainty at this point. Letting some of them go down and help them get there is the point. Jankowski went down and has helped them win a couple close games. If they have Eakin away for a conditional 7th then Jankowski comes up and can’t help the Amerks her to the playoffs. That is the point. If you give the vets away for nothing it effects depth throughout the organization and hinders the Amerks chances to get to the playoffs. Adams sent a message that winning now is more important then an extra 6th or 7th round pick.

Adams said exactly this in his interview. Letting the younger guys succeed in Rochester happens if the vets are in place in Buffalo. Buffalo aren’t playing for a playoff spot, Rochester are. The kids getting a playoff run is huge. Krebs Mule And Fitzpatrick were added to the Amerks playoff list today so they can play if the Amerks make it.

Hockeybuzz said Florida was going to acquire Martin Jones from Philly thru a third party. That was probably the deal.

Yeah it will. It will allow a couple of them go to Rochester, make a playoff push and hopefully a playoff run which will help long term.

What if the offer is a conditional 7th? I could care less if the Sabres make a deal today. 6th and 7th round picks aren’t Making or breaking us. Keeping these guys allows Rochester to be stronger when people get healthy. Miller for a 4th is fine. Miller for a 7th is not.

Arizona claim Harry Sateri off waivers so Leafs don’t get him.🤣🤣🤣 Dubas probably in panic mode right now.

Samuelsson for Barzal would make me think.😄

He went to SJ for Middleton

People will say Fox, Heiskanen, Hughes but to me Makar and Dahlin are the two dmen that will be the standard bearers for young dmen in the league. Dahlin is starting to control the whole game when he is on the ice. More points will come as better talent is added.

How is it even possible to get a zero rating on defence as a dman?

I’m adding Tyler Myers if Vancouver still want to move him for cap reasons. He has been very solid and his style would compliment Power well. At his size he could mentor Power on how to use his size at the NHL level, he can still skate and is a legit top 4. One thing to look at is that if you want Power to be a top 4 D man you can’t pair him with someone who is a third pairing guy. They won’t be able to handle the minutes. That is why Myers has leapfrogged some guys for me. He is getting $6 million for a couple more years, a salary the Sabres could actually welcome.

Face offs are about technique, timing and hand/eye coordination. It is a very overlooked talent in the game. If they trade Eakin I fear they might not win another faceoff all season😀

Remember the past couple years when all we heard was how Dahlin wasn’t even in the same league with the Quinn Hughes of the NHL. Wasn’t even close tonight, Hughes couldn’t hold Dahlin’s jockstrap all game. I watched the Sportsnet feed tonight. Crazy stat: Cody Eakin on all the different teams he has played for is now 22-1-1 against the Canucks. Anderson was great. I think Vinny forgot to turn his brain on tonight, a lot of bad decisions. Cozens was flying. I like Samuelsson and Bryson as a pair. Id they are serious about a partner for Power I think Myers would check all the boxes. That is if Vancouver decides to move him this summer. Two OT wins in a row I have got to buy a lottery ticket tomorrow.😀

Call your shot now. What 2 teams are you going to see in the finals in Boston?😀

Dubas puts Mrazek on waivers and signs journeyman Euro goalie Harri Säteri to a one way deal. He has officially entered Panic Mode.

We need to have a Quinn draft night meltdown trip down memory lane. Many were on ledges as some of us tried to talk them down. We had all convinced ourselves that Rossi was the only solution even as Pronman was saying how high they were on Quinn. Hats off to the Sabres scouts on the Quinn pick. He is a development outlier in every sense. Think of where he is today and the injuries that have held him back. He might be even more dominant without those setbacks taking big chunks of development time from him.

Power wears 25 when he plays for Canada so that is my guess if they can get Grigorenko’s blessing.😜

I like JT Miller but this is right. He is going to want big money and term and guys that play hard like he does usually fall off a cliff in their early 30s as their bodies start to break down.

My biggest takeaway from last night’s game was that Power was not up the ice attacking. That would come from the coaching staff who probably want to play safer with it being one and done with the tournament. He might also be hurt or tired from the Olympics.

The reason TB justified the move is because Hagel is under contract for 3 years at a ridiculously low price. If they re signed Raddysh and/or Katchouk it would be for the same price Hagel is signed for.

Technically 3 as the 4th goal was an empty netter.

Or a couple College dmen signings that could step in right away.