Flashsabre

Every signing is a win on July 1st Then the season starts

So the Caps are over $13 million over the cap. Backstrom and his $9.2 million probably goes on LTIR but another move has to be made there

If he thinks his job is on the line and this is all he does well then he deserves his fate. I have to believe something else is ahead. Pinto, Rossi, Ehlers, Buchnevech , Pageau could be some options

Pegula loves Girgs. I’m sure he had to make an offer to appease Terry but both sides knew it was time to move on.

There is their Stamkos replacement😛

He won’t help the Oilers win the Cup. He is the anthesis of playoff hockey.

The Skinner buyout wasn’t about money it was about getting him off the team. But I agree they need a top 6 Player.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-reinstates-joel-quenneville-stan-bowman/

If Pinto is traded my prediction is out west to Minnesota for Rossi. Word is Minny want a bigger centre and Rossi was a star in Ottawa for the 67s.

I like the 4th line construction. They need to upgrade Joker on the 2nd pair and an impact forward through trades now.

Good 4th line signing

Prediction: Many Sabres fans with their heads in the oven by the end of the day.

I feel Stamkos will be a Pred.

Tanev deal is for 4 years Edit: now seeing 6 years elsewhere. Yikes

Other moving parts probably means someone else getting shipped out

I don’t agree with Peters I think he’s an idiot. Someone just asked for possible reasons teams wouldn’t want to deal with Buffalo so I listed some potential reasons.

I think Stephenson seems like a Sabres signing. I think realistically guys like Stephenson, Carrier, Martinook, Wennberg are their targets. Matt Roy would be such a good addition for Power but his market will be big. Maybe a trade for Ehlers or Iafallo.

I actually wouldn’t be surprised with Pegula wanting to get aggressive.

I would put Nashville as the favourite but who knows if someone goes crazy with an offer. Maybe someone trades for Stamkos rights early.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/lightning-acquire-rights-to-jake-guentzel-from-hurricanes/ TB going all in on Guentzel. I just don’t get it. Moving on from Stamkos and Sergachev to bring in Guentzel. Probably means Necas stays in Carolina

Larry Brooks of the NY Post talking about Shesterkin’s contract: ”The gulp may be even larger than you imagine with The Post having been told that Shesterkin’s camp is aiming for a contract under which the goaltender would start with 14 percent of the cap, which would equate to a netminding record of $12.9M under an expected $92M cap for 2025-26. The cap hit would remain at $12.9M through the contract while the percentage would decline as the cap is expected to increase. But that number seems untenable on a deal that would likely be seven or eight years and take Shesterkin — who has had two very uneven regular seasons following his 2021-22 Vezina — to age 36 or 37. In fact, I’d suggest it would be untenable for the Rangers, GM Chris Drury and the hierarchy to enter the season with Shesterkin as a pending free agent.”

Iginla

Him being in the HOF is an absolute joke