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And only 21 of 23 roster spots filled

She’ll be heavily favored in the quarters too

Is there a team that would trade for VO at this point and his 4.8m cap hit?? Thinking he’d have to be included in a bigger trade for a Pesce/Hellebuyck/Gibson type

Hellebuyck is a dream but a pipe dream. I think the cost is too high (though we may be bidding vs nobody). KA Adams wants to Levi to play at least have the games not 30% goalies who they should target: Demko, would be pricey but the perfect time share candidate. Prob is Vancouver won’t tear it down and trading Demko would kill them Fleury - pricey contract wise and would he wave to come? hart - there should be a lot of teams in on him but Briere is asking too much plus there may be a waiting game going on to see if Hart is implicated in the CAD scandal

And see Dahlin prefers the his offside

KA isn’t done, though he may be done with goalies

I think a forward is most likely cuz Adams said he went after 3 on July 1, was close on one and obviously didn’t get any of the three

You don’t pay the price of what Hanifan will cost to play him as 5/6d unless you’re cutting down power and dahlins minutes significantly and giving more to the 3rd pairing. Doesn’t mKe sense to do that

Clifton played top 2 minutes for the first 20+ games when mcavoy was recovering from injury. His analytics were elite clifton played top 4 minutes for the next 40 or so games until they traded for orlov, when he moved to a 5/6 role. His analytics were very good in the 4 role not as good in the 5/6 role Boston ended up benching him in game 7 when he had a bad game 6 vs fla key take always - he plays up to his playing partners level. Know who’s an elite NHL defenseman? power He was the best PK dman in the league this year. Playing for Boston helps, it he was better than the elite Boston D too. He gave up an expected 2.35 goals/60 minutes or 4 GA in 102.5 minutes. That’s an insanely low total. Buffalo’s PK was abysmal. Clifton is a very good low cost gamble.

Yep - he could extend with Buffalo when the trade is consummated or he could bet on himself, play out the year, put up great stats in Buffalo and sign anywhere when the cap goes up $4m

That’s the plan I gotta believe

I like this signing a lot - he’ll be great in Rochester and good insurance for injuries in buffalo

Yep big training camp for Johnson, savoie, rosen, rousek and maybe even Benson. I could be terribly wrong but wouldn’t be surprised if Benson is NHL ready before savoie.

I think this is the trade to make if Adams is willing to pay the price. Grab konecny too, will be pricey

The average team thread on this sight gets about 50 texts. Buffalos one always gets hundreds/thousands lately. Buffalo fans are different

For him to come back into town and have a press conference. He’s prob vacationing in Sweden with his family. There’s no rush.

Yep stillman and Bush would be claimed most likely that’s why I think they stay in the active roster as 7/8 d. Joker I believe will be traded, if not he’s the #6. Jokers much better in a limited Role against lesser lines

On a horrible defensive team so keep that in mind. He’s a well above average nhl goalie. In saying that, he doesn’t fit what the Sabres need

Agreed snd if someone claimed them it’s a blessing

Problem with trading #68 at this point is who really covets him and who could pay his 4.8m salary. It almost seems to me he’ll have to go in a bigger deal. If Carolina could utilize him (not sure of this but maybe they need a goal scorer), maybe a trade of joker, Oloffson and a first for Pesce? That’s 7.25m in salary going to Carolina and 4.025m coming back. Maybe we have to hold half of oloff’s salary? Pegs doesn’t like doing that BUT it’s only for 1 year. This senario is still cap positive for us; +0.825m

From KA’s press conferences, I think: 1. Goalies stay as is, he seems to have much more faith in UPL than the masses. Barring an injury, he’ll attempt to send Comrie to Rochester 2. Forwards - I think he adds one more, though not sure it’ll be a big name Tarasenko type, though hope so. Tarasenko or Tatar would be great at this point. KA said they were in on a few UFA forwards on 7.1, and very close on one of them, but it didn’t work out. Means to me he’s still hunting 3. Defense is the big ? Is he still in on Pesce and the process is being held up by karlsson’s eventual trade? This would be a great move. If joker or bush was involved in a trade for a Pesce type, we’d still have 9 nhl d contracts. Bryson would be sent to Rochester, if he’s claimed = who cares

Yep - I think hart or fleury or that goalie whos name starts with a D makes the most sense. All three could come in and be a tandem with Levi. Gibson and Helly would be 1A to Levi’s 1B and I don’t KA wants that

Moving comrie instead of UPL doesn’t work. The Sabres don’t want to carry 3 goalies on the roster and UPL would be claimed if we sent him to rochester. Comrie probably isn’t claimed, and if he is, who really cares?

ANA’s D made last year made Buffalo’s look like the top of the league. Gibson is still very good, certainly better/safer than UPL. In saying that, I doubt KA has interest given his salary and attitude. Apparently, He wouldn’t waive last year to come to the Sabres and would be really be okay with splitting starts with Levi?

Correct - after last season’s performance nobody is paying 1.85m to claim him. He’s destined for Rochester where he belongs and will play well. That’s the obvious move to get our nhl defense contracts to 8. They’ll do the same for Comrie and get the goalies to two. Comrie has a better chance of being claimed but still less than 50% I’d guess