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The Hawks no longer have a cap crunch, but they do have to pay this.

Being the only team on his list is reasonable. Can you imagine if he came home & helped bring the the Sabres back to playoff relevance? It is reasonable. Teams in a position to win now do not have the cap space to absorb PK. If he wants to finish his career in Buffalo, it won’t take much to acquire him due to his full no-move clause. If he wants to be a deadline mercenary, then the Sabres can look at it next year based on his production. Long story short, he’s here if he wants to be because it won’t be cost prohibitive and he wants to be a Sabre. If that’s really the organization rallying cry, then it’s pretty feasible.

Holtby has a major injury and Mikko signed in Europe.

Thank you for taking the time to write out what I was thinking.

From a UFA goaltender perspective, there’s not much left. (Assuming Campbell & Keumper aren’t coming to Buffalo) Eric Comrie Thomas Greiss Martin Jones Jaroslav Halak David Rittich So Comrie, I guess?

He was a pending UFA. Are you sure Husso was willing to sign here? Otherwise your conclusion is off base.

Agree. I seem to remember him on stage for every first round draft pick in recent memory.

I’m late to this thread and draft day two in general, but if Terry wasn’t at the draft…that’s pretty noteworthy, isn’t it?

After two covid cancelations, Rage Against The Machine will finally play Key Bank on July 25th. Pumped! One of the few 90’s era bands I never got to see.

Agree. I think that will be difficult to obtain because he’s not on an NHL roster next year and it is the same flight risk no matter who he is traded to. They can just sign him for no spent assets next August.

Paul Gaustad. He looked like an open-skate first timer on skates in ROC. Not literally, but you get the drift. Never gave him a shot to play in the NHL. And then he went and played eleven seasons in the show. Oops.

If the Sens are so desperate to get 11M under the cap FLOOR that they dangle seventh overall, I’m buying. Just hard to see the logic because it’s only two more years of Murray. From a cap planning standpoint, a buyout seems like a better idea than spending their 7OA to save $6.25 AAV…especially because they’re going to have to spend the majority of it anyway just to get to the floor. I am thinking this reporting is 💩💩

Is the thinking with all the Sens/Murray talk that Ottawa wants to rid themselves of the contract for a certain reason? Sale of the team? I get that he sucks, but with that contract included, their current cap hit is 55M and the floor is 60.2M. They only have 14 roster players next year, but they also have 5 RFA’s and none of them will be expensive. So essentially 19 players signed. If they take out the 6.25M of Murray, the team might have a hard time getting to the cap floor without overpaying a UFA or two. What am I missing?

Totally agree. This is overdue.

Can’t argue with you there!

It might be. Ryan Miller was the Amerks starter for two full seasons, and was the Sabres backup in year three. With Levi committing to another year in college, and then following the above path (which is reasonable), then he is the Sabres backup in year four of Campbell’s potential deal. I don’t see this as an issue or a block at all. If Levi outplays the Sabres free-agent signing sooner, that’s even better. But it would be risky to count on that.

Jack Campbell is a Vezina finalist in a Sabres uniform.

He looked run down in the playoffs. A shell of what he looked like in 2021. I would have to pass.

You won’t be disappointed

Did you miss the conversation that this is a backup role?

Exactly. This is good. It keeps UPL in Rochester and keeps a positive veteran presence in the room.