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The thing is, a short term deal vis arb is going to come in a lot lower than he wants. The Miller contractor 7.5 million per year, but it buys up a lot of UFA years. These are only RFA years we’re talking about which are less valuable in terms of contract comp. so he will probably come in under that with an award, and I’m sure that’s not what he’s looking for with his injury history. also, not being too on the nose, he had a chance to do the same thing yesterday and declined to do it. Therefore, it does not seem the path that he wanted to take… For those saying the Sabres are doing a dumb thing. He must’ve thought it advantageous to not be in the situation that he is now in.

No argument from me that signed Bryson when they did was just dumb and unnecessary

Not to be repetitive, but this is such a non-story it’s hilarious. I mean malynstein applied for arb last year too. It’s a very typical ploy for mid to low level rfa free agents to give them some negotiating power. Has nothing to do with the team and his agent would’ve done this no matter if he was traded or not most likely. The issue is people assigned some type of second round value to JBD. It’s pretty obvious in retrospect that this was just a false thinking because people did not like the idea of adding to cozens to get Norris. It should’ve been obvious to us when looking at his history that he was waived last year and no one claimed him. Do we really think Buffalo, despite how negative everyone is about their management, would pay a second round draft pick for a player that was on waivers a couple month earlier? If no one else claimed him when he was free, why would they pay a draft pick for him now? It’s not like he did anything remarkable like Fabbro

Eh I think they can afford to linger on this trade because the player is willing it to sign back even for a couple years in Buffalo. Peterka refused to sign here in any capacity it seems. The question is whether they could’ve gotten more at the trade deadline… But that sort of a dicey proposition. It’s funny that people are saying the Sabres had complete control that situation because they did have complete control of his rights, but they could not let him go into the season unsigned and tank the first part of the season.

Y’all know this means really nothing - it’s a very common negotiating ploy used by many players and almost never gets to the arbitration hearing stage. Many Sabres have done this over the last few years and none have gone to the heating

In terms of FA aren’t those 2 the only FWD we cared about anyways - never woukd have wanted then giving granlund 7 mil with term. they always needed to make a trade if it wasn’t ehlers / will they is the real ?

Take him out on a stretcher and battlefield jarmo - he should be making the call anyways!

We don’t have a 2nd in 26 so it’s wrong

I mean is the offer sheet really that much of a threat? The reality is if the Saber sign him it’s not going to be for more than two years anyways so how does it hurt them? except for not getting anything back for him that’s not a draft pick… But if somebody dumb sign, same like Calgary or Philadelphia then that’s an unprotected pick that could be a lottery pick. that would be pretty dumb on both of their ends too

Maybe the were lying about Lyon ha ha

D we signed last year - v good AHL player so not even a new player

Pegula puts himself on the roster as the new top 6 as a cost cutting move

Yeah there’s no way to poison pill it - people do that by making a qualifying offer the second year super high… He’s UFA after second year. Therefore it’s useless.

That’s where he played at the end of last year and his numbers were great… Not that I don’t want to get an upgrade there but that’s who actually played the best