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Still time to get deals done. Arbitration empowers the player, though, in the event they don't get done. Doubt Reinhart, Olofsson, or Ullmark are going anywhere anytime soon.

Analytics on Toffoli's contributions are strong. The more I look, the better he gets. Would definitely recommend making competitive offers.

For the salary and term, we can find better players through trade and FA.

And the dark, unending, murky abyss that is down. There's always highly overpriced/over-termed contracts and unwise trades. Doing nothing, at the moment, is significantly better than doing significant self harm.

Will the Rochester Americans have the highest payroll in the AHL? Maybe. Sabres could sign a player up to $1.075M on a one way contract for 2020-21 and still get 100% cap relief upon assignment to Rochester (pending waivers). Burying contracts and the buried threshold:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/45525/brandon-davidson GOT 'EM Krueger connection strikes again:

That should be the first domino to fall for the LDs. Expect more soon/early tomorrow.

Krug and Vatanen were demonstrably fine at ES. Gustafsson was ok. The other UFA LDs are much, much worse (Ericsson, Kulikoz, Zadarov, Alzner, Forbort). Name another UFA LD that you'd let even sniff this roster. Vatenen should attract Brodie+ money. Brodie is somewhat underrated because points, but is measurably solid at both ends of the ice. 4 x $5M is about right for Brodie, as he was making $4.65M, and not way out of the park for his ability, factoring in the UFA premium. Vatenen's about the same age, contributes more in the offensive end, and was making $4.875M. Gustafsson will likely make less than Brodie unless he's grossly overpaid. He was making only $1.2M. He contributes a little less in both own-end and offensive zone (as of this past season), but had a career season in 2018-2019.

Sabres should be on the phone with Krug, Vatenen, and especially Erik Gustafsson. Gustafsson would be a great fit. All top-4 left-shot Ds. All point producers.

Some bits: Certainly has the wheels. Some older bits:

At least there's this, but it's not much.

Analytics show him being among the worst defenders in the league in GAR.

On a one way contract...?

Left shot but listed as an RD on CapFriendly. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/18745/matt-irwin Also a potential plug. Played sheltered minutes in NSH/ANA and didn't make much impact.

True, but teams gotta care about money; can't ignore it. Cap can can make teams worse in a hurry with little recourse.

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You nailed it.

One way contract, no.

Somewhat surprisingly, there's a urban dictionary entry for it, although not the top entry:

Not even a Larsson replacement. 16th F at best.

The right question is what was I expecting in the one-way contract and use of a roster spot range.

This guy's a plug. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/34851/tobias-rieder