Bo Byram ultimate final prediction

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11 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

I think Adams is playing this perfectly. He can match any offer sheet, so if a team thinks they will, they are lying to themselves and hockey fans in general. If Byram stays, even short term, it’s a win. He’s more than capable of making us better.

if he’s traded, it will be on Adams terms, he holds all  the cards.

That's a fantasy.  Wait too long and the offers dry up as teams look elsewhere and/or they run out of cap space.  Eventually, you run out of suitors and then you are left with having to re-sign a player who doesn't want to be here.  This what happened with both Ullmark and Reinhart.  Maybe he just signs a 1 year deal and forces Adams to trade him at the deadline or next off-season (his last as an RFA).  Regardless, better trade him now while there is a market for his services.

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3 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

I think Dahlin Power would weaken the second pair too much. Dahlin makes almost everyone better. So if get a F for Byram, and still have cap room we can look for a low cost vet Dman. It doesn't matter what handed since Dahlin can play either.

Is this what Sabres ever do? Unless you're talking a low cost as in league minimum AHL/NHL guy there's nobody there to get. They traded Clifton because depth be damned. The other option (as this team functions) is Dahlin-Samuelsson and Power-Kesselring and that ain't a good idea. Dahlin-Power for 30 minutes a night might be how they roll - all the way to the McKenna lottery.

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46 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

That's a fantasy.  Wait too long and the offers dry up as teams look elsewhere and/or they run out of cap space.  Eventually, you run out of suitors and then you are left with having to re-sign a player who doesn't want to be here.  This what happened with both Ullmark and Reinhart.  Maybe he just signs a 1 year deal and forces Adams to trade him at the deadline or next off-season (his last as an RFA).  Regardless, better trade him now while there is a market for his services.

Hardly a fantasy. He’s 2 seasons away to UFA. His value isn’t at an apex now, not even close given his age and it’s the off season. I don’t know where you’d get that idea from, but it is simply not the case. Buffalo holds his rights, they hold all the cards.