Report: Sabres sign Bowen Byram to a two year 6.25 million dollar AAV contract extension

[JohnC]

17 minutes ago, kas23 said:

That Terry didn’t do this just shows you how out of touch he is. Even it was just an administrative label change done for optics, many of us would actually think progress was being made. But, my bet is that Terry doesn’t “trust” Jarmo yet. 

Terry P is not out of touch. The organization and staffing is structured the way he wants it to be. If he wanted things to be done differently—-it would be done differently. KA is the GM he selected and has retained after more than 5 years of a flawed and failed rebuild. No other owner would have considered KA to be their GM or would have retained their GM with such a paltry record. He’s the owner and is doing what he wants to do, not what others want him to do. Incompetence paired with stubbornness is difficult to overcome. 

[Brawndo]

 

[That Aud Smell]

Um.

Wtf?!

Where is our additional top-6 (middle 6?!) forward?

Where is the new power play coach?

It feels like Sabres ‘25-26 won’t sniff 80 points.

[Thorny]

 

[Brawndo]

 

[inkman]

11 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

Um.

Wtf?!

Where is our additional top-6 (middle 6?!) forward?

Where is the new power play coach?

It feels like Sabres ‘25-26 won’t sniff 80 points.

There are teams that still need to do cap gymnastics and some teams may be tanking.  The opportunity is still there.  The blue line does look great 1-5.  

[Thorny]

On 7/2/2025 at 2:57 PM, tom webster said:

Why would Byram sign any kind of a bridge deal when he can sign an offer sheet worth over $7M?

 

On 7/2/2025 at 2:53 PM, Thorny said:

•Keep the open cap to “defend” against offer sheet 

•Intentionally ink Byram to bridge extension later in offseason than necessary after doing so

•claim they didn’t have the functionality to operate during peak transaction periods and thus leave remaining cap unspent

•try to win, now that we’ve prioritized spending less 

Hey

Edited 6 hours ago by Thorny

[That Aud Smell]

3 minutes ago, Thorny said:

 

Hey

[PerreaultForever]

So is he still a UFA in 2 years?

[Thorny]

1 minute ago, That Aud Smell said:

If you take my word for things it’ll lesson the sting when they inevitably come about 

Edited 6 hours ago by Thorny

[Brawndo]

1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:

So is he still a UFA in 2 years?

Yep

 

[The Jokeman]

1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:

So is he still a UFA in 2 years?

Yup. 

[PromoTheRobot]

15 minutes ago: Byram doesn't want to be in Buffalo.

Now: Byram doesn't want to be in Buffalo in two years. 

Edited 6 hours ago by PromoTheRobot

[GASabresIUFAN]

I congratulate Adams.  He has secured another losing season and Byram will take his services to a team that wants to win next off-season when Adams trades him for another RFA or soon to be RFA.  

"And the seasons they go round and round,

And the painted ponies go up and down,

We're captive on the carousel of time"

[PromoTheRobot]

1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

I congratulate Adams.  He has secured another losing season and Byram will take his services to a team that wants to win next off-season when Adams trades him for another RFA or soon to be RFA.  

"And the seasons they go round and round,

And the painted ponies go up and down,

We're captive on the carousel of time"

Wow. How pissed would you have been if Byram got poached for picks?

I was about to say that this does not preclude a trade from happening.

Edited 6 hours ago by PromoTheRobot

[That Aud Smell]

9 minutes ago, Thorny said:

If you take my word for things it’ll lesson the sting when they inevitably come about 

[Taro T]

So, they have $7.3MM in cap left with only Timmons and Levi to sign.  (Technically adding those 2 puts them at 24 contracts, but realistically there will be injuries all year and they'll have 24 or 25 contracts counting against the cap at any given time for nearly all season.)

Get them both in house for $3MM, leave $1MM for contingencies, and then they've got $3.3MM to add a middle 6 F.  (Presuming Byram doesn't get traded now that his contract is locked in.)

Would like someone better than Rust to add; but him with the Pens retaining 40% might be the best easy thing to do.  Make it happen, Kevyn.  (Don't trust you to get something more complicated done.)

[sabremike]

Here were your two options:

A) Take the late first + B/C level prospect that other teams were offering in a trade.

B) Sign him to a short term deal.

 

Think it's obvious which option was the correct choice.

[Thorny]

No team is trading for him now. There’s no trade coming 

He’s walked to UFA 

[SJSabres Fan]

On 7/12/2025 at 2:54 PM, Taro T said:

Actually, post-heart attack / stroke, maybe it's Kim.

Would explain a LOT.

Poor taste

[GASabresIUFAN]

Just now, PromoTheRobot said:

Wow. How pissed would you have been if Byram got poached for picks?

Livid.  This was the off-season to fix goaltending and defense.  Instead he damaged the offense, the only good part of the team, left the crappy goaltending intact and add two 3rd line RHD.  

[Thorny]

1 minute ago, sabremike said:

Here were your two options:

A) Take the late first + B/C level prospect that other teams were offering in a trade.

B) Sign him to a short term deal.

 

Think it's obvious which option was the correct choice.

We picked the one that ensured we’d be 5
mil+ short of the cap

some will argue it’s a coincidence and not the driver lol 

1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Livid.  This was the off-season to fix goaltending and defense.  Instead he damaged the offense, the only good part of the team, left the crappy goaltending intact and add two 3rd line RHD.  

Ya lol 

Edited 6 hours ago by Thorny

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:

Livid.  This was the off-season to fix goaltending and defense.  Instead he damaged the offense, the only good part of the team, left the crappy goaltending intact and add two 3rd line RHD.  

Keep being you, GA.

[thewookie1]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

No team is trading for him now. There’s no trade coming 

He’s walked to UFA 

He can still be traded rather easily; he's not a UFA for 2 years and we see acquisitions like that all the time.

[Flashsabre]

It’s been obvious from Day 1 that Adams isn’t qualified enough to have a master plan that he can execute and make this team successful.

Every move he makes is reactionary. He constantly puts himself in these positions. 
 

A betting man isn’t betting on the Sabres to make the playoffs next season. 
 

The Adams era has been a complete failure.