Turbo44 Posted June 21 Report Posted June 21 On 6/20/2026 at 10:21 AM, PASabreFan said: Benson and JK met one on one last night for dinner. Link? Quote
JohninMinn. Posted June 21 Report Posted June 21 All this hoopla for a 145lb 13 goal scorer? I don't get it. 2 1 Quote
PASabreFan Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 2 hours ago, Turbo44 said: Link? No link necessary. I know people. Zach's table manners were impeccable. Jarmo drank his soup. 4 Quote
Turbo44 Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 1 hour ago, PASabreFan said: No link necessary. I know people. Zach's table manners were impeccable. Jarmo drank his soup. Interesting as Zach had been back home in BC the last week. He is truly incredible Quote
Pimlach Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 On 6/19/2026 at 3:12 PM, OverPowerYou said: How many 7Million a year players can they afford? Take the cap max and divide by 7M. 2 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 Just now, Pimlach said: Take the cap max and divide by 7M. That's 14. How do you pay the other 9 players you need? Quote
Pimlach Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: That's 14. How do you pay the other 9 players you need? You have 14 great players. That’s enough isn’t it? Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 18 minutes ago, Pimlach said: You have 14 great players. That’s enough isn’t it? You need 23 for a roster. Quote
Pimlach Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: You need 23 for a roster. Nah. Rumor 1 Quote
Eleven Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 15 hours ago, Pimlach said: You have 14 great players. That’s enough isn’t it? I think the Devils tried this once. It did not work. Quote
Pimlach Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 Just now, Eleven said: I think the Devils tried this once. It did not work. I was joking of course. Quote
thewookie1 Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 Wish the damn signing could happen so I wouldn't need to stress about an offersheet Quote
Scottysabres Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 27 minutes ago, thewookie1 said: Wish the damn signing could happen so I wouldn't need to stress about an offersheet Draft night, since the Sabres host. I expect several moves to be announced in intervals across Friday evening, including trading that 20th over all, maybe to move up, to keep us foaming at the mouth fans rabid for the drug that is now the Sabres 😁 At least, I’m counting on it as I’m going to my first draft ever. Quote
inkman Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 43 minutes ago, thewookie1 said: Wish the damn signing could happen so I wouldn't need to stress about an offersheet You don’t think the Sabres would match any offer presented? I doubt anyone would go too high over $7.1 mill. The next tier starts at $9.4 mill. I’d still sign him to that but holy ***** sticks, a GM would have to be unhinged to make that kind of commitment to another teams RFA player. Quote
inkman Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 18 minutes ago, Scottysabres said: Draft night, since the Sabres host. I expect several moves to be announced in intervals across Friday evening, including trading that 20th over all, maybe to move up, to keep us foaming at the mouth fans rabid for the drug that is now the Sabres 😁 At least, I’m counting on it as I’m going to my first draft ever. I’m just glad we aren’t falling victim to WGR pushing the narrative, as they did in previous years, claiming the only option was to trade the 1st for an established top 6 player. Not only is that wrong, the coffers need replenishment. All the good prospects have graduated. There are a handful of decent looking kids slated for Rochester this coming season but they could use some more forward prospects in the system. 2 Quote
tom webster Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 4 minutes ago, inkman said: I’m just glad we aren’t falling victim to WGR pushing the narrative, as they did in previous years, claiming the only option was to trade the 1st for an established top 6 player. Not only is that wrong, the coffers need replenishment. All the good prospects have graduated. There are a handful of decent looking kids slated for Rochester this coming season but they could use some more forward prospects in the system. Unless everyone is horribly wrong about youth on the team they shouldn’t need any prospects for about three years or more which fits right in with the timeline of being thin now. They only need to find one or two forward prospects per year for three years to be in great shape. Quote
Doohickie Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 13 minutes ago, tom webster said: They only need to find one or two forward prospects per year for three years to be in great shape. But it takes... how many? players to end up with 3 solid prospects? Quote
inkman Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 1 hour ago, tom webster said: Unless everyone is horribly wrong about youth on the team they shouldn’t need any prospects for about three years or more which fits right in with the timeline of being thin now. They only need to find one or two forward prospects per year for three years to be in great shape. There certainly isn’t a rush or many open roster spots but the Amerks are going to be a little thin on the youth movement. Quote
Jorcus Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 7 minutes ago, inkman said: There certainly isn’t a rush or many open roster spots but the Amerks are going to be a little thin on the youth movement. I will be curious how this GM values the prospect pool. It was one of the first things Adams said when he got the job. We have to build the pipeline. It was in shambles when he took it over. He traded all the good assets away and rebuilt it. Will this be maintained? Will it go back to almost nothing? Will it be something in the middle? I have no idea how this will play out. Quote
Hoss Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 2 hours ago, inkman said: You don’t think the Sabres would match any offer presented? I doubt anyone would go too high over $7.1 mill. The next tier starts at $9.4 mill. I’d still sign him to that but holy ***** sticks, a GM would have to be unhinged to make that kind of commitment to another teams RFA player. Not to mention the offer sheet limit is five years, meaning if a team signs him to more than five years, it's the total divided by five rather than the number of years. Which is why you're never signing an offer sheet over five years unless you were planning on exceeding the upper limits any 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 (edited) 4 hours ago, inkman said: I’m just glad we aren’t falling victim to WGR pushing the narrative, as they did in previous years, claiming the only option was to trade the 1st for an established top 6 player. Not only is that wrong, the coffers need replenishment. All the good prospects have graduated. There are a handful of decent looking kids slated for Rochester this coming season but they could use some more forward prospects in the system. You're not kidding. Jeremy & Joe want Jarmo to sell the farm to get an elite player. They are 100% sold on the LA Rams/VGK model of trading all your picks and building through free agency and trades. Edited June 23 by PromoTheRobot Quote
dudacek Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: You're not kidding. Jeremy & Joe want Jarmo to sell the farm to get an elite player. They are 100% sold on the LA Rams/VGK model of trading all your picks and building through free agency. The Sabres have the following players on the roster, under contract or under team control for a minimum of: Josh Doan 7 years Rasmus Dahlin 6 years Konsta Helenius 6 years Owen Power 5 years Noah Östlund 5 years Jiri Kulich 5 years Tage Thompson 4 years Josh Norris 4 years Mattias Samuelsson 4 years Zach Benson 4 years (and, if reports are true soon to be 7) Ryan McLeod 3 years Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 3 years Tyson Kozak 3 years Jack Quinn 2 years Peyton Krebs 2 years That's not counting drafted players not on the roster like Wahlberg and Mrtka. The system definitely needs a fresh injection of talent, particularly up front. But they've set themselves up with plenty of time to rebuild the system before these guys need to be replaced, assuming they do. Edited June 23 by dudacek 4 Quote
Taro T Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: You're not kidding. Jeremy & Joe want Jarmo to sell the farm to get an elite player. They are 100% sold on the LA Rams/VGK model of trading all your picks and building through free agency. Which would be absurd for this team. And, btw, they already DO have an elite player. He's the captain of the team and his last name is Dahlin. 😉 1 1 Quote
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