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25 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

It's because Jarmo didn't sign Tuch

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1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

I stand corrected, they did put his new deal in... 22% -19mil

 

So Jarmo avoided significant overpayments to two players.  

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My initial instinct was to "poo poo" the attached article - as surely a league dominant team or two would be at the bottom.

Reality - pretty cool to see just how many of the top tier teams float in the top half. 

Money management....who'da thunk it?

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6 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

How much is Byram negative?

He doesn't hit until next year so I assumed it would use his current contract value and would be a bargain.  I was wrong; they used the AAV of everything he's on contract for which with one year to go, plus his new deal, comes to $11.6M per year.

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14 hours ago, Night Train said:

For now, yes. They'll pay dearly later. 

You mean when the cap goes up and the contracts look even better with what these players are about to start getting?

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Dahlin locked up for 6 more years at $11 million is really an incredible stroke of great luck or foresight or both.  Had Dahlin insisted on a shorter 3-5 year deal, the Sabres would be looking at paying him north of $16-17 million within a year or two. There really is a path here to a long run of success, by current NHL standards. The
Sabres will likely have an opportunity to lock up Quinn, Östlund, and Kulich at reasonable numbers, if warranted (I would have no issue giving the Doan deal to Quinn  right now). With none of the roster having overly restrictive trade clauses (outside of Dahlin's full NMC), and with most of their draft capital in place, and with some solid prospect talent and depth, and with cap space not being an issue (particularly after this season), there will be opportunities to take some big swings also.

I don't think I have rose-colored glasses on this. There are lots of ways it could go wrong, starting with the GM, who has a long track-record in the role that is, generously, mediocre. 

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Yep exGMKA sure made some amazing signings...I dread him working his magic for Boston, and that, along with JJ, coming back to haunt us. As noted our current GM does not have exactly a wonderful track-record.  His trade for Zellweger was very good and also the Byrum trade but these seem to be more other team's stupidity then Jarmo's magic. 

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1 hour ago, sabrefanday1 said:

Yep exGMKA sure made some amazing signings...I dread him working his magic for Boston, and that, along with JJ, coming back to haunt us. As noted our current GM does not have exactly a wonderful track-record.  His trade for Zellweger was very good and also the Byrum trade but these seem to be more other team's stupidity then Jarmo's magic. 

Jarmo has had exactly one trade deadline and one offseason to work on the roster.  Because of the Skinner buyout, Jarmo had less money to work with than he could have and he also had young players to lock up and 3 more young players pushing for roster spots.

 This was not an easy offseason to navigate.  He did well to get value for Tuch and Byram, two players looking to cash in on the growing cap, locked up two young studs in Doan and Benson, added D depth and got us into a better cap situation. Overall I thought he did a reasonable job given the situation.  

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1 hour ago, sabrefanday1 said:

Yep exGMKA sure made some amazing signings...I dread him working his magic for Boston, and that, along with JJ, coming back to haunt us. As noted our current GM does not have exactly a wonderful track-record.  His trade for Zellweger was very good and also the Byrum trade but these seem to be more other team's stupidity then Jarmo's magic. 

Adams is not the GM of Boston... yet. 

I will worry about JJ Peterka haunting us when he learns to be more than a rush player. 

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33 minutes ago, DHawerchuk10 said:

Don’t quite understand the model’s love affair with Lane Hutson.  Great player, but not that great.  

The model is primarily based on points versus contract cost and some age sprinkled in. Hutson dropped 78pts last year while only making 8.6million. The defender with the 4th most points in the league is highly valuable. 

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Just now, TageMVP said:

Jarmos really not going to do anything, is he? 

This stinks 

And fans will accept it and defend it. Thorny is right. People loved the Jarmo hire for one reason. He has not delivered.

Job security dictates that JK will ride the success of KA's team for a year and half, two years under the cover of Sabres fan fever. Once that fades, under pressure, he'll make Jarmo Moves. And then get fired.

Until then Mrs. Jarmo is down at Raymour & Flanigan threatening to walk out if she doesn't get a free lamp.

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