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FTFY. 😉

Thanks for that. 2 interesting (IMHO at least) things from that thread. 1. The guy that was saying Kjell would have Mattias leaving ASAP seems to have deleted all his (or her) posts from that thread. Read into it whatever one will. And 2. The 3rd prize of this past draft at least according to 1 poster is the player the Sabres ended up with - Savoie.

Is everything OK at home? Are you getting enough sleep? Your digs were much more creative in the past. Maybe you're just having a bad day. Nobody can ALWAYS be on. Hope all is well. Truly. (No, that isn't some PA-esque backhanded swipe. Truly do hope all is well with you.) 🍺

Yep. He IS the right coach for now. Hopefully he's the right coach for then too. If he is, cool, he's locked up until then & presumably would be amenable to staying longer. If not, the only thing the Sabres are out is a few Pegula bucks. Not our concern.

To the bolded, absolutely. And with the cap set to go up significantly in 2 or 3 years, locking him up today at current prices would be a great way to do just that. IMHO.

It IS possible. And it will mean there's more money for mid level players especially after the cap jumps. But the cap being artificially depressed the last 2 years & very likely again next year makes predictions of just what the salary structure will look like post cap increase really difficult. The players that can hold off on signing LT deals for 2 more years will likely be big winners. But, if most/all the leadership in 2 years are locked into LT deals maybe the mid-tier guys that want to be here are willing to take slightly less to keep from making those earlier signed deals so egregiously out of place.

Regardless of whether he turns into Mike Ramsey, Mike Weber, or Mike Wilson; at the age he'll be when that next contract is signed both sides should know what he's worth & neither should expect to be cursing the deal when it ends. BUT, upon further review, maybe a deal could force the Sabres into a year or 2 too many. Thought he would still be in his late 20's at the end of this one but he'll be 30. Will stand by the original contention, but it isn't as definite as originally expected. ???

Don't really see it as a vendetta against ownership as much as the board contrarian must always be contradictory. And, it seems that if he can do it in a noticeable (flamboyant?, controversial?) way he gets more points on his scorecard.

Why wouldn't Asplund get a LT deal? He's their most defensively responsible "young" guy so the team should want him locked up LT and he likely won't turn into a 60 or 70 point player so he & the agent shouldn't have too much fear of leaving millions on the table should they sign LT.

An additional benefit of this contract besides the value it'll be down the road is, when this contract is due to end, another long deal likely won't have 5 years of buyers remorse written in standard at the end of it. He should still be able to earn what he's paid over the majority of, if not all of, that next deal.

Thought you hated the idea of Jokiharju on the 3rd pairing because he's a legit top 4 guy at this point in time. Personally don't want him paired w/ Power because don't want Power having to cover for his defensive zone gaffes while Power is a rookie. (And yes, Joker is a 4/5 that may become a 4 (hopefully) but he isn't there yet.

Anderson WAS more than competent. But the person that we have not seen any competence from on the providing actual current NHL starting goaltending front to date is Adams. Comrie might finally demonstrate that Kevyn can be & is competent in this aspect as well. But so far, we are still in hopeful mode rather than we have hard data to support the contention that he in fact is competent in this regard.

Have said it in another thread, always want the GM locked up for at least 2 more years & the coach for at least 1 more year. (Ideally a year or 2 more than that on each.) There is absolutely no downside to this other than Mr. & Mrs. Moneybags eventually being a few extra $'s out of pocket should they eventually decide to go in another direction. Which isn't our concern. This is a good morning. Do we get any other announcements today?

Adams gets it. Just wish he could give us actual proof he can get a real goalie actually between the pipes during games. Maybe Comrie will do that for him. That's the 1 piece that we still don't have any proof of competence (or ideally much better than that). Am very pleased Samuelsson will be a Sabre for at least the next 8 years. Love his game & the potential of what he can become.

The Okposo line will likely go out against Tkachuk. If not, it'll be the Thompson line. The only way Cozens line (as presently constituted) is out for any significant time against Tkachuk is after an icing.

Expect the bolded is correct. But would much rather we see Jokiharju getting pulled up onto the 2nd pairing when they're down a goal late rather than pulling Lybushkin up to protect a lead late. Because, expect we'll be protecting a lead late far more often if Jokiharju is running the 3rd pair than otherwise. And, while personally much prefer the concept of the Power Lyubushkin pair over the reality of the Power Joker pair, could see a reason to go with Power - Buusch at home & Power-Joker on the road to make sure we don't see Bryson-Joker out against the MacKinnon or Bergeron lines.

But if they can't follow their reptilian overlords' commands, it might lead to their issues. Quick's tin foil hat has gaps in back, so he might still be compliant.

Maybe they're having trouble focusing with all the tin foil helmets?

Anybody know if the computer generated ads are going to just be a national TV thing or are the local broadcasts going to go to them as well? Can't believe the advertisers with actual ads on the boards are happy about this development. Unless, of course, those computer generated ads are of the same advertisers; in which case 'nevermind.'

Waaaaaaay better than the other Wyatt Earp themed movie that came out around then.

You sure? Thought he dies in a Parisian tub at the end after singing about Skeet Surfing and then turning a house into a giant Jiffy Pop. 😉

No one's missed with 120. Hey, maybe ... You don't care, but yet are belaboring it. 😉 NHL 0.600 is easy to track in season. Played 10 games? Yep. Got at least 12 points? Yep. Cool. Keep up the good work. Nope? Better find some more points the next 10 so you've got 24 after 20. 98 is the closest you can come and cross that 0.600 threshold after the full year.

Coaching is a blast. You pretty much get to spend all your time time at the rink with the kids and your manager has to deal with the adults. And if you're the head coach, you get to tell other people where to put the cones. 😉 What's not to love?

And, again, teams (within the last 50 years) have missed w/ 96. Since the very unusual '70 season where literally every good team was in the Eastern Conference, nobody at or above NHL 0.600 has missed the playoffs. That should be the goal (6 points every 5 games, or if that's too many increments then 12 points every 10). Ensuring they're in, not hoping they're in.

Expect Bjork would've been waived. The more interesting question is would Pilut have been waived over Bjork had Okposo been 100% and the team not heading for a long road trip after their 2nd game in 3 days to start the season. Still believe it makes more sense to carry 8 D, but they aren't going to do that if it means possibly only carrying 12 healthy F's on a long road trip.