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Well stated.

As others have stated, it's $3.5MM of the owner's cash (& wonder if there's an insurance policy that the beneficiary can change from Dallas to Buffalo so that it's likely 1/4 of that out of pocket) for $4.9MM of cap. Bringing them to ballpark $15MM below the floor rather than around $20MM below the floor. As he is almost definitely LTIR bound when appropriate, he'd only effect their ability reach the cap by however many $'s they are shy of the cap when they designate him to LTIR (should it even become necessary). So, he'll likely knock only a few $k off the max cap should they miraculously get offered McDavid for Krebs or some other fantastic s entries that sees them pushing the upper bounds of the cap occur). It's only the owners' money that's an issue here & if they really want to win (& IMHO they do want to do so) then it's chicken feed relative to their personal wealth. (Have no compunction w/ them spending their money. 😉 ) It's only for this one season & now $4.9MM of wasted cap will become an asset which still holds value beyond next season. Absolutely hope some of that cap space goes towards 1-2 ACTUAL goalies, not just theoretical ones & a couple of other upgrades, but there was no realistic way that they were going to be w/in $10MM of the maximum cap w/out moves like this. It's not a homerun, but it's at least a single unless it is literally a "for future considerations" move.

So, what will the Sabres get in return for taking him off Dallas' hands, Mr. Weekes?

Can see an argument to add 16 to that list. Understand why some wouldn't want to do so. But that's pretty much it. And really enjoyed watching the others who've had their #'s retired, but don't believe their #'s should be retired.

This already exists. The Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame.

Yeah, Jiricek is still the dream. And honestly would be willing to give up 28 to go high enough to get him. (Realizing that trades in the 1st round are rare/ don't happen & wouldn't give up more than that unless it's something like R2 Rou2 that doesn't seem to fit in long term.)

Basically reiterating both that upper management will lie when it suits it and the dreaded "vote of confidence" is the kiss of death. Hopefully they keep Sweeney a long time. 😉

Obviously, the crowd was small on almost all nights. There was no disputing that. The item that was commented upon was whether those that were interested enough to attend were "lifeless." IMHO, that was an unfair characterization. And still not sure what your original comment about squandering cap space meant. It appears based on what just wrote above that you didn't mean anything by it. Which is fine. And didn't comment on your GTing comments because we are pretty much on the same page & it has been discussed close to death.

Lifeless? The building was louder most nights than it's been in years and w/ a fraction of the crowd as you point out. And not sure what you mean by "unwisely" squander his cap space? That happened this past season. Are you referring to that or suggesting that it's been suggested that should happen this year? Agree w/ the former but disagree w/ the latter.

Art & book deals. The way the rich launder money. This NFT stuff? The way the tech savvy launder money. My 2 cents. YMMV.

Maintaining flexibility when a majority of your assets won't maximize their value for literally years & one doesn't know which of those assets will appreciate the most significantly over that time is smart, if not necessarily "clever." (And isn't as common sense an idea as it appears on the surface as both of his predecessors significantly reduced the options available to them by choice with far less to show for it than there should have been.) But now that he doesn't have multiple fires to put out (other than goaltending TODAY), he needs to convert some of that flexibility into tangible value and IMHO he NEEDS to convert some of the ridiculous cap space the team has into tangible assets that will still maintain value on 7/1/23. His letting $15MM or so of cap space last season to simply evaporate into the ether is nearly as egregious as his inability to get a legit NHL starter brought into the fold in either of the 2 previous seasons.

Depends on who you're with & just how little of the movie you actually saw. 😉

Yeah, just too much of a Cooper or Grigorenko vibe. (Even though the mono was a big part of Grigs sliding, it wasn't the entirety of it & both are cautionary tales regarding guys w/ a ton of skill but maybe not so much drive or other Qs. And this kid was happy the Sabres landed Grigs. Ooops.)

ESPN's main PbP announcer for college lax is Anish Shroff. He is great & has done some college football too as he moves up the ranks. He'd be excellent at hockey.

??? Sean McDonough is Indian? Since when?

Cross country.

It doesn't sound like Miroschnichenko has much likelihood of going prior to 16 (though anything is possible) but really can't see him making it to 28. Pretty sure the other 2 teams w/ 3 picks have their 3rd coming up before the Sabres, so at a minimum as we expect the Sabres might take a flyer on a high ceiling / not even playing in the NHL floor would expect one of the others to think that way too. W/ 4 of the top 41, really hoping they hit on at least 3 of them as NHLers & 2 of those as actual good NHLers. Get lucky & hit on 1 more later in the draft & about the time they have to start deciding who to keep & who to move on from off this year's roster they'll have bodies ready to backfill the guys not deemed to be core. And if a lot of rankings for Nazar are 10-14, says they need to spend 9 on him if that's their guy.

Would be happy w/ that, but doubt the 2nd & 3rd picks he's got heading to town are available at those slots. Expect they'd have to pass on Lekkermaki to land the other 2.

Touche. Didn't even realize it was him on the broadcast as w/ his "bald for bucks" do he looked like he should be selling pocket protectors or maybe used cars until they put his name up on the graphics. But that look fits him to a tee.

Except for goaltending, Adams has done a good job assembling a team that could be good as soon as this season & very good a year or 2 out (right about the time he should finally have a GT that the Sabres currently hold the rights to should be ready to step in). And, the way the team played down the stretch, and even the way they typically played when it looked like the wheels were about to fall off around the time Subban was breaking, demonstrates that Adams has achieved one of his goals - assembling a roster of players with high character. But even the very best reach a breaking point and if we get to watch the equivalent of Anderson & Dell this year there's a chance we find out where that point is and that would be devastating. Personally, expect they could battle through getting that little support again, but really don't want to have to find out if that is a valid assumption. Get them the support they need & start rebuilding everything. Adams likes to talk about how everybody involved from management, to the players, to the back office, to the event staff, to the fans need to be on the same page; well, this is his 3rd shot at getting that aspect right. For the love of all that's good & Holy, get on the mother ####### page Kevyn and give the kids some NHL quality backstopping.

Again, hoping he doesn't tack that way and instead brings in, say, Fleury on a 2 year deal & Husso on a 3 year deal. But if we end up watching him bring in the equivalent of Anderson & Dell to "fix" the issue ...

Maybe. But the timing of this just seems 1 year early as Bergeron might walk and at least 3, if not 4, other key pieces are expected to miss at least 1 month of the season including the Rat Faced Git who might miss close to 6 months. Did Bergeron tell Sweeney he might stay if Cassidy goes? Doubt it, but at least that would make more sense for the timing. Unless they really believe he's too tough on the young players that will need to fill in early in the year, but it never was an issue his 1st 5 years on the job.

So, is Bissonette happy that his Loafs will be joined in their not winning Lord Stanley's Chalice by all the other teams based in Canuckistan or is he sad that once again it will go to a "non-deserving" squad based in the lower 48?

Love the press release. Everybody (GM, Team President, & Owner) loves the guy& says he's a great coach, but they want to move in a different direction. Alrighty then.

Wow. Really thought he'd be the sacrificial lamb for NEXT year's failure.