tom webster

Davis might not be physically able to play on a short week after playing for the first time in a year.

As Taro said.

Again, I’m not disagreeing with any of this. But if you trade him, you have to get someone that is the other teams best NHL ready prospect. Any first round pick outside the top five is five years away from being useful.

First, someone will give him a front loaded contract and the real money value of even a $13M front loaded deal will probably cover most, if not all of the loss total dollars. Second, he can sign with someone in a no tax state. Third, like you said, if he keeps up his level of play he will be able to make up for”total value” if that’s really a concern. If his play falls off so that he doesn’t warrant a new contract, the flip side is that Buffalo would likely buy out the last couple of years. That’s why everyone with leverage wants the money front loaded, to protect against buy out.

I don’t necessarily disagree but Kempe is same age. It’s that much or lose him. If he hits free agency as the number one free agent, he will get more.

Yep, I think they had less than 4% signing bonuses.

The AAV and the front loaded structure is what it will take to sign Tuch.

New roof. Sound system. Upgraded the concessions. A few smaller things. In addition, they commissioned a study for complete facelift which, for those that don’t know, is a major cash outlay.

Yes, I know everything has a price but the Sabres aren’t business to TPEGS. Also, they have made substantial progress growing the arena business, have made substantial investment in the arena and have big plans for more.

Laura is the one being groomed for the job. She has already started to acclimate herself to the businesses.

As John Wawrow tweeted, the team is never being sold while Terry is alive.

Seriously? Or tongue in cheek?

This is not true unless it’s the most unreported GM meeting ever. Their meetings are usually held after the trade deadline

What’s with the blood clots with NHL and NBA players all of a sudden? Kulich is at least the third NHL player this year and I know that “Wem” and a few lessor players were diagnosed in the NBA last year. When Chris Bosh first had to retire due to them it seemed like an anomaly, now it seems rather common.

This is the right thing to do but man, this team needs some sort of spiritual cleansing.