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Agents don't like to give back money.

Agents don't like giving up money.

So Nick, how many of these teams will allow ADR surgery?

And I'd bet this is exactly what the Sabres secretly want. For Jack to take the gamble on himself and Dr. Prusmack. People keep asking how does this resolve itself? This is how.

And Vogl would be wrong here. Jack is free to get any surgery he wants. All he has to do risk the remainder of his contract. The Sabres are not obligated to guarantee Jack's future earnings. Furthermore, the last thing the NHL needs is one of it's own ignoring the CBA because once they do it, precedent is set and it obliterates that clause for every team.

Let's wait until Granato works with Tage before declaring him a complete bust, shall we?

Except if doing so negates the Sabres rights to him. It would be rash to do that if he's fully recovered and tradable.

I hope he wouldn't be broke considering he's been paid $30-40MM in his career. He's already set for life if he didn't piss it away. But yes, even with $40MM in the bank you still don't want to risk an additional $50MM+++. And this has always been the rub, I think. He wants the Sabres to cover his risk.

I will hold the handling of Ullmark against KA. He should have traded him last deadline.

Jack can bet on his doctor and get ADR surgery, and let the chips fall.

Jack wants the Sabres to allow him his ADR surgery, but also guarantee his contract if it doesn't work out. Jack really only has one choice: get that surgery against the Sabres wishes. The Sabres could sue or void his deal. But the smart move is to wait until he rehabs and see how it turns out. If he can play, trade him. If he's ruined from it, void his deal.

"BREAK UP THE SABRES!! Who are these guys??"

Jack goes rogue. Back alley ADR surgery in Chinatown.

The stripping of captaincy didn't need to be this public.

I don't get this either. Feels like twisting the knife.

Obviously you say "pretty please?"

The truth will set you free.

This is what got us here in the first place. Looking for a shortcut.

Not knowing what the circumstances are in 3 years, I'd agree this team better be in the playoffs by then.

You need to explain this to me. If you mean we are paying too much now, who cares? We are not up against the cap. If you mean we didn't get a long-term deal, that's true but Dahlin probably wants to see where the team is heading first. Dahlin sees what Jack is going through (neck issues aside) and doesn't want to repeat getting anchored to a bottom-feeder. I think it's a fair deal all around. A good bump in pay to show Dahlin the Sabres see his value and a prove-it deal to the player to show the team will start to improve.

That's nice. But what did Dahlin want? I mean you can kidnap his family and make him sign long-term that way, I suppose. Short of that you can't make Dahlin sign anything unless he's willing. I'm sure Rasmus' camp wants to see what Adams and Granato will do to fix the Sabres before they commit long-term. And that's totally fair. I know I'm ruining your fun. Sorry.

You can criticize anything you want but it's all speculative. Say his drafting sucks but you don't know how those players will work out. Say his trading sucks but you're not in the room making deals. Say he mishandled the Eichel situation but Jack was throwing grenades the whole time until he fired his agent. To me there is nothing to praise or criticize until things play out, other than NOT caving on an Eichel trade. And even that you can't fully judge until some time passes.