Just wait until August, when we get some photos of @Wyldnwoody44 in an Antarctic midwinter with icicles in his hair and some sort of yak-like animal with a Sabres blanket on its back.
Did you see the highlight? MacTavish from Hamilton basically sat on Nadeau for a good four seconds--no call--and then was pretty despondent when Nadeau ended up with the goal anyway.
I'm ok with 6M / yr now if he agrees to 7 years. Otherwise I think a couple/few years at 5M (I don't see him agreeing to 5 x 5). Remember, this team is going to need a lot of cap room in the not-too-distant future.
Let's work with this. There is NO reason not to throw money for one year at MAF. All the folks who want to send prospects to Chicago for Kane for one year would do well to re-think; the Sabres can have MAF for zero assets except for money, which they have in spades.