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It was a reference to SabreSapace groupthink. And Quinn is not a veteran, sorry.

Or any number of the other kids who are "untradeable"... Yeah, we've really moved on. It's a new era.

He was a rookie last season, no? (Or do you count his whopping 2 games in 2021-22?) And he's hardly a vet! If you think one of the guys in the pipeline can't fill his skates, that can only mean that the Sabres drafted poorly.

No he wasn't. And the system is foaming with similar guys.

That's a nope. Whether he's a star remains to be seen, but his ceiling is too high.

I like this idea but I don't know why the Sabres need a vet to fill the spot of a non-vet. It's ok to give the other thirty-four kids a shot. It's forward. The Sabres are so well-stocked with prospects there right now that we fans are spoiled. The money is more wisely spent on the blueline or in goal.

I'm glad I was drinking water when I read this rather than something with sugar in it.

"Both" is the answer. And I'm not sure he wasn't available to Buffalo at 1 x 3.9 a couple of days ago. Consider @LTS's hypothesis above, which I quote here: "Definitely. My guess is Dumba was looking for a high-value, long term contract and didn't get any takers. He then reverted to looking for a single year contract with whomever would pay him the most to be a rental and likely not be a team to make the playoffs. Basically, Dumba set himself up to be traded to a playoff team at the deadline and Arizona will get a pick. Buffalo doesn't fit into those categories... now, could they trade for him? Certainly." Well, either Buffalo is going to make the playoffs or not. If it so happens, Dumba doesn't need "to be traded to a playoff team," because he's already on one. If it doesn't, Buffalo would trade him at the deadline and Buffalo would get a pick, right? Seems that Buffalo fits into the "categories" as much as Arizona would. Or any other team, for that matter, considering that the playoffs aren't a lock for anyone (injuries, the next pandemic, whatever...). So while I'm not jumping up and down and screaming that Buffalo didn't sign him--and I think the Sabs need some dry powder for a possible goalie trade anyway--I do think it was possible to sign Dumba at 1 x 4. The Sabres chose not to.

You can get those same vibes at Dank 716 and take/smoke them when you get to Cooperstown now.

They're only a year apart in age and Dumba has had the more impressive career so I'd have to guess that he's going to be better in the future as well.

I'm just answering the question...

So much to do for such a small town. Good call.

I just feel like someone named "Patrice" should be wearing a dress and working at a 1970s lunch counter or beauty parlor or something.

Huh--what I read said that the team wouldn't disclose it. I'd rather have Dumba 1 year at 3.9.

Dumba to Phoenix, 1 yr, salary undisclosed.

Hartford signed him on a 1-year AHL-only deal today.

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Nah, I've been hearing about the cap rising dramatically "next year" for at least five years, so it's gotta be right around the corner. Like this.

It's not 2015 anymore. Or 2008, for that matter.

Honestly I expected them to do something dumber than this.

If I can't overtake a bicycle in my car, I shouldn't drive.

My man, I've been complaining about Adams and the goaltending situation for years!

`We will know by December 15 about the goaltending. We will know by March 15 about the playoffs. If EITHER one is a miss, he must go. And I'm sensitive to the comments above that Pegula hasn't exactly hit the mark on hiring GMs in the past. Those comments are correct. But just as Pegula demands a lot out of his employees, I demand a lot out of the Sabres. That means a competent GM.

They’re going to fall hard, be on the verge of moving again, and get successive 1OA picks again via the totally random lottery.

Pittsburgh is going to do something gloriously stupid, isn't it?