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Would TP have money in the budget to get some black paint (or even some black tape) to turn the 00's into 8's?

I'm not going to defend Adams or the front office, but from whats being said, Ullmark was considering staying and esigning, but he was not ruling out leaving if given a better opportunity. He negotiated with the team and had an offer from them today. It sounds like he was ready to sign but he (or his agent or both) decided to check with other teams that were interested and see if they would match or exceed Buffalos offer and the Bruins were willing to do it. So he chose to move on. Unless Adams had the signed offer sitting on his desk to be forwarded to the league office, he can't just assume Ullmark is going to be back, he has to be out working on deals for others with the hope that Ullmark does accept it. It almost seems like Adams only interest was in bringing back Ullmark or going with whatever was left on the market to compete with the youth on the roster. It seems like they weren't interested in chasing after any of the other goalies available and figured it was Ullmark or scraps to just get through the season until one of the younger guys is ready.

As fans, we all want that, unfortunately it seems ownership and the front office believe this is the way to get better. That you have to hit rock bottom first before you can try to improve. Instead of bringing ladders to get themselves out of the hole they are in, they think its best to bring in an excavator and dynamite to get themselves out. Its funny because when TP came here, teh team was a middle of the pact team that could fluctuate between possibly going deep into the playoffs or just missing out and fans were sick of 'just making the playoffs' they assumed you just need to get bad to rebuild yourself into a dynasty. This is now the third time the teams has been 'rebuilding' and they still cant dig themselves out of a hole and fans would look at being a playoff contender as being a good goal to be at.

I think their son would be at the age where he would just be starting school And #3 used to be the way it was done, now many actors/acctresses are moving out of California and NY (Some of the spots in Texas are heating up) because they are able to audition through video now instead of having to be there in person. Toronto and Hamilton (along with Vancouver) are becoming very popular for filming shows and movies, especially ones for Netflix and the streaming services. Considering she hasn't had a role in anything major since 2014-15, I don't know that her schedule would be so busy that she needs to be full time in LA for the next 8-10 months

Or he might be feeling much better about his deal knowing he is only being paid $25k less then the starters Also, earlier in the day everyone was saying how they couldn't go into the season with Tokarski as the starter, now fans are thinking it might be a better option.......

So the upside of the Sabres goaltending this season will be that either of their guys can just be waived if something better comes along...... This year they have made 7 or 8 signings and have yet to spend $8 mil

Man, KA is showing the Bruins up now. Anderson and Dell tandem for next year. Bet you Vegas and Montreals GMs are in amazement that the Sabres were able to get a tandem of goalies for only $1.5 mil

But that could be because Playboy was already on its way out by the time she was hitting it big, she was in Maxim (I would argue maxim was bigger/more popular 5-8 years ago then playboy) and had been in some of their top ranked woman lists. The most recent movie she was in looks like it could have been a cheesey porn, and it looks like she is the biggest name in it Is there going to be a Taxi Squad this year?

Thats why I am cool with him being brought in as a coach/mentor, but as a guy who will have to play some games?

He played in NJ last year? I only remember him as a goalie on the Sharks So it looks like the Sabres veteran tandem for next season have started less then a dozen total combined games last year?

Rivals Janet Gretzkys career.......

Are you sure? I wouldn't have minded hearing that he was coming in to be a goaltending coach, but right now they are going to have a 40 year old starter who just a few days ago had planned to retire from the league

He was going to retire just a couple of days ago He was pretty solid in Ottawa but they were moving on from him as he was getting closer to 40

Lots of shows and movies are being filmed in Hamilton and Toronto these days Outside of the secondary character from the Charlie Sheen show years ago, does anyone know another role she has had?

He could literally be a father to some of the players on the roster....... On the annual fathers trip he would be hanging out with the Dads coming on the trip because they would be closer in age....

I think he signed in Philly earlier today

He was going to retire just a couple of days ago. If they were going this route, why not give Miller a ring Nd get him to do a final lap in Buffalo. At least get some nostalgia to sell tickets this year

Would be nice to hear that the captain of the team in Buffalo would stay in the area and hold skates with his own teammates in Buffalo instead of joining players from a team he would rather be on.

They sign the guy that was going to retire a couple days ago? Sounds like a solid plan......

I'm saying your giving Adams credit that there where a plan A and B last year and this year, I'm not even sure of that. I'm saying that what we saw last year may have been their plan all along and this year the plan may have just been to bring back in Ullmark

Buffalo? Oh sorry, missed where you said NHL Guys, we shipped them out of here already........

But a 1C can be found in the draft next year when they are picking near the top again. They need a goalie to keep them in games and take the pressure off the young kids so they can be in some games. Without one players are going to be forced to have to cover up for weak goaltending along with trying to play their position like normal. Getting a good goalie for next year isn't going to be the difference between a high lottery pick and a playoff team, but it will also keep the younger goalies in the minors where they can work and develop more so they aren't forced to come up early. Goalies can be headcases and fragile mentally that they can have their development wrecked by having too much pressure or playing too early in the league. They have done nothing having an actual 1C in Eichel, but they haven't had a solid, dependable goalie since they dealt Miller

KA is working the phones right now to get his wife a staring role on a show filming in Hamilton or Toronto

It seems like we say this every year that it's only day 1 of Free Agency and still plenty of time, but how many times do they really end up getting something better later on? Who's left in FA that's going to be an upgrade in net and isn't just a warm body? And we assume that Adams has had a different plan in net then what we have seen . I really think they were fine with Ullmark and Hutton last year assuming Ullmark would be better and stay healthy and Hutton would be better now that they found he had a vision problem. This year I think they figured Ullmark would be back and they could count on one of the kids to step up behind him because the intention for this year is to just give the youth playing time .

I would argue that right now, the bare minimum need is an NHL caliber goaltender more then a 1C.