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If we sign our guys I doubt the apparent internal cap will play any part in it. Pegula has shown plenty of times he's willing to pay out the bucks to players. He just hates paying anyone not to be here and/or will look for contractual circumstances that may have a cheaper way of paying it.

Maybe its because you aren't in Buffalo anymore but for those of us still here its location is also paramount.

I doubt we survive another dumpster fire season; they've burned every last bit of good will into ash then shoved it into an atomizer.

Wouldn't consider it a meltdown tbh They gave up 1 goal on a triple deflection then their PP did absolutely nothing until they gave up 2 ENGs I do however agree that it was certainly a winnable game

What a ***** joke, never be aggressive with this team; they are incapable of doing it right

Seems like they have no default option in those cases. They like putting their D in jackpots

So let's see; we had at least 4 sticks broken in the 2nd 1 or 2 cost us a goal against 2 cost us good scoring chances VAN's goal was a pure lucky bounce Where's Zucker?

Only if the team stays is that a viable option

There's a few players who seem invested in the Bills Tuch is an obvious one Dahlin has really become a fan with his friendship with Dion Dawkins A few other players definitely have a passing interest

The biggest thing with Pettersson would be what else do they want with it. I wouldn't give them Cozens, Byram and our 1st for him.

Frankly I'd trade it if said player was out there; but I personally don't believe it exists. Plus I don't have any interest in just throwing it into a larger trade for the sake of "value."

As per always, when our teams can be screwed; we most certainly do.

And yet anyone with a brain knows that won't be the case. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell we'll get anywhere near the value of the 1st overall from anyone we might acquire using it. And as we all seen tonight, if we can be embarrassed by unusual and/or rare situations we tend to. Plus I really don't feel like endless Mahomes-like talk when referring to the Sabres trading the 1st overall as said pick tears up the league. Not to mention I wouldn't trust Adams to use it in a trade to begin with.

Muel did go to him but the ref wouldn’t let him get even close

These refs are bloody idiots

What happened to Muel’s brain? He’s made two baffling plays in this game and he also fired a puck off the back board in an attempt to clear on the PK

You don't have to hold onto everyone but I wouldn't just go trading everything for random extreme short term vets. Plus our 1st is to be protected; the last thing we need is to trade our 1st and then actually win the lottery. We'd only add to our misery

Very unlikely to be worth it If there were a team out there looking to unload quality middle aged players for futures I'd open my asset accounts; but I have zero interest in trading our 1st/highly touted prospects/Helenius for any rentals or 35 year old 3rd liners. Frankly our 1st should be all but untouchable at this point; barring a rapid climb in the standings the likelihood of getting any player worth a Top 5 pick is miniscule. Since most teams with players worth that sort of asset are rarely in the market looking to trade them away to garner high draft picks.

I'd at very least be tempted for sure. That being said his stats this year in the NHL weren't good by any metric

Krebs has far more range on if he's good or not than Benson. Both fulfill many of the effort needs of their position but where Benson excels is in fewer dumb plays or over-playing the puck. Krebs will play great for a handful of games and then usually drop off a bit by trying to do way to much and needs to be pulled back in. Benson isn't perfect, but he seems immune to overconfidence driven gaffes.

They had played "ok" up until that freak goal by Slavin, then they turned into terrified children.

At the moment NHL.com says its Thompson's goal while their own media piece talks about McLeod's hattrick

I disagree he isn't worth much; if he weren't worth a lot you wouldn't have so many teams interested in him.

Dahlin has become more volatile since taking up the captaincy. He always had the occasional dumb penalty but its far more pronounced this season. I get the sense he internalizes a lot of qualms he has with different things from team play to reffing. But now as captain he's in a pressure cooker and while he most certainly tries to keep a lid on it; there seems to be a specific point in which he snaps and just sees red. We could really use a vet defenseman with some knowledge that could give Dahlin some techniques for calming while mentoring Power

He's a Swedish guy who plays far more physical than the majority of his countrymen and puts up points regularly. He's never going to be a "rah rah" yelling type or a good ole' Canadian boy if that's what you want.