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Wait, it was this thread, yes 3rd most common, but actually 159 minutes.

I posted it in another thread, but I think it was 113? If I remember it correctly the were the 3rd most common Sabres combo this year?

I didn't blame him for that one. Didn't get a great replay, but it looked like the puck took a weird bounce. That robbery shoulda been a goal. Very slow release by the Crunch player made Devon look good there. A much choppier period, with some not-smart penalties.

And Levi lets in a very weak one to open the 2nd.

Leone's Amerks look a helluvalot more structured than Seth Appert's did. Kulich popped like he should have

No one responded to my earlier post: Am I wrong to think that if Forton is promoted instead of Karmanos, then Karmanos is outta here? Forton is a recently promoted assistant GM. Karmanos is the longtime associate GM who is ahead of Forton on the org chart. He is also the guy who brought in Ventura, so if he goes, i wonder if Ventura goes as well?

Not a regular listener of After the Whistle, but just listened to this week’s round table pod with Hamilton and Harrington. It left me thinking the narrative and off season direction for the Sabres will be “it took Lindy over half a season to diagnose and begin to repair what was wrong with the team.” The moves on and off the ice this spring and in to the summer are and will be in line with his conclusions. It really feels like some of you are going to get what you hoped for: Lindy Ruff driving the bus as the de facto head of hockey operations.

I'm thinking whenever Terry is done with the Bills draft, so Monday maybe? Given the rumours about the possible shuffle, I suspect Kevyn and Terry have already talked about the structure of what's to come, or at least a few options. Otherwise, there's no rumour to speculate about. This meeting will be about cementing those discussions into action. I'm really curious as to whether Kevyn has presented Terry with a plan that Terry's pondering, or Terry has presented Kevyn with some direction/ultimatum that Kevyn has been pondering.

The opportunity to share in that kind of joy is one of the biggest reasons I love sports. Embrace it every chance you get.

They are nothing like they were a few years ago. They play the game the right way and when scoring chances surface their skill guys are better at burying them than yours are.

I see Pronman has the Sabres picking Martone in his first mock. Mrtka, Eklund and McQueen went 8, 9, 10. Schaefer, Misa, Desnoyers, Hagens, Frondell, Obrien were the first six.

Interesting. I haven't looked at any comparables, but based on that $5.3M starting point and the projected cap, $5.3M this year computes to: $5.5, $6.24, $6.8 over the next 3 years. Very roughly speaking and assuming a similar cap growth, that $5.3M might translate to something like: $7.3, $7.8, $8.3 and $8.8 by the end of the contract. So assuming Byram plays exactly the same way from 24 to 30 that he did at 23, the math says a 7x$7M seems like good long-term value. 🤷‍♂️

I did, and that remains my opinion largely because of their age and upside, and because I'd be bringing new, defensively strong guys in the other 3 slots. But that doesn't mean I don't understand the rationale behind your argument and see its validity. To me, the issues were primarily Power and Samuelsson in the #2 and #4 slots and too-risky play from the 3rd pair. My plan depends on improvement from Power, which I think we'll see, and a better partner, which I would make a priority. I think Byram was very good as a #3 and I would be very happy to keep him at #3 $.

You realize I have never argued against the bold? Responded directly that it was fair comment. Neither have I argued against your characterization of Power's play this season. My entire point is that Byram was a positive two-way contributor this year despite very hard minutes, and not the train wreck you've consistently made him out to be.

When did Ruff say this? Actions matter; he played Byram 23 minutes a night, almost 19 of that at ES and much of that against the other team's best. The bold is a matter of degree and opinion, supported without much context, and mostly by your insistence on leaning into the xG stats. In terms of real goals, he is a positive player, despite playing tough minutes on a crappy team. Here is some context: Byram 52.0% GF% Seider 49.7% Faber 48.4% Reilly 48.4% Sergachev 47.7% Dobson 46.3% Luke Hughes 46.5% Pesce 45.7% Karlsson 44.9 Letang 44.7% Sanderson 44.1% Rasmus Andersson 37.9% Liabilities every single one of them? Redundant on Buffalo? Going down the stretch, they separated Dahlin and Byram. Probably in part to see what Byram did without Dahlin. With Connor Clifton as his main partner over the final 15 games, Byram had a 53.1% gF%, still playing 19 ES minutes a night. Does none of this mean anything?