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From The Athletic On Sanderson’s whopping eight-year deal with the Senators and how it affects Power’s, who has a year left on his entry-level deal with the Sabres. When you’re a year out with an entry-level player — Jake had another year left under contract — you rarely do a bridge. You do a bridge at the end of a contract. Usually you explore a seven- or eight-year deal if you’re a year out. … First of all, Jake was happy there, sees the future. He likes where the organization’s going, and therefore we went right to eight years, so there’s no question, especially a year out. … We’ve had a few conversations (with Buffalo on Power) and now camp is a week away from now, so we’re going to continue to talk. Of course, Owen and Jake are within similar comps. You always bring a pool of about seven to 10 players, so we’ll see how it goes.

https://x.com/zbottweets/status/1702101457426591773?s=61&t=h0yvSDHtOEJBIIBDkE7IaQ Jordan Palmer with some thoughts on Allen

Thanks for doing these posts @dudacek, it’s a great transition to the hockey season

No, even if he burns a year it’s either the NHL or CHL only for him

https://x.com/LLysowski/status/1701964716933882137?s=20 Shane Wright has received an exemption to play in the AHL this year

https://x.com/BuffaloSabres/status/1701631990028497196?s=20

So glad he learned his lesson from His Time away from the NHL

https://x.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1701616762163479007?s=20

Tatar to the Avs one year 1.5 million deal

Running on 2nd and 15 is a fireable offense

Love the crossed swords

Article in the Buffalo News on how Levi spent His Summer Training https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/buffalo-sabres-devon-levi-nhl-top-young-goalies-prospect/article_457204c6-474b-11ee-80b6-7703caf996e7.html

The latest Maintenance Day Pod mentioned that Dahlin and Samuelsson are not the best pairing based on analytics. They also mentioned Granato hinted at having players spread out on all three pairings so they can roll three pairs more consistently. Dahlin and Power were the best together, but that should be only a situational pairing. Dahlin and Jokiharju actually worked very well together this past season, demonstrating how much better Dahlin has been playing. Based on their conversations I could see pairings of Dahlia-Jokiharju Power-Clifton Samuelsson-Johnson. With the pairings becoming Dahlin-Power when the Sabres are trailing in the third period and Dahlin-Samuelsson when protecting a lead.

Here is a Power Comparison

It’s from a Sports Illustrated Article from the February 10th, 1997 https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/02/10/dressed-to-thrill-surprisingly-the-sabres-are-among-the-nhls-best-teams-certainly-theyre-its-most-entertaining

I expect a slight regression in offense, but expect His Defense to improve more than enough to offset it

Jeremy Jacobs is the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the NHL and has been the primary representative of the Owners for every recent CBA Negotiation going back to the lockout. That makes him the most influential/powerful owner in the NHL

Here are the games The Sabres' national TV schedule for 2023-24 is as follows: Oct. 17 vs. Tampa Bay - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN Nov. 1 at Philadelphia - 7 p.m. on TNT (exclusively on MSG in the Buffalo broadcast market) Nov. 24 vs. Pittsburgh - 6 p.m. on TNT Dec. 5 vs. Detroit - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu Dec. 13 at Colorado - 9:30 p.m. on TNT Dec. 27 vs. Boston - 7:30 p.m. on TNT Jan. 17 vs. Chicago - 7:30 p.m. on TNT (exclusively on MSG in the Buffalo broadcast market) Feb. 10 vs. St. Louis - 1 p.m. on ABC Feb. 27 at Florida - 7 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu March 2 vs. Vegas - 7 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu March 6 at Toronto - 7 p.m. on TNT March 9 vs. Edmonton - 12:30 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu March 14 vs. New York Islanders - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu March 30 vs. Toronto - 7 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu April 7 at Detroit - 1 p.m. on TNT