Brawndo

Great pass by McLeod

Challenge that you *****

TUCH

***** OFF

COZEES

3-2

Nice Kill

2-2

MCLEOD

BENSON

Offer him in a trade for a late pick with no retention or buy him out. With the cap rising and serviceable defensemen available on cheap deals, absorbing that cap hit is easy

From LeBrun League sources say the Buffalo Sabresare among the busier teams phoning around sizing up the trade market. I asked Sabres GM Kevyn Adams about that Tuesday, and he said, “I believe in this group, but at the same time I am looking into every possible way to improve our roster.” Said one rival team executive about the Sabres: “They’re looking to do something big if they can.”

I know someone who does side work for the Knighthawks, they told me the team had been sold, I did a quick search saw an article about the sale of the Knighthawks but I did realize it was referencing an older sale. I trusted but did not verify properly, so will take the L on that one. After the EEE Announcement the number of practices had per week the Amerks had were cut to save money. In addition there was a pregame buffet for family and friends of the Amerks Players attending home games, this was run by Kim Pegula’s Aunt, it was also eliminated. This comes directly from a former Amerks Player, so I am going to lean towards this one being true.

I never said that the trades were executed as cost cutting measures, those were your words. I said there was a pattern with every one of these trades that the team payroll decreased, which has been proven. If you want to jump to conclusions about my posts, fine, but do not insinuate that I am inventing facts because that is straight up BS. Thanks

When the trade was completed, Colorado had already paid 3.2 of 3.85 the Million Byram was owed last season and the Sabres had paid 2.08 of 2.5 Million owed to Mitts. This is based on their daily cap hit. Which means the Sabres paid the remaining 650k, while the Avs paid the remaining 420k meaning the Sabres paid a whopping 230k more last season. As everyone knows at the time of the trade Casey was a pending RFA while Byram was cost controlled with another The difference between the contracts this year is 1.9. Million, the team knew Byram would have a lower cap hit for this season. It is a fact that their payroll dropped with each asset that came back in trade. This is a symptom of the bigger issue. There is a rumor that Pegula will not authorize spending to the cap until they make the playoffs. It has been mentioned that he should be taking the opposite approach as spending increases a team’s playoff chances. Worse case scenario-Samuelsson’s Buyout is 714k, although it’s for ten years if done this Summer. A trade should be possible The Pegula Ownership of the Sabres has been a cluster to put things mildly. Terry used to have company in the worst owners in the NHL Club with Eugene Melnyk and Alex Meruelo, now Terry is the last man standing. He purchased the team for 189 million in 2011 and the most recent valuation in 2024 is 1.13 billion. That’s a pretty damn good ROI, maybe let your GM spend to the cap as a sign of good faith to your fanbase. Also as part of the push to get a new CBA in place by June 2025 NHL might dangle voiding the final year of current agreement and letting the cap increase by much more than the planned 4 million dollar increase to 92 million for 2025-26. Which circumstances did I invent to support my narrative?

Absolutely and I will continue to do so as long as it’s deserved. Want to know another way to help a rebuild? Using your cap space to acquire more assets by taking salary cap dumps, rather than allowing the space to go completely unused. When Calgary was looking to move Monahan’s Contract, Adams was offered him and a first round pick, guess who squashed the deal. Montreal gladly accepted and ended up with two first round picks for their trouble. The only cap dumps they have taken is to get to the cap floor. What does not change is the fact the team has consciously stayed in the bottom tier of spending despite overwhelming evidence that the teams who do so rarely make the playoffs. Imagine being an owner of a franchise that has had to perform cap gymnastics over the past few seasons while Sabres have ample unused cap space which the owner won’t even allow to be used as a third team in a trade. The one of thing that Pegula will gladly accept is a yearly revenue sharing check from the league. No wonder Pegula is considered an outsider by other owners as was mentioned on WGR550 a few weeks ago. His reputation in league circles is not very good to put it mildly. Empty seats on broadcasts is not going unnoticed. This owner has gone from I’ll drill another well to economic, efficient and effective. He has continued operate in the latter for all of Adams Tenure, even when the team finished one point out of the playoffs. Also I have it on pretty good authority the lower cap hit for this season was the cherry on top for the deal. Personally I would love for Byram to sign a 7 million dollar AAV contract extension, as that could be a sign Pegula is finally spending to the cap. Until that happens critiquing, criticizing or sh!ting on Pegula is fair game

That’s a WIN

PETERKA

Nice PK

*****

Dammit

The franchise has been amongst the league’s lowest in terms of money spend on salaries since Adams became GM, that comes directly from the top. There is a pattern of salary reduction in each of these trades Eichel 10 million out, Tuch 4.75 million and Krebs 1.3 million in Reinhart 5.2 million on his expiring RFA Deal for a First and the rights to Levi Mitts 2.5 million out/Byram 3.8 in-this season Mitts 5.7 and Byram at 3.8 They have saved money the following season with everyone of them

Weak call

They made a business decision