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Tkatchuk has to be a retain and flip piece

Monahan as a 3C for a playoff team at 3.1 Million per season might interest some teams

The Sabres next six games are against the Kraken, Red Wings(which is about 36 hours after they return from the road trip) Capitals, Oilers, Maple Leafs and Penguins. That’s not an easy stretch, by any means. So yes this one is important.

Emily Kaplan Intermission Update on Eichel-Finalist between Calgary and Vegas. it’s on the one yard line, haven’t heard that one before

Ugh

What’s the benefit of the Sabres taking on a player, who is underperforming His Contract to begin with, and has 5 years at 5.8 Million AAV remaining? If given the choice between the two, retain the 3 Million yourself, increase the number of teams interested and the return for Eichel. If Pegula doesn’t want to pay Jack 10-15 Million not to play for the team, He isn’t going to be too keen about paying over 30 Million to a Cap Dump.

Anderson in net

Timo Meier has been added as well

Negative, both scenarios are prohibited by the CBA. Smith to Buffalo then to Arizona then back to Vegas wouldn’t be allowed under the CBA either I believe.

He has zero points in eight games, zero in twelve games going back to last year. They should be Ok

Someone such as Reilly would be valuable at the Trade Deadline, He would be worth including in the deal It’s all about maximizing cap space to acquire more assets

The Gold Star Agency and Dan Milstein represents quite a few Russian Players, the Sabres need to develop a relationship with them and get them over more quickly, similar to what Columbus did with Chinakov.

If a third team is necessary to take on some of Jack’s Salary that’s going to reduce Buffalo’s Return. How much would a team such as Arizona want for five years of retention on Jack’s Salary. It cost the Toronto Maple Leafs a 1st to trade Patrick Marleau for one season with 6 Million AAV with 4.25 Million in Actual Cap Space, which Carolina bought out. They are going to be looking for a First at minimum, so that’s one less asset for the Sabres as a team such as Vegas is not going to give up a package(for example) of Krebs, Elvenes, Reilly, 2022 1st to Buffalo and a 2023 1st to Arizona for salary retention. If Buffalo is willing to retain, yes I realize it’s a Big If, the only two contracts the Sabres have that extend into the 2023-24 season are Skinner and Dahlin, past the that same season is Skinner. With Most of the younger players will be on the ELCs and the cap slowly increasing, retaining 2 Million should be feasible. This possibly opens up other teams including Minnesota who wanted the Sabres to retain around 3 Million to make a deal. It’s something to consider

From Chris Johnson Another week passed and still Jack Eichel remains in limbo, despite trade talks that took on greater intensity in recent days. Vegas and Calgary engaged with the Buffalo Sabres. Anaheim may be lurking in the weeds. The NHL would prefer to see this situation resolved as soon as possible … There are whispers of a third team being brought in as an intermediary to retain some of Eichel’s salary in exchange for draft picks