DarthEbriate

A rebound! Was it aided by Mal?

Yes. But I’d have taken Wallstedt.

Wings broadcast just said the Sabres have been out scored 8-0 in the 2nd during this streak. Instantly 9-0

Regrettably, I don’t think the best defensive line is the place for JJP, Quinn, or Cozens to work out their defensive struggles.

A quality GM would get him extended before the trade deadline at a reasonable term/cost.

Hahaha! Raymond just takes down Power with ease. And then Greenway just bounces Raymond to the ice with even greater ease.

The only people allowed to fight from here on out are Cozens and JJP. And Quinn, when he’s dressed.

5 goals on 13 shots. Quality display of defense and goalieing tonight.

Woohoo! when was the last time the Sabres scored on a delayed penalty?

If they have a team full of Bensons and Zuckers people will complain they’re not tall enough.

Way to use your wingspan (elbows) TNT!

Red Wings broadcast mentioning coaches... chuckled derisively (and rightfully so) about Krueger.

Red Wings broadcast showing palm trees in the crowd.

All too easy. For the Wings.

A bit delayed, but, "If you let me cross the blue line at speed, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." - Benson

I'd like to think they talk about how to use the Concept of the Cup to promote life and prevent people from dying. But it's probably a discussion on how many years they can keep the locals pacified about the Sabres complete lack of competence while they preach patience in the Power Timeline. Look, over there, the Bills! Stadium!

Colorado replaces Georgiev-Annunen with Wedgewood-Blackwood. Joining Miles Wood at forward. They're building a forest. (Although he's not German) they should trade for Alexander Holtz.

I'll be eagerly listening for the chants on the away broadcast. One more season, once more they've just lost their starboard engine.

Totally agree -- the issue from the roster perspective is that they freed up the space this year... and sat on it. (They're better for having vet like Zucker 3rd line and Malenstyn on the 4th line than they would be if Skinner had been shoehorned into those roles. But it'd have been really helpful to have added $7M more in RHD or 2C.

An inexperienced GM afraid to lose his guy since he just shipped all the previous era's guys out of town for picks.

Has anybody said... oh, there it is. The troubling part is it probably just won't be in a Sabres uniform and selling now is selling at the absolute lowest value.

Financials for Pegula to pay out less overall, yes. From a cap hit perspective, the Sabres are on the hook for higher hits for a longer time because of this. It's all EEE for Pegula's pockets. Edit: Just like he didn't want to pay ROR's incentive/bonus and ordered him traded before it took effect. Buy out this summer [2024]: SEASON INITIAL CAP HIT SAVINGS CAP HIT (BUF) 2024-25 $9,000,000 $7,555,555 $1,444,445 2025-26 $9,000,000 $4,555,555 $4,444,445 2026-27 $9,000,000 $2,555,555 $6,444,445 2027-28 $0 -$2,444,445 $2,444,445 2028-29 $0 -$2,444,445 $2,444,445 2029-30 $0 -$2,444,445 $2,444,445 Buy out next summer [2025]: SEASON INITIAL CAP HIT SAVINGS CAP HIT (BUF) 2025-26 $9,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 2026-27 $9,000,000 $3,000,000 $6,000,000 2027-28 $0 -$2,000,000 $2,000,000 2028-29 $0 -$2,000,000 $2,000,000 from 6/16/24: https://www.sabrespace.com/community/topic/36996-jeff-skinner-rumors-trade-and-buyout-speculation-swirling/

It's all about the fit. You can find yourself with a Bunting alongside Matthews really easily. Earlier this year in Florida it was Evan Rodrigues on the Barkov-Reinhart line. And if you've got Lemieux-Jagr, you can be the luckiest go-to-the-net and fight-on-the-boards guy in the world in Kevin Stevens. I thought Ruff would've done it much earlier; I thought we'd even see Malenstyn in the top 6 line in camp. Not because he's got the skill to be there, but because the team needs a grinder to open up space for Thompson and do the work while the sniper hunts for space.

The only comparable players: Center, signing age 20-23, contract start date 2023 are: Tim Stutzle, Robert Thomas, Josh Norris, and Nick Suzuki. For what it's worth, Cozens' deal is the cheapest among them. Kotkaniemi falls in the same parameters, but had signed an RFA offer sheet for a 1-year deal, then an 8-year deal that was only $4.8M (and hasn't really even lived up to that, as yet).

For the first sentence, absolutely. (It made more sense from financial and cap perspective to buy him out at the end of this year.) But, his production was replaced. JJP had already taken over for him on the top line at the end of last year and despite having gone completely cold is still on pace to exceed Skinner's point production from last year (which was admittedly very poor for a 1LW). The issues are that the entire second line (and by extension the powerplay) is basically a complete void of offense, and the top line has been very uneven. If you're a one-line team, that line has to be dynamite. The Sabres' is not.