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Eichel’s deal is unanimously praised look at the other Connor’s deal in winnipeg. Similar and Jack is far more valuable. Kaprisov comp..Vegas made out swell don’t really need to rehash McDavid

They really didn’t get this done? lol this franchise man

I’d take that. Home field

Truly an unbelievable fielding. And what a nail biter! Just so happy with this series W. First in 9 years. Job’s not done.

Reinhart will be fine

This, absolutely I hate the sabres in many ways. Hate what they’ve become. I also love them dearly and always will. Hate and love have always been 2 sides of the same coin, and that coin is passion. im totally comfortable with this. Hate isn’t the fear. Neglect is far more dangerous in this world and always has been. Apathy is the fear.

How right does one need to be? I called out the imminent failure of Adams’ plan from day numero uno. Literally to a T told you how and why it would fail. It’s been 14 years, man. Not only have folks been proven right, they can no longer be proven wrong. everything in moderation. It’s time for a playoff berth and I think we can all agree on that

Didn’t even know Power was hurt. 1 right shot Dman. Excellent

I mostly just consider him an idiot Terry certainly doesn’t have “a lot goin’ on” up there

“Nonetheless, ease and peace had left this people still curiously tough. They were, if it came to it, difficult to daunt or to kill; and they were, perhaps, so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, Concerning Hobbits

No reason for debate: the strategy was ass I supported it at the time as a misguided child. Learned a lot from it tbh

It’s scares me that this was probably Adams’ chief employed strategy, here: “prove to me he CAN’T be another drastic anomaly. See, you can’t.”

I mean sid signed at 8.7 one year ago He’s not in his prime but certainly well below market value

I’d imagine Edmonton retreats right back into the igloo if McDavid escapes them - the difference between buffalo and Edmonton is merely the bounce of those balls - - - management didn’t get the idea to tank from the fans come on now. We merely concocted it into a potentially viable strategy, in theory, after the fact for them because putting more thought into their strategies than they do is what we do around here. If the team employed the level of passionate thinking to their strategy dudacek does after the fact, in the first place, we’d instead be benefiting from his explanations for why it DID work

This is almost always the case. A lot of confirmation bias involved

Isn’t Ellis a career AHLer? If UPL has to compete to replace him at all we are in trouble

I see the current AAV as a big silver lining - to your point. But it’s firmly in “silver lining” category. I wouldn’t used “saddled”, I’d used “graced”. McDavid was a lottery ball godsend to the only market ranked below winnipeg and buffalo re: player destination The marketability and jersey sales etc etc alone make him an egregiously valuable asset, he’s the face of the league. Nm fact realistically he’s gojng to be exceptional till probably 40. This isn’t Alex Tuch, it’s the most talented player to ever play the game I can’t call it saddled when we all know the oilers would take that deal to the bank, running, if they could - - - If the Sabres could have McDavid at either deal, which do you personally take? I take McDavid for a decade and cry myself to sleep in happiness, with one solitary tear reserved for Terry’s fat wallet

I can’t see the McDavid deal used in any way to artificially lower the value of every new deal now for the foreseeable future. I don’t think people will pretend it’s anything but an anomaly - otherwise he effed over the nhlpa lol

Can someone explain to me what the expected setup is in net? Actually asking. All of these guys apart from UPL and Levi look like the made-up guys perennially sitting in “free agents” in the EA sports games and I stopped paying attention to goalie ads after several years because of proven incompetence when addressing position being thoroughly stamped in as a Rushmore staple of Adams’ tenure I’d take panic tbh rather than a reflection of the fact Adams has no real expectations foisted upon him

The ultimate goal of winning the cup isn’t naive, but acting like you don’t have to achieve a multitude of smaller building blocks of success in the immediate term, first, is utter hubris. The sabres have sacrificed the now with the goal of a dynasty. Which is backwards - they’ve always needed to prioritize and achieve success in the now so as to facilitate the future they want They’ve literally ingrained the idea that “this season was never about winning anyway” - they’ve made that the standard.

Frankly I also thought they needed scoring help and that was before moving JJ. The moves definitely made with an eye towards, “if all goes right, we can scratch 8th” rather than, “things would have to torpedo for us to miss” I personally believe a team that’s missed for one and a half decades straight deserved the latter approach

If/when the Sabres switch GMs, they claim/act like it’s a multi-year process, they’ll have already lost. That’s what happened when Adams took over. Didn’t even need hindsight back when he did to claim that - with the next guy it should be blindingly obvious

McDavid signed that deal as a symptom of the fact Bowman specifically *didn’t* do a good job. What do you think the deal and term looks like if the Oilers had won a cup? So Bowman failing to craft a team worthy of the talents of McDavid results in him signing an even better deal? Doesn’t make any sense. It’s purely a commentary on McDavid choosing to give the team one more small chance. Any GM in Edmonton would have gotten the same deal, as it’s a McDavid call - - - *obviously* the oilers would be after a long term deal if they could get it. The, what, 6-8 million they are saving for 2 years is a *small pittance* relative to the potential lost income from losing said best player in the world that the franchise would see in ticket sales and marketing should they let him get away. “They’ll save some salary cap for 2 years” is myopic. Not to mention, McDavid is 28 not 38 lol. They’d need to be exploring dealing him at 30 should this window not pan out. “Best years” is rich when I’d imagine McDavid’s trajectory would compare much more likely to Sid Crosby’s and his *best* years were arguably in his 30s

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