Broken Ankles

Maddy Glib gets four questions for Shakir, I think three were about Coleman. 🤦‍♂️ Are you checking with your producer? Shakir handles it like a champ. Big year for this kid.

Last year at this time Karlsson hadn’t moved yet. Petry and DeSmith are traded twice in August. Smaller deals for Lafferty and Lyubushkin happen before the season starts. The waiting game.

Add the Anaheim Honda Center to your list. Built in 1993 for ~$123m. Unsure of the renovation costs since but the building is superior in most aspects and three years older. Two levels of luxury boxes.

28g, 30a on 70 games played.

Sorry, but someone had to do it.

KA leaving Terry's office after getting fired next April. "But I tried, didn't I ***** it. At least I did that." https://www.google.com/search?q=at+least+i+tried+scene+jack+cuckoos+nest&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-gbUS1101US1101&oq=at+least+i+tried+scene+jack+cuckoos+nest&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIJCAQQIRgKGKABMgkIBRAhGAoYoAEyBwgGECEYqwLSAQoxMzAzNGowajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:08ae769b,vid:pPwoKQs6G94,st:0 In this sequence, I'm Taber - I'll bet a buck it doesnt work.

But do they? If they sign the player after Year 2 from Junior, you could have another 3 years on an ELC where you maintain the rights, and really not much risk to losing the prospect as they can play in the AHL at a salary of about $70k. It's just a roster spot, and most teams are not up against it with what, 50 to offer? The total cost investment by the parent club might be $210K over 5 years? But the NCAA route, while costing the club nothing, its really 3 years, b/c you really cannot count the 4th year as if a player finishes school, they often just wait the extra months in summer to become a UFA. I like the MLB approach which was mentioned above. If you want to pursue an NCAA career, go for it, but in 4 years, you have to be drafted again to play. You do not get to choose where you want to play.

https://www.naturalstattrick.com/playerteams.php?fromseason=20232024&thruseason=20232024&stype=2&sit=pk&score=all&stdoi=oi&rate=n&team=BUF&pos=S&loc=B&toi=0&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410&lines=single&draftteam=ALL Sabres PK stats above from Natural Stat Trick. Greenway had the best GA/60 rate than any Sabre with significant minutes. I expect McLeod and Beck to take the lion share of minutes but the question is who are the forwards slotted for 3 & 4. Last year it was Cozens and Tuch. If Greenway is not part of a trade than I would presume he gets third TOI leaving the 4 spot open. I am more concerned about the deployment of Defensemen. With Mules injury, Power took an excessive number of minutes and wasn’t very good. No new faces, so what’s the plan there? Clifton and Mule? Dahlin and Power. Hope Samuelsson stays healthy?

What is the best guess of how the trade was formed? The Sabres are kicking tires for third line centers across the league and Edmonton says they need Savoie for McLeod. Adam’s says no and looks elsewhere, and makes his selection at the draft. After July 1st Edmonton signs Arvidsson, Skinner, Henrique and others so the Oilers were over the cap and needed to shed salary. At that point, doesn’t Adams have leverage? Wouldn’t the original asking price drop? So is the prospect Tullio what Adams wanted back as a sweetener? Or did he try to offer less (Rosen) straight up and it was denied. Then Adams knowing without a legit 3C (from Ruff and others here at SS) that he has to make a deal, so the prospect was all he could obtain to offset the difference between Rosen and Savoie. Or do I have it all wrong?

Sabres opening Day line up 2023 Skinner-Thompson-Tuch Peterka-Cozens-Olofsson Greenway-Mittelstadt-Benson Girgensons-Krebs-Okposo Dahlin-Samuelsson Power-Jokiharju Clifton-E. Johnson Could be as many as 6 new faces in the forward ranks. Maybe two on D. That’s meaningful turnover. Skinner and Mitts look better than their replacements, on paper. Maybe another move with Joki or another Defenseman.

Plus one on this take. The Bruins had three arbitration cases last year. Including Frederic and Swayman, both key contributors. And while Swayman maybe was irked Boston came in so low, he performed last season and will earn a long term extension this offseason, as he did not file.

The bold is like catnip for some. Your triple question marks begs a response. 😉

In addition to what GA said, Woll is signed for 2024/25 for a min salary. His $3.66M is an extension starting in 2025. So you could see that like an AAV of $2.9m over 4 years. The Swayman arbitration last summer is a good baseline. He asked for $4.5m, the Bruins offered $2m. They settled at $3.475M. I would expect UPL to be around there. And we should hope that UPL performs like Swayman did after arbitration.

But isn’t that mindset larger than just Adams and Terry? Maybe more so than other GMs and owners but I recall a few administrations touting the Buffalo born players - Kaleta, Kennedy, and Foligno. Buffalo IS a small town and is parochial. I think it’s possible this is a nice story AND could help add the grit that has been missing. This was a super low risk move with moderate reward. Maybe some marketing BS, but I think this was a Lindy decision as well. Adams had every chance to do this two years and did not pursue the player. I for one am thrilled that the ONLY Buffalo born player on this team is Gilbert. Not a Pat Kane fan whatsoever. Scoring and playoff experience notwithstanding this team needs an attitude change. I can’t wait to see Ruff bench one of his starting D men to play Gilbert when to the bells tolls. And he will answer.

Key word is maybe. Is it possible all their targets for the 4th line in UFA have already signed (like Joshua) or their agents have told Adams not interested? Not defending move at all, just asking if their options are extremely limited. If July 1st is fruitless, then we know the “Buffalo premium” has reached an all time high. Seeing the returns from the other trades is disheartening.

Exactly. A $7.5m AAV would put the Sabres blue line (only top 6 ) around $38.5M. Last year no team exceeded $34m for their top 7. Better spent elsewhere.

His trade value for Cernak is extremely low. But then again, he slots him on third pair with Clifton. Dude played most minutes with Hedman. He’s not a 5/6. If you are going to acquire a stay at home RD with size and strength, might be good to match him with one of your three offensively minded LD. Not a smaller version of himself, who also plays on the Right.

Is that paint job by Just for Men or Earl Scheib? Let it go!

Let me introduce you to a nice club in the OC.

210th game for Florida in the last two seasons. Only one cat has played them all. Sam Reinhart. The Iron Horse of hockey.

Doesn't this also exacerbate the TM trade for Robin Lehner, considering the pick, the depth of the draft, and the fact TM accepted a cap dump on top of the pick? The Sens paid a lower price, received a better goalie, in a weaker draft, and sent somewhat of a cap dump to Boston instead of accepting one back from them. Guess that's why Tim is still unemployed.

We’ve had our local baseball team never leave the stadium they play in, let alone relocate and go from the California Angels, to the Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels (which is a joke). I know it’s not the same as others mentioned, but strange nonetheless.

Never not funny. Do you think Kevs GM/Exec pals text that to friends when busting balls on a UFA pickup?

While I’m no draft expert, Savoie is killing Junior. He is clearly the highest point per game player the WHL (regular season and playoffs). He is scoring over 2 PPG and about 24% higher than Catton, who is being discussed in top 8 this year. Rosen, probably not, based probably on strength of class. Is there any player drafted after Rose, outside Wyatt Johnson in ‘22 holding value? Hard to say unless you see them daily. None of them seem to be making enough hay to play in the NHL.