Dr. Who

Yep, but ours are on the Titanic.

Prescient. Let's see if there is any kind of significant add to the top 6.

This is a rhetorical question, right?

Given the lack of change in the assistant coaches, how confident can one be that the anemic power play will at least achieve mediocrity? Shorter leash for UPL is good. Let's hope Lyon or Levi is a valid alternative. I do think they are marginally better. Resign Byram, bring in Roslovic, or trade for a better top 6. I'd like to spend futures on the latter, but I am skeptical about that happening.

Kev thinking makes me nervous. Your inference is likely correct, though.

Too bad there's no roll back to Hasek in the cards.

So smart. We are such bright fellas. Why is the board so negative?

1) No one is really expecting the Cup. Failure is missing the playoffs for 15 years in a row. 2) Folks want this to be an entertaining part of the year. When your regular season is habitually disappointing, it is common for the off-season to be a time of hope. Problem is when the off-season moves are predictably underwhelming, and the accountability for those making decisions appears close to non-existent. I'd say the general consensus is the team on balance may be slightly better or the same as last year, barring further changes, which would mostly be provided by trade. Everyone is hoping, but the majority has lost patience. I am with the majority here. I'd feel better about things if the goalie situation was stronger. If someone steps up, that would palpably increase the chances of breaking the historic record of playoff absence.

Two minutes in the penalty box. I break the name down into two small bits: By Ram, Byram. If they keep him or trade him for a comparable D with maybe a different skill set, fine. They still need to add a top 6 to the offense. If they trade for offensive help, they need to trade futures for a top 4 D. Either way, I think they need to add somewhere to more plausibly field a team that could break the endless playoff drought.

Yes, I understand. I was just saying in the context of whether or not the Sabres are "paralyzed," i.e., unable to pursue a big ticket free agent, all those fellas are signed with someone, so there is no urgency of that sort.

Probably they were not paralyzed in the sense that the big ticket FAs likely were not interested. But if you are keeping money in reserve dependent on whether you are going to match an offer sheet or sign Byram to a contract, presumably one isn't using that cap space to go after an Ehlers, for instance. Regardless, at this point, they can wait it out if they want.

I don't see a suggestion there. It's an observation. We don't spend to cap, do you disagree? Didn't KA say that they were proactively dumping salary so that offer sheets for Byram could be matched?

Rational, and offers a bit of hope; seems like it would take a near miracle for even this to happen.

KA isn't trading Power, so it's immaterial.

The level of ineptitude is mind-numbing.