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Dahlin explodes Team comes together now that isn't about one guy Goaltending

Ducks can end this now by including Zegras. Win-win for both teams. Package behind it doesn't even need to be crazy. As far as 'pressure to get this done. Jack is impatient'. ***** Jack. He made this bed, he can wait.

Columbus never had a chance, so no concern there. There's no realistic package I would've liked from them. L.A. is a wildcard, so who knows. Vegas losing is definitely to our advantage. Anaheim I'm sure is still very much in it. There's likely 2-3 other teams in this no one has talked about. I'm glad Adams hasn't accepted the first volley. I'm sure ANA is trying to get away with pick 3 as the centerpiece, while keeping Zegras. I want Adams to fight for the right return. He has leverage on ANA. They aren't getting another shot at Eichel after this summer.

I haven't mocked much for the off-season yet. Still waiting on this Eichel trade to know where we even start from.

Will happily take Power #1 overall.

I'd rather keep Sam, but if we're at the (understandable) point of no return, I'd like to end the cycle of getting lowballed.

I had no idea Florida was this good.

Agree with this assessment; just adding that they have to maybe pretend outwardly that they're fine with Eichel returning, so they don't get owned in a trade, again.

"Quinn cracks the lineup first but Peterka is better long term" I agree with that.

Those highlights are all solid. I'd add that when asked about Eichel, it was just boring company line stuff, didn't show hand either way. Did not like the POHO idea though, so great. Another Pittsburgh Jason wants direct access to the Pegulas. This worked so well last time.

I agree with the title, especially under Granato. #KeepSam

Jack has never been told no by this organization. He's been the king since day 1, without really earning it. "Jack needs to look out for Jack" is the perfect quote I'll remember him by during his time here. It was always about him, never about the Sabres. I've made peace with trading Eichel. I was considering it well before Monday anyways. You have to get a premium asset back though. No Turcottes, Kakko's, mid-1sts. Zegras, Byfield, Lafreniere, Krebs. Get one in a package, and move on with that.

No Pegula questions, and I wanted a few (their reaction to Eichel stuff, PoHO/staffing)

Unprompted praise of the Pegula's bothered me. Felt company-line. The Pegula's deserve 0 praise for anything Sabres related right now. Instead, they deserve blame for not putting enough experience between them and important hockey decisions.

I hope he saved the toughest questions of all for Terry and Kim.

https://www.facebook.com/BuffaloSabres/ Had zero issues with this feed.

Twitter was broken for me. Facebook has been smooth.

Shame about the owners...

I want Granato to be the coach. He has his finger on the pulse in the best way.

The main event arrives. Adams should come out to Stone Cold's music.

This will be unliked, and criticized, but there is a path where Adams says 'f*** it', keeps Eichel AND Reinhart. Skinner Eichel Bjork Olofsson Reinhart Cozens Asplund Mittelstadt Thompson Girgensons Boyd Ruotsalainen Dahlin Jokiharju Nemeth Borgen Sameulsson Miller Fleury Luukkonen Okposo Sheahan Bryson Send Risto to Seattle Deal for Fleury UFA to a defensive center (Travis Boyd) and a bot-4 LD (Patrick Nemeth) High risk, and could come with losing some trades later, but in the short term, you chase for the playoffs with Mitts, Dahlin, Joki, Cozens, and try to give them that experience, with unquestionably the best center spine we've had since 2007.

Loved the Boudreau idea pretty much from the start. I'd do it for sure. Post Eichel/Reinhart-bomb though, passing on to the next gen does make Granato slightly more tempting...

Mismanaged

Whenever the Sabres suffered a big loss the last few years, I'd sometimes go down a mental rabbit hole of 'what's the worst case scenario for the Sabres'. It's always kind of comforting, because it's usually so ridiculous, that it can't possibly come true. Yesterday proved me wrong. It can.

Nice Eichel trade. Krebs would be on my list of assets to target. Glass is a great grab too.