Marvin

Is he a 3rd liner or a 2nd liner? That's about where I think the disparity is. Sadly. We might see a lot of this going around the league for arbitration-eligible players who are middle-6: are they on the high end or low end? Kahun's salary was $3.775M (174th). Assuming 31 teams x 3 players per line and rounding off for simplicity, a low-end top-6 / high-end middle-6 player is about 135th in the league ($5M), an average middle-6 player is 180th in the league ($3.5M), and a high-end bottom-6 / low-end middle-6 player is 225th in the league ($3.0M).

I am sure you learnt your lesson well from all the examples you have to work from. (I sound like myself when I taught math.)

It says more about Liger's integrity, which is more impressive.

We couldn't have taken a very good centre that they didn't want? This may be the thinking. Having a Eichel centre a top line with good 2-way wingers might be the aim; alternatively, have a 2nd line like Ramsay-Luce-Gare with, say, Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart is this version of Martin-Perreault-Robert. (We can dream, right?)

Life's a piece of $#!+ when you look at it...

Well, there's an extra trip to the therapist...

Would it be so bad if he became another Reinhart?

Is it illogical of me to feel better about the Sabres' drafting #8 because Botterill is gone?

My hot takes: 1. #8 will not help the team this coming year. If the Sabres do not acquire enough talent, keep 8, and miss the playoffs, then Jack Eichel asks for a trade. Thus, much as I hate to trade the long-term for the short-term, this implies that the Sabres must trade #8, even somewhat devalued, for clear help NOW. 2. Serves 8... 1C AP flour 1T C12H22O11 2t baking powder 1/2 t NaCl 1 large egg 3/4 C milk 1/4 C melted butter

It's nothing tangible. Just a gut feeling. Of course, considering that my gut is too big and too unfit to trust, that's a bad, bad reason.

Stutzle reminds me of what I liked about Draisaitl. JMO

Could Stutzle drop to 5? That's when I move up. And I would give up #8 and next year's 1st without even blinking, so I would have to add...

You missed my point: the other side has to play "Santa Claus" -- of course they are unrealistic. I would move Eichel if the trade made me say, "well, of course I will make the trade." That does not mean I am looking to move Eichel, I am looking to move Eichel, I want to move Eichel, I expect to move Eichel, etc. My point is that you "never say never". You move Eichel for a Lindros-type return, not an ROR-type return. And the return has to be so obvious that we would want to charge the arena with pitch-forks and torches if he turned it down.

So was Gretzky. That's always true. If someone wants to play Santa Claus and send us an Eric Lindros quality and quantity return, then make the deal.

Old hockey saying: All other things being equal -- a little more will beats a little more skill.

OT, but IMHO, worth putting here: https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/227070-not-bills-related-but-awsome-broncos/

And now, a super skeptic: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-josh-allen-actually-good-now/

FWIW, the only reason Buffalo was not on his M-NTC, he never expected Buffalo to trade for him. Let's hope we can get another centre to help cushion the entry of Cozens et al into the league.

Gotta start somewhere. This is a good place.

That is an understatement. I agree with you both.

They can't do that -- the NBC contract is up. They have to do something or that next contract will be peanuts by comparison.

That depends. There used to be a lot of back-to-back home-and-home, 4 games in 5 nights, 5 games in 7 nights, etc. It has a few advantages. The second game of all these double-headers will likely be more bitter and hotly contested by the team that loses the first one. Fans should find those games a lot more fun. Also, there would be fewer of those games where your team is tired while the opposition is rested. IMHO, players should be OK with it because it should lead to less travel: for instance, all the games in Florida can be done in one trip rather than two. Coaches should like the idea of better practise schedules and, generally, better-rested players. Less experienced coaches can learn how to make adjustments between games when playing the same team, like you do in the playoffs; more experienced coaches should like the advantage they would have. Overall, there would be less variation in exposure of the teams, players, coaches, scouts, etc. to COVID-19 because you would travel less, be exposed to foreign environments fewer times, etc.

Terminated with EXTREME prejudice, I guess.

I just remembered: in hockey, "double-header" means "playing the same team in consecutive games in the same location." This was used by LA, Vancouver, and California when their nearest neighbours were St.Louis, Minnesota, and Chicago. To save on travel, they played their divisional rivals on consecutive nights in their home cities.

I've seen also proposals for a Canada-only division, conference-only regular season, and a season anywhere from 60-82 games. A lot of this really depends on where the US is on COVID-19 as well as how other sports handle travel and audiences.