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Wasn’t it the “mandatory” compensation that was eliminated? Doesn’t mean they can’t voluntary send a pick to a team for an off ice staffer....or maybe I’m out to lunch on this issue

I wonder if local boy and pending UFA Alex Iafallo is on the Sabres radar? Possibly generate some excitement among the fanbase.

Since Rutherford is under contract to the Pens until summer, please tell me the Pegula’s aren’t going to give them a draft pick to hire Rutherford earlier? Didn’t we go down that road with them a few years ago?

I saw very little of the game...but I’m glad they won, the streak is over, and the win came against the Flyers. Screw them and their fan base. PS Hey Florida did you get a good luck at Montour? He’d look good in a Panthers jersey, and I hear he loves South Florida.

Quiet. Very quiet. I don't think money would be the issue. I have a feeling that if Rutherford is coming aboard, his demands in terms of his level of power, and/or the level of involvement by ownership may be the sticking points.

For 8 million $$$, 12 ES points(including just 1 goal) in 34 games is a joke. That is not top 6 production in any way, shape or form. I would have expected Hall and Reinhart to step up and produce in Jack's absence. They have both failed.

Unless the new FO/coaching staff figures out a way to make Skinner a useful part of the top 6, he will be a boat anchor chewing up 11% of the cap for the next 6 years. 11 friggin percent. 😡

The board, the thread or the team?

...and in the meantime we have endured another dreadful season of Pegula era hockey.

Have you noticed how pitiful the forwards ranks have been since Eichel went down? It will take more than Eichel’s return to make this a productive group.

I want the Foligno triumvirate back in Buffalo! 😂

The trade deadline is two weeks away. Is there any precedent for teams sitting players that they are going to send away at the TDL, two entire weeks prior...and then they will be sitting another week quarantining for their new team?

I don’t want to wait for a bidding war or last minute deal on TDL day. GTFO now. I don’t care what the return is...and I really hope that if they did have a thought of re-signing him, that they have come to their senses. I said it before, everywhere he goes he brings a stink with him...EDM, NJ, ARI and this ECHL team.

You're assuming he wants to re-sign here? If I was him, I'd at least wait to see how the 1st week of F/A looks this summer. Who wouldn't want to get out of dodge right about now.

...and this should make me feel better? 😱

Speaking to or meeting Terry? 😈

I’d like Ullmark back on a 2 year deal...low end #1 money. If he doesn’t want to come back...sell sell sell at the TDL.

So as the time passes and no news, does it mean... - Karmonos is a done deal, and hoping to get Rutherford also before announcing anything? - Karmanos doesn’t like what he sees and hears and is waffling, and Rutherford becomes a pipe dream?

Hahaha. Screw you Jack! He is truly the ultimate homer.

I will not be a happy camper. He hasn’t done anything to deserve an offer from the Sabres. Send him packing at the TDL with a double order of wings as a parting gift. “is” or “was”?

I don't think there is any way you get a 1st + Debrusk, even if you retain. I'd settle for a good prospect, and maybe a 2nd or 3rd. Not sure if his down year will bring much more of a return for a 30 year old with 12 years of NHL wear and tear on his body.

...and hopefully there will be a few more picks added to 2021 or 2022 draft pick total if Hall, Montour and other UFA's are unloaded at the TDL. I am beating a dead horse, but the more picks the better. You never know what you mind find in the mid or late rounds.

There is fault with the Sabres for signing him, and fault with Skinner for being a freelancer. I know Botts is gone, but the Pegula's signed off on the deal, Skinner is basically unmovable, and they are not buying him out unless a compliance buyout magically appears in the next year or two. Therefore, is is really a better use of his skill set to be on the 4th line instead of the top 6?

Wrong in his usage? Yes! He is a defensive liability and they knew that when he was signed for 9 mil per. He is not the only top 6 forward in the NHL who sucks in his own end. They are stuck with him, and if the best answer is to play him on the 4th line with NHL scrubs, then the HC needs to be fired.

There has been a lot of rumbling about an agreement between McD/Beane and the Pegula's, including that they have it in their contracts for the Pegula's to "stay away from football matters", but I highly doubt that is the case. It has been reported in the last few years that Terry has been at the scouting combine, and I'm sure he meets with Beane on at least a regular basis...maybe not as much with McD.