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Not sure. I thought Marty at first but he was way too easy to understand 😉

Who's the third voice?

EXACTLY. Kevyn is not going to pay an arm and a leg for a one year rental, and he doesn't want to give Helle a max term extension. So many people think that this is fantasy sports where you can just arbitrarily put a team together with whatever players you want. Real life doesn't work that way.

I assume you tried Breathe Right strips? They help me. Don't totally eliminate the snoring but reduces it to the point where my wife no longer speaks of divorce.

No Toke over the line? Sweet Jesus!

They want the fans to know: This isn't just any player, this is a former Predator!

I'm skeptical. I want it to work but I will believe it when I see it.

Call me skeptical but I can't see a coach/GM picking a player's brain for how they should run the team.

Seems odd for you to be so optimistic.

He played for the Sabres??? 😮

They have two guest coaches from the NCAA.... Colgate and... some other Ivy League School.

As far as mature prospects go, he's just getting there with players developed internally but they may or may not be ready, which is why you sign a few Clagues to allow the prospects time to mature.

Nice. Now get back to work! I hope he is.

But he doesn't have to agree to a short term extension. If the Sabres trade for him he will be a free agent after one year and he can sign a 1-year extension if he wants, or insist on 8 years (or 7 with another team). I think @GoPuckYourself is talking about a sign-and-trade situation.

You're one of the more thoughtful dot-connectors on the forum, so... Thanks for the speculation/info.

And what's wrong with that?

So you think they'll make a play for Gibson?

I wonder if that hurt him in the draft as well as his size? Skinner plays a somewhat unconventional style. We've seen that not all coaches know what to do with him, but with the right coach he's a dynamic scorer with a good overall game. I wonder how many GMs looked at Benson and saw the talent, but didn't like the style he plays.

Yeah, that's kind of the read I get. At first I was thinking the Sabres should go after him but... I don't know, meh.

See, this is why Kevyn has said he's good with what we currently have. There are other options out there but as you explore them none of them are really what he's looking for. Gibson is at best average. He would be okay in a mentoring role like Anderson, but probably doesn't have 40-50 quality games in him. Helle is a viable option until you consider you're either getting him for only one year or you're going to have to pay him too much for too long if you sign an extension. Any top quality FA goalie falls in the same bucket as Helle: They will cost too much for too long. It's easier and more practical to improve the defense and KA has already taken steps there, with perhaps more coming. And as I alluded to, I think his strategy is to put a good team in front of whatever goalie we have, good enough that the goalie isn't the linchpin holding the team together. Having a hero goalie is fun but being able to win games without the heroics in goal is more what Kevyn is after I think.

I tend to agree, but I think Stillman would get snatched up. Which Johnson are you referring to? Veteran Erik or prospect Ryan?

I think some people simply can't imagine that far out into the future. If we have cap space now we should spend it, future be damned! Muel in the third pairing? wut.

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