Sabres Sign Dahlin to an 8 Year 88 Million Dollar Extension

[Brawndo]

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by Brawndo

[Doohicksie]

 

[Mr. Allen]

That’s not very “team friendly” but as long as we locked him up for 8 I’m happy. 

[Doohicksie]

A bit higher than we hoped but that's what dragging on through the summer got him methinks.

[Scottysabres]

That'll work. Now let's get busy.

[PromoTheRobot]

Now do Power.

[Curt]

Ok.  It’s $0.5M more than I expected, but if it’s going to be a tad high then I’m glad that it is 8 instead of 7 or 6.  That was probably just the cost of getting him locked up for the full 8 years.  I think he is the future captain.

Dahlin under contract for 9 more seasons!  Woo hoo!

Edited October 9, 2023 by Curt

[thewookie1]

A little high but by next year it won’t be as high 

[Brawndo]

 

[inkman]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Now do Power.

Make sure there’s time to stop and smell the roses. 

[PromoTheRobot]

In all seriousness, glad this is finally put to bed. I was starting to wonder. I guess Kev has to open the vault a little wider to get those 8 years. I hope this doesn't create issues with players like Tage and Cozens who took lower deals.

[GASabresIUFAN]

2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

In all seriousness, glad this is finally put to bed. I was starting to wonder. I guess Kev has to open the vault a little wider to get those 8 years. I hope this doesn't create issues with players like Tage and Cozens who took lower deals.

They hadn’t earned bigger deals.  

[Believer]

Good deal for team and player… Dahlin endured some tough years and stuck around… Future Captain

Take a page from Okposo and give Buffalo some love taking a higher profile in the community.

[Mango]

Phew. I get to put all my hot takes on this to bed.

Also Andrew Peters is a dummy. 

[thewookie1]

The 11 AAV hurts a tad but between our Thompson/Cozens contract being value contracts and the fact we bought 7 UFA years of Dahlin; I’m good.

[nucci]

31 minutes ago, Mr. Allen said:

That’s not very “team friendly” but as long as we locked him up for 8 I’m happy. 

but it's player friendly 

[Buffalonill]

 

[French Collection]

My favourite player is locked up long term.

Let’s go!

[Night Train]

So when " Deals Are Done ", we wait 4 months to announce a deal with different teams. Always learning. 

[Brawndo]

 

[French Collection]

The questions around cap increases are still there. Barring a pandemic type of event, this deal will be considered team friendly in a short while.

Its only $2M more than Skinner.

 

[Zamboni]

Wow that was quick …

[LGR4GM]

46 minutes ago, Mr. Allen said:

That’s not very “team friendly” but as long as we locked him up for 8 I’m happy. 

It will be next summer when the cap jumps 5 million

[French Collection]

One other thing I am thankful for on this Thanksgiving weekend.

[LGR4GM]

37 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

In all seriousness, glad this is finally put to bed. I was starting to wonder. I guess Kev has to open the vault a little wider to get those 8 years. I hope this doesn't create issues with players like Tage and Cozens who took lower deals.

The number of high end forwards is about 30ish. The number of high end defenders, about 7.