I’ve also read TSN insider reports that claim the Sabres best and final offer has been on Skinners table for a couple of days now. Ball has been in his court. JBotts holding tight calling his bluff
- lulags

9.5 x 7 is still less than 8.5 x 8

It’s so much fun to be a fan of this franchise
- sbroads24

Sunday night ROR will win the Conn Smythe and it'll get announced that Skinner is going to free agency thus concluding the worst hockey season ever

Dreger continues to prove he has no direct insider information to share about Buffalo
- TheSabresTaco

This guy has as much information as any of the guys do. After all, what is he supposed to report on? He said it sounds like the negotiation is over. That's pretty specific.

Sunday night ROR will win the Conn Smythe and it'll get announced that Skinner is going to free agency thus concluding the worst hockey season ever
- mattmoulson

Don't forget Lehner's Vezina and Masterton wins at the NHL awards

Someone here was saying that they keep getting ads for women's assless underwear, to which people were saying it's based on browsing history. Well I'm getting the assless underwear ads now too, despite a lack of search history for women's assless underwear. It's basically making this site NSFW
- jcragcrumple

Practicing your retort for the boss??
make sure to emphatically slam you fist down on the desk when you say it.
and for god's sake do NOT look up and to the left, sure sign of lying.

This guy has as much information as any of the guys do. After all, what is he supposed to report on? He said it sounds like the negotiation is over. That's pretty specific.
- Slump Buster

He said it's "basically" over, which is basically not over. And it "might" be up to Skinner, which is meaningless

9.5 x 7 is still less than 8.5 x 8
- dadeadhead

If any team give skinner close to 10 then good for Skinner.

I stick to 8.25 x 8 and say take it or leave it at this point.

If Skinner signs for less than 8.5 on the open market though, all hell breaks lose

If any team give skinner close to 10 then good for Skinner.

I stick to 8.25 x 8 and say take it or leave it at this point.

If Skinner signs for less than 8.5 on the open market though, all hell breaks lose
- ImThatGuy

As said previously by others 8 for 68 is sitting on the table.

Don't forget Lehner's Vezina and Masterton wins at the NHL awards
- jcragcrumple

oh

He said it's "basically" over, which is basically not over. And it "might" be up to Skinner, which is meaningless
- jcragcrumple

Again, what else do you want? The various "sources" all seem to have things trending in the same direction with this stuff over the last couple of weeks. I don't think they make this stuff up - as with any of the gossip you have to think of who wants him to have the information.

I hate his goddamn heat.

oh

- mattmoulson

oh

- mattmoulson

- dadeadhead

Thread killer

Thread killer
- Powerslave

Someone needed to do it.

Goddamn Pirates.
- SABRES 89

If you ain't pirating, you ain't trying.

I worked outside at a work thing all day.... was full on expecting to fire up my computer to news that Skinner signed.

I worked outside at a work thing all day.... was full on expecting to fire up my computer to news that Skinner signed.
- JVince11

Is his contract up?

I worked outside at a work thing all day.... was full on expecting to fire up my computer to news that Skinner signed.
- JVince11

Botts is very patient. To him, there is no rush to do things.

if money is no object for the sabres

wouldn't he be better off paying the bonus and getting the best deal possible, when he decided to play sabres gm
- homiedclown

Absolutely
And that’s pretty inarguable

I don't know why you limited this to the Cap Space and didn't highlight "Tage" too.
- Der Kaiser

1 battle at a time

I got a lot of crap from ppl when i said Tage was a “b” prospect

I was wrong though... he’s WORSE

He's not making an argument. He's stating a fact.

They did pick up long term cap space, then traded for Skinner with the intention of utilizing that.
- Lunaion

No, he’s not
He’s saying we will have extra Cap Space for 2020 and beyond

1) you have to subtract whatever we sign his replacement to
So if we sign Hayes for 6mil, then we saved 1.5m in Cap Space, not 7.5
And 1.5m isn’t much of a savings... it’s Larsson & Girgs i stead is CjSmith & someone like Malone basically... big whoop
Seriously dude... it’s pretty freaking simple math

2) we’re lucky Berglund quit,
or we’d have to figure in his Cap hit as well

I worked outside at a work thing all day.... was full on expecting to fire up my computer to news that Skinner signed.
- JVince11

I'll say Skinner to the rangers 8.5 x 7.

It's going to make us look poopty. Real poopty.

Skinner is a goner, he or his agent have forced the Sabres into a no win situation. They are asking for an amount of money that will send the fan base in an uproar and by them not meeting his demands the fan base will lose it.