why did they spell nylander wrong?
- SabresFaninIndiana

The Toews - Kane - Nylander line didn't even know how to spell defense, let alone try playing it.

- homiedclown

Is that you waiting to get into the store?

We don't know that. We don't know that he had an offer for a guy like that and turned it down. Everything is just speculation.
- HonkFortheGoose

Per Dreger: If Botterill is trading Ristolainen, he's getting a boatload in return. It's still too early in the season for any team to pay that.

Per John Wawrow, who covers Buffalo sports for the AP: Well, there was a boatload of a deal discussed a little over a month ago before it didn't happen.

Hmmm...

https://www.cbssports.com...n-with-lindsey-vonn-sign/

why did they spell nylander wrong?
- SabresFaninIndiana

The lineup contains an anagram of He Who Shall Not Be Named

why did they spell nylander wrong?
- SabresFaninIndiana

I asked the same question

Per Dreger: If Botterill is trading Ristolainen, he's getting a boatload in return. It's still too early in the season for any team to pay that.

Per John Wawrow, who covers Buffalo sports for the AP: Well, there was a boatload of a deal discussed a little over a month ago before it didn't happen.

Hmmm...
- kingcong39

Nothing here. Wawrow is just a cynical poop. There were plenty of rumors, turned out to be squat.

new blurb

Reinhart(7) Eichel(10) Olofsson(4.5)
Okposo(6) Johansson(4.5) Skinner(9)
???(3) Mittelstadt(2) Thompson(1.5)
Girgensons(2) Asplund(.845) Larsson(2)
???(1)
Montour(5.5) Dahlin(.925)
Ristolainen(5.4) McCabe(2.85)
Miller(3.88) Jokiharju(.925)
Pilut/Gilmour/???(1.5)

Hutton(2.75)
Ullmark(2)

Projected Salary Cap: 84 M
Projected Salary: 79.075 M

I really don’t see a lot of room to play with next year. With reasonable raises for Montour, Reinhart and Olofsson, modest raises for Ullmark, Girgs, Larsson, Mittelstadt, Thompson and a seventh D, and a reasonable salary for the third line winger(whether Sheary, Vesey or someone else) there really isn’t much room.

You can argue 250k on a few salaries, but this is very reasonable imo. Considering that Dahlin will demand a huge pay raise the following year, I just don’t see where all the flexibility/room to play is.

I said it before, but we are sort of in cap jail until Okposo’s contract falls off the books in another 4 years.

You can trade Ristolainen for a forward who earns less, but that savings still doesn’t cover the 9 million or more pay raise that Dahlin will command. Especially when we currently only project to have 5 M in space.

Is that you waiting to get into the store?
- Whatnot78

and mooning the cops

Reinhart(7) Eichel(10) Olofsson(4.5)
Okposo(6) Johansson(4.5) Skinner(9)
???(3) Mittelstadt(2) Thompson(1.5)
Girgensons(2) Asplund(.845) Larsson(2)
???(1)
Montour(5.5) Dahlin(.925)
Ristolainen(5.4) McCabe(2.85)
Miller(3.88) Jokiharju(.925)
Pilut/Gilmour/???(1.5)

Hutton(2.75)
Ullmark(2)

Projected Salary Cap: 84 M
Projected Salary: 79.075 M

I really don’t see a lot of room to play with next year. With reasonable raises for Montour, Reinhart and Olofsson, modest raises for Ullmark, Girgs, Larsson, Mittelstadt, Thompson and a seventh D, and a reasonable salary for the third line winger(whether Sheary, Vesey or someone else) there really isn’t much room.

You can argue 250k on a few salaries, but this is very reasonable imo. Considering that Dahlin will demand a huge pay raise the following year, I just don’t see where all the flexibility/room to play is.

I said it before, but we are sort of in cap jail until Okposo’s contract falls off the books in another 4 years.

You can trade Ristolainen for a forward who earns less, but that savings still doesn’t cover the 9 million or more pay raise that Dahlin will command. Especially when we currently only project to have 5 M in space.
- Beethoven

Fair look at things. There isn't as much room as people think, and it's really a 1 year bubble until things get much tighter. I'd argue a few salaries (Olofsson and Mitts especially). Add Cozens in your 3m spot and you'll save a few more million. A move (or more) on D is inevitable.

Per Dreger: If Botterill is trading Ristolainen, he's getting a boatload in return. It's still too early in the season for any team to pay that.

Per John Wawrow, who covers Buffalo sports for the AP: Well, there was a boatload of a deal discussed a little over a month ago before it didn't happen.

Hmmm...
- kingcong39

Again, speculation....

Or did you miss that part?

also, would you trade him unless you were getting quite the return? Because I'm not. While I see deficiencies in his game, he's still worth a decent enough package that it doesn't make sense to just ship him out for the first thing offered.

Thank you "insider", what else ya got?
- GilPerreault11

It was from Elliott Freedman's mouth...he's the insider.
He did go on to mention only Winnipeg and Anaheim when asked who would be looking for a RhD like Risto .... he had plenty of time to go on and mention 30 teams, but stopped at those two and only those two.
But, he's a media guy so obviously he is a stupid putz.