I can see why it would be difficult to part with 8th from a buffalo perspective considering their need for a 2C may only be temporary (Unless cozens is developed as a wing) but in Calgary’s end the 8th overall’s starting from 2017 (too early to tell on Boqvist & Broberg) are:

Middlestadt
A. Nylander
Werenski
W. nylander
Ristolainen
Pouliot
Couturier
Burmistrov

That shows a less than A 50% success rate of getting a player as good as monahan. While I do think he is worth no more than the 8th alone it’s easy to see why fans of both teams have their respective opinions due to the potential upside/downside of the pick.

Personally I could see a larger deal involving monahan, Derek Ryan, and rittich for 8th, Kahun, and another player if the flames really wanted to open up cap space to be aggressive in the off-season. But I think it’s likelier the sabres target either a guy that is more of a 2/3 C like davorak or a C/Wing like Domi based on my belief that they will gamble the possibility of cozens becoming good enough to take that spot long term.
- RedC21

Good post.
This Draft is expected to be exceptional in the Top 10, hence why the 8th is valued here.
To use it to secure Monahan who is a defensive liability and benefits greatly from play with Johnny seems crazy to me, yet like you I understand how Calgary fans see him in a better light.

Maybe there is no move to make here, as I would definitely not use the 8th solely on him...and I absolutely loved him coming out if Jrs.

I completely understand.

I also am not worth hundreds of millions of dollars and cannot say I’ve run my own business unless you count doing your own investments.

However, what I do know is that Pegula handed out the equivalent of the Sabres salary cap to McDermott, Dawkins, and Tre White in the last month.

Are the Sabres, alike most NHL franchises apart from maybe NYR and TOR, a boat with a hole in the bottom ? Absolutely.

However Pegula has the money to spend to the cap even if it is taking on contracts like Stepan and Monahan whom although have $6.5M cap hits are both combined to make $5M in real salary this year. (I’m not advocating trading for them I’m just using them as hypothetical examples).

His promise to Sabres nation was that money would not be a issue. However now it is.
- Pegullaville

Price of gas goes down and price of yacht goes up.

Wake up call when liquid capital runs into non liquid.

Still think he bought sabres to become local hero and be the first guy in line to buy bills.

Price of gas goes down and price of yacht goes up.

Wake up call when liquid capital runs into non liquid.

Still think he bought sabres to become local hero and be the first guy in line to buy bills.
- Da_Cashman

Michael, i'm honored that you would mention me in another one of your world class blogs, thank you again. I hope i'm right but we shall see.

The Pegulas have money, people can say what they want. Right know everything is just here say and rumors. You don't have 5.5 billion without having something to back it up.

You will be arrested if you go to the Bills Stadium on Sunday

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There are a lot of rich NHL owners who do not spend to the cap. They do not just spend crazy. The Pegulas have money but there are far wealthier owners who are cheaper or have had a smarter business model. They also have teams in bigger markets and may not lose millions due to larger local TV deals and higher ticket prices Here are the 15 wealthiest owners and here is how teams spend. https://www.businessinsid...ade-their-fortune-2019-11

1 New Jersey Devils 28-29-12 (68) 21/23 24,498,877 20,123,617 6,697,500 62,968,035 18,531,965
2 Los Angeles Kings 29-35-6 (64) 22/23 32,030,743 15,529,001 6,072,285 66,626,414 14,873,586
3 Detroit Red Wings 17-49-5 (39) 23/23 35,803,815 9,088,463 7,000,000 68,021,934 13,333,066
4 Chicago Blackhawks 32-30-8 (72) 24/23 38,680,850 19,970,064 6,850,000 68,970,264 12,529,736
5 Ottawa Senators 25-34-12 (62) 22/23 31,692,088 10,824,595 5,224,138 70,516,281 10,983,719
6 New York Rangers 37-28-5 (79) 21/23 33,667,682 20,695,680 9,700,286 72,036,500 9,463,500
7 San Jose Sharks 29-36-5 (63) 23/23 30,426,201 18,085,771 7,650,000 72,641,631 8,197,619
8 Montreal Canadiens 31-31-9 (71) 22/23 33,524,619 24,969,686 10,955,616 76,105,032 5,394,968
9 Buffalo Sabres 30-31-8 (68) 22/23 47,552,500 17,730,480 4,075,000 76,191,201 5,308,799
10 Boston Bruins 44-14-12 (100) 24/23 40,585,588 20,144,273 9,750,000 77,285,510 4,214,490
11 Dallas Stars 37-24-8 (82) 22/23 47,436,541 19,419,166 7,416,667 76,362,923 4,204,577
12 Columbus Blue Jackets 33-22-15 (81) 28/23 35,791,765 26,130,647 2,024,125 77,633,761 3,866,239
13 Minnesota Wild 35-27-7 (77) 22/23 44,192,628 26,592,628 5,118,333 78,135,996 3,364,004
14 Arizona Coyotes 33-29-8 (74) 22/23 41,715,796 29,489,700 4,250,000 78,412,609 3,087,391
15 Colorado Avalanche 42-20-8 (92) 25/23 48,632,262 18,619,166 4,437,616 79,051,542 2,448,458
16 Nashville Predators 35-26-8 (78) 23/23 53,710,231 18,042,433 6,500,000 79,193,222 2,306,778
17 Calgary Flames 36-27-7 (79) 24/23 45,358,563 25,448,230 5,500,000 79,601,866 1,898,134
18 Florida Panthers 35-26-8 (78) 24/23 35,408,784 29,669,923 10,850,000 79,974,992 1,525,008
19 Anaheim Ducks 29-33-9 (67) 21/23 35,127,528 19,302,553 7,525,000 80,279,452 1,220,548
20 Edmonton Oilers 37-25-9 (83) 25/23 46,065,657 21,375,370 6,500,000 80,560,177 939,823
21 Winnipeg Jets 37-28-6 (80) 28/23 51,668,479 15,105,381 7,391,666 80,834,061 665,939
22 Philadelphia Flyers 41-21-7 (89) 22/23 47,772,672 25,772,579 2,730,833 81,029,969 470,031
23 St Louis Blues 42-19-10 (94) 24/23 49,825,252 22,004,166 8,750,000 81,355,837 131,235
24 Tampa Bay Lightning 43-21-6 (92) 25/23 51,831,439 21,531,117 4,800,000 82,004,856 -504,856
25 Toronto Maple Leafs 36-25-9 (81) 24/23 53,975,640 18,973,953 5,675,000 82,121,347 -621,347
26 Washington Capitals 41-20-8 (90) 23/23 51,190,064 22,790,400 7,005,086 81,294,327 -944,327
27 Vegas Golden Knights 39-24-8 (86) 23/23 50,525,026 22,322,840 8,400,000 83,364,572 -1,864,572
28 Vancouver Canucks 36-27-6 (78) 25/23 49,457,284 22,541,666 5,866,668 85,042,925 -3,542,925
29 Pittsburgh Penguins 40-23-6 (86) 27/23 56,474,657 23,449,125 4,425,000 85,050,602 -3,683,102
30 New York Islanders 35-23-10 (80) 28/23 51,488,966 25,644,167 8,333,333 85,971,651 -4,471,651
31 Carolina Hurricanes 38-25-5 (81) 22/23 40,195,144 29,037,500 6,525,000 89,975,808 -8,475,808

https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/

I would have said no, but then they brought in Kevyn Adams. Now, watch out

about?
- Michael Pachla

His pool boy contract being renewed

Welp we dodged Bjugstad.

Welp we dodged Bjugstad.
- RhinoFan

Thank God

Welp we dodged Bjugstad.
- RhinoFan

I would have taken him for a 7th rd pick.

I would have taken him for a 7th rd pick.
- ImThatGuy

Interested to see how much salary Pittsburgh retained

I would have taken him for a 7th rd pick.
- ImThatGuy

The Penguins are retaining a portion of Bjugstad's salary for the 2020-21 season.

Man, that guy got so much love on here for being traded for a conditional pick and the Pens have to eat some of his salary. Well, time will tell.

Sometimes we make crap into lobster and lobster into crap.

Olofsson, Eichel, Okposo all with Lady Byng votes and if anything Reinhart should have been a top 5 finalist for the award.

I wonder if anyone outside Buffalo remembers he exists.

The Penguins are retaining a portion of Bjugstad's salary for the 2020-21 season.

Man, that guy got so much love on here for being traded for a conditional pick and the Pens have to eat some of his salary. Well, time will tell.

Sometimes we make crap into lobster and lobster into crap.
- GilPerreault11

He’s decent when he’s healthy. He’s just never healthy.

1 year deal and it only costs a 7th rd pick.

Lol what are the wild thinking haha

Lol what are the wild thinking haha
- GERBE!!!75PTS

They got a player for a 7th rd pick and Penguins held celery.

It’s a good deal for Minn IMO.

They got a player for a 7th rd pick and Penguins held celery.

It’s a good deal for Minn IMO.
- ImThatGuy

It's a low risk deal. Time will tell if it's good.

They got a player for a 7th rd pick and Penguins held celery.

It’s a good deal for Minn IMO.
- ImThatGuy

They keep on going for players that need a new start
They should be unloading players and start the rebuild

you need to look at their roster no center in the system ..

Only franchise player they have is Kaprizov

Good post.
This Draft is expected to be exceptional in the Top 10, hence why the 8th is valued here.
To use it to secure Monahan who is a defensive liability and benefits greatly from play with Johnny seems crazy to me, yet like you I understand how Calgary fans see him in a better light.

Maybe there is no move to make here, as I would definitely not use the 8th solely on him...and I absolutely loved him coming out if Jrs.
- IonSabres

I honestly agree with everything said, which is why I would love to see Calgary make that move and recommend that buffalo stay away. With next year potentially being shortened I would target a stop gap player to see what cozens can do on the 3rd line. You’re only going to spend 8th overall on a permanent solution and as I said unless you develop him as a wing it may be his spot to lose in a year or 2’s time. It would be best keep it and trade next years 1st or to address another area of need or if necessary. Or maybe trade it to address another area as well.

As for monahan it’s disappointing to see a player that had that much potential stop developing and become complacent with being a passenger to his linemate, something I think happened around 3 years ago or so.

I honestly agree with everything said, which is why I would love to see Calgary make that move and recommend that buffalo stay away. With next year potentially being shortened I would target a stop gap player to see what cozens can do on the 3rd line. You’re only going to spend 8th overall on a permanent solution and as I said unless you develop him as a wing it may be his spot to lose in a year or 2’s time. It would be best keep it and trade next years 1st to address another area of need if necessary.

As for monahan it’s disappointing to see a player that had that much potential stop developing and become complacent with being a passenger to his linemate, something I think happened around 3 years ago or so.
- RedC21

Thank you 🤝

- jdfitz77

Ha. Where is homie when you need him

You will be arrested if you go to the Bills Stadium on Sunday

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- GERBE!!!75PTS

It’s NYS. Will just be an appearance ticket.

I honestly agree with everything said, which is why I would love to see Calgary make that move and recommend that buffalo stay away. With next year potentially being shortened I would target a stop gap player to see what cozens can do on the 3rd line. You’re only going to spend 8th overall on a permanent solution and as I said unless you develop him as a wing it may be his spot to lose in a year or 2’s time. It would be best keep it and trade next years 1st or to address another area of need or if necessary. Or maybe trade it to address another area as well.

As for monahan it’s disappointing to see a player that had that much potential stop developing and become complacent with being a passenger to his linemate, something I think happened around 3 years ago or so.
- RedC21

Risto or Montour/mitts and Aspland for him.