https://theahl.com/stats/player-stats

cj smith 1 point behind quinn
- homiedclown

Isn't he like 30 a this point? lol

In misery...you know what they say, misery loves company...join me
- Stripes77

Sure I will be a mod. That way I won’t get banned twice a month for no good reason.

Sabres are at 23 players (without Krebs). Murray can be sent down and Wolanen can be waived. Mittelstadt is back, I think, when the Sabres play Detroit. Which forward gets moved?
- TheSabresTaco

hayden

Do we have the final deal yet, with all conditions?
- ImThatGuy

Not yet

LTIR is only deployed when it is required for cap compliance. A team can remove a player from LTIR any time they want. Tuch will go to regular IR immediately.
- TheSabresTaco

Thanks Taco

tuch will be a fan favorite. plays the way guys who calls in to radio stations like to see it played.
- robz228

absolutely. I think he's a hard nosed Reinhart. Boss may want to get some bigger sweatpants.

Isn't he like 30 a this point? lol
- Stripes77

27 next month

Not yet
- Stripes77

Holding out hope there's some other stipulation like an added piece.

If it wasn't for the Cody Hodgson buyout they would be under the cap floor...

does jack give his parting jab with the sabres today?

or does he man up and take the high road?
- homiedclown

https://images.app.goo.gl/N4sMou4AdDC1zQ6U8
Sure!!

Well if vegas tanks this year a Eichel may not play until late April, you guys made get a 10 - 15 pick from them. I forgot they have a lot of injuries, so it may not be a late 1st round pick.
- Fakepartofme

Just found out the 1st is top 10 protected?
ouch.
That is not good.

hayden
- homiedclown

Probably right, even though I think they want him here.

does jack give his parting jab with the sabres today?

or does he man up and take the high road?
- homiedclown

I bet he goes high road. Brisson seems to be a real good agent that will have a script for him to not burn (anymore) bridges. Who knows when he's going to have to try to get his client traded out of Vegas.....

tuch will be a fan favorite. plays the way guys who calls in to radio stations like to see it played.
- robz228

Lol, guilty

can the sabres take Tuch of LTIR whenever they want? So the money counts against the cap?
- burner087

People still don't understand LTIR. First off, a player on LTIR counts against the cap the same as any other player on a teams roster does. Secondly, LTIR is an exemption to spend over the cap to replace an injured IF replacing that player puts a team over the upper limit. If it does not, then LTIR is not available to that team and the player goes on regular IR.

Holding out hope there's some other stipulation like an added piece.
- TheSabresTaco

I think the speculation now has moved to how much more could they have gotten if they had retained celery.

Sabres are at 23 players (without Krebs). Murray can be sent down and Wolanen can be waived. Mittelstadt is back, I think, when the Sabres play Detroit. Which forward gets moved?
- TheSabresTaco

Mittelstadt comes back and Murray goes.

No need to move another forward as Krebs can be sent down.

does jack give his parting jab with the sabres today?

or does he man up and take the high road?
- homiedclown

the joke will be on him when he is 75% after the surgery and now handcuffing the vegas cap..

he will probably be amazing and get them a cup though

sabres were already considered a top 5 prospect pool, and that was with quinn being possibly an assumed bust.

quinn maybe figured something out, now they added krebs?

prospects are a crapshoot, but hard not to like what has come together here.

So Carolina was allegedly in on this. Wonder what a comparable return from them would have looked like.

Krebs is playing on Vegas this year so the assumption is we'll see him in Buffalo soon

If it wasn't for the Cody Hodgson buyout they would be under the cap floor...
- Stripes77

this is Cody's greatest contribution to the Sabres.. we should send him a thank you bouquet

Wow. Someone give me a new lineup...with and without Tuch in it.

Effing LOVE Tuch. He's a meat grinder who scores timely goals. Imagine being a D-man with him bearing down on you in the corner while chasing a puck. Love that guy.

This is a good day for the Sabres and Buffalo in general. Also, please boo the sh!t out of crybaby when he returns here. Never seen a more childish whiny b!tch on one of our sports teams before.

does jack give his parting jab with the sabres today?

or does he man up and take the high road?
- homiedclown

I really hope the high road. Thank the team, thank Kevin for getting the deal done, thank the fans and move on.

I will say I am surprised they didn't have to take a cap dump back

They would have gotten a better deal if they would have retained salary (which we all know)

Now that this is done here are my questions long term:

Are they planning to actually add talented players to this roster that cost more? Are they going to spend more money and be closer to the ceiling than just barely being over the floor? If they are then I can understand not retaining money, if they're not and they want to go cheaper younger players then wouldn't it make sense to retain and get a better return???

If this comes down to Pegula not wanting to retain money because he wants to save money and not wanting to retain money because they want to spend it on players down the road, it is yet again another bad look for the Pegulas. Only time will tell.