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.
- kritter65

Im assuming the video tribute may be short?

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.
- Stripes77

I wanted Reilly Smith just to add him to this team

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.
- robz228

I think it was Custance that rated all of the organizations based on players 23 and under, and we were #1 "comfortably". It's sad that we have to hang our hats on this but it is what it is at this point. Better days are coming.

Mittelstadt comes back and Murray goes.

No need to move another forward as Krebs can be sent down.
- kingcong39

Sabres are at 23 without Krebs. Need to dispatch 2 forwards for Mitts to return.

(frank) that Casey, the other, good Casey.
- TheSabresTaco

Didn’t you hear about the Nelson trading strategy? His playing days are over.

https://www.cryptoglobe.c...n-little-over-a-year/amp/

He cashed out half a few days ago and pulled his bigger yacht up to the Pegulas and forced them to trade Jack.

Mittelstadt comes back and Murray goes.

No need to move another forward as Krebs can be sent down.
- kingcong39

IF the Sabres send a player down, wouldn't they be under the floor then?

Sabres are at 23 without Krebs. Need to dispatch 2 forwards for Mitts to return.
- TheSabresTaco

Wouldn't that put them under the floor?

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.
- kritter65

Made this post yesterday. I'm not sure how Vegas makes the money work, but I guess the Sabres barely skate by.

how many cheap ufas do you bring back next year?

Hayden
Caggiula
Hinostroza
Anderson
Pysyk
Tokarski
- homiedclown

Outside of goalie, how much room is there? Think there's room for Pysyk or Hagg. Maybe someone better as a UFA or trade. The forward corp is basically full, even before an Eichel trade.

Skinner-Mitts-Olofsson
Asplund-Thompson-Quinn
Peterka-Cozens-Ruotsalainen
Bjork-Girgensons-Okposo

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power-Jokiharju
Bryson-Pysyk
Johnson or extra

goaliez

Let's incorporate a Vegas trade of Tuch, Brisson, Krebs, 1, which I don't even think is feasible without extra salary moves.

Krebs-Mitts-Olofsson
Asplund-Thompson-Tuch
Peterka-Cozens-Quinn
Skinner-Girgensons-Okposo
Ruotsalainen, Bjork

Sabres are at 23 without Krebs. Need to dispatch 2 forwards for Mitts to return.
- TheSabresTaco

I cannot believe they're this close to the floor.

The NYR equivalent deal is:

Kakko
Chytil
2022 1st
2023 2nd

And they laughed at Sabres fans for that. So don’t let rangers fans say a thing

Sabres are at 23 without Krebs. Need to dispatch 2 forwards for Mitts to return.
- TheSabresTaco

Krebs goes to Rochester. Murray goes to Rochester when Mittelstadt is ready. That puts them at 23, no?

I cannot believe they're this close to the floor.
- Stripes77

makes me think they make a trade for a cap dump with 1 or 2 left on their contract at the deadline to get picks

Didn’t you hear about the Nelson trading strategy? His playing days are over.

https://www.cryptoglobe.c...n-little-over-a-year/amp/

He cashed out half a few days ago and pulled his bigger yacht up to the Pegulas and forced them to trade Jack.
- washedup20

You think Nelson just told the Pegs that their poop is his now and threw them into the ocean

Krebs goes to Rochester. Murray goes to Rochester when Mittelstadt is ready. That puts them at 23, no?
- kingcong39

That puts them under the cap floor I believe

IF the Sabres send a player down, wouldn't they be under the floor then?
- ImThatGuy

They're $197K over the cap floor without factoring in Krebs salary.

Not a bad day's work for Adams, all told. Eichel gets a new home, we get some present and a lot of future, and the Rangers get to keep future hall of famer and perennial Hart candidate Mika Zibanejad so everyone wins.

The NYR equivalent deal is:

Kakko
Chytil
2022 1st
2023 2nd

And they laughed at Sabres fans for that. So don’t let rangers fans say a thing
- ImThatGuy

I'd take Vegas' deal over that too.

That puts them under the cap floor I believe
- Stripes77

It does not. They are $197K over based on Tuch's salary alone.

The NYR equivalent deal is:

Kakko
Chytil
2022 1st
2023 2nd

And they laughed at Sabres fans for that. So don’t let rangers fans say a thing
- ImThatGuy

Not to mention that at this point Krebs is probably a better prospect than Kakko,and he is also a center.

They're $197K over the cap floor without factoring in Krebs salary.
- kingcong39

Right but if they send Murray and Krebs down then they'll be under it

I think it was Custance that rated all of the organizations based on players 23 and under, and we were #1 "comfortably". It's sad that we have to hang our hats on this but it is what it is at this point. Better days are coming.
- Slump Buster

a sad waste of 10 years of our lives but its pretty funny how things are going here

we went all in to guarantee a superstar and mortgaged literally everything else and never were able to put a competent team around him, and it flamed out miserably

now we've accumulated a ton of mid/upper-mid tier prospects but probably no superstar.

Right but if they send Murray and Krebs down then they'll be under it
- Stripes77

My calculation included Murray but not Krebs.

That puts them under the cap floor I believe
- Stripes77

Hmm.... subtract Murray, add Krebs, that's +150k. Mitts is on the cap right now.

wait...

Hmm.... subtract Murray, add Krebs, that's +150k. Mitts is on the cap right now.

You're right... they can't demote anyone right now

- TheSabresTaco

They're in a tenuous situation for sure.

That puts them under the cap floor I believe
- Stripes77

Krebs counts fully against the cap no matter where he is, doesn't he, since he's sub-1M (and "hiding" salaries in the minors only saves a max of 1M?)