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kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

May 17 @ 7:23 AM ET
This is the list of Sabres RFA's and the contract projections for them.

kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

May 17 @ 7:42 AM ET
With the projected contracts for Marchment and Comrie, they both feel like Adams/Pegula signings.

Lean, economic, efficient.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 7:45 AM ET
Great reed, Hank. Well said.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 7:46 AM ET
With the projected contracts for Marchment and Comrie, they both feel like Adams/Pegula signings.

Lean, economic, efficient.

- kingcong39


I don't believe this is an actual thing for the roster.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

May 17 @ 7:48 AM ET
I don't believe this is an actual thing for the roster.
- TheSabresTaco


How so?
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 7:49 AM ET
This is the list of Sabres RFA's and the contract projections for them.


- kingcong39


sad i had to up my sub. happy to see contract projections again.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 7:51 AM ET
How so?
- kingcong39


What proof is there?

He said that poop then was, what, over the cap by like 4 million?

Last year, our roster was not a bunch of cheap guns for hire. Just a bunch of kids on low contracts. They'll eventually be paid and eventually be supplemented with outside talent.
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

May 17 @ 7:57 AM ET
It's hard to wrap your head around that level of senseless hatred, especially when the perpetrator is so young, and because he came from so far away. It's disturbing and deeply saddening.
- Hank Balling

It's how we make America great again!
- Alex the Great
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

May 17 @ 7:59 AM ET
What proof is there?

He said that poop then was, what, over the cap by like 4 million?

Last year, our roster was not a bunch of cheap guns for hire. Just a bunch of kids on low contracts. They'll eventually be paid and eventually be supplemented with outside talent.

- TheSabresTaco


Are they spending much above the cap floor this coming season?

Are they going to get to the cap floor by taking on another Boychuck or 3?
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:01 AM ET
kinda news from the other day, but MAF stated he wished to test UFA and sign one year deals. Bodes well for Buffalo, if they're interested. Depending on what Colorado does with Kuemper and Toronto with Campbell, there really aren't any contenders that need a goalie, let alone a one year declining one. I wonder how Washington feels about their guys.
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

May 17 @ 8:02 AM ET
kinda news from the other day, but MAF stated he wished to test UFA and sign one year deals. Bodes well for Buffalo, if they're interested. Depending on what Colorado does with Kuemper and Toronto with Campbell, there really aren't any contenders that need a goalie, let alone a one year declining one. I wonder how Washington feels about their guys.
- TheSabresTaco

This turns lacaprup on, big time!
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:04 AM ET
Are they spending much above the cap floor this coming season?

Are they going to get to the cap floor by taking on another Boychuck or 3?

- kingcong39


Like I said, it's the nature of the roster. You're not going to just massively overpay a couple guys to prove you can spend money.

There will probably be a Boychuk. It still doesn't mean that objective one is to be cheap. The roster this and next year is just built with ELCs. If the right player comes along, I hardly doubt they'll not sign them because of contract demands. I just don't buy it and have seen no proof of it.

And that begins with the 20-21 roster budget.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:05 AM ET
This turns lacaprup on, big time!
- RichardRoma


Honestly I'd trade Krebs for MAFs rights immediately
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

May 17 @ 8:07 AM ET
Honestly I'd trade Krebs for MAFs rights immediately
- TheSabresTaco



Krebs is going to break out next year.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:08 AM ET
Krebs is going to break out next year.
- Powerslave


Yeah, for Minnesota, cause he's going there so we can negotiate with Marc Andre!!!
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

May 17 @ 8:09 AM ET
Yeah, for Minnesota, cause he's going there so we can negotiate with Marc Andre!!!
- TheSabresTaco



Oh my
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:13 AM ET
Olofsson's most likely projected contract is 4x4.95. He plays a full season healthy, seems like a fair offer. My only question is, can or should he be used for a different type of asset?
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

May 17 @ 8:14 AM ET
Olofsson's most likely projected contract is 4x4.95. He plays a full season healthy, seems like a fair offer. My only question is, can or should he be used for a different type of asset?
- TheSabresTaco

PATRICK KANE!
- lacaprup
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:14 AM ET
Cody Eakin, 1.8M x 8 years. What a (frank)ing deal imo
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 17 @ 8:16 AM ET
Krebs is going to break out next year.
- Powerslave

Agreed
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:16 AM ET
Pronman's mock draft. https://theathletic.com/3...5/17/nhl-mock-draft-2022/

Saw another mock with the Sabres picking Lambert at 9. (frank) off with that.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:17 AM ET
Agreed
- homiedclown


kid's vision is disgusting. Him and Quinn gotta go pack on 10 lbs for September.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 17 @ 8:17 AM ET
Olofsson's most likely projected contract is 4x4.95. He plays a full season healthy, seems like a fair offer. My only question is, can or should he be used for a different type of asset?
- TheSabresTaco

I am torn on him

He played well down the stretch
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

May 17 @ 8:19 AM ET
I am torn on him

He played well down the stretch

- homiedclown


That's the player you're paying. Pre and post injury, he was 4-5M good. He showed he could improve in 5v5, which I for one definitely had my doubts. Maybe a 3x5M, low risk, good reward.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

May 17 @ 8:37 AM ET
That's the player you're paying. Pre and post injury, he was 4-5M good. He showed he could improve in 5v5, which I for one definitely had my doubts. Maybe a 3x5M, low risk, good reward.
- TheSabresTaco


With the team being in the situation it's in cap wise, it's worth the risk. If you were closer to the cap, where you know someone has to go, it might be a different answer. He still has to show that he can play this way consistently over and 82 game season. I know, I know: wrist injury and stuff, but you haven't done it until you've done it. Even if it doesn't pan out, he has a skillset that will pretty much land him on an NHL roster somewhere should he not live up to that contract. 3x5M should be moveable if you need it to be.
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