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kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jul 8 @ 3:24 PM ET
I don't think this is true or even necessarily likely. With these kinds of trades the team will hold celery so as to maximize the amount of teams that can take on his remaining contract. If a team like Tampa squeezes him in there is no way (well, almost no way - it is Tampa after all) that they could then pay him 10 mill the following season.
- Slump Buster


Who is paying Kane $10M per when he is turning 35?

I certainly hope it is not the Sabres.

Well, it definitely won't be as Skinner makes it impossible.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:24 PM ET
Keeping it (frank)ing real

https://twitter.com/Russo...ybMGTihk887QSV85xkHQ&s=19

- TheSabresTaco


Dumb GM
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:25 PM ET
Joe DiBiase
@SneakyJoeSports
Ostlund: "Probably two more years in Sweden, then I'll be ready for 82 games and playoffs"

"and playoffs"

- homiedclown


He knows whats up
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:26 PM ET
Which is harder to do at the moment?

Get Kane to waive to come home or to get a decent goalie to waive to come here?

- Stripes77


I think you need a goalie to get Kane her but also the other way around......

Chicken or the egg scenario
lulags
Buffalo Sabres
Location: St Louis
Joined: 02.24.2007

Jul 8 @ 3:27 PM ET
they could probably get Varlamov for a third, if they wanted to fix the goalie short term
- homiedclown

I was saying this earlier today. Who’s on his 16 team short list to waive his NTC?
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:28 PM ET
Really liked our draft, from what you can tell of 18 year olds. KA does not like Dmen though. 23 picks on his watch, 1 goalie, 17 forwards and 5 Dman, is my count
- turbo044


Forwards do double Defense on player count... And when you draft a stud in Power and have another in Dahls you probably feel good at where your defense is for the foreseeable future
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jul 8 @ 3:29 PM ET
Forwards do double Defense on player count... And when you draft a stud in Power and have another in Dahls you probably feel good at where your defense is for the foreseeable future
- DirtyDan


Still nice to get that developmental defense in there though.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 8 @ 3:29 PM ET
Michael Russo
@RussoHockey
·
1m
Guerin: “I don’t have poop to do. Cam Talbot’s under contract. George can say whatever the hell he wants. My team’s set right now, and that’s the way it goes. We can have all the discussions we want. Cam’s a member of our team. We really like Cam. All we’re trying to do is win”


OH MAN

Love me some GM versus agent drama (he also didn't say poop)

- Stripes77

swag
SabresFaninIndiana
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bananaville, IN
Joined: 12.16.2009

Jul 8 @ 3:32 PM ET
Forwards do double Defense on player count... And when you draft a stud in Power and have another in Dahls you probably feel good at where your defense is for the foreseeable future
- DirtyDan

also botts had a raging boner for defense and drafted like 8 million of them
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 8 @ 3:33 PM ET
talbot's agent is going off

meanwhile Maf



Jeff Wald
@JeffWaldFox9
·
1h
Marc-Andre Fleury expects to split goalie duties with Cam Talbot:

"Both me and Cam will play. I think that’s something that will make us good too... We’ll help each other, push each other and it will be good for the team. I get along great with Cam." #mnwild
@FOX9
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:33 PM ET
Still nice to get that developmental defense in there though.
- TheSabresTaco


For sure,

I cant imagine another huge forward draft next year.. probably more focused on D for us
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:34 PM ET
also botts had a raging boner for defense and drafted like 8 million of them
- SabresFaninIndiana


We were thin when he got here, Its not as thin now especally cause of how top heavy we are, Lindgren helps with the pool.

I still like Laaksonen, Defense take time
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 8 @ 3:37 PM ET
for people saying adams does not draft d men


he took 5 in 3 years, with one of them being power

and inherited a young d core with dahlin, samuelsson, johnson and joker


if he can get johnson to sign an entry deal, it's really a non story


we were weak with prospects up front, now we are loaded up front

Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Jul 8 @ 3:38 PM ET
Who is paying Kane $10M per when he is turning 35?

I certainly hope it is not the Sabres.

Well, it definitely won't be as Skinner makes it impossible.

- kingcong39


Somebody would absolutely pay him in that neighborhood, especially if it isn't a long-term contract. In theory it could be us even with the Skinner contract, but we wouldn't want to go more than 2 years as that is when things are going to get dicey for us.
THENINELINE
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.04.2007

Jul 8 @ 3:38 PM ET
Are we good yet?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 8 @ 3:38 PM ET
Are we good yet?
- THENINELINE

better then we were 2 days ago
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 8 @ 3:40 PM ET
better then we were 2 days ago
- homiedclown



Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 8 @ 3:48 PM ET
for people saying adams does not draft d men


he took 5 in 3 years, with one of them being power

and inherited a young d core with dahlin, samuelsson, johnson and joker


if he can get johnson to sign an entry deal, it's really a non story


we were weak with prospects up front, now we are loaded up front

- homiedclown

Who is below that, most of are D prospects are playing on the Big club.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 8 @ 3:54 PM ET
23 total trades without Buffalo and KA made all 11 picks. Certainly didn't predict that.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 8 @ 3:55 PM ET
https://mobile.twitter.co...amp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Something going on there.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 8 @ 3:57 PM ET
23 total trades without Buffalo and KA made all 11 picks. Certainly didn't predict that.
- Lunaion

We got great value on are last 6 picks!!🙂🙂
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jul 8 @ 3:57 PM ET
https://mobile.twitter.com/JTMessinger/status/1545486123207729153?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Something going on there.

- Buff36

Wow I’ve never seen that kind of emotion.

I may rip on Adam’s but it seems he is brining it all together.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jul 8 @ 3:59 PM ET
I go to turn on WGR to hopefully get some post draft coverage and they are talking about sports movies.

Amazing stuff that station.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 8 @ 4:00 PM ET
Wow I’ve never seen that kind of emotion.

I may rip on Adam’s but it seems he is brining it all together.

- ImThatGuy

Caught me off guard a bit.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 8 @ 4:03 PM ET
We got great value on are last 6 picks!!🙂🙂
- Buff36


If you know the guys after the 4th round well enough to say that, you deserve that sticker.

Savoie + Kulich is enough to make me happy.

Definitely worried they are losing at goalie musical chairs again.
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