You chose violence this AM huh?
- QuinnFan

I did it close to 4pm this afternoon


had a nice calm morning down here

Hes my odd man out.

Tage is better no question. Cozens was better but had a down year. Casey finally put a full year tg... only took him 260+ games
- DirtyDan

Hate to say it, but we're the only fanbase that can lose 13 years in a row and talk about a good player being the odd man out. Good teams keep those guys. Nothing against Byram, but Mitts is a more valuable piece IMO. We could have came up with a good package for a young RHD without giving up Mitts and putting us back into the center search.

We need to start keeping these guys during the prime years, not shipping them off to compete against us when they break through. Know you aren't disagreeing with this, just kind of go fired up by the "odd man out" point. You're right...and it's infuriating.

Hate to say it, but we're the only fanbase that can lose 13 years in a row and talk about a good player being the odd man out.
- QuinnFan

UPLs arb date is 7/29

UPLs arb date is 7/29
- TheSabresTaco

It’s weird how those arb hearings aren’t made public anymore.

Good info.

So we should hear something over the weekend or else it’s arb time on Monday

Hate to say it, but we're the only fanbase that can lose 13 years in a row and talk about a good player being the odd man out. Good teams keep those guys. Nothing against Byram, but Mitts is a more valuable piece IMO. We could have came up with a good package for a young RHD without giving up Mitts and putting us back into the center search.

We need to start keeping these guys during the prime years, not shipping them off to compete against us when they break through. Know you aren't disagreeing with this, just kind of go fired up by the "odd man out" point. You're right...and it's infuriating.
- QuinnFan

Stop making sense Quinn! Not allowed this is the Sabres we are talking about.

It’s weird how those arb hearings aren’t made public anymore.

Good info.

So we should hear something over the weekend or else it’s arb time on Monday
- Sabretooth9

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let it go to Arb. Play it relaxed, don't alienate him, but keep that award down under $4.25m.
Win/Win.

Hate to say it, but we're the only fanbase that can lose 13 years in a row and talk about a good player being the odd man out. Good teams keep those guys. Nothing against Byram, but Mitts is a more valuable piece IMO. We could have came up with a good package for a young RHD without giving up Mitts and putting us back into the center search.

We need to start keeping these guys during the prime years, not shipping them off to compete against us when they break through. Know you aren't disagreeing with this, just kind of go fired up by the "odd man out" point. You're right...and it's infuriating.
- QuinnFan

As soon as Adams extended cozens. Adams right then and there said cozens is our 2C ….. mitts days were numbered after that.

You aren’t paying a 3C - 7 mill heck even 5.75 mill to play limited minutes.


Byram will get more ice time and get more value than mitts on the Sabres

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let it go to Arb. Play it relaxed, don't alienate him, but keep that award down under $4.25m.
Win/Win.
- IonSabres

The problem with the “don’t alienate” him is that arb cases are a player beat down by the current team.

Jermey Swayman said something in an interview about it being a terrible experience.

https://www.nytimes.com/a...ayman-arbitration-bruins/

Danny loves Krebs and Samuelsson.
Sabres are overloaded on LhD, light on RhD and don't really have room for Krebs.

Krebs
Samuelsson
Greenway
Oslund

Owen Tippet
Oliver Bonk
Cal Peterson ($3.85m Cap Dump, AHL bound)

Why I'm not running this team I'm not sure

JJP - Tage - Tuch
Tippet - Cozens - Quinn
Benson - McLeod - Zucker
Malenstyn - Lafferty - NAK

Byram - Dahlin
Power - Joker
RyJo - Cliffy

Good competition for that 2RhD spot for the following season
Johnson, Bonk, Komorov, Novikov...maybe the loser takes the 3RhD from Cliffy.

The problem with the “don’t alienate” him is that arb cases are a player beat down by the current team.

Jermey Swayman said something in an interview about it being a terrible experience.

https://www.nytimes.com/a...ayman-arbitration-bruins/
- Sabretooth9

I mean, as we spoke of earlier...just don't be an bumhole about it.
They aren't trying to "win at all costs", rather just manage the process to keep the cost reasonable. Anything $4.5m or less is great...and that leaves the Arb alot of room. It likely comes in less than $4m

Danny loves Krebs and Samuelsson.
Sabres are overloaded on LhD, light on RhD and don't really have room for Krebs.

Krebs
Samuelsson
Greenway
Oslund

Owen Tippet
Oliver Bonk
Cal Peterson ($3.85m Cap Dump, AHL bound)

Why I'm not running this team I'm not sure

JJP - Tage - Tuch
Tippet - Cozens - Quinn
Benson - McLeod - Zucker
Malenstyn - Lafferty - NAK

Byram - Dahlin
Power - Joker
RyJo - Cliffy

Good competition for that 2RhD spot for the following season
Johnson, Bonk, Komorov, Novikov...maybe the loser takes the 3RhD from Cliffy.
- IonSabres

Didn't they just extend Tippet?

https://x.com/CrossSwords...tatus/1815803154941759584

I like to think of myself as a droughtologist but I have no recollection of Cole Schneider

Didn't they just extend Tippet?
- Lunaion

Yes.
Yes they did.
Things change Right.

Like Adams refusing yo include Savoie in deals, or so we have heard multiple times.

Danny loves Krebs and Samuelsson.
Sabres are overloaded on LhD, light on RhD and don't really have room for Krebs.

Krebs
Samuelsson
Greenway
Oslund

Owen Tippet
Oliver Bonk
Cal Peterson ($3.85m Cap Dump, AHL bound)

Why I'm not running this team I'm not sure

JJP - Tage - Tuch
Tippet - Cozens - Quinn
Benson - McLeod - Zucker
Malenstyn - Lafferty - NAK

Byram - Dahlin
Power - Joker
RyJo - Cliffy

Good competition for that 2RhD spot for the following season
Johnson, Bonk, Komorov, Novikov...maybe the loser takes the 3RhD from Cliffy.
- IonSabres

At this point. I would take any top 6 forward to plug that top 6 winger role.

Keep Benson and zucker on the 3rd line

Komorov I think has been excellent in juniors or am I thinking of the wrong Russian.

Yes.
Yes they did.
Things change Right.

Like Adams refusing yo include Savoie in deals, or so we have heard multiple times.
- IonSabres

and a Sabres spare part offer is what changes things?

and a Sabres spare part offer is what changes things?
- Lunaion

Who opens the trunk, puts one bag in there, then closes it with the cart still full? Demonic….

https://x.com/collinrugg/.../1815900983773519964?s=46

https://www.sportskeeda.c...rtin-necas-6-000-000-deal

Trading for a young 3C and drafting a lower ceiling, close to NHL ready 3C was a curious pair of moves.
- Lunaion

Helenius is a lower ceiling prospect?

I had no idea.

Who wouldn't want more money than they deserve? Kev set himself up for that.
- Lunaion

They also pulled the classic Sabres move of playing a player higher in the lineup then a good team would, and then having to pay that player a new contract commensurate with their inflated lineup position.

Jokiharju is a great example of that.

By trading Casey for Byram, is all they did just kick the can down the road on deciding whether or not to pay another player long term?

Good competition for that 2RhD spot for the following season
Johnson, Bonk, Komorov, Novikov...maybe the loser takes the 3RhD from Cliffy.
- IonSabres

Good competition?

There would be no competition.

Bonk is multiple levels above every other defender you named.

who is playing second line with quinn and cozens

I doubt there is a trade in the cards


1. zucker
2. kulich
3. benson
4. mcleod
5. greenway
6. helenius
7. krebs

Who opens the trunk, puts one bag in there, then closes it with the cart still full? Demonic….

https://x.com/collinrugg/.../1815900983773519964?s=46
- washedup20

https://x.com/Blklivesmat...tatus/1815629502128533647

https://x.com/Blklivesmatter/status/1815629502128533647
- homiedclown