OH?
We have roughly 22.5MM in cap space.


Add Stamkos - 11.5ish say give or take.

You still have 11MM to make moves.
Risto sigsn for 5 ish

You still have 6MM to make moves

Move out Ennis if you can you are back up to 10MM.
- ImThatGuy

Yup...

Not to mention Gorges, Franson and Gionta come off the books soon.

Give Vegas a 3rd or even 2nd round pick to take Moulson!

correct thing to say, so there is no tampering


if vesey does not sign by july 10tyh, then the flags should go up and consider moving his rights


from july 4th to 10th, murray should be showing him the town with jack and doing whatever it takes to get him to ink the deal
- homiedclown

We shall see. I also think a lot of it comes from the stunt he pulled in Nashville and trying to play the safest card while in the signing process to keep a decent image

Fine Kopitar got $10 million but for 8 years so 80 million.

Stamkos can get $80 million but over 7 years...a little less than $11.5 per.
- Stripes77

I wasnt traying to knock it just that the crosby contract, he left a lot of money on teh tablet. But overall i agree with the statement you made.

Contracts are going to keep going up year after year as the cap goes up.

Yup...

Not to mention Gorges, Franson and Gionta come off the books soon.

Give Vegas a 3rd or even 2nd round pick to take Moulson!
- Stripes77

pretty sure kane is a goner in 2 years

not sure I would protect him in expansion draft to secure him for 1 more year

While FO's are important, I think scoring goals is more important....
- SDSabre

Having the puck in your possession I think seems to trump that bud

pretty sure kane is a goner in 2 years

not sure I would protect him in expansion draft to secure him for 1 more year
- homiedclown

Him in Vegas hahaha

I wasnt traying to knock it just that the crosby contract, he left a lot of money on teh tablet. But overall i agree with the statement you made.

Contracts are going to keep going up year after year as the cap goes up.
- ImThatGuy

the plus to that, is you can always grab guys like gilbert on the cheap for 1 year deals

Parise is a scrub, the Wild can have him.
- SABRES 89

aw come on.

pretty sure kane is a goner in 2 years

not sure I would protect him in expansion draft to secure him for 1 more year
- homiedclown

Unless Kane pots about 28-35 goals this year... I could see that.

I think it will also depends on if they end up drafting a winger like Nylander or trade up for Tkachuk on the LW. Also on the progression of hopefully a guy like Vesey... maybe Fasching, Bailey, or Baptiste as well.

Having the puck in your possession I think seems to trump that bud
- JVince11

Goals always trump possession time.

Sure you have a better chance to score when you have the puck more but scoring more goals than the other team is ultimately what matters.

The Cup finals don't make it to 6 games if they didn't. Pittsburgh dominated possession the 2 games the Sharks won.

The Finnish twtter person mentioned chara and buffalo

pretty sure kane is a goner in 2 years

not sure I would protect him in expansion draft to secure him for 1 more year
- homiedclown

I would try and trade Him to LV in a deal where they don't touch the rest of the roster.

Kane,Moulson, a 3rd for a 2 and a 3 and an understanding you don't touch the rest of this roster.

I wasnt traying to knock it just that the crosby contract, he left a lot of money on teh tablet. But overall i agree with the statement you made.

Contracts are going to keep going up year after year as the cap goes up.
- ImThatGuy

I think there may have been a wink-wink of lets keep your cap hit reasonable, win more cups by bringing in the talent you need, and after your career is done, you can come wit with Super Mario and receive large checks in the future.

Harrki oy Kaartokatu ‏@scanadusa 5m5 minutes ago
I believe Chara will be Buffalo at right trade. Teams quietly negotiate trade.

he went full Sabres Front Office on us now.

Time to forget this one.

Vesey snapchatted Malone that the Sabres traded for his rights.

Safe to say he was excited about it.

Having the puck in your possession I think seems to trump that bud
- JVince11

is he your bud?

is he your friend?

is he your pal?





I bet 5 people get this, maybe less

The Finnish twtter person mentioned chara and buffalo
- yen6d1

Pass pass pass please .

Harrki oy Kaartokatu ‏@scanadusa 5m5 minutes ago
I believe Chara will be Buffalo at right trade. Teams quietly negotiate trade.

he went full Sabres Front Office on us now.

Time to forget this one.
- JVince11

Never go full Sabres Front Office.

Having the puck in your possession I think seems to trump that bud
- JVince11

I thought games are won with goals? I must be confused. I'm going back to the lab to run some tests on this...

is he your bud?

is he your friend?

is he your pal?





I bet 5 people get this, maybe less
- homiedclown

Don't call me bud, pal

Fine Kopitar got $10 million but for 8 years so 80 million.

Stamkos can get $80 million but over 7 years...a little less than $11.5 per.
- Stripes77

Kopitar is a superior player.

I thiink the main disagreement here is what the line is. Stamkos is an elite yet limited player. He isn't Kopitar or Toews or Kane. We regularly see teams screw themselves down the line for overpaying guys. There are lessons to be learned in that.

Unless Kane pots about 28-35 goals this year... I could see that.

I think it will also depends on if they end up drafting a winger like Nylander or trade up for Tkachuk on the LW. Also on the progression of hopefully a guy like Vesey... maybe Fasching, Bailey, or Baptiste as well.
- JVince11

if vesey signs and you draft a lw, no reason to protect kane IMO

Having the puck in your possession I think seems to trump that bud
- JVince11

Nope, How many games were the Sabres severely outshot, outplayed, out everything to win the game 2-1.

I'm going John Madden here
"You have to score more than the other team to win"

its that simple, Stamkos helps us do that.

Don't call me bud, pal
- Stripes77

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Never go full Sabres Front Office.
- Stripes77