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gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Oct 6 @ 2:18 PM ET
Aaron Dell on waivers.

Looks like Tokarski won the back up job

- Stripes77

We are definitely gonna have the most goals against
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:18 PM ET
Do you settle on 50 cents on the dollar for a top 10 2021 pick in an Eichel trade? Or do you try to get a 90% return and a pick in 2022?
- TheSabresTaco

would you entertain jack to san jose if karlsson came back with the sharks retaining $1-2M-per of his salary and building a trade around that?
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:18 PM ET
Looking at that crap defense he should have been the first overall pick? The Sabres only had one.
- GilPerreault11


Sabres need a high end forward just as badly.

I’m not sure there is one on the roster currently or in the pipeline.

Although I think we have depth in spades for the first time in forever which is nice
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:19 PM ET
Aaron Dell on waivers.

Looks like Tokarski won the back up job

- Stripes77


imagine that.

good. at least they give a modicum of a (frank) about the goaltending.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:20 PM ET
90 all the way and '2022 is a strong draft. Not to mention I'll wait and see if Rosen is a poor man's version of Eklund.
- GilPerreault11


maybe he gets close. who knows.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:21 PM ET
would you entertain jack to san jose if karlsson came back with the sharks retaining $1-2M-per of his salary and building a trade around that?
- Michael Pachla


sure. EK has more negative value than an injured Eichel imo. Think you could definitely squeeze them for Eklund Hertl and a 1st, and flip Hertl to the Wild for Boldy.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:23 PM ET
Sabres need a high end forward just as badly.

I’m not sure there is one on the roster currently or in the pipeline.

Although I think we have depth in spades for the first time in forever which is nice

- Pegullaville


this is a replication of 2002. gonna stand by it.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:25 PM ET
sure. EK has more negative value than an injured Eichel imo. Think you could definitely squeeze them for Eklund Hertl and a 1st, and flip Hertl to the Wild for Boldy.
- TheSabresTaco

hertl has a 3-team trade list
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Oct 6 @ 2:27 PM ET
would you entertain jack to san jose if karlsson came back with the sharks retaining $1-2M-per of his salary and building a trade around that?
- Michael Pachla


Even with $1.5 retained, 6 more years at $10m is beyond rough
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:32 PM ET
6 more years at $10m is beyond rough
- Hank Balling

he's owed $56M in salary on the final 6 years because they paid out $9M in bonuses this year...

he has a nmc but i was just entertaining the thought based on a couple of things like the sharks would like to get out from under that hit and karlsson is a top-pair rhd who'd probably have a positive influence on fellow swede, dahlin...

at $2m retained by the sharks, the overall salary would be $44M, which is less than jack is owed and a cap-hit of $9.5M which is less than jack's...karlsson's age is a factor and he does have that extra year but he could be a useful cap-dump for buffalo
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:32 PM ET
hertl has a 3-team trade list
- Michael Pachla


We know that in three way trades, the trades are almost always worked out between the 3 GMs. You gotta think the Sabres would just volunteer to be a middle man.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:33 PM ET
We know that in three way trades, the trades are almost always worked out between the 3 GMs. You gotta think the Sabres would just volunteer to be a middle man.
- TheSabresTaco

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

Oct 6 @ 2:34 PM ET
he's owed $56M in salary on the final 6 years because they paid out $9M in bonuses this year...

he has a nmc but i was just entertaining the thought based on a couple of things like the sharks would like to get out from under that hit and karlsson is a top-pair rhd who'd probably have a positive influence on fellow swede, dahlin...

at $2m retained by the sharks, the overall salary would be $44M, which is less than jack is owed and a cap-hit of $9.5M which is less than jack's...karlsson's age is a factor and he does have that extra year but he could be a useful cap-dump for buffalo

- Michael Pachla


Absorbing that is going to be a hell of an albatross. The sharks would absolutely make it worthwhile. I mean, Adams would force them to do as much.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Oct 6 @ 2:37 PM ET
We know that in three way trades, the trades are almost always worked out between the 3 GMs. You gotta think the Sabres would just volunteer to be a middle man.
- TheSabresTaco

I don't see that happening this close to the season.

They already need Pat Brisson, Gary Bettman, Dog The Bounty Hunter, and Scooby Doo to assist Adams in making a deal with one GM
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:38 PM ET
Absorbing that is going to be a hell of an albatross. The sharks would absolutely make it worthwhile. I mean, Adams would force them to do as much.
- TheSabresTaco

i think that might be the only way you pry away eklund and a first round pick ++ from them
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Oct 6 @ 2:38 PM ET
Even with $1.5 retained, 6 more years at $10m is beyond rough
- Hank Balling


It times perfectly with Skinner. Just tank for those 6 years and then you're set.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:38 PM ET
this is a replication of 2002. gonna stand by it.
- TheSabresTaco


Between Cozens, Mitts, Peterka, Quinn, Rosen, Poltapov, Kisakov, Huglen, and whatever we get in the Eichel deal we should be ok.

Already have guys like Asplund, Ruotsalinen, and Thompson that can continue to play in the bottom 6 till the aforementioned are ready.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:39 PM ET
It times perfectly with Skinner. Just tank for those 6 years and then you're set.
- Lunaion

who are they going to be paying in those six years?

dahlin and

...

Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:41 PM ET
who are they going to be paying in those six years?

dahlin and

...

- Michael Pachla


Cozens, Peterka, Quinn, Power.

I would not be the least surprised to see Power join the Sabres after his college season to burn a year off the ELC.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Oct 6 @ 2:43 PM ET
who are they going to be paying in those six years?

dahlin and

...

- Michael Pachla


With a 6 year tank, he's too old. Everyone over 20 has to go.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Oct 6 @ 2:44 PM ET
Absorbing that is going to be a hell of an albatross. The sharks would absolutely make it worthwhile. I mean, Adams would force them to do as much.
- TheSabresTaco

What would they have in terms of futures, that makes it worth the Sabres while, and also doesn't put the Sharks at risk of wasting Eichel?

They don't have it
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 2:44 PM ET
Cozens, Peterka, Quinn, Power.

I would not be the least surprised to see Power join the Sabres after his college season to burn a year off the ELC.

- Pegullaville



none of those guys are gonna be making huge money...mitts included...

cozens has two more years on his rookie deal, peterka and quinn will start theirs this year and power next year...which takes us to year four


just playing around
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Oct 6 @ 2:54 PM ET
none of those guys are gonna be making huge money...mitts included...

cozens has two more years on his rookie deal, peterka and quinn will start theirs this year and power next year...which takes us to year four


just playing around

- Michael Pachla


Power and Wright will be expensive.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 6 @ 2:59 PM ET
I don't see that happening this close to the season.

They already need Pat Brisson, Gary Bettman, Dog The Bounty Hunter, and Scooby Doo to assist Adams in making a deal with one GM

- sbroads24


no, it won't happen. sure be cool if it did tho.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Oct 6 @ 3:00 PM ET
Power and Wright will be expensive.
- Lunaion

maybe...but then again, if dahlin doesn't feel comfortable in the sabres organization, they probably won't be paying him in 3-4 more years which is the time those two will be coming off of their entry-level deals
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