Yeah I’m a finance guy, I was begging the Sabres for months to let him walk to UFA and not buy the top.

Giving Skinner that contract was like buying Bitcoin at $61K.
- Pegullaville

*shrugs*

i guess he'll need to average 40 goals a season to satisfy you?

Skinner isn’t currently worth 9mil a season
The end
- jdfitz77

devastating

Driving his value up the way they did, then giving him that deal was gross negligence.
- Lunaion

It has been the Sabres way for more than a decade.

It's what makes their upcoming decision on Olofsson interesting with Ventura and Karmanos on board now.

Perhaps the greatest takedown in the history of this board?
- lacaprup

It seriously was

*shrugs*

i guess he'll need to average 40 goals a season to satisfy you?
- Michael Pachla

The AAV isn’t the worst part of it, it’s the term.

I hope you like Skinner cause you’ll be watching him for a while

devastating
- Michael Pachla

Sabres literally need him to reach the cap floor the next few years

To the Sabres right now, it’s a good and necessary contract as he actually is good

Sabres literally need him to reach the cap floor the next few years

To the Sabres right now, it’s a good and necessary contract as he actually is good
- sbroads24

Didn’t know that when you signed him.

Grasping at straws now

The AAV isn’t the worst part of it, it’s the term.

I hope you like Skinner cause you’ll be watching him for a while
- Pegullaville

first it was the money, now when he's on a 30-goal pace on a bottom-five team, it's the term...

yeah, i like him...i like his chutzpah, i like the fact that he scores goals from the dots on down...i like his shot, i like his cheshire grin, i like his gadfly approach to the game and like that he draws penalties...

9m is high...we knew that...how high is subjective...he was worth $2m under ralph and now he's up to 6.5...

but...term

Didn’t know that when you signed him.

Grasping at straws now
- Pegullaville

Thats absolutely irrelevant as the person who signed him is long gone

He’s here, he’s producing, he’s not effecting the Sabres from making cap moves one iota.

The end

NOT WORTH 9 MILLION

Is that Philly player still sliding?

first it was the money, now when he's on a 30-goal pace on a bottom-five team, it's the term...

yeah, i like him...i like his chutzpah, i like the fact that he scores goals from the dots on down...i like his shot, i like his cheshire grin, i like his gadfly approach to the game and like that he draws penalties...

9m is high...we knew that...how high is subjective...he was worth $2m under ralph and now he's up to 6.5...

but...term
- Michael Pachla

The narrative will change ten more times don’t worry

It has been the Sabres way for more than a decade.

It's what makes their upcoming decision on Olofsson interesting with Ventura and Karmanos on board now.
- kingcong39

What do you do with him now? Have to assume his trade value has dropped significantly. It's turned into a really bad situation.

NOT WORTH 9 MILLION
- BeadyEyedDouche

He’s not.

who gets the hatty?

The narrative will change ten more times don’t worry
- sbroads24

Never said Skinner wasn’t a good player

The narrative will change ten more times don’t worry
- sbroads24

always does...

i get caught up in it way too often but, cest la vie

first it was the money, now when he's on a 30-goal pace on a bottom-five team, it's the term...

yeah, i like him...i like his chutzpah, i like the fact that he scores goals from the dots on down...i like his shot, i like his cheshire grin, i like his gadfly approach to the game and like that he draws penalties...

9m is high...we knew that...how high is subjective...he was worth $2m under ralph and now he's up to 6.5...

but...term
- Michael Pachla

No…. it was ALWAYS the $$$ AND the term

Btw, i like Skinner
And i wanted us to sign him

That doesn’t mean he isn’t overpaid though

who gets the hatty?
- Michael Pachla

Wanna see krebs get it.

Tall guy will get it.

Skinner costs too much; bust can’t get it

who gets the hatty?
- Michael Pachla

I'll say
TT

33 goal pace for the skinbone

Wanna see krebs get it.

Tall guy will get it.

Skinner costs too much; bust can’t get it
- Gr8daygo

The problem is if Skinner is getting 9 million does that mean Thompson gets 10+ million?