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Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 29 @ 6:07 PM ET
Can we at least get a goalie worth $2-$4 million?
- Gr8daygo

Blasphemy!!
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Jun 29 @ 6:09 PM ET
Blasphemy!!
- Buff36


Maybe a Bjustead then?
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 29 @ 6:11 PM ET
Ppg guy, 30+ goals, age 25. That contract is a steal compared to what most ppg players get.
- lacaprup


Sam was our Fiala. Always going to be chasing our tail if we can't extend our own guys.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 29 @ 6:12 PM ET
I dont know why the Kings would acquire Fiala.

Its going to block guys like Byfield, Turcotte, Vilardi, Kaliyev...................

- ImThatGuy



Kings made the playoffs and were a 100 pt team.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 29 @ 6:13 PM ET
25 doesn't meet are timeline
- Buff36


2-3 years away from anything
Campbell SpinORama
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 12.02.2006

Jun 29 @ 6:15 PM ET
Presser in 1 hour!!!
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jun 29 @ 6:15 PM ET
Can we at least get a goalie worth $2-$4 million?
- Gr8daygo

I doubt it, I think UPL is a dud so i'm with you on that.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 29 @ 6:16 PM ET
As much as I’ve wanted Fiala for two off seasons now.

I wouldn’t personally have given him that contract.

- Pegullaville


I think it’s reasonable
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 29 @ 6:16 PM ET
Ppg guy, 30+ goals, age 25. That contract is a steal compared to what most ppg players get.
- lacaprup


The AAV is fine, 7 years is a long time though.

Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 29 @ 6:18 PM ET
I doubt it, I think UPL is a dud so i'm with you on that.
- SABRES 89


Yup injury prone bust.

The funny part is. After his world junior gold metal. He might have been the best young goalie prospect for his age group

Then hip surgery and injury prone since
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 29 @ 6:19 PM ET
The AAV is fine, 7 years is a long time though.
- Pegullaville


Ages 26 to 32. Hardly outlandish.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 29 @ 6:23 PM ET
Can we at least get a goalie worth $2-$4 million?
- Gr8daygo


U know free agency hasn’t started yet, right?
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 29 @ 6:23 PM ET
Kings made the playoffs and were a 100 pt team.
- Powerslave

But why wouldn’t they just let their young guys progress and bring in a guy to play who is going to block them from playing first line minutes and not just hand those minutes to those young guys?
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 29 @ 6:24 PM ET
Ages 26 to 32. Hardly outlandish.
- kingcong39


In looking at the Kings’ salary cap situation it actually makes more and more sense the longer I sit on it.

Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 29 @ 6:25 PM ET
I think the players we need to think about are the ones that have value analytically but also take the discount double check

Pisser
Hinostroza
Anderson

All had some sorta value even at making 1 mill a year
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 29 @ 6:26 PM ET
Ages 26 to 32. Hardly outlandish.
- kingcong39


Now we can debate if he would have taken that offer here and if Terry would have allowed it.
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 29 @ 6:26 PM ET
I dont know why the Kings would acquire Fiala.

Its going to block guys like Byfield, Turcotte, Vilardi, Kaliyev...................

- ImThatGuy



Agree. But it shows how they are busting at the gills to fit prospects in their lineup even after making a move like this. We aren’t there yet
Anderdog
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 03.17.2021

Jun 29 @ 6:26 PM ET
Presser in 1 hour!!!
- Campbell SpinORama



I believe one is scheduled for Thursday at noon
Pre draft
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 29 @ 6:28 PM ET
Now we can debate if he would have taken that offer here and if Terry would have allowed it.
- Lunaion


The only realistic answer is no to both, right?
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 29 @ 6:29 PM ET
The AAV is fine, 7 years is a long time though.
- Pegullaville



Will be three years younger then Skinner will be when his contract is up. I think fiala will be in his prime almost the whole thing
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 29 @ 6:30 PM ET
But why wouldn’t they just let their young guys progress and bring in a guy to play who is going to block them from playing first line minutes and not just hand those minutes to those young guys?
- ImThatGuy



Because they are already good. And have some many young guys, they can backfill if one guy leaves or doesn’t turn out good. On cheap contracts. Win now and still later
PrinceChill
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.06.2014

Jun 29 @ 6:33 PM ET
I think the players we need to think about are the ones that have value analytically but also take the discount double check

Pisser
Hinostroza
Anderson

All had some sorta value even at making 1 mill a year

- Sabretooth9

Efficient
Extra Economic
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 29 @ 6:33 PM ET
Because they are already good. And have some many young guys, they can backfill if one guy leaves or doesn’t turn out good. On cheap contracts. Win now and still later
- Fattony1187


You know the moves LA made last offseason, right?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 29 @ 6:35 PM ET
I don’t get the impression that GMKA is very interested in trading for a player like Fiala, then giving him a 7 year contract.
- PrinceChill

sam reinhart agrees

Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 29 @ 6:36 PM ET
The only realistic answer is no to both, right?
- kingcong39


to at least one

Maybe someone thinks neither, but the trade cost was too high.

I want to make our top 4 picks, but I'd take that deal + that extension, if I could.
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