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If anyone thinks Krebs should get anything over 925k you really shouldn’t be around hockey at all he’s a 2nd line AHL player

Locked on sabres, your team every 3 or 4 days....

Anyone know if they will bring back the Goat-heads for the 2024-25 season?

Damn. It’s bad enough the Sabres have been a decade long joke, but having you be the main daily podcaster is disastrous. You’re smug and no where near as knowledgeable as you think you are. It’s enough to give up on the team and been a diehard since Seymore & Morty created the team. Huge thumbs down to you and this show👎

Yeah if they're freaking stupid they will. You got all these young guys who are going to need contracts and you want to spend to the cap so we can make the playoffs and get eliminated in the first round in five games wasn't that fun. I'm still getting over the Matt trade. That's what happens when you're desperate and you have pressure put on you. I like McCloud but boy Edmonton got stuff Pennies on a dollar. And they even use Canadian money ouch😢

haven’t been paying much attention the last few months. better for my mental health sometimes haha. any chance you could do a quick recap of some of our bigger moves/changes this post season so far?

The Sabres rehired a coach they fired because he couldn't win the important games, got rid of players they shouldn't have and signed players that do nothing to bring the team to the next level. There is a 99.9% chance they will hit AT LEAST fourteen years in a row and when that happens...I will give up on 150 years of cheering for sabres incompetence. I'm tired of being embarrassed to tell people who my team is. They don't care about winning so I'll quit spending money to watch and support them. It's beyond excusable for an organization to be this incompetent.

Forgot that Levi has to be singed next offseason too

Was Geoff Sanderson #8? Maybe 80 just remember him being pretty darn fast the year of the cup final

Concentrate on the powerplay. Find a couple of forwards who are willing to go to and stay in front of the net. Driven to distraction last season watching the Sabres concentrate on getting the puck to TT on the PP, to no avail. The league has learned to nullify that play.

The arena upgrades were a part of the Bills Stadium deal the had to get certain things done in order for them to 850 million dollars from the Erie county and the state.

I think we dont see kulich or others breaking the lineup this year, no room for even krebs on this roster right now.

A 2nd for Malenstyn was an overpayment, but that is the Sabres situation right now. Other teams know that the fans are losing their minds because the Sabres have missed the playoffs for 13 years, so they feel emboldened to make excessive offers. Bill Armstrong tried to do it with Chychrun and ended up taking a lesser offer from Ottawa rather than accept a better one (but not the one he wanted) from the Sabres. The trade for Stillman could be viewed that way, although Bloom hasn't hit yet (and may not). Adams has done a good job of building up the system, but he obviously does not have a good poker face when making deals.

UPL arbitration hearing is next Monday, 29th July apparently.

Best thing Adams can do is be honest and just say too free agents and trade targets like necas this year will not come to Buffalo

Skinner buyout was not about money, it was about attitude. Winning teams play defense and play physical. Ruff wants that attitude on day one of camp.

Huge Caps fan here and Malenstyn plays fast, big, very good defensively, and his skill will surprise you. Y’all are going to love this guy. Sorry to see him go, but we have to get younger. Love y’all’s fan base. Great show

There's nothing sneaky about Joe's room temperature takes!? GMKA summer acquisitions of Malenstyn and Aube-Kubel should be viewed as the Buffalo Bills acquiring Hyde and Poyer. Adams traded to acquire Malenstyn as the first piece of the culture change then brought in his line mate Aube-Kubel. Malenstyn brings speed and physical play, hitting everything that is in his purview. Aube-Kubel also brings the speed element, plays a smart game and isn't afraid to mix it up and battle along the boards. Adams targeted these players to rebuild the culture from a soft, easy to play against team to a physical, hard to play against team. Seth Appert loves Malenstyn and speaks highly of him as a two way player and claims he's a nightmare that has opponents looking for a line change when he's on the ice. Being harder to play against means adding elements that are tougher to defend, fast and physical wears teams down and wins games. Malenstyn's size alone was enough to trade a second round pick, let alone his two-way play and defensive zone face-off percentage. He won't be scratched. You guys willl be asking him where you can buy his father's beer when you talk to him on the radio!? He'll be the guy that Rob Ray, Dan Dunleavy, Paul Hamilton, Lindy Ruff and Seth Appert will be praising for what he brings to the roster night in and night out. You keep teeing em' up this summer, but your scorecard isn't showing any improvement. In this installment you didn't even qualify for the back nine or cottage beers. If I'm being honest I don't think you'd comprehend this game with a caddy or watching from the press box. Have fun playing NHL and living in fantasy land! 😂

5 years with Adams it’s do or die for the guy. I’m a poet and know it.

Why spend to the CAP ???....I believe we have a good mix of SPEED & SKILL. We will roll 4 lines finally 🙌

Think Lindy said if he comes back. Skinner is gone.

Good grief Joe, Kulich or Rosen are not starting on the 4th line ! 4th line all year long will be ... Malenstyn Lafferty and Aube-Kubel. Krebs will be spare . Adams traded for Malenstyn for his physical play aka HITS and shot blocks something which has been lacking with the Sabres for the past few years! Skinner is SOFT & a D liability , and Lindy Ruff didnt want him on the team! #8 Tony McKegney Doug Bodger #17 Mike Foligno , Rick Dudley , and Fred Stanfield Yes im old . 😂😊

Oettinger got 4 mil x 3, no way UPL gets 5 mil

Joe - please double check next year's salary cap situation. According to Spotrac projected cap space is indeed $33 million. But remember that Pekka-Lukinen and Krebs are not under contract now, much less next year. Say the two sign bridge deals with a combined hit of $6 million. That would leave $27 million. In addition to the four you named (Levi, Peterka, Quinn and Byram) that need to be signed, here are the players on our current roster who will need to be re-signed or replaced for next year ('25-26): Zucker, Greenway, Aube-Kubel, Jokiharju and Bryson. Their current combined salary cap hit is $14 million. The Sabres can't afford that much next year. And Ryan Johnson's contract expires next June. Bringing in affordable prospects such as Rosen, Kulich, Ostlund and perhaps Novikov will be necessary to stretch cap dollars. But the Sabres will most certainly be at the cap next year. Even so, some of those big four player contracts will have to be bridge deals. The Sabres cannot afford to hang on to all of them long-term. Pegula is not being cheap. I agree the Skinner buyout is mysterious. But the salary cap numbers for next year are much tougher than most fans realize.

a cap team with this roster lol

Of course not. Adams has been consistently obsessed with NEXT YEAR. Why on earth do you think the Sabres have been the youngest team in hockey season after season? Adams is unable to spend up to the cap by signing quality veteran free agents anyway, so his favorite excuse is he needs the money for the youngsters coming up NEXT YEAR. 😂😂.

We are trying to set a tone to start the season. Scratch Greenway and Krebs if you bring in Kulich, imo. Let Malenstyn join our fourth line flying around and checking. UPL at 5.5 is a mistake, contract needs to be moveable.

#8 that sticks out for me is Doug Bodger

Everyone wants the BIG SPLASH.. but lets face it.. the biggest names moved this offseason... Stamkos and Marchessault... and both were rumored to be going together and we'd never be in on someone the age of Stamkos... There have not be any big names moved this offseason. Can't blame Adams for not making a deal that was never an option.... They are already closer to the cap than we've seen in a long time... still, having cap space can make a deadline deal happen. Still, right now.. I don't see a big name out there.... say nothing of worth happening...

Adam's, thinks we already have a strong top 6 ,he's hoping #77 breaks out ,and he will we need Quinn and Cozens to bring that fun back im not worried we have such a great d ,and it's time to trust them we are stronger than alot think

Oh it has to be Mike Foligno. Dumont couldn't hold a candle to Mike

#8 Darryl Shannon

Short answer "no"

Why does it feel like we're a move or 2 away from REALLY being a contender... and we're NOT gonna make any more moves...

Think UPL will go to arbitration? I hope that doesn't happen🤞

UPL was good last year on a team that was not only careless in their own end. Wanted nothing to do with contact the defensive responsibilities like they didn’t know they had any allowed to get away with it. Im sure interested to see under Ruff when he doesn’t let that shit go night after night. Three guys behind the net chasing the puck at the NHL level holy shit.

UPL seemed to have issues anytime Levi was up last season... That is concerning.

I hate to tell you this but save percentage and gaa are way more of a team stat than a goalie stat.

I personally think Reimer may be there as a coach/mentor

LPL haven’t done anything yet NO playoffs just barely winning record Goaltending is still a major question mark for the team! Stop putting a bow on a pig and call beautiful. Levi should stay in AHL until he wins something The talent Rochester will have this year if he’s a true number one gold tender they should win the AHL championship I am done with hearing they talent prospects pool now I’m at that point show me then I’ll come back Sabres has used all my hope up I had!

I love seeing people give UPL props . I’m been a fan since day 1 and 2 years ago you couldn’t post a comment about how UPL will be good without getting attacked form all sides . Glad most people have come around to liking his play .

I don’t think so. They both need more seasoning. We need a better option in net. They are the reason we missed the playoffs last year. When you lose games 6 to 4…..you need a better goalie.

UPL is NOT the goalie savior you think he is. Remember we had to basically give up all of our Offense and go full Defense to make him look good. I think UPL is fools gold.

Horrible idea to offer sheet. Not even worth talking about

UPL and Levi WOW

Joe , UPL was the goalie of the year in his last season in the OHL. He was also one of the best goalies ( save percentage and shut outs) in the league from Jan on wards last season . Hopefully Adams and UPL can avoid abitration . 4 years at 4 to 4.5 million, or at most half a million a year less then what Swayman makes a year. Hopefully Levi has improved on his short side because he got beaten there alot while with the Sabres last season . If not then send Levi back to the AHL and start the season with Reimer and UPL .

I have always been a UPL fan and his lumbering athleticism was probably the hips. U can argue in the second half of last year, UPL was really the best goalie in the NHL

Yes I agree Joe Devin Levi is the future!

Everyone always wants the backup , until he has to play long term . LEVI is exciting and can give you outstanding performances on occasions , but doesn’t have the body to play in the NHL on every other night bases.

Omg Joe!!! Your assessment of UPL last year was soooo off!! The fact that you wanted to get rid of him for nothing demonstrates you know nothing about development of goalies. Good thing you’re not Sabres GM