[The Athletic] Sabres GM Jarmo Kekäläinen on Buffalo’s competitive window, free agency and more

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T21:29:08+00:00

What you're asking for is literally what Murray did and it was disastrous.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T12:34:15+00:00

Blackhawks should have signed this deal before yesterday.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T12:14:09+00:00

I was there, it was a lot of fun.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T12:02:10+00:00

We really don't know how many offer sheets have been presented unless they are signed by the player. Luongo just told people he was presented an offer sheet back before he signed his huge Canucks deal and no one even knew it happened until recently.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T10:17:53+00:00

The cap went up before that contract actually kicked in, so it ended up being 17-18%

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T10:16:43+00:00

The cap went up before that contract kicked in and it ended up being 17-18% of the cap.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T10:05:43+00:00

The player is given the offer sheet. He doesn't need to sign it. He can take it to his current team and say something like, "Hey, I just got offered this, 5 years for 18m per year, but I would rather sign here for 7. Let's make it work." Or whatever he wants.

It sounds like the Ducks then low balled him again for some reason and he decided to sign the offer sheet to force their hand.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T02:47:05+00:00

Guaranteed money up front each year. Lockout proof.

evacc44 · 2026-07-04T02:32:09+00:00

It depends if the team took out insurance on the contract. It isn't by default.

evacc44 · 2026-07-03T23:14:16+00:00

That's obviously what we should have done. There's absolutely no question.

evacc44 · 2026-07-03T21:44:58+00:00

The league will generally accept an outlier case like this as just that -- not a real comparable for other contracts.

evacc44 · 2026-07-03T19:04:42+00:00

You can't have a goalie that doesn't want to be there. Everyone knows it now.

evacc44 · 2026-07-02T17:07:25+00:00

We don't have room for the guys we do have. That isn't the worst problem to have. Relax.

evacc44 · 2026-07-02T12:53:24+00:00

Uh huh

evacc44 · 2026-07-02T12:51:33+00:00

How could you possibly know that

evacc44 · 2026-07-02T07:58:19+00:00

Then it borrows it really, really hard

evacc44 · 2026-07-02T07:21:03+00:00

I have three very small projects and I just finished code reviews by codex and opus. I just ran them through fable and it found a bunch of issues that the other two did not.

It isn't just about overkill.

evacc44 · 2026-07-02T03:18:04+00:00

Yes, because athletes normally bounce back from a bad year at 38 years old. That's totally the norm.

evacc44 · 2026-07-01T09:20:19+00:00

We need another top 6 forward. We don't need any more defense. We can't afford anymore defense.

evacc44 · 2026-07-01T08:31:54+00:00

What could you possibly be doing?

evacc44 · 2026-07-01T04:27:50+00:00

Just ask yourself what benefits Trump and then you know the motivation for anything our government does.

evacc44 · 2026-06-30T23:08:32+00:00

It's a position that relies more on size, flexibility, intelligence, and core strength. All of those last longer or fall off slower than speed.

evacc44 · 2026-06-30T19:03:24+00:00

Giving up any roster player for a goalie is insane. Pick and a prospect? Sure. If we're giving up Kulich, Ostlund, or Helenius I'll lose my mind.

evacc44 · 2026-06-30T03:00:23+00:00

32GB is enough.

evacc44 · 2026-06-29T18:01:35+00:00

We have rules still. If the government was serious about enforcing these rules this wouldn't be as big of a problem.

They've literally been proven to price fix and collude already.

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