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Great. Fine deal. Sabres are still $7M under the cap. We cut skinner and screwed ourselves for 6 years of cap hits because......... ?
You know why Skinner was bought out beyond the moneyGreat. Fine deal. Sabres are still $7M under the cap. We cut skinner and screwed ourselves for 6 years of cap hits because......... ?
McLeod 3C and Krebbs 4C. Who are the Sabres 1 and 2 centres? Won’t these two play higher?Good deal. I think Sabres believe he is their 4C this year (with 3C upside). IMO, NAK and Laff will compete for 4RW and Laff is the center when there's an injury.
Fine. Adams said they had trade offers they just didn't like them. They could have benched him and bought him out next year with less impact. Or you just eat it till your done in 3 years, instead of SIX!!... Skinner needed to be off this team. This Ruff coached team needs total buy-in.
Nope. Please explain.You know why Skinner was bought out beyond the money
Thompson, CozensMcLeod 3C and Krebbs 4C. Who are the Sabres 1 and 2 centres? Won’t these two play higher?
Because he is f***ing awful defensively and was going to be on our third line where he wouldn't contribute offensively either. On a team of "meh" defensive players for Skinner to stand out so badly in his own zone was shocking. It's also honestly debatable if he'd even contribute offensively on the Sabres even in a top 6 role, his skating looked pretty cooked.Nope. Please explain.
Fine. Adams said they had trade offers they just didn't like them. They could have benched him and bought him out next year with less impact. Or you just eat it till your done in 3 years, instead of SIX!!
Show your work and source this. Skinner had control over every single trade due to his NMC.Fine. Adams said they had trade offers they just didn't like them. They could have benched him and bought him out next year with less impact. Or you just eat it till your done in 3 years, instead of SIX!!
That’s good centre depth. Maybe the Sabres can have a decent year and sneak into the playoffs?Thompson, Cozens
This is also not considering that, if there were offers, those offers could have been for us to give up a 1st round pick to dump Skinner at 50% retention. Would that really have been better than the buy out? People see what they want to see.Show your work and source this. Skinner had control over every single trade due to his NMC.
That's true. Failure by the GM to not have been able to work with his player on that.Show your work and source this. Skinner had control over every single trade due to his NMC.
Perfectly said. It was time no matter what. He could not be on this roster taking up a valuable spot any longer. We tried winning with him at the top of our lineup and it just doesn't work consistently, as he gives up just as much as he provides. We have too many young players that are likely already better defensively than Skinner.Because he is f***ing awful defensively and was going to be on our third line where he wouldn't contribute offensively either. On a team of "meh" defensive players for Skinner to stand out so badly in his own zone was shocking. It's also honestly debatable if he'd even contribute offensively on the Sabres even in a top 6 role, his skating looked pretty cooked.
He is abysmal on the PP and the Sabres being so bad on it is because of his play style and failing to utilize other players. He may have put up the most points on our PP but a lot of it was because he did it himself.
His spot in the lineup was valuable to someone who fit the mold of a third liner rather than shoehorning him a role that didn't fit him at 9.5 million.
I'm sure he'll do fine in Edmonton but his time in Buffalo was done.
That’s good centre depth. Maybe the Sabres can have a decent year and sneak into the playoffs?
It basically depends upon Thompson and Cozens bouncing back to form. They don't necessarily need to revert back to 2022 stats (47G/94P & 31G/68P respectively), but do need to find some middle ground. If Thompson can get to 35-40G/75-85 points and Cozens to 25ishG/60ish points, I think the rest of the roster is good enough to keep them in the picture.That’s good centre depth. Maybe the Sabres can have a decent year and sneak into the playoffs?
There's real-world dollar savings on the buyout. A player only gets 2/3 of what he is owed for the remainder of the contract. Skinner's deal had him left with 22 mil in base salary over the final 3 years (10mil + 7mil + 5mil), so the Sabres will only pay him 14.6mil. If they benched him this year and bought out the last two, they would have paid out 10mil for this year's salary plus 8mil for the two year buyout (2/3 of 12mil), that's 18mil total to push it down another year. And obviously if you just eat it, you're paying him the full 22mil. So, the money being owed to Skinner would have either been 14.6mil (buyout this year) vs. 18mil (buyout next year) vs. 22mil (no buyout). And none of this takes into account that he still would have cost the full 9mil AAV in cap dollars while he would be benched and still on the team, vs. the 22mil spread out over 6 years for the buyout. So in the end, buying him out now still saves more actual dollars and cap dollars.Fine. Adams said they had trade offers they just didn't like them. They could have benched him and bought him out next year with less impact. Or you just eat it till your done in 3 years, instead of SIX!!