Confirmed with Link: Okposo traded to FLA for Calle Sjalin and conditional 2024 7th (Pick 161, 5th Round)

[yasky]

The guy refuses to hire anyone with experience as a director of hockey ops.

Long been my issue with this team.

 

[Gras]

Those were teams retaining because cap space had to be retained to allow the trade to happen because the receiving team did not have enough cap space otherwise! The Panthers do not need the cap space!

I think if we offer EJ to CHI and say we will retain 50% then we can get a 2nd Round Pick instead of a 7th, because they could use the extra cap space.

 

[Chainshot]

If you are saying their owner won't spend on retentions and this is the best they can do, fine. I don't blame GMKA for anything. He wasn't the guy who said he would dig another well. And essentially, spending money in some of these situations incrementally adds value. A ton? No. But professional franchises look for every edge. Buffalo is poorly run and is now being done on the cheap. With two hours left, the optimist in me says GMKA is holding that cap for better use.


Yep. Will they using any of their cap room today?

I don't think Pegula is going to spend anything other than what he has to. He mismanaged the team into this spot and now he's cutting his losses.

 

[Beerz]

If you are saying their owner won't spend on retentions and this is the best they can do, fine. I don't blame GMKA for anything. He wasn't the guy who said he would dig another well. And essentially, spending money in some of these situations incrementally adds value. A ton? No. But professional franchises look for every edge. Buffalo is poorly run and is now being done on the cheap. With two hours left, the optimist in me says GMKA is holding that cap for better use.


Yep. Will they using any of their cap room today?

But you're kind of speaking out both sides of your mouth..complaining Pegula won't retain because he is cheap and then crying thr overpay of Okposo, Girgensons, Jost and EJ

 

[yasky]

I still don’t know
Does he help the Americans ?

We were not going to get much of a return on this one

1. Not really. Another body? If anything he continues the trend of hoarding left handed shots and maybe increases the Swedish population of Rochester by 11%

2. Yeah, I figure they asked Kyle where he'd like to wind down and we got what we got.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

I don't think Pegula is going to spend anything other than what he has to. He mismanaged the team into this spot and now he's cutting his losses.

I think you are right. He is so unpredictable and really who has a clear line of sight to his thought process. No one in the Buffalo media. Kevyn Adam's best asset could be his ability to manage Pegula. That is no small thing if he can keep him clear of bad deals and talk him into small, meaningful moves. As I have said elsewhere, I believe that, given the circumstances and ownership, Adams is doing a good job. It's black box how much influence Pegula has on anything, includuing even the coaching staff.

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

1. Not really. Another body? If anything he continues the trend of hoarding left handed shots and maybe increases the Swedish population of Rochester by 11%

2. Yeah, I figure they asked Kyle where he'd like to wind down and we got what we got.

Zucker got a 6th.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

But you're kind of speaking out both sides of your mouth..complaining Pegula won't retain because he is cheap and then crying thr overpay of Okposo, Girgensons, Jost and EJ

Not at all. Pegula has been wreckless on payments for guys like Leino for his tenure and suddenly changes course and demands a guy like O'Reilly be traded one day before his $7 M bonus is due which really hurt trade value.

 

[Mattilaus]

I can't believe people are this upset over getting a 7th instead of a 6th in the theoretical world where we know for certain Florida would have even paid a 6th for retention they didn't need.

 

[Beerz]

Not at all. Pegula has been wreckless on payments for guys like Leino for his tenure and suddenly changes course and demands a guy like O'Reilly be traded one day before his $7 M bonus is due which really hurt trade value.

You're talking about moves like 6 or 7 years apart where this is a matter of the same season

 

[5 Minute Major]

clearly. when a guy is on his way out, it's not worth airing grievances and being sour grapes.

Didn’t stop us with Eichel.

 

[Fjordy]

Good luck KO

 

[HOOats]

Didn’t stop us with Eichel.

In our defense we were dealing with Jack Eichel, a human sour grape.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Okposo must have wanted to be traded to a playoff team. I have a feeling he retires after this season.

Good luck in Florida Kyle! Go win a cup!

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Didn’t stop us with Eichel.

Different circumstances. KO never demanded a trade, claimed he didn't, then poo-pooed the fans because we weren't fawning over him and lamenting our loss when he returned.

 

[5 Minute Major]

I’m not defending all the shit this organisation does, but they don’t have to add disrespecting your elders to that list. Let’s be fair, what is the most we could’ve got for Okposo? I don’t think the difference between what we got, and what we could’ve got turns the dial at all on anything for this team.

This was a decision for someone at the end of their career with over 1000 games played.

I don’t disagree at all with your take.

I disagree with the Sabres having Okposo on this team to begin with. I wish the trade happened a few years back and the Sabres went in a different direction back then.

With saying that, good luck moving forward, Kyle.

Different circumstances. KO never demanded a trade, claimed he didn't, then poo-pooed the fans because we weren't fawning over him and lamenting our loss when he returned.

Looking back on the Eichel saga and the way this organization is run, I don’t blame him a bit for forcing his way out. The franchise is ran worse than the neighbor kids lemonade stand.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

I don’t disagree at all with your take.

I disagree with the Sabres having Okposo on this team to begin with. I wish the trade happened a few years back and the Sabres went in a different direction back then.

With saying that, good luck moving forward, Kyle.



Looking back on the Eichel saga and the way this organization is run, I don’t blame him a bit for forcing his way out. The franchise is ran worse than the neighbor kids lemonade stand.

I am not looking to debate the eichel trade again, and i am sure you aren't either. I will say that the eichel trade request came in before his injury where pegula was petty af and denied his surgery. Ownership absolutely mishandled that situation, but from a fan perspective the KO and Eichel trades are not analogous.

 

[Gras]

I am not looking to debate the eichel trade again, and i am sure you aren't either. I will say that the eichel trade request came in before his injury where pegula was petty af and denied his surgery. Ownership absolutely mishandled that situation, but from a fan perspective the KO and Eichel trades are not analogous.

It was the teams Drs that wanted the proven surgery over the unproven one, Pegula wouldnt have a say in medical procedures.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

It was the teams Drs that wanted the proven surgery over the unproven one, Pegula wouldnt have a say in medical procedures.

I thought since his money paid the bills (no pun intended har har har) he could make that call. Interesting if that's not the case as insiders and hockey media reported it that way.

 

[Gras]

I thought since his money paid the bills (no pun intended har har har) he could make that call. Interesting if that's not the case as insiders and hockey media reported it that way.

I think the discussion money wise would have revolved around the insurance of the contract.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

I think the discussion money wise would have revolved around the insurance of the contract.

you seem to know what you're talking about more than i do, so i'll defer to you.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

You're talking about moves like 6 or 7 years apart where this is a matter of the same season

Last deadline, we left a lot of the cap on the table. Can't make any final calls on this year until deadline is done.

 

[jd1970]

My main memory of Okposo is he never failed to show up to work and get his ridiculous contract voided.
That's about it.

 

[BFLO]

Good riddance. I'm so glad I don't have to watch him play hockey for the Sabres anymore.


He'd be universally reviled among Sabres fans and considered one of the major villains of the drought if not for all the sympathy he garnered because of his near death medical problem and recovery.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Good riddance. I'm so glad I don't have to watch him play hockey for the Sabres anymore.


He'd be universally reviled among Sabres fans and considered one of the major villains of the drought if not for all the sympathy he garnered because of his near death medical problem and recovery.

I never wish any of these guys bad but I don't have any emotional attachment. I'm glad he played again but Okposo is slow as hell these days. And they made him captain which meant he got more playing time than he deserved. I'm good with him being gone.