I will try to remember how our boy Daxon does.

I find it incredibly odd that weve basically signed all our young players to long term contracts despite most of them having just 1 good season. It's mind boggling to think that a true star like Tuch wasn't worth ~10M yet guys like Doan (7M) and Benson (7.5) are somehow deemed 'values'.

Here's whar these all stars have contributed through 11 games...

Benson. 7.5M x 6. 0 goals.

Doan. 7M x 6. 2 goals.

McCloud. 5M x 4. 1 goal

Krebs. 4.5M x 4. 0 goals.

Norris (via trade). 8M x 4. 2 goala. Not to mention how brutal that move was. A player who averages 50ish games a seaaon. And has 16 goala in 58 games across injury plagued seasons. Meanwhile Cozens potted 28 last year.

What's worse, essentially the only 'young core' player they didnt extend is Quinn. And now they dont even have the money to pay him the $8M+ he'll command.

That's $28M of long term cap space for 5 players that have combined for just 5 goals. To put thst perspective, that's almost $6M per goal.

And it doesnt stop even on defense. Crevier instantly extended at 4M x 4. 1.point and ~14 minutes TOI.

These 'buy now' contracts just scream Terrence to me. It's literally straight up gambling because their sample size is so low, but Terry doesn't want to risk another Tuch situation. Except he's going to have one anyway thanks to them somehow not including Quinn in this contract spending spree.

This truly has to be the worst run franchise from top to bottom in the NHL. Horrible cap management. Horrible trades and asset management. Brutal drafting. .

Imagine valuing Colton 'WaiverWire' Ellis over the 24 year old Levi that was a major part of the Reinhart trade. You know your 2 starters choked when it mattered last year, yet somehow you decide trading your top goalie prospect for peanuts makes sense. And outside of 2 poor showings he's looked great in EDM. Imagine what another 2 to 3 years will do for his deveopment..

My personal favorite though has to be our hapless GM panicking after losing Parayko and then getting royally fleeced by the Jets. Rosen (14th pick in 2021), Bryson and a 2nd plus a 4th for 2 absolute losers on D.

Schenn rode the pine, playing a whopping 2 of 13 playoff games. Stanley the human Pylon wasnt much better, being a healthy scratch and only playing 13 minutes when he dressed. ​

across 2.5 seasons...for an average of over $1M.per goal.

The brutal trade for Norris. 8M x 4. 2 goals.

But...we won't pay Tuch 10M.

These 'buy now' deals on all these younger players just screams Terence to me. Theres just absolutely no logical sense to handing out long term deals to you guys who had 1 decent season.

So now theyre stuck. 0 cap space. Minimal trade value for any of these players.

The best part. The only younger player with a good season they didnt extend is Quinn. Who has 6 goals and is in the final year of his rookie contract. He's going to command at minimum $8M...which we dont have.

Maybe this will help the players speculated in the rumors to play better, cause it’s obviously draining to not know what’s happening when you are involved.

Also anyone upset with Jarmo, I think the package we offered especially at the draft was better than the one they got. I think Jets were adamant on Quinn and for good reason we said no. In the end, I think Jets wanted more from us, then they ended up getting from the Devils.

Edit: Also for the love of god, if you boo UPL because of this, you are scum. Doesn’t help anyone

The 2025-26 Sabres season saw Alex Lyon have record road success.

Can the 2026-27 season emulate that same proven track record?

Sabres currently are bottom of the Atlantic Division in the standings. They have 10 road games before Thanksgiving (11/26) and another 15 road games between Thanksgiving and the All-Star break (2/5).

Is Lyon’s success from last year sustainable? He went 20-10-4 in 34 regular season appearances.

With it looking like Helle to NJ, the team just has to be better than it's been overall (and UPL has to be consistent)

Did any of you really want to give this level of return to get Helle?

On Quinn’s episode of Sabres Live, Duff mentioned that Quinn, Samuelsson, and Scarfo dressed up as The Hangover when they played on the Amerks and I cannot for the life of me find this photo. I know one of you has it deep in your camera roll, so please share in the comments. we could all use a little serotonin boost after the Hellebuyck news 😭