DJB Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, CIrvine said: Very odd to me. Well comfort with Krueger. And clearly Hall didn't get the offers he may normally have had during a non Covid year. Not like he had an oustanding year last year as well. No better way to rehab your value by playing alongside Jack Eichel lol! Quote
AlCowlingsTaxiService Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 Hall is looking to one year with Eichel to boost his value for 2021 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 Did Beane get bored with the Bills not playing today and take over the Sabres FA for the day ?? 1 2 Quote
Brennan Huff Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, BillsFan4 said: That’s a lame response Quote
Warcodered Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Did Beane get bored with the Bills not playing today and take over the Sabres FA for the day ?? He got lost and wandered into the room. Quote
Pete Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 Welcome to Buffalo Hall! Let’s go Sabre’s! Quote
Beast Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 14 hours ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said: Hall is looking to one year with Eichel to boost his value for 2021 Doubt it. It's not like he is going to bamboozle GM's around the league because of one season possibly playing on Eichel's wing. Quote
Nextmanup Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 35 minutes ago, Beast said: Doubt it. It's not like he is going to bamboozle GM's around the league because of one season possibly playing on Eichel's wing. It's exactly what he's doing. Also, with the salary cap reduction going on, he may not have had a lot of other options and 2021 was always going to be kind of a throwaway year for him anyway. So he goes to Buffalo who actually has the money to pay him, plays with Jack and gets that worked into the K, and has a statistically good season after a slightly poor one last year to work from for his next, big, real K going forward, not with the Sabres. What do the Sabres get out of it? Well, he might help us end the playoff drought, but I doubt that actually. But we will be able to dump him for solid assets probably including a first round draft pick at the trade deadline. This is where I expect his Sabre career to end. This also helps bring back some fans, probably, to one of the most alienated and dysfunctional franchises in the league. I see all parties benefiting from the deal. Quote
Beast Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: It's exactly what he's doing. Also, with the salary cap reduction going on, he may not have had a lot of other options and 2021 was always going to be kind of a throwaway year for him anyway. So he goes to Buffalo who actually has the money to pay him, plays with Jack and gets that worked into the K, and has a statistically good season after a slightly poor one last year to work from for his next, big, real K going forward, not with the Sabres. What do the Sabres get out of it? Well, he might help us end the playoff drought, but I doubt that actually. But we will be able to dump him for solid assets probably including a first round draft pick at the trade deadline. This is where I expect his Sabre career to end. This also helps bring back some fans, probably, to one of the most alienated and dysfunctional franchises in the league. I see all parties benefiting from the deal. Again, no that isn't what he's doing. Have you ever stopped to think Hall wants to be here long-term and there is the expansion draftvnext season and the Sabres can only protect so many players? Hall will be a UFA at the time of the expansion draft next season and the Sabres will not have to protect him. And Hall has a NMC, NTC clause in this contract so that theiry of yours that they will move him doesn't hold water. The Sabres are already talking about Hall being here long-term. He will be unless thos season totally goes south. And, again, GM's aren't going to back up the Brinks truck because of one season with Jack Eichel. GM's around the league have had many years to see whT exactly Taylor Hall is. Edited October 12, 2020 by Beast 2 Quote
shrader Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 38 minutes ago, Beast said: Again, no that isn't what he's doing. Have you ever stopped to think Hall wants to be here long-term and there is the expansion draftvnext season and the Sabres can only protect so many players? Hall will be a UFA at the time of the expansion draft next season and the Sabres will not have to protect him. And Hall has a NMC, NTC clause in this contract so that theiry of yours that they will move him doesn't hold water. The Sabres are already talking about Hall being here long-term. He will be unless thos season totally goes south. And, again, GM's aren't going to back up the Brinks truck because of one season with Jack Eichel. GM's around the league have had many years to see whT exactly Taylor Hall is. So he's willing to risk injury on a one year deal just to help a team with the expansion draft? He's rolling the dice on earning a much bigger contract and there's nothing wrong with that. Still, it's a big game. Strangely enough, he made it on the same day that Dak Prescott's ankle exploded. If it was actually about the expansion draft, which player exactly are they saving because of it? Looking over the roster, you're getting down to the likes of Thompson/Mittelstadt/Girgensons. I really don't see a "you'd hate to lose that guy" beyond the limit of what we can protect among the forwards. Eichel Reinhart Skinner (required to protect) Okposo (required to protect) Olofsson They can protect 7 forwards, unless they want to save more than 3 defensemen. I can't see them too worried about any of the D beyond Dahlin/Jokiharju, so they'll stick to just 3 D. So unless we add another long-term forward or 2, Hall being added to that protection list would still leave an open slot for whichever of the two kids steps up this year. I guess you can now protect both worry-free, but I don't expect both Thompson and Mittelstadt to both thrive this year. Quote
Beast Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) Ahhhhhh...the risk injury arguement. Name the last 3 good NHL players that got hurt in their contract year and lost out on big paydays. Edited October 12, 2020 by Beast Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 watch this interview and tell me you’re not excited for this kid to be a Buffalo Sabre! What a great interview. Quote
ALF Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 "Buffalo, Taylor Hall here! It’s been a crazy past couple of days for me, but I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a Buffalo Sabres. I hope I get to play in front of you great fans soon. I was going to smash into a fold-up table for my intro, but it’s probably safest if I don’t. Hopefully we get playing hockey again sometime soon, but until then, Go Bills." https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/newest-sabre-taylor-hall-to-buffalo-i-was-going-to-smash-into-a-fold-up/article_ab79cd04-0cb5-11eb-af3a-571eedc1fe81.html 2 Quote
Brennan Huff Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 I officially have a man crush on Taylor Hall. Never thought we had a chance. Hopefully they can put it together on the ice and make a playoff run. The Bills have a chance to go 5-0 tomorrow night and now all I can think about is hockey season Quote
shrader Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Beast said: Ahhhhhh...the risk injury arguement. Name the last 3 good NHL players that got hurt in their contract year and lost out on big paydays. They don't typically get to that point. You look across the recent history of this league and you'll find a long list of long-term contracts since the money is guaranteed. This one is a rarity. Do you seriously think the expansion draft actually crossed Hall's mind for even a second? That's a far more outlandish theory than anything else stated here. And it may not necessarily have been in contract years, but I can think of several NHL players who lost significant amounts of money due to injuries. My mind immediately goes to head injuries and to guys like Pat LaFontaine, Paul Kariya, and Eric Lindros. I'd be much more interested in look at the guys who ended their career fairly recently due to injury but still soaked in multi-year contracts after that injury: -Marc Savard (played 25 games out of a 7 year $28 million contract) -David Clarkson (played roughly 2 years worth of a 7 year $37 contract) -Rick DiPietro still looking at 10 more years of checks from the Islanders Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) Edited October 12, 2020 by BillsFan4 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) No surprise there. Seemed like a foregone conclusion he was going to Vegas after the Blues signed Krug. I think this currently puts LV about $7M over the salary cap. A trade or two are definitely coming. edit- that didn’t take long. Edited October 13, 2020 by BillsFan4 Quote
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