Does anyone else think that the Sabres and Kahuns camp when they talked after not qualifying him have something possibly in place to bring him back once they clear the cap more/finalize the forward corps?
For a good skating 25 year old with a career .5 ppg and a career +18 all while getting under 14 minutes a game being unsigned is pretty surprising. Maybe they are saying wait until VO and Sams situation gets resolved and we can work something out to bring you back in the fold. If he was truly asking for 2.5 x 2, I still would like to find a way to bring him back as he is the PERFECT third line forward. Maybe they are saying once we move Montour/Miller and clear nearly 4 mil off the cap we can bring you back.
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Skinner-Staal-Reinhart
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Rieder-Lazar/Girgs-Thompson/Okposo
Now that looks really nice to me. 13.6 mil in cap to re-sign VO, Sam and Ullmark. VO gets 3.5-3.6 on a bridge. Sam gets 6 on a 3-4 year deal. Ullmark gets around 3. Thats a little over 12.5. Move Miller or Montours ~3.8 and that gives us a little under 5 mil. Burying Hutton gives us a little over a mil (now 6 mil in space) to bring in a cheap backup. With that 6 mil you can bring in a cheap backup goalie, sign Kahun for 2.5 or so and also acquire a cheaper LHD to replace Montour/Miller. McNabb is my choice as he makes 2.5 mil, is definitely available and would easily be our 2nd best LHD. If bringing up Cozens on a tight cap is tough to do then waive Okposo and save another 1.050 mil. Okposo simply is not needed. If we were willing to waive Moulson and his 5 mil per, we can do the same to another aging regressing vet making a boat load who is a 4th liner at best at this point of his career.
I am really hoping Okposo is waived. He may be willing to ride the bus for this year but with only 4 mil per in actual money the 2 years after this I can see him willing to retire then have to ride a bus for 2 more full years just to make that 8 mil total.
If Adams can somehow bring back Kahun our forward corps is EASILY a top 10 offense if not top 5. We would rival Toronto and Tampa in terms of pure offense.