Confirmed with Link: Sabres sign Kyle Okposo (7 years, $6M AAV)

[Castrophy]

I'm not a huge fan of Okposo at all. I guess the AAV could have been worse but I'm not happy about the term. Hopefully he can prove me wrong.

 

[sabrebuild]

Lucic on TSN said he went to Edmonton for one reason - McDavid. And I'm sure for Okposo it was Eichel. Stud young 1C's are the hottest coeds on campus.

Regier took a bullet for the fans, had Tim Murray come in here when we still had the old core, his first NHL GM job, he couldn't/wouldn't be able to say to the owner 'my plan is to tear this team apart and be horrendously bad for a few years, accumulate draft picks, draft at the top of the draft'

A bullet regier helped manufacture, load and pull the trigger.

 

[JThorne]

Don't like it. Hope his play can change my mind.

Me neither. Been saying I want no part of him. This offseason, to me, isn't the one to be tossing around cap space.

 

[Reddawg]

I pencil him in with ROR simply because I want to continue seeing what Reinhart and Eichel can do together. I expect he will move between the two a lot. Playing with ROR allows him to have the puck more, so it probably works well.

That's how I feel as well, I want to see how Eichel and Reinhart continue to grow together. That leaves Okposo on the ROR line, which could be deadly.

 

[Royisgone]

There is also the possibility of Moulson's influence as he and Okposo are close (godfather to kid thing). Moulson... all about the intangibles.

If Okposo has a great season, this may be Moulson's biggest contribution to the team in quite some time.

 

[jBuds]

I implore you all to read the reviews of Isles fans on Okposo if you refuse to take my word for it . They're not written as "bitter departure reviews" at all. They are honest assessments of a player who was really well-liked, but often underachieved and was inconsistent on the whole.

 

[Sabre the Win]

I implore you all to read the reviews of Isles fans on Okposo if you refuse to take my word for it . They're not written as "bitter departure reviews" at all. They are honest assessments of a player who was really well-liked, but often underachieved and was inconsistent on the whole.

Production wise a majority of the players disappear for stretches of a season. Not everyone can be a 80+ PPG player.

 

[Sabreality]

http://www.generalfanager.com/leagueleaders?position=RW&shoots=Both&team=all

take a look at the 'top' RW salaries. i think Okposo fits in just fine now and going forward

 

[1972]

I implore you all to read the reviews of Isles fans on Okposo if you refuse to take my word for it . They're not written as "bitter departure reviews" at all. They are honest assessments of a player who was really well-liked, but often underachieved and was inconsistent on the whole.

I'm not expecting a franchise player here

 

[jBuds]

Production wise a majority of the players disappear for stretches of a season. Not everyone can be a 80+ PPG player's.

Fine... but don't combine that notion with his 22 goals and expect a top tier winger. His production goes up and down, as does his impact in general.

 

[slip]

There is also the possibility of Moulson's influence as he and Okposo are close (godfather to kid thing). Moulson... all about the intangibles.

Now I hate Moulson even more.

 

[krt88]

https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/748924429522972672

50% of contract is signing bonus.

 

[jBuds]

https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/748924429522972672

50% of contract is signing bonus.

LOVE this aspect

 

[vcv]

https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/748924429522972672

50% of contract is signing bonus.

Probably more than 50%.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/748924429522972672

50% of contract is signing bonus.

For the whole contract or just the early years of deal.

 

[OkimLom]

There should be some crow in here for posters who predicted huge aav for okposo.

I don't remember seeing any posters calling for anything bigger than $7 million. There was a post, about rumors of Okposo looking for $8 million, but that was it.

This was in line with what people thought he would go for.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Fine... but don't combine that notion with his 22 goals and expect a top tier winger. His production goes up and down, as does his impact in general.

I think that's fine. It's not like he's gonna be our new Thomas Vanek: the guy who's not good enough to carry an offense but we're expecting him to anyway. We've got other players we rely on more. He'll be a nice supplemental piece to those guys, hopefully.

 

[Icicle]

"I think they have a chance to win the cup"
-Okposo on TSN on why Buffalo

 

[tsujimoto74]

Okposo being interviewed on TSN right now.

 

[jBuds]

I think that's fine. It's not like he's gonna be our new Thomas Vanek: the guy who's not good enough to carry an offense but we're expecting him to anyway. We've got other players we rely on more. He'll be a nice supplemental piece to those guys, hopefully.

Right. Totally fair.


Just want everyone to be prepared for an inconsistent ride. I brought up Stafford a few times because of that "if only he'd harness it nightly" stigma [[[[[[@joshjull]]]]]]

 

[BananaSquad]

Love it!!

 

[krt88]

LOVE this aspect

Makes backside buyout a non issue.

Pegula's got the money, why not structure the deal where both sides win.

 

[jBuds]

Makes backside buyout a non issue.

Pegula's got the money, why not structure the deal where both sides win.

Agreed.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

ehhhhhh... he has been dinged up in about half of his seasons...but yeah, he's not going to go Connolly and miss 4-6 weeks with pins and needles or 2 months with a broken heart...


Hoping people are going to accept him for what he is, and not continue to expect an elite offensive top line winger, which KO is not.

Stafford 2.0 ?

No doubt others here know more than me - but this is my thought & it makes me sick.

 

[Tsujimoto]

I'm just happy that a sought-after UFA picked Buffalo for a change. For so many years as a Sabres fan Free Agent Day was like being a poor kid on Christmas watching your friends playing with all their new toys when all you got was a pair of socks.