After The Whistle

THE STRUCTURE OF THE KAPRIZOV CONTRACT IS BONKERS.. WHAT WAS BILL GUERIN THINKING? WHAT DOES KAPRIZOV DEAL DO FOR TUCH CONTRACT, REST OF THE MARKET? SABRES LAST TWO PRESEASON GAMES VS PITT. INJURIES PILING UP IN BUFFALO. MONTREAL/OTTAWA PRESEASON GAME: XHEKAJ BROTHERS GET ROWDY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

INJURIES KEEP PILING UP FOR THE SABRES.. SAMUELSSON IS WEEK TO WEEK, BOWEN BYRAM IS NURSING SOMETHING. HEALTH NEEDS TO BE IN THE SABRES FAVOUR THIS SEASON. SPITTIN CHICLETS DISCUSS THE SABRES 14 YEAR DROUGHT AND REFER TO THE GM AS "KEVYN ALLEN" 8 X $17M FOR KAPRIZOV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHO IS THE GREATEST #77 IN NHL HISTORY? ARTEMI PANARIN LOOKING TO CASH IN ON OPEN MARKET, OR TAKE LESS AND STAY ON BROADWAY? RYAN JOHNSON SEEMS TO BE STICKING AROUND A LITTLE LONGER AT SABRES CAMP, DOES HE MAKE THE OPENING NIGHT ROSTER? MATTIAS SAMUELSSON IS INJURED AGAIN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHAT SHOULD THE SABRES DO WITH RADIM MRTKA? GO BACK TO THE WHL OR TURN PRO AND PLAY IN THE AHL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PIERRE LEBRUN'S REPORT CONFIRMS WHAT CRAIG SAID REGARDING TUCH/SABRES NEGOTIATIONS WHAT THE UNKNOW SALRAY CAP MARKET MEANS FOR UNSIGNED PLAYERS SABRES PRESEASON LOSS TO DETROIT.. DEVON LEVI MIGHT BE THE ONLY HAPPY PLAYER AFTER THE GAME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ARE 2-0 IN PRESEASON. IS THIS THE YEAR THEY LOSE THE "JOKE OF PRO SPORTS" TITLE AND MAKE THE PLAYOFFS? NO ROOM FOR YOUNG GUYS THISB YEAR. IF THE SABRES NEED TO RELY ON THEIR YOUTH AS DEPTH THIS YEAR, THE SEASON WILL BE IN JEOPARDY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ARE ON THE BRINK OF YET ANOTHER BAD DECISION. A NEW GOAL SONG IS BEING DECIDED ON AND IT SEEMS AGAIN LIKE THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISIONS, DON'T KNOW THEIR AUDIENCE. DAHLIN COULD ONLY REACH NUMBER 2 BEST DEFENSEMAN IN THE LEAGUE, BECAUSE OF A GUY NAMED MAKAR. PRESEASON GAME 1 RECAP. MRTKA LOOKED GOOD, LOTS OF POSITIVES FROM GAME 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JOHNATHON HUBERDEAU "DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SKATING TODAY" OR DID WE BITE ON THE SPIN? KOPITAR ANNOUNCES THIS WILL BE HIS LAST SEASON. MCDAVID TO LA IN 2026? MASON MCTAVISH HOLDING OUT IN ANAHEIM. RASMUS DAHLIN'S LETTER REGARDING HIS FIANCE. WHY WRITE IT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LINDY RUFF'S OPTIMISM SEEMS REAL AND GIVES YOU BELIEF THAT THIS TEAM TOOK THEIR OFF SEASON VERY SERIOUSLY. BETTER TEAM DEFENSE, MORE PHYSICAL AND HARDER TO PLAY AGAINST. WHO'S ON THE PP, WHO STARTS IN NET, WHAT ARE THE D PAIRINGS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KEVYN ADAMS ADDRESSED THE MEDIA TODAY AS CAMPS OFFICIALLY OPEN. NOT A GOOD START TO SABRES TRAINING CAMP. UPL, GREENWAY HURT.. TUCH DAY TO DAY AND STILL NO EXTENSION, THERE ARE STILL SOME POSITIVES TO TAKE AWAY. NO MORE "CORE FOUR" IN TORONTO. OVI TURNS 40. HOW LONG WILL HE PLAY AND IS 1000 GOALS ATTAINABLE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES PROSPECTS GO 0-3 AND SOME UNDER PERFORMED. WHATS THE STATUS ON THE SABRES PROSPECT TALENT POOL. JT MILLER NAMED NYR CAPTAIN WHO ARE ALL THE CAPTAINS JONATHON TOEWS READY FOR WPG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG TALKS ABOUT THE FEEDBACK HE RECEIVED FROM PROSPECT CAMP. 'BEST PLAYER ON THE ICE" LEADS TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE SABRES SHOULD BE MANAGING YOUNG RADIM MRTKA. MCDAVID TO LA? NO NEWS ON TUCH WHAT DID LOVE DO IN HIS COACHING MEETINGS ANOTHER STADIUM SERIES.. THIS TIME IT'S IN FLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HOW DID WE END UP WITH NUMBERS 76 AND 52. SABRES PROSPECT HIT THE ICE.. WHO ARE THE FIRST CALL UPS THIS SEASON, AND CAN MAKE THE TEAM OUT OF TRAING CAMP? UPL HURT, SABRES SIGN GEORGIEV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THERE ARE SO MANY BIG NAMES THAT NEED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS. BIG NUMBERS ARE BEING THROWN AROUND FOR SOME, AND SILENCE ON OTHERS.. WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO SET THEIR MARKET? CRAIG IS HUNG UP ON THE FACT THAT ALEX TUCH ISN'T SIGNED YET. EARLY CALDER CALL YOUNG PROSPECTS TO KEEP AN EYE AROUND THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOUR BANDITS PLAYING IN THE MANN CUP. WHAT IS THE MANN CUP? CLARIFICATION ON OUR STANCE REGARDING ALEX TUCH. OWEN POER HAS REHABBED AND WORKED HARD THIS OFFSEASON. SABRES NEED HIM TO TAKE A HUGE STRIDE THIS SEASON.. IN HIS OWN END. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A DEVILS MEMORY. ZACH BENSON WANTED DESIGNER LUGGAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS NUMBER 9. IMAGINE CONNOR MCDAVID PLAYING FOR ANOTHER TEAM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BILLS WIN IN HUGE COMEBACK. DO SABRES PLAYERS HAVE A DESIRE TO FEEL THAT SAME LOVE FROM THE FANS? SABRES NEED TO CLEAR UP ANY UNCERTAINTY TO WIN BACK FANS. WHICH PLAYERS HAVE THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARKS GOING INTO TRAINING CAMP. THE FORGOTTEN/UNKNOWN SABRE: JOSH DOAN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RUMBLINGS THAT TUCH IS CLOSE TO SIGNING A LONG TERM EXTENSION WITH THE SABRES. WHAT'S THE RUSH? THERE WILL SO MANY OPTIONS FOR HIM. PLAYER IS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF HOCKEY IN THE CHL WITH YOUNG STARS SIGNING IN NCAA. HOW MUCH DID JOSH NORRIS HAVE TO SPEND TO GET HIS #9 FROM ZACH BENSON? DOES LANE HUTSON'S FATHER HAVE A POINT ABOUT HIS BOYS DUAL CITIZENSHIP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ONE OF US STILL LOVES HOCKEY, AND THE CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT AT WHAT AGE HE STOPPED LOVING IT, AND WHY. NHLPA AND NHL HAVE AGREED TO A CBA EXTENSION THROUGH 29-30. WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE CHANGES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KIDS ARE BACK TO SCHOOL AND SO ARE WE. IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE, NOT JUST WITH THE SABRES BUT WITH US, TOO. TOO MUCH NEGATIVITY AND VENOM FROMUS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. WHATS THE NEW APPROACH LOOK LIKE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAVE POTENTIAL TO FINISH AS HIGH AS 3 IN THE ATLANTIC, BUT THE PRESSURE COULD MOUNT AND THEY COULD BUCKLE. WILL THE "OTHER ONES" BE ABLE TO STEP UP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THOMPSON AND TUCH BOTH NAMED TO TEAM USA OLYMPIC ORIENTATION CAMP. WHICH ONE HAS THE BETTER CHANCE OF MAKING IT. DOES CAMP INVITE TO TUCH PUT PRESSURE ON SABRES TO GET DEAL DONE MASCOT JOB APPLICATION Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BIG MUSIC FEST COMING UP.. WHO'S GOING? A LOT OF TALK SURROUNDING THE OLYMPICS.. IS THIS THE USA'S YEAR TO TAKE THE GOLD? THEY SEEM TO BE EVERYONES FAVORITE. HOW DID THEY BECOME SUCH A POWER IN HOCKEY? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAVE SIGNED DEVON LEVI TO A ONE WAY CONTRACT, THEY ALSO SIGNED ALEX LYON AS A UFA. WAS GOALTENDING THE ISSUE LAST SEASON? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOULD THE NHL TEAMS HAVE CAMERA ACCESS TO THE LOCKER ROOM DURING INTERMISSIONS? RASMUS DAHLIN IS #7 ON THE BEST DEFENSEMAN LIST, WHERE WOULD HE BE IF HE WS ON A SUCCESSFUL TEAM? -JASON "THE GENERAL" BOTTERILL STORY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HERE'S WHAT CAME UP TODAY: -CHAD RUHWEDEL RETIRES -MIKE BABCOCK -MATT ELLIS -ERIC BOULTON -DEREK JETER'S GIFT BASKETS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG FINALLY WATCHED AN EPISODE OF HARD KNOCKS.. WE HAVE A FEW TAKEAWAYS FROM EPISODE ONE. -NFL IS NOT AS HARD AS NHL TRAINING CAMP BACK IN THE DAY -TUCH NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY.. WHAT LEG DO THE SABRES HAVE TO STAND ON? -BRETT MURRAY.... SEE YA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST AND THE SABRES ARE ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARK ACROSS THE LEAGUE. THE ONLY QUESTION WE GET "ARE THE SABRES MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS SEASON" ONE MONTH BEFORE CAMP, ARE WE OPTIMISTIC? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DRAFT IS OVER, BYRAM SIGNED, AND FREE AGENCY NO LONGER AN OPTION FOR BUFFALO.. IT'S TIME TO SIGN ALEX TUCH. CAN THE SABRES AFFORD TO WAIT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIRST ITS A JEEP WAVE, NOW WE HAVE THE BRONCO WAVE. NHL OFFICE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SABRES LACK OF SUCCESS OVER THE 14 YEARS.. MAYBE THEY SHOULD TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE WHAT THE REAL PROBLEMS ARE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SCHEDULE WAS RELEASED. IS OCTOBER AS TOUGH AS IT LOOKS? DOES THE TEAM HAVE THE RIGHT PIECES IN PLACE, WHATS MISSING? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOWEN BYRAM SIGNED A TWO YEAR CONTRACT AVOIDING ARBITRATION. WHY IS NOT GOING TO ARBITRATION SUCH A KEY FACTOR? ANYONE ELSE SHOCKED AT HIS AAV? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED* A SOCIAL MEDIA POST WAS FINAL STRAW. SABRES SIGN RADIM MRTKA TO AN ENTRY LEVEL DEAL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-HAS ANYONE SEEN WHAT THE SJ SHARKS ARE DOING THIS OFFSEASON? -ARE THE SABRES PLAYOFF BUILT? -THE LINE UP -BYRAM WANTS TO STAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GOLFER IN ALBERTA GETS BEAT UP BY EX NHL TOUGH GUY NICK TARNASKY. FAKE TOUGH VS REAL TOUGH. DID BRENDAN SHANAHAN CALL THE BUFFALO SABRES? GAVIN MCKENNA HEADING TO PENN STATE TO EARN $700K IN HIS NHL DRAFT YEAR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIRST HE'S DEFINITELY BEING TRADED, THE NEXT IT'S A MASSIVE OFFER SHEET, THEN ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER TRADE... NOW THE SABRES ARE TAKING BOWEN BYRAM TO ARBITRATION. WHAT ARE THE ALL THE OPTIONS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SINCE THE END OF THE SEASON ALL EYES HAVE BEEN ON THE BUFFALO SABRES. WHAT WILL THEY DO TO END THIS PLAYOFF DRAUGHT? THE DRAFT IS OVER, FREE AGENCY HAS STARTED, AND IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE SABRES ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PETERKA TRADE DO THE SABRES KEEP OR MOVE THE 9TH PICK? BEST PLAYERS AVAILABLE AT 9. SHOULD THE SABRES DRAFT A DEFENSEMAN? ROGER MCQUEEN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES MOVE JJ PETERKA TO UTAH FOR MICHAEL KESSELRING AND JOSH DOAN. FANS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK AS THEY SEE ANOTHER YOUNG, POTENTIAL STAR WALK OUT THE DOOR. IS THE DEAL AS BAD AS IT SEEMS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KEVYN ADAMS' CONDESCENDING APPROACH AND NO ANSWERS, LEAVES THEIR FANBASE FEELING HOPELESS. -JJ PETERKA RUMOURS -MISINFORMATION -"SAMMY" -9TH PICK -GOALTENDING -SAMES COACHING STAFF ALEX TUCH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PETERKA IS THE STAR OF THIS OFFSEASON SO FAR, BUT DOES HE REALLY WANT TO LEAVE, OR WILL THE RIGHT PRICE KEEP HIM AROUND? THOMPSON'S COMMENTS UNCALLED FOR? ARE THERE SABRES ENOUGH MOVES THE SABRES CAN MAKE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG THINKS THE SABRES MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUY LOW ON ELIAS PETTERSSON IN VANCOUVER. KEEP PETERKA AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO STACKED LINES. HOW DO YOU GET HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JJ WANTS OUT? HE'S NOT GETTING THE NICE TREATMENT WITH HOW THIS IS GOING DOWN. SAM REINHART: "ONE OF THE SMARTEST PLAYERS TO EVER PLAY THIS GAME" - WAYNE GRETZKY MITCH MARNER SHOULD SIGN IN SAN JOSE HOW COULD ANYONE PAY SAM BENNETT $10M/YEAR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JR JOINS THE SHOW FROM LAKE MUSKOKA. THOUGHTS ON CHRIS KREIDER, CONN SMYTHE CANDIDATES AND HOW MUCH MONEY WILL SAM BENNETT GET IF HE GOES TO FREE AGENCY/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AFTER A FEW DAYS OF BATTLING LIKE ENEMIES, WE'VE MOVED ON BUT NOT WITHOUT MAKING ONE LAST POINT ABOUT WHERE THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG HERE. COULKD CONNOR MCDAVID WIN BACK TO BACK CONN SMYTHE AWARDS ON THE LOSING TEAM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A REAL DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE SHOW WHEN IT COMES TO KEVYN ADAMS AND HIS RISE TO SABRES GM. ANDREW THINKS CRAIG IS FULL OF SHIT AND CAN'T POSSIBLY BELIEVE WHAT HE'S SAYING, CRAIG IS ADAMANT THAT HE BELIEVES HIS HORSESHIT STANCE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MATT FAIRBURN FROM THE ATHLETIC JOINED US TO DISCUSS HIS MOST RECENT ARTICLE OUTLINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SABRS GM KEVYN ADAMS AND OWNER TERRY PEGULA. HOWHE GOPT THE JOB, WAS THERE MERIT FOR HIS HIRING AND HOW WAS HE INTRODUCED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MATT FAIRBURN OF THE ATHLETIC WROTE AN ARTICLE OUTLINING HOW KEVYN ADAMS FELL INTO THE ROLE OF GENERAL MANAGER, AFTER JASON BOTTERILL WAS FIRED. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WEEKS AFTER KIM PEGULA GAVE BOTTERILL SUPPORT PUBLICLY THAT HE WOULD RETURN? LET THE DEBATE BEGIN... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT SEEMS LIKE THIS STANLEY CUP FINAL IS ALL ABOUT CONNOR MCDAVID'S LEGACY. CAN THE OILERS BEAT THE PANTHERS. JEFF SKINNER CAN WIN THE STANLEY CUP AND JR IS ON THE LIST OF GREATEST PLAYERS TO NEVER WIN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices