After The Whistle

WORD ON THE STREET IS PATRICK KANE IS GOING BACK TO CHICAGO ON A ONE YEAR DEAL.. WHY? WE'VE ALL BEEN FIXATED ON A POTENTIAL CONNOR HELLEBUYCK TRADE, BUT WHAT IF UPL IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE ON THE SEEN? WAS LAST SEASON REALLY THAT BAD FOR HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALEX TUCH JOINS THE SHOW TO TALK ABOUT HIS TIME IN BUFFALO, BEING TRADED FROM VEGAS, WHAT HAPPENED THIS SEASON TO TURN THE SEASON AROUND, PLAYING WITH CONTRACT PRESSURE, AND HIS FUTURE IN WASHINGTON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SIGN KREBS 4 X $4.5M CONTRACT. SOME SAY IT'S TOO RICH FOR WHAT HE DOES, OTHERS LIKE IT. WHERE DOES HE PLAY NEXT SEASON AND GOING FORWARD. SABRES HIRE A SENIOR ADVISOR, AND NOT JUST ANYONE, IT'S JOHN DAVIDSON. DAVIDSON HAS A LONG RESUME OF EXECUTIVE POSITIONS FROM PRES. OF HOCKEY OPS TO PRESIDENT OF FRANCISES AND MORE. THE HIRE GIVES THE SABRES A REAL LEGITIMATE FRONT OFFICE PLAYERS AND FANS CAN BE PROUD OF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHO IS ANDREW HEATERS? ONE OF THE BEST NEW ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW THAT TALKS SABRES. TOM DUNDON TAKING HEAT FOR PUTTING ENTIRE FAMILY ON CUP, LEAVING OFF A COUPLE KEY MEMBERS? ANAHEIM MATCH THE PHILLY OFFER SHEET. DOES THAT FINANCIALLY CRIPPLE THE DUCKS, AND CHANGE SALARIES FOREVER? BEDARD OUT MINIMUM 4 MONTHS. CRAIG WANTS TO LOOK AT SABRES OFFSEASON/TEAM A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TODAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IS OVI COMING BACK TO CHASE ANOTHER CUP, 1000 GOALS, OR BOTH? CRAIG QUESTIONS AFREDSSON'S LOYALTY TO OTTAWA, BUT WAS THERE SOMEONE BIGGER INB TORONTO MAKING THE CALL TO CONVINCE HIM? DANNY BRIERE SHOCKS THE HOCKEY WORLD WITH AN OFFER SHEET FOR THE RECORD BOOKS TO LEO CARLSSON. DID THE SABRES SEE A POTENTIAL OFFER SHEET FOR BENSON? SABRES CAN'T BE DONE, THERE HAS TO BE MORE BREWING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CAN THE SABRES LAND HELLEBUYCK AND THEN KANE? WHAT THAT WOULD DO TOTHIS TEAM AND THE LOOK OF IT. UPL, MRTKA, QUINN AND A FIRST? HOW COULD THE SABRES TRADE SUPERSTAR PHENOM DEVON LEVI? WASN'T HE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR GOALIE OF THE FUTURE? $4M FOR KREBS? NOT SOLD THAT THIS IS A PLAYOFF TEAM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHERE HAVE BEEN? SUMMER OF CRAIG HAS BEGUN.. BYRAM GETS 6X$12.5M WAY TOO MUCH! OLEN ZELLWEGER SIGNS 3 YEAR DEAL WORTH $9.3M, CAN HE REPLACE BOWAN BYRAM OR IS THAT TOO HIGH EXPECTATIONS? SABRES MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BECK MALENSTYN SIGNS 6 YEAR $17.5M CONTRACT WITH SABRES THOUGHTS ON THE DEAL, AND WHAT DO THEY DO NEXT? WILL THEY SIGN ANY FREE AGENTS AT UFA? WISHLIST: PATRICK KANE AND JACOB TROUBA CRAIG WANTS THEM TO KEEP GOING AFTER CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SURPRISE MOST BY PICKING DAXON RUDOLPH. THE OTHER DAY JARMO SAID "YOU PICK THE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE AT #4" DID THEY DO THAT? WE WERE HOPEFUL #20 WOULD BE TRADED TO ACQUIRE A PIECE TO REPLACE ALEX TUCH, IT WASN'T AND THE SABRES SELECTED ILIA MOROZOV. TRADE FOR OLEN ZELLWEGER KEVYN ADAMS JOINS BOSTON BRUIN FRONT OFFICE HAVE THE SABRES DONE ENOUGH YET? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SIGN AND TRADE ALEX TUCH FOR A 3RD ROUND PICK AND DAVID KAMPF TUCH SIGNED 8 x $10.5 WITH WASHINGTON. ZACH BENSON SIGNS 7 x $7.5 GOSSIP SURROUNDING VINCENT TROCHECK COMING TO BUFFALO ARE THE SABRES BETTER TODAY? STILL LOTS OF TIME AND ASSETS TO ADD TO THE VOIDS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES MAKE BIG TRADE BY MOVING BOWAN BYRAM AND JORDAN GREENWAY, FOR THE #4 PICK, 45TH PICK AND 6'8 DMAN LOUIS CREVIER. THEY ALSO FREE UP $10.5M IN CAP SPACE GIVING THEM $21.3M IN AVAILABLE CAP SPACE. HOW DO THEY INTEND ON SPENDING THAT MONEY? TUCH MALENSTYNE KREBS BENSON HAS THE TEAM TAKEN A STEP BACKWARDS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ZACH BENSON GETTING $7+ MILLION ALREADY? ARE TUCH AND BYRAM BEING FORCED OUT BY HARD NEGOTIATIONS? WE KNOW THE SABRES ARE AROUND 8.5 FOR TUCH, BUT WHAT DO WE THINK BYRAM NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN LIKE? IS THE LEAGUE DAMAGING ITSELF WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOWING PLAYERS TO DICTATE WHERE THEY CAN PLAY? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIRST BOWAN BYRAM IS GOING TO UFA NEXT YEAR. AND NOW ITS RUMORED HE WANTS OUT OF BUFFALO. QUITE THE TURN OF EVENTS FOR A TEAM AND PLAYER THAT WAS ONE GOAL AWAY FROM THE CONFERENCE FINAL. CAN YOU BLAME HIM? MIKE BABCOCK CLEARED TO COACH BACK IN THE NHL. CAN YOU BELIEVE EDMONTON MIGHT HIRE HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES TRADE MICHAEL KESSELRING TO SAN JOSE AND MOVE FROM 27TH PICK TO 20 IN NEXT WEEKS NHL DRAFT. THOUGHTS ON THE DEAL, SHOULD THE SABRES HAVE GOTTEN MORE? DO THEY MOVE BACKWARD IF THEY KEEP THE SAME TEAM AND LET TUCH WALK? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CAROLINA HURRICANES WIN THE STANLEY CUP IN DOMINATE FASHION. DID JORDAN STAAL DESERVE THE CONN SMYTHE? TUCH AND SABRES STILL HAVE LOTS OF TIME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KUCHEROV WINS HART DARNELL NURSE ASKS OUT OF EDMONTON, WHERE COULD HE END UP? MORE TUCH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WAS RASMUS DAHLIN SNUBBED FROM WINNING THE MASTERTON AWARD? MORE ALEX TUCH TALK. THERE IS A NEW TWIST OR TURN EVERYDAY, AS THE NUMBER ONE UFA IN 2026 IS GETTING SET TO HIT THE MARKET, AS SABRES WON'T CLOSE THE GAP. WHICH TEAM HAS THE CAP SPACE, AND WHAT'S LOOKS LIKE THE BEST FIT. STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 4 RECAP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ROBERT THOMAS IS SUPPOSEDLY OFF THE MARKET, DYLAN LARKIN ONLY WANTS TO GO TO THREE TEAMS, WHERE DO THE SABRES GO FROM THERE? ALEX TUCH TO TEST FREE AGENCY? GAME THREE WAS INCREDIBLE.. MARNER WALKING AWAY WITH CONN SMYTHE TROPHY THE MISSING LINK IS ACTUALLY MISSING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THERE IS NO QUESTION WHO THE REAL COACH OF THE YEAR WAS THIS, AND HIS NAME ISN'T JON COOPER. AN ANONYMOUS ALEX TUCH REPORT HITS OUR DM'S DYLAN LARKIN WANTS OUT OF DETROIT, WHAT WOULD GIVE TO GET HIM? PAT KANE TO BUFFALO TO FINISH HIS CAREER AND HELP THE PP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHY WAS ERIC STAAL DOING THE SIREN AT THE CANES GAME? SABRES FANS ANGRY THAT A MEMBER OF THEIR HOCKEY DEPARTMENT WOULD DO SUCH A THING. SCF GAME 1 TUCH IS THE TALK OF EVERY PODCAST/HOCKEY NEWS KONSTA IS NOT A TRADE PIECE, OR IS HE? NO NORRIS FOR DAHLIN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices