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Happy 4th fellow Sabres fans! May your grills be hot and beers cold.

Anyway, discussion for the holiday weekend: Are the Sabres built for the regular season? I think the team has the speed and tenacity to run with Montreal and to give the Hurricanes a solid push in the post-season.

But first we have to get through regular season games against the Panthers (Bennett, two Tkachuks, Gudas, Hathaway, Marchand) and TBL (Kucherov, Hagel, Sabourin, Cernak, etc).

Who’s our toughest guy? Carrick? The d-man we got from Chicago is big but not really a fighter. I’m a little concerned that Jarmo didn’t do enough to make sure we don’t get cheap-shotted into submission.

Thoughts?

Jordan Greenway

Jordan Greenway is a solid bottom-six winger with an enormous 6-foot-6 frame and legitimate defensive value, but he has two issues as a player. The first is his lack of durability; he’s been limited to just 74 combined games over the past two seasons. If you zoom out, he hasn’t reached the 70-game mark in a single campaign since 2018-19, which was his first full year in the NHL.

He’s also quite limited offensively. Greenway had a strong 2023-24 campaign where he chipped in with 28 points in 67 games, but besides that, it’s been tough sledding over the past few years. He produced just 11 points in 62 games in 2022-23, eight points in 34 games in 2024-25, and only one goal and five assists in 40 games this past season.

Between the injury history and limited offense, Greenway’s contract, which has one year left at a $4 million cap hit, could be a hindrance. Buffalo is in a tight cap situation this offseason because the dead cap charge from Jeff Skinner’s buyout is spiking to $6.44 million next season, which could further incentivize them to shed a pricey contract like Greenway’s. His modified no-trade clause only includes a five-team no-trade list, so the Sabres should have plenty of flexibility in terms of possible suitors.

Via Dom Luszczyszyn at The Athletic: “For the right team, Tuch would be a fantastic add in the short term, even at a small overpay. For the wrong team, at a bigger overpay, Tuch’s age and comp profile make him one of the riskier bets when free agency opens.”

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