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9:14 PM · Jul 8, 2025
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I'm curious as to why that would be. If Bo's camp picks 2 years, he's on a deal until UFA. They can trade him anytime. The way I understand is that Byram's agent is known for taking players to UFA and the noise was he wants to be paid like a #1 with no health issues. I think that if his price for a long term deal reflected his production and health issues, he'd probably be traded. I could be (and probably are) wrong on this.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025 23:06 pm Oh ok. So 2 days ago the word was Adams was discouraged at what was being offered for Byram so now the price goes up. Ok…
I mean, Adams is welcome to ask for whatever he wants but he’s unlikely to get it. His asset loses value by the day as they get closer to that arbitration hearing.
I feel so bad for Sabres fans. It has been one clueless GM after another. Despite having a lot of great, young talent, they just can’t get over the hump and now young guys are bailing out. Blues fans should be thankful…..Army has made some mistakes, but overall, the Blues organization is top notch.Pierre McGuire wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 07:08 am This guy was traded for middle 6 center 2 years ago. Price tag is down and he wants out of Buffalo. This is the type of deal right up Army’s alley. Adam’s will fold eventually
Because of that exact reason. He would opt for the 2 year arbitration to get him to UFA. If you were acquiring him after the arbitration hearing the odds of him extending greatly decrease, especially if its too a team he doesn't want to go, and you will have sent assets for a year to a year and half for a player.TAFKAP wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 06:59 amI'm curious as to why that would be. If Bo's camp picks 2 years, he's on a deal until UFA. They can trade him anytime. The way I understand is that Byram's agent is known for taking players to UFA and the noise was he wants to be paid like a #1 with no health issues. I think that if his price for a long term deal reflected his production and health issues, he'd probably be traded. I could be (and probably are) wrong on this.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025 23:06 pm Oh ok. So 2 days ago the word was Adams was discouraged at what was being offered for Byram so now the price goes up. Ok…
I mean, Adams is welcome to ask for whatever he wants but he’s unlikely to get it. His asset loses value by the day as they get closer to that arbitration hearing.
Another way of looking at it is you're only guaranteed 2 years either way. Byram doesn't have to sign a multi-year deal next offseason if he doesn't like the team he was traded to or they don't offer him the contract he wants.TheJackBurton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 08:12 amBecause of that exact reason. He would opt for the 2 year arbitration to get him to UFA. If you were acquiring him after the arbitration hearing the odds of him extending greatly decrease, especially if its too a team he doesn't want to go, and you will have sent assets for a year to a year and half for a player.TAFKAP wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 06:59 amI'm curious as to why that would be. If Bo's camp picks 2 years, he's on a deal until UFA. They can trade him anytime. The way I understand is that Byram's agent is known for taking players to UFA and the noise was he wants to be paid like a #1 with no health issues. I think that if his price for a long term deal reflected his production and health issues, he'd probably be traded. I could be (and probably are) wrong on this.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025 23:06 pm Oh ok. So 2 days ago the word was Adams was discouraged at what was being offered for Byram so now the price goes up. Ok…
I mean, Adams is welcome to ask for whatever he wants but he’s unlikely to get it. His asset loses value by the day as they get closer to that arbitration hearing.
If you are trading for him pre-arbitration odds are you are getting him signed first and an extended Byram is worth more.
Agreed. When I read the tweet it was like, "So now we've entered the throwing schmeedt against the wall" phase.Pierre McGuire wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 07:08 am This guy was traded for middle 6 center 2 years ago. Price tag is down and he wants out of Buffalo. This is the type of deal right up Army’s alley. Adam’s will fold eventually
He's not going the 1 year route, that would be quite frankly a bad move. If he goes the 1 year he's still under team control when it ends and we just restart this process next year.zamadoo wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 08:26 amAnother way of looking at it is you're only guaranteed 2 years either way. Byram doesn't have to sign a multi-year deal next offseason if he doesn't like the team he was traded to or they don't offer him the contract he wants.TheJackBurton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 08:12 amBecause of that exact reason. He would opt for the 2 year arbitration to get him to UFA. If you were acquiring him after the arbitration hearing the odds of him extending greatly decrease, especially if its too a team he doesn't want to go, and you will have sent assets for a year to a year and half for a player.TAFKAP wrote: ↑09 Jul 2025 06:59 amI'm curious as to why that would be. If Bo's camp picks 2 years, he's on a deal until UFA. They can trade him anytime. The way I understand is that Byram's agent is known for taking players to UFA and the noise was he wants to be paid like a #1 with no health issues. I think that if his price for a long term deal reflected his production and health issues, he'd probably be traded. I could be (and probably are) wrong on this.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025 23:06 pm Oh ok. So 2 days ago the word was Adams was discouraged at what was being offered for Byram so now the price goes up. Ok…
I mean, Adams is welcome to ask for whatever he wants but he’s unlikely to get it. His asset loses value by the day as they get closer to that arbitration hearing.
If you are trading for him pre-arbitration odds are you are getting him signed first and an extended Byram is worth more.
However, his arb number looks to be ~4.6M, so it might be in his best interest (in his and his agent's opinions) to either get traded now or just take the 1 year route. If he's truly looking for twice that number then all teams are going to just wait for arbitration to settle and then go for it. That said, a team looking to win now might pick him up at a lower $ average just thinking the 1-2 seasons.