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With this move done, I fully expect Olofsson to go as soon as the draft. Tuch, Skinner, Quinn, Mitts, Greenway, Peterka should be the wingers on our top 3 lines.

I’m pretty sure KO will be moving into Sabres management next year and Greenway will take over pretty much everything he does on the ice right now. (For the record, I’m kinda expected Ryan Miller to join the Sabres in an executive capacity in the off-season as well. Good additions, IMO, competitors and smart hockey minds.)

The were talking about it on the Bruin broadcast about how The Sabres best players - Tuch, Tage, Cozens, Dahlin, Power, Samuelsson - are also physical monsters. Greenway certainly adds to what is becoming a team that is becoming big, fast and skilled.

Which is what he said was going to be his philosophy.

Every time I get cocky and think I know my way around the league, something like this happens and I find myself saying things like “who the ***** is Austin Strand?” Stunned to see the dude has 26 NHL games under his belt. Guess he’s another Priskie level D-man brought in because either Priskie is pissed he’s the low-man among Sabre D JAG tweeners, or because Strand brings a different element to the Amerk blueline.

This, but also @Thorny‘s response. Pat Brisson got the Sabres a 3rd rounder yesterday just as much as Adams did.

When it comes right down to it, seems to me like Donnie values skill above all else. Give him a skill guy who’s willing to work hard and he thinks he’ll fix any technical or motivational issues. Asplund was already highly motivated and very technically sound, he just didn’t have the hands. Donnie didn’t see an upside and would rather be working with a Krebs or a Peterka. Agree completely. To further that, last year Asplund was our 9th or 10th forward. As of today, he was 14th or 15th. And that’s not because his game fell off a cliff, it’s because Krebs, Peterka, Quinn, Jost and now Greenway have all pushed past him. The “Do Something Adams” crowd needs to keep in mind that a team improves by what you see on the roster, not on the trade wire.

That’s probably a helping a player out move. One of the few guys Donnie did not seem to like. And Greenway obviously pushes him out even further.

Prior to this year Greenway Ek Foligno was probably the best 3rd line in the league. This is absolutely about roster construction and betting that one coaching change pushed him off track and another will get him back on.

I’m not sure about right now, but probably right on for next year. Im liking the idea of pairing him with Krebs.

Big, big dude, good defensively too. Young enough to stick around, 2 more years at 3 per. Great fit as 3rd line winger, changes the mix up front nicely. 2nd is fair value. Hope it’s not the Philly pick.

Oh my god! Board meltdown averted!

And the Sabres social media team can film and post it!

I meant will NOT become better, but I do agree that they think he can provide something different than Bryson and may be an upgrade there.

Stillman is not better than Jokiharju and Lyubushkin and will become better. EDIT: meant will NOT become better

Disappointing for Curtis on the personal level. He signed with the Canucks for 3 years to go home, didn’t even last a full year. Definition of a journeyman: 449 NHL games, 5 NHL teams.

Right, but if they aren’t drafted in their 2nd go-round, they do become a free agent right away, pretty sure that’s what happened with Brandon Hagel.

He's a dick who thinks he's too good for us and we hate him forever. Come on guys, follow the script and just be fans. 😜 It's pretty clear from Lysowski's article in the Buffalo News that Portillo's agent helped stickhandle this deal and he is going to sign with the Kings.

Do I even want to be here today? Not playing particularly well since the all-star break, best winger and best player out with injury, coming off a 7-1 loss to a hated rival, the playoffs in sight for the first time in a decade yet feeling like they are probably just out of reach, and a GM sticking to his plan. Could get ugly.

Well, I guess with Bjork gone we no longer needed Josh Bloom in the system to replace him.

You want a left-field prediction: Casey Mittelstadt for Thatcher Demko.

Just don’t get your sights set too high. Gibson would be far more likely, and far less likely to get people excited. I think a goalie upgrade is the biggest need and such an obvious step we haven’t talked about it much. It also has the potential to give us the biggest boost.

So that help will have to come from other sources. And just to be clear, we have 2 number #1 D and a good second-pairing guy set for years. Jokiharju and Boosh are, in my view fine on the 3rd pair, are relatively young and can be re-upped if necessary. The issue is adding another 2nd-pair guy and replenishing the pipeline alongside Johnson. We've got 4 high picks to do the latter in the long-term. And in the short-term, we have plenty of forward prospects to invest in a Nylander/Jokiharju type trade if we wish. So, I agree this needs to be addressed. I just think the path is open to get there. This. 100 per cent.

Those were supposed rough conversation starters. It was a top 5 protected. Personally, i believe Adams was unwilling to gamble a top 10 pick in this year's draft.

Big picture question: would the Sabres be better off on Oct. 1 2023 having: Traded an unprotected #1 and 2 2nds for 2 years of a Jakub Chychrun level player at $4.6 million at the deadline Traded 2 2nds for 2 years of a Jake McCabe level player at $4 million at the deadline Traded 2 2nds to rent a Dimitri Orlov level player Signed a Radko Gudas level player to a 2-year $6 milion deal in free agency Signed a Scott Mayfield level player to a 4-year $15 milion deal in free agency Signed a Damon Severson level player to a 4-year $20 milion deal in free agency Keep your powder dry to see what pops open on the trade market at the draft due to contracts and rebuilds I guess what I'm saying is, the only real problem with not trading for defence yesterday is missing out on the defencemen who have been moved. Opportunities remain and Adams will make a move when he thinks the price and timing are correct. Hopefully it's sooner, rather than later, hopefully it's for the right players at the right price. It was just over 2 years ago we had way too many RHD and only a year ago we were desperately worried about our prospect pipeline at centre ice. Defence definitely needs to be addressed, but depth charts are pretty fluid. (To answer my opening question, I haven't got a clue)