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He's never made the playoffs. His contract handouts are questionable. His teams have gotten worse each of the last 3yrs. He admitted he got Byram just cuz. He admitted he's never gotten a partner for Power. He drafted Quinn over Rossi. He promoted Appert and is grooming him for HC. He lied about the previous coach search. He's a self defeating poor leader. So Terry Pegula, why TF is Adams still GM?

We can reasonably assume these players will be gone: Schaefer, Misa, Hagens, Desnoyers, Martone, Frondell. There's ways to get Martin to 9 but him going 7 or 8 makes sense if the upwards trend of the last month continues. If he's gone you can take McQueen or Bear. Those are likely the best options.

I don't love Mrtka. His outlet passing is questionable. His offensive zone game is just ok. Really he's a #3/4 defender with good gap control and some physicality. If he was 3" shorter, he'd be a late teens early 20s pick. I hope for 2 things to happen now. McQueen goes in the top 8 and anther defender goes top 8 as well. Maybe something like: Schaefer, Misa, Desnoyers, Hagens, Martone, McQueen, Smith, Frondell, then Buffalo.

I think character matters for bpa or the characteristics of how you play. For example, I value Bear and Martin more than O'Brien even though the latter might score more nhl points. To your point on defenders, I think 2 will go top 8. I just don't believe we'll see 7 forwards taken after Schaefer.

He's closer to 170 now but that doesn't really matter to your og point. It's possible they draft him at 9 but I personally feel that they'll lean in other directions.

5'11" but I wouldn't count out Victor Eklund. He's a fiesty chaos creator. That said I think we'll look elsewhere. Eklund isn't going to fit their profile impo.

I've basically always argued for guys that can play in the muck, like Benson. I think being tough and battling is a very important hockey trait. I don't equate it with size like just about 90% of this board it seems. I'm looking for heart, miles and miles of heart. I think Martin and Bear have that. McQueen might but he gets injured so that's tough. Eklund has it too. Helenius and Zeimer fall into this as well. Toughness in the NHL today needs to be a pack mentality. Lindy Ruff talked about that at one point this year. You get their by finding those players in the draft and via trade.

No. Dylan Cozens is just bad defensively and the league figured that out. You need team toughness, which is what Florida has. The "manhandling" didn't intimidate Tampa, it out worked Tampa. You're babbling on like it's 1987 and we need some 4th line fighter to protect Gretzky. Quick question, how old are you? When did you first watch hockey? I'm working on a theory. To the bold, keep that up, see how far it gets you with me.

Lol. Keep on keeping on.

What if, and stay with me, we put the pick in a package with other assets. Ik ik Adams isn't good enough for that but we can dream.

Lol. Good luck.

"I assumed that you were suggesting keeping Adams somehow led to us not winning." Yes, I am suggesting that keeping Adams has kept the team from winning games. Hook. Line. Sinker.

Keeping Kevyn Adams, has literally, kept us from winning. We've gotten worse every year for 3 straight years under his uninspired, frail, weak, and otherwise poor leadership. You walked into that one. So you dislike Zack Benson?

Jumping down? Just take him at 9.

This is such a stupid response to what I said. It's conflating losing the lottery (random event) with being annoyed that the 5 time failure of a GM is still around (not random, Pegula keeping his lackey)

Doesn't exist but unless we draft a 6'5" 280lb player, about 80% of this board will bitch they are small and totally ignore how they play.

After the u18s, probably. Carter Bear will still be there. Maybe Jake O'Brien. Victor Eklund. Justin Carbonneau.

Kevyn Adams very clearly still Sabres GM We're a fake franchise

I will burn things.

Martin is a center. I don't think he'll be there at 9.

Because the islanders and the Utah won the lottery and jumped us.

We pick at 9th

Trade the pick.