LGR4GM

Here's the thing with the 2025 draft. Basically everyone available at 8 will have some type of size or high end motor or combination thereof. They'd have to royally screw up to get Nylander 2.0 McQueen is 6'5" Desnoyers is 6'2" Martin and Bear are 6' and will eat your soul. O'Brien is 6'2" Carbonneau is 6'1" I'm probably missing someone but we should be in good shape.

I think the idea that players are intimidating others on the ice is some mythical hold over from decades ago when big goons might jump you. No one is going over the boards like "oh ***** it's Tkachuk, I feel so intimidated" in the modern nhl unless maybe you're some type of fresh faced rookie. That said, if I were Buffalo, I might slide Eklund 1 or 2 spots because he is similar to things you have. Eklund right now for me sits in the 9-12 range.

You say this but if Buffalo hadn't been stupid in 2014-2017 drafting, we'd have made the playoffs.

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Except Dahlin only had a bad year 3 because of Barf Kruger.

Ok, so we're trading Byram in your scenario.

I'd sign Byram for 4yrs at 5.5. I don't think he'll do that though.

Isn't 7.7mil being thrown around for Byram?

Power is 8 mil Dahlin is 11mil Samuelsson is 4 Byram is? 8? So roughly 32 million for 4lhd or 1/3 of your cap. That's the issue. You cannot build a team that will win a playoff round by spending 1/3 of your cap on lhd. Edit: I should say on these 4 lhd. I'm sure there's some team that's got a couple lhds that make up bunch.

Ok so you're trading Owen Power, I'm fine with that. I've said multiple times I'd trade Byram for Dobson. Since I'm not an nhl gm, I can't really give you more than that as an answer.

Was it 60%? I thought it was less but I'll take your word for it. Still, byrams stats crater away from Dahlin so is he good against top lines? Or is Dahlin?

Has to get a lot better at driving possession in favor of Buffalo. He's a #4 defender, and you want to pay him 7 mill or more a season. Also, Jokiharju was positive too, should we have kept him? You can keep Byram, but then power needs to go. Also you got any evidence at all that Byram played against other teams best?

That's great! Makes Beane look more odd from the other day. Dude literally went and got a wr the same week he melted down about being asked about wr... weird. I like this signing. He's still young. He's cheap. Decent upside.

He's gotta to get a lot better. Also that's such an indictment of how terrible buffalo's defense is. Byram is a 4 at best right now and I don't see anything saying he'll ever be a 2. How long should we wait until he figures it? How much should we get he does. Everyone shouldn't be getting 7yr deals. It's stupid and it locks you into guys that are flawed. They need to move on from Power or Byram. Keeping both is bad team building.

Except Byram isn't a good defender. He's mediocre so why keep him long term?

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Yup. He's only 1 month older than 2025 prospect victor Eklund for comparison. Luke was 6 days shy of being 2025 eligible.

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This is only for the first quarter of 2024? What was it for the full season? Just curious.

I see ppl didn't like this. It's true though.

Ok, I feel that talking about how small wgr is and how Beane is bigger implies that.

I really have no idea what you're talking about. Never said Beane owed them anything. I just reject your underlying notion that being successful puts one beyond reproach. Your implying that ppl who are rich or powerful can ***** on those who aren't which is a hierarchy I reject. Beane came on and acted defensive, aggressive, and condescending. You're arguing that's fine because wgr is smaller than the Bills. Again, I actually agree with Beanes underlying point, buffalo's defense isn't good enough. I don't think asking him about how they value wr though gives Beane a free pass to have a mini meltdown.

That's my issue though. Jeremy White did know what he was talking about and I wholeheartedly reject the notion that Beane is above being questioned in such a setting. That's not an interview then, it's just organizational propaganda. Also wtf was he calling him out for?

Ftr. I agree with Beane about needing better defense. They lose because of defense against the Chiefs.