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Hmm... what? Agree/disagree?

Judging by their 2023 draft, I think internally they knew.

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Im sorry but Jason Karmanos has won multiple cups. He's the mentor in that room and has been since Adams hired him. He's got 25yrs of front office experience.

Nygard!!!!

Jeff isn't interested in waiving his NMC. Sensed is just semantics.

What you're saying is we don't have a Connor so he doesn't want to come here?

okay I went and looked up Jiricek's draft profile on 3 places. Skating stride needs work, not enough knee bend, and pace of play was a criticism. Now having a knee injury, could come back with a far improved stride and maybe pace will pick up. That said, Michael Brandsegg-Nygård! lol, I am locked into this schtick now.

did he? but did he?

Didn't he sign Darnell Nurse to that absurd contract?

Who knows!?!? Dude hasn't played since December.

TBH, I don't think I know more about the draft than anyone in particular. I just have more opinions about the draft, if that makes sense.

It depends on where you are in the draft. Top 5, no it almost never makes any sense to pick up an extra 2nd and move down. Drafting 1st overall and getting say pick 37 to move back to pick 4 or something doesn't make sense in my mind.

Depends on the draft, what you get, how far you move down, etc. The draft value drops quick as you move back in the first round.

You dug up a post from 3 years ago? In this draft, yes it is fine. This draft is a bit odd and also, it depends on if they use that asset they got to improve the team now. I think trading down from 11 to 14 is very different than trading from 9 to 11 if that makes sense. In this particular draft however, I think there is a tier from about 8-16ish maybe even 18, so it doesn't bother me much.

This, right here, is the biggest concern with Nygard.

Trouba wants to stay in NY for family reasons. Dreger mentioned in on WGR earlier today, so I am not convinced Buffalo would be on that list. Nice short and direct flight from Buffalo to NYC.

If Adams made this trade the draft guys have already assured him that at 11 or 14 the options present similar upside.