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Oh, I wouldn't quite say that. We may not, but I wouldn't say that in June.

Unless one is part of a trade going out, I don't see how the Sabres bring in a 2W. Where would they play? Are you demoting Skinner, Benson, JJP, Quinn, or Tuch? Actually, which 2 are you putting on the 3rd line, keeping in mind the chances of Zach Benson being worse in 2024 are basically 0. Adams could surprise us with a blockbuster trade, I just haven't seen him be motivated to do that since he decided on his core.

I think Quinn is smarter, grittier, and better in every aspect of the game compared to Peterka with the exception of perhaps JJP is faster. This board WILDLY downplays Quinn's grit because instead of big hits, he does much subtler things to separate his opposition from the puck and gain body position.

My guess? They produce super low quality crap because it is cheap. They used the savings to bid high on these contracts with sports leagues who also see a bump in profit because Fanatics is smart enough to give them some of that cheap savings goodness. Sports leagues are run by morons for the most part who only think in dollars and cents so they see the increased profit on a fanatics jersey over an adidas one and think, WIN! Of course the market could dictate otherwise, at some point quality matters more than price and I know I specifically just bought a jersey because I won't buy fanatics anything. In the end it is basically NHL, MLB etc... saying "what are fans going to do? more money for us" and fanatics being like "yea dog!" My go to brand for hockey stuff is 47 brand apparel. They always make a good quality product and their shirts and sweaters are awesome.

The team should have been good last year and Adams should have made that happen. I don't give a flying rat***** anymore about timelines, either Adams gets us in the playoffs or Terry sells the team and we burn the front office down. Enough is enough. If Kevyn Adams is on some mythical timeline of Devon Levi being good, fire his sorry loser ass into the sun along with Terry's. This team didnt miss the playoffs because of Devon Levi. They missed the playoffs because of Adams incompetence, Granato's stupidity, and a team full of privileged children who thought they just had to show up and would make the playoffs.

Remember if you want a jersey to buy it now because they are about to be trash "Fanatics is expected to start producing their own jerseys in time for 2026-27."

I do. Of course if Quinn has another year where he can't stay healthy that will change because the best ability is availability What? We didn't make the playoffs last because we were absolutely atrocious at generating HD chances and at scoring goals due to Granato destroying the system he built and making our transition game non existent. Levi didn't do that.

Fanatics is trash

This is why I think NHL scouts are stupid: "You just worry sometimes with people from those non-traditional countries, but there are some good traits there.” – Western Conference scout, May 2024" I don't care if you come from the Sahara desert, if you can play hockey you can play hockey.

I've decided that Carter Yakemchuk is Rasmus Ristolainen and I don't want anything to do with it. I could 100% be wrong here as Yakemchuk has a ton of offensive tools but just watching shift by shift tape and it doesn't look right. The tracking data I've seen backs it up, I would draft him in the late teens but not at 11.

No you don't

Pronman mock draft https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5531872/2024/06/05/nhl-mock-draft-2024-celebrini-levshunov/ I have made no bones about how much I don't like Pronman's rankings but it still gives us things to talk about and there is a fun Sabres note in here. Mack Celebrini Artyom Levshunov Anton Silayev Cayden Lindstrom Ivan Demidov Sam Dickinson Carter Yakemchuk Zeev Buium Berkly Catton Beckett Sennecke Tij Iginla (Pronman: Several NHL team sources think Buffalo is a strong candidate to trade their pick.) Konsta Helenius I don't see any logicaly way Tij Iginla makes it past Calgary at 9. That would be the perfect spot to take him in. That said, I think it is interesting there is industry chatter about Buffalo trading the pick as that indicates to me there are multiple conversations around that. As always, talking about it and doing it are 2 different things.

There's a chance Quinn is the best forward on the team in 2024.

***** it. Florida in 5.

Ftr, I don't have an issue in trading for Tkachuk. He'd change the team complexion.

You're missing my point. Mitts had runway to get better. Skinner is 32, he's not changing or growing, he is what he is. You're also ignoring ppl have correctly evaluated what he is and wish to move on. I'd personally keep him until next summer and then buyout or trade him now.

Cuz Josh Bloom will most likely be a tweener and we've got 100 other forward prospects.

this time?

I guess I just value Quinns ability to take pucks away

Remember, every team is in town for the combine.

You are focusing on 1 thing while ignoring others. Quinn is better defensively than Tkachuk. I would wager he will probably score more goals as well because I think Quinn is smarter and has a better shot. In that video there are 16 hits, 5 result in a change of possession and the Sens lost that game. Quinn cuts the hands of the opposition to gain control of the puck and Tkachuk is trying to shoulder check to get control, different approaches with different results but I stand by vehemently what I said. Jack Quinn can be as good as Takchuk. Of course Quinn needs to stay healthy to prove that.

So you agree it was dumb, I am not sure what we are even talking about then