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The tiebreaker doesn't matter for us though. It would simply flip us and Pittsburgh at 91pts each. 91... they topped 90 points with bad defense and leaky goalies.

Again, we're forgetting Tage Thompson was injured and over-valuing Mitts imo. I disagree with your idea here.

I think we may be forgetting Tage Thompson has been playing injured. No, Mitts should not be penciled in to line 1 per say but as you note, lots of lineup options. No reason to put JJP and Quinn with an emerging center imo. Give them Cozens or Tage or Mitts. We have so many wingers there's few reasons to move Tage or Cozens to wing at 5v5.

Son of a bitch. Gentlemen, ladies, we have ourselves a hockey team.

When else has Adams had a hard time closing "these things"?

Just win and get Tage a hattie

Yea... because if they had made the playoffs and lost 4-0 in the first round (they would have) these guys would have definitely kept their jobs... for sure.

There will be multiple 2nd round rhd options available with the Philly pick.

I want Levi as the backup with someone better and veteran starting 50 times next year.

Gophers list him as 6'1" 190lbs https://gophersports.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster

If true, then I have extreme fears about who is steering this ship and to where. The Leinonen pick already put me on high alert but if this is the line they feed us, they have lost the plot and don't understand NHL drafting or development which has been the Achilles heel of this franchise since 2010 in at least.

Ryan Johnson becomes a special class of Unrestricted Free Agent on August 15(?) 2023, if he does not sign with the Sabres before then. He is not draft eligible and will not be in the NHL entry draft ever again. It's the 63rd pick and they technically call it the last pick of the 2nd round but splitting hairs if we want to label it that or the first pick of the 3rd. Either way, the 63rd pick of the 2024 draft is worth much less than Ryan Johnson in a Sabres uniform in 2024. That pick if you hit on it would be ready in 2028 or 2029 and that's a long way to wait on something with no guarantee of success. If our gm is having a conversation about how the team thinks they can draft a guy at 63rd a year from now and make him better than Ryan Johnson 5 years from... the lost the plot and we need to seriously question their decision making. It makes no sense to travel that road at all.

I dont understand what you mean by "draft stock". If Johnson doesn't sign Buffalo gets the 63rd pick in the 2024 NHL draft. I'd rather have an NHL defender.

Do you want an NHL player in 2024 or do you want a 3rd round pick that might be an nhl player in 2028/9 is the question and if Buffalo is having that conversation my faith in them is in question. It's like the Leinonen pick, not good.

I agree. At 13/14 you are getting a player 2-4 years away from an nhl debut. Reinbacher I might be willing to wait on but really we need to go outside of the draft and Buffalo to acquire defense help. 13/14 overall is a big piece and we'd still have 2 2nds to add talent.

I'd bet money on Anderson starting. I think Buffalo wins too.

I have no room on my team for UPL.

NHL.com sorry if that isn't an acceptable source.

And blocked permanently. You don't really contribute much to the board so it isn't a loss. At least Perrault, who I disagree with, has ideas. You are just an empty shell incapable of anything more. Fair thee well Lazy Weave, fair thee well.

This is lazy. Very lazy. GAA went from 3.29 to 3.44 which means Buffalo went from a tie for 6th worst to a tie for... 5th worst wow. SV% went from .894% to .890% which is going from 27th UP to 25th. What other D metrics you got? I listed them when you wouldn't. You just say they are bad with no context or even showing us the numbers.

Lazy? I am asking you to look at a ***** trade list and say which ones you felt buffalo should have done. Why don't you contribute more useful discourse to this forum instead of this crap.

6th or 7th round pick if they want to add a goalie. Same goes for Suchanek if they wanted to draft him (I think he is eligible again). Most likely both go undrafted again.

It is not 2 separate questions. Should Adams bring in a legit #1 goalie like Saros or not?