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Ik right? I feel really good about our defense as it stands.

Connor Clifton

Neuchev is 5'11" but was listed at 6'2" originally.

I don't think Kane is even a blip on Adams radar.

I love Novikov. I think with the defensive depth in Buffalo now both Ryan and Nikita will be in Rochester for the majority or all of the year. Next year they will have chances to join the Sabres depending on what they do with Lybushkin and Erik Johnson.

2 years, whatever the 2nd round pick offer sheet compensation is

What I read made it sound like it was 2, 2023 2nds

Leafs had an offer for 2 second round picks for their first and turned it down to select a late 2nd round guy. My guess is that offer was Buffalo but I think there are a few other options.

Offer sheet Swayman

Nikita Novikov is the prospect I am most interested in this season. He has almost 100 KHL games under his belt, isn't 20 until July 25th and is a beast of a kid at 6'4" 195lbs already. I am curious to see if there is more offense hidden there and what he looks like in the AHL, a league that is probably a step below the KHL in skill.

I think that top point is a really key point. Comparing a guy to their league peers and team peers should really give you a feel for what they could become. Also, I found my Benson comparable, Seth Jarvis. 5'10" 98pts in his draft year, plays a good 2way game, was drafted 13th overall.

Meaning 2024?

Oh man, I'm just envisioning a year from now with Benson on the 3rd line and Krebs as his center. Give them Kulich and they'll stir up some ***** Normally I'd agree, but most teams don't have Dahlin and Power

Connor Clifton is a number 4.

I'll add on a bit. Kane uses stick handling to beat you and then his skating to exploit that. Benson has lesser handling but better manipulation. It's basically 6 to 1 versus half a dozens. Kane attacks you, handles, beats. Benson attacks the space near you, gets you into that space, then either handles or passes to beat. Kane had a better shot and was faster. Now others have already mentioned this but Kane didn't post a ton of defense in Jr's and that's a stark contrast to Benson. Benson is one of if not the best 2way forward in this draft class. His stick checks are borderline brilliant for timing and how he does it. Benson also cuts through the hands of forwards when he can, that disrupts the handling. Benson also is insanely smart in all zones, he works vertical and horizontal when he comes back. He understands how defense is layered and how you exploit it. Kane was a Ferrari. Benson is like a Hellcat. It Benson were 5'11" he would have gone top 8.

I'd just like to add, I think if you track historically the Canadian Juniors scoring, it's trended down as defensive systems and players cut up to the high skilled forwards. That said, I haven't actually looked and might be full of *****.

You can challenge, I'm just not sure how you haven't seen the questions about Benson. Tone sucks in message boards so hope you don't think I'm upset or something. I think Benson falling in the draft considering who those 5 teams picked, means exactly that they didn't like Benson. You don't take Nate Danielson if you don't question Benson for example.

I think with Quinn injured we could see 8 defense on the roster and 7 playing for a little bit. I think Ryan Johnson goes to Rochester because he'll need the time and experience but by end of year he might be getting callups If Samuelsson gets hurt, Johnson actually makes sense as his replacement. Eventually

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I think Comrie plays more games for the Sabres in 2023 than UPL.

This is the strangest hill I've ever seen anyone want to die on. Who are the gms: Montreal, Arizona, Washington, Detroit, and St. Louis all doubted him. Pronman does, that's been quoted in multiple threads. You can go through the Benson thread or the nhl draft thread for ppl questioning Benson. You can check out Twitter after the pick or go listen the wgr callers. I didn't say everybody and you clearly wanna fight over such an innocuous statement. Ppl doubt Benson, I don't.

No, he's not.

There's an entire thread of it, about 5 nhl gms, large swathes of Twitter.

Gibson sucks. I'll bet 50 charity dollars Levi has a better sv% this year.

Tarasenko is going to play with his buddy Orlov