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That's a stupid trade. Rust has mediocre defensive metrics and plays with Crosby. Helenius is a natural center... and we have to drop in the draft. It's a cap clear for Pitt. Trading Helenius for a 33yr old winger is dumb dumb stuff.

If Buffalo loses 20g from its scoring, which mean Norris is only good for the 9 more than the 11 Dylan "can't shoot for *****" Cozens got us, Buffalo would rank 16th in goals for. If Buffalo drops 20goals against that brings them from 3rd worst to 8th worst. Buffalo needs goal reduction badly.

With an extension handshake

This just isn't true. If you told me there was a deal for 9, Helenius, Byram for Robertson, I doubt many would blink at it.

Im not that interested in Rust to be truthful.

So I get 12 and Rust for 9 and Rosen?

It's perfectly okay to actually use the pick. You can still trade a prospect after you draft him.

Emil Heinimem is the prospect

Idk if bad is the word but questionable is. I think that applies to both guys.

Carter Bear is a lw/c ... we could use one of those in the pipeline, just saying.

Helenius + Byram better bet a hell of a lot more than just Kyrou.

No

Sal just had Belle Fraser on from Utah talking about the trade and that was a great listen.

I think one thing to think about if they use 9, is that mrtka isn't as important to Buffalo with Kesselring in the fold. Jackson Smith has really slid in consensus rankings so he's gonna be available.

Frondell at least to me, isn't dynamic. Yes the shot is, but his skating, passing, handling, defense are all just fine. He just seems like one of these guys who's a good puck protector with a great shot who's gonna give you 30g, 30a at his peak and I need more at 2nd overall.

You can just match the offer

12hrs or so

There's a lot belief that no Def will go between Schaefer and 9.

I'll stand by this. There's a bunch of guys from like 33-55 I could rank but honestly, I couldn't tell you much about who's better. It's more like pick your traits. With Kesselring on the team, I think it frees up Buffalo to focus on things other than RHD. I'd probably take a lhd, and a few bigger forwards. We have two 4ths and three 7ths so a goalie makes sense too.

Here we are. Draft Day.

Sign him, give him pp time, play him with Dahlin.

This made me curious. JJ Peterka started on the offensive zone 55.8% of the time at 5v5 and 65.8% of the time for all TOI.

We traded scoring for defense/grit

I'd be interested in Hagel if he's moved.