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Ask and you shall receive:

Please no. Anton Wahlberg is younger than Benson. If there's one guy other than Helenius at forward we need to develop proper, it's Wahlberg. Let him stay in Rochester after a nice WJC.

Think Jack Hughes but with a better attention in the defensive end while giving up some of the flash offensively. Only saw bits and pieces of the gold game and some other highlights but Hagens is still a solid player who can transition the puck, use his hands to buy time, and has a solid shot. He's very smart too. That said, from what I've read and seen, I don't think he pulled away from the other 3 top guys, he more or less just maintained his lead on them. I'm very annoyed Misa wasn't at the tournament but Canada is dumb. That all said, we'll get mid season aka January rankings and analysis in the next week or so and it's really the first rankings we can take any stock in. I'd expect some combo of Hagens, Misa, Schaefer, and Martone for most of everyone's top 4.

The scoring on Peterka's first goal was changed. It's now Tuchs goal with JJP getting the primary assist.

Numbers tonight make the McLeod line look legit. They were very good.

Ruff said Kulich has a lbi and will be re-evaluated tomorrow. My guess is at least day to day.

Adams needs Krebs to happen. Sunk cost fallacy.

Because Adams has favorites.

Victory!

Lmfao

Hey look, that McLeod guy was out in front and JJP puts it home.

No need to punch down on a team like Buffalo

I call Miedema and overager because he's in DY+2 so he's one of the older players in his league. Him playing at a ppg pace now is fine but not exciting. Barlow, imo is the example of why the CHL agreement is bad.

Lost to what? If they are good enough, they'll be in Rochester.

I think Harrison Brunicke would have been a better pick than Kleber but we shall see.

It is time, but you are arguing we shouldn't have drafted all of these players and should have drafted something other than centers. Also I don't agree that "Several of them are performing at a better-than-could-be-hoped-for level given their draft position." all the guys I mentioned are at their draft status. They are long shots one and all. Also, you don't develop players in the NHL, certainly not 4th liners which is what most of these guys are. Why should I care if they develop with us? We have guys that are better, so am I supposed to fret that someone guy is Hagel and suddenly gets good? as Opposed to someone getting good like Wahlberg? Should I ship out Östlund so that Miedema has an AHL spot? Why? Again, this is illogical. You are saying "we should move on from these guys, to get a look at these other guys because WHAT IF!?" and I just don't see that as any sort of reason to do anything. Also this is Miedema 4th OHL year, so I understand why you don't call that an overager but he's barely doing a point per game in his 4th OHL seasons. That just screamers tweener. He's basically plateaued and that's not a great sign.

Arthur Kaliyev claimed off waivers by the NYR.

McLeod has also been put with trash linemates while Cozens has had Tuch, JJP, Tage, and Zucker for much of the year in various rotations. Beats Malestyn and Kubel for McLeod. Also McLeod may not be scoring but his actual play isn't terrible. When Cozens is off he is terrible when McLeod is off he is just average. Still doesn't change the fact that Cozens and McLeod are basically the same right now so the notion you posed of not even signing McLeod is on the surface, nuts.

Just FYI: Dylan Cozens: 40games, 8g, 12a, for 20 points and -12, he scores 0.7g/60 and gets 1.0a/60 Ryan McLeod: 40games, 6g, 12a, for 18pts and a +/-0, he scores 0.6g/60 and gets 1.2a/60 But Ryan McLeod shouldn't be re-signed and is a 4th liner and isn't that good and etc... funny how perceptions shift based on recency bias. Both players have similar xGF too. Now Cozens has 102 TOI for PP compared to 4mins for McLeod. My point being is quite simple, we view Cozens as a different level of player but instead maybe McLeod and Cozens are a similar level of player aka middle 6 centers. For those who don't know, /60 above refers to goals or assists per 60minutes of ice time in all situations. Basically this season, these 2 are producing points at almost exactly the same rates.

I say he does it.

Sure but you can't trade a 1st round pick for really good NHL players. You have to add these days. It's why trading for McLeod makes sense, you can trade a former 1st round pick for that. In 2021 they should have drafted Cossa IMPO but Rosen wasn't much of a reach, the next defender to go is Ceulemans and then Lambos 10 picks later. Are we arguing Buffalo should have drafted a defender instead of Rosen? In 2022 the biggest ***** up was taking Leinonen when Noah Warren, Luca Del Bel Belluz and Seamus Casey were all still on the board. Also missed out on Tristan Luneau. 2023, you take Benson and punch old ladies on the way to the stage to do it. I don't here anyone complaining about Wahlberg in the 2nd and then we take a defender in Strbak. I think I can argue that Andrew Gibson would have been a doog pick but Detroit got him before we picked again and Wahlberg is probably the better choice. Sabres take another defender in McCarthy in the 3rd. Really since Buffalo got their drafting in order in 2022, they haven't done much that is awful, except Leinonen, that was stupid. They have drafted a decent mix of forawrds and defense. They also seem to realize the truth of the matter which is good "stay at home" (hate that term because it isn't how the NHL works in 2025) defenders can be found quite easily in rounds 2 and 3 but goal scoring forwards basically only come from the top of the draft.

Probably. Savoie is a winger in the NHL IMPO. Kulich is known for his shot not his playmaking, Östlund certainly is a playmaker. Rosen is a winger. Really you are looking at Helenius and Östlund as 2-way playmaking centers. That's about it in the system.