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I think, to me at least, it's clear this is a "we'll see" year. They're gonna run all this crap back and if it works cool, if not they'll can everyone and start over under Kekalainen.

Status quo nonsense. This team refuses to face the facts and just wants to add 3 guys and run it back.

Lindy gives me a glimmer of hope.

Yea ... no Detroits window isn't opening

Jordan Greenway needed another surgery... that sounds great.

Flip Doan with Greenway. Benson - Norris - Thompson Quinn - McLeod - Tuch Zucker - Kulich - Doan Danforth - Krebs - Greenway

61-23=38

Here's Kevyn's interview: "We made a lot of good moves and were excited and I think there's potential and Terry gives us resources and trades are hard and we're tougher to play against"

Zach Benson is listed at his combine weight, so either he's still 170lbs 28 months after the combine or 4 strippers and a horse are going to light the Olympic torch. Dear Kevyn, why the ***** are you still here? Lindy, why the ***** are your assistant coaches still here?

You get to keep the M too

8 goalies in camp is about 4 too many. Ik it gets paired down quick but oof. Mrtka should be fun to watch. Wonder if he gets a couple preseason games.

The Sabres being too lazy to update the heights and weights on this speaks to how the entire operation works.

Wednesday I think.

This team is fubar unless several players simply will them to victory. I have no faith in UPL. None in Wilford. A smidgen in Ruff. Deck is stacked against them.

Novikov should be given a chance to make the Buffalo roster. He's better than Bryson and maybe better than Samuelsson.

Thank you, very much appreciated

It's not even physicality. He's passive. He sits and waits and let's others dictate play which he then reacts to. Some NHL ppl are about to learn Zach Benson.

Yea you can. Mrtka, Kleber, Komarov, McCarthy, Strbak, Bedkowski, Simon-Pier Brunet. That's 7 RHD all 6'2" or bigger from the last 3 drafts. And Trethewey is also a rhd, he's just better than Bedkowski but 6'2"

Let's go live to "players Buffalo should have drafted instead" Charlie Trethewey Luca Romano Owen Martin Cameron Schmidt And Adam Benak. Thanks everyone for coming.

What consequences, in your opinion, should Mair face for his actions?

My point isn't some harsh criticism of the Sabres drafting, it is a note that Buffalo needs to make sure they are scouting forwards better because they don't have enough in the pipeline. Personally I would bet money that after the 2022 draft and 2023 where they took 4 forwards with 1st round picks, Adams and the braintrust down there were like "oh we need RHD! We better draft some" and have let that bias pervade their process. They probably haven't even realized it yet. Keep in mind this is not a criticism of drafting Mrtka this past year, he's a good pick with a lot of potential.

BPA is a myth, truthfully. And the Sabres certainly are not getting the best players available. Other teams routinely out-draft them and have far better success because of it. That's neither here nor there. In the first 4 rounds of the last 3 drafts, Buffalo has selected: 7 defenders 6 forwards 1 goalie In the top 2 rounds the last 3 drafts Buffalo has selected: 3 D and 3 F Some might look at that and say "well that seems balanced" and sure except there are 12 forward spots and only 6 Defense spots. On top of that you are talking about a team that has Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power. So there are only 4 defense spots. The Sabres have and continue to overdraft Defense including 5 RHD in the last 3 drafts in the first 3 rounds.

We've barely used high picks on forwards the last 2 years.