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Mrtka is better with more offense.

Hard to have confidence in the management group

Idk if I'd go that far.

It's my motto. Tattooed on my... well never mind.

It's cliche but there's a ton of untapped potential there. Schaefer, Smith, Mrtka/Aitcheson Only 1 of them shoots right.

Knew we were in trouble when Bettman opened by blabbing about how amazing it was with them new fangled video chat thingies

Mrtka received the following 'superlatives' from EP for the 2025 draft: #1 : best shutdown defender #2 : best neutral zone defender #4 : best puck moving defender #5 : best offensive defensemen

It is. It's just not sexy. Lots of... "that's fine" in the Sabrehood this week.

Here's Mrtka smiling since apparently that's a talking point or something.

No idea what the thumbs down is for Thorny. Is it the Kevyn Adams joke or telling you Cole Reschny's height? Maybe we'll get lucky and Nestrasil will fall to us.

Ok now trade Byram to St Louis for Kyrou and Carbonneau

I think mrtka competes. Energy... not like the 2 you mentioned. Skill, idk I go back n forth on his skill. Yes he does.

Carter Bear

Kinda like Kevyn Adams He's also only 5'10.75" and 180lbs.

No it isn't. He's perfectly fine as a pick at #9 though.

Schaefer, Aitcheson, and Eklund is pretty solid work.

Hagens went to Boston

Should add Mrtka is a June bday so his younger for this class. You kinda hope he has the Dickinson glow up next year and then you're feeling good about the pick. It's not a bad pick, he's probably the 3rd best defenseman in this draft.

If I were the Sabres I certainly wouldn't be drafting anymore rhd this draft Mrtka, Strbak, Komarov, McCarthy, Kleber and they added Kesselring. Not all of them will be nhl guys but man is there a bit of a jam.

Ok Mrtka had a consolidated ranking of 12, so getting him at 9 isn't a reach... looking at you Nesbitt. Mrtka does a few things very well. He's an active scanner and you'll see that in highlights. He's looking to find what's coming. He's also very active with his stick where he'll strip pucks and fire them up ice. Of course his passing ranges from really nice to wtf and it gives me Ristolainen vibes. His skating has the typical 18yr old and tall issues with pivots but he's getting better. His recover ability and balance are pretty solid and his agility is there just needs work. In his own zone he's good at ending plays and shutting off walls but sometimes he loses coverage or gets walked. His offensive game is fine, he can hit open lanes but he won't manipulate them open. Overall, right now he's a 2nd pair who probably splits possession about 50/50. The size is nice and he's got flashes of awesome but he also has flashes of Risto with bad passes and occasionally stone hands. I'd leave him in the WHL for another year and see if you can get him on a college team for a couple years after that. In 4 years if he works hard and irons out his game, he'll be a strong #3 or maybe a #2.

What Philly just did is stupid. Really stupid. Zachary Senyshyn stupid. Carter Bear goes to Detroit... sigh Mrtka won't sniff the nhl for 3 years, it hurts nothing. Ekblad? I mean we can still draft more massive rhds in round 2 this year.

We didn't draft the 2nd best defensive prospect though.