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Git ‘er done, KA…. Is he available? And why would that be?

Binghamton would be a nice spot for a Sabre farm team. But I doubt many Sabre prospects would play there…. Too few really…. I don’t know why the Sabres are changing though, maybe they plan on sending more there? Make sure it is a competitive team as well? After the draft, we probably have more prospects then…. IDK? How many Sabre prospects played for Cincy? My guess is four. And none of them were actually Sabre prospects. More like Amerk prospects….

I don’t care what we get as long as the value is there. A first, a player, a part of a player, makes no difference to me….. but I’ll be disappointed if it’s a 2nd or less…. I think he’s worth at least a 2nd and 3rd….

I’d be super excited if KA got us that big #4 RHD, a vet goalie and a face-off winning scrappy center that can put the puck in the net. A center built for playoff hockey. Can you imagine? How much better our defense will be compared the defense that played at the beginning of last season or even the end of it? Being strong in goal? I mean, really strong. I am certain our #2 line is going to make a substantial jump next season with Quinn - Cozens - JJP all a year older and bigger. Then give Casey a real good center to partner with. Maybe put Jost, Krebs or Rousek at #3 RW…. Who knows, maybe Kulich? With two vets, Kulich might be able to pull it off… Finish it ll off with a Miles Wood addition. I mean, why not?

We’ll get a look at the 2023 draftees and maybe read about a new Buffalo Sabre or three acquired by trade or free agency…. It ought to be a loaded prospect roster…. Exciting time to be a Sabre fan…. Oh, and it’s 4th of July weekend…. Recalling great times on the beaches of Buffalo…. : )

I feel like Quinn and JJP are just about sure things and that that line of Quinn - Cozens - JJP is going to make a big jump next season. Maybe not at first, but eventually they’ll all be putting up points together.

The Sabres have to draft BPA and keep doing well in the draft going…. Weigh where they are and possible move around the draft to get them. I want a big forward in the first round. Hopefully there is at least one D-man worth a spot in the second round. Hopefully we end up with at least three by the time the draft is over…. I hope we find a goalie worth a pick as well…. We still don’t what we have in a lot of our prospects. You get better by drafting BPA…..You get better by competition. Let’s make Rochester bust at the seams with talent. This will allow us to have plug and play players coming up in a couple -three years….Win a Calder Cup then a Stanley Cup…. plus I don’t want rookies playing on the Sabres this year unless they are truly ready. Let them fully develop (as much as they can at least) in Rochester. We give the Sabres two to three of the right vets this year and we can go deep into the playoffs…. Everyone knows we need a big, tough #4 stay at home RHD. Maybe it’s best that we add a vet goalie to lead the team. Maybe we need a veteran forward to build a superior NHL third line. Give Casey a guy that he can really connect with…. If we did we these two or three things correctly this year we should not only go to the playoffs, but win in the playoffs.

But you can still find D-men in the draft…..

It’s way bigger if you count the five rookies from last year and by all means you should…. it’s just a crazy long list of talent going all the way to pick 13 this year…. Were definitely getting another good forward to add to the group. Then we are going to get a bunch of defensemen to shore our defensemen prospects group.

That Sabres team were the equal of that Dallas team. In fact, I think Belfour outplayed Hasek in the final.

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Our goal next season is to win the cup as it should every season. That’s what I want to hear. Get us the right #4 D-man while keeping our top six from this year so that Stillman is #7. I’ll let KA call the goalie situation as I’m not sure what the best path is. Definitely get a really rough & tumble fourth liner that can play. Possibly get a third line center that is excellent at face offs, is a vet leader and has won a cup…. This player will also give us excellent depth. But I could see the Sabres go with last year’s squad at center and use the Rochester boys for depth…. The draft: BPA purely in first two rounds (ignoring tiny players) then draft size and toughness….(if it’s there….) Let’s get some bangers in the system. Go Sabres!

But can we? I would only trade Ollie for something good…. Say Ollie and Comrie and a low pick for a true, big and strong and fierce stay-at-home D-man with character…. I think both Ollie and Comrie have value…. Comrie is still young and not bad and goal scoring is extremely hard to come by. Extremely hard. Ollie is also a character guy. Thinking it through, If we were to trade him it probably is for his sake more than ours and the return won’t be that big similar to Asplund but not that low of course…. Summers coming, we have work to do…. We probably don’t get that #1 goalie….I hope we do though… And that we get really good. We probably don’t get a #3 center either…. But that #4 D-man, a perfect fit guy, is a must. So is making Stillman the #7 D-man. He will stay play over 40 games as the 7th so that’s not too big of a demotion.