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Good! But im sure the “Trade Dahlin” thread is not too far away

And Sorokin was great!

Islanders are getting some really good goaltending. That’s what you need to win

How about just no trades? Let's just keep all our picks and go from there. GM's want to win fast, but that seems to lead to more losing. Short term thinking doesn't work out well

It would be hard to trade Sam, cause he only has a year left, so the trade would all have to be worked out with contracts, but it could happen, I suppose. Jack is hurt, so that throws a monkey wrench in that.

They won't be gone. Neither will be traded, IMO. Sam will walk after next year, Jack is our property for the foreseeable future

He sure looks like a natural goal scorer, great shot, finds the soft spot in the defense. He is a good player and goal scorer, at least so far. Kyle? He really did look better under Donny G. Not sure he pots 20 again though

No love for R2?

1 Donny G 2 Same as end of this season 3 Yes 4 No one 5 No one --maybe the top pick 6 Well, since I have a crystal ball 😇Ullmark resigned, Halak brought in, and by some miracle Sabastian Cossa makes it to Sabres second rough pick and we nab him. 7 Yes, Casey will have a back issue and miss 10 games, Ollie will break a finger and miss 11 games but Jeff Skinner will play every game! 8 Oh yes, Sam will start off slow again, but he will be fine 9 Not sure what this is 😐

Assuming no big trades, I can see a bunch of players that could hit that mark. Jack, Sam, Ollie, R2, Casey, Tage, Asplund (he had seven this year in under half a season) Skinner? and Bjork Thats nine players with possible 20 goal potential. That’s good! Even if only five hit that mark, that’s pretty good. Of course injuries, ice time and just simple set backs happen. If Casey, Jack, Sam and Ollie stay healthy I’m sure that’s at least four players right there who will most likely break the 20 goal mark. Say what hat you want, but there is potential here for a really good team.

With all the draft picks we have this year, one extra in both second and third round, I wonder if there is any thought of trading back into first round and grabbing one of the two goalies highly ranked in the draft. Maybe if they start getting into high teens and one is still available we make a move. If not, I sure hope they grab a goalie with one of those picks or even later in the draft. There should always be more than a few goalies in the pipeline.

I think he hit his head on the ice. It was late but didn’t seem vicious, unless he hit him in face?

And swap first round picks, too.

I'll have to look him up!

Would you trade down and...gasp...pick the goalie? Jesper Wellstedt?

Ummm...I don't see it that way. Give me a team with solid defensemen and you have a good team (as long as goaltending is solid) . I don't think you can have enough of them, myself. It takes longer for them to develop because it's such a hard position to play. I won't complain if they take a forward, but if there is a better defenseman we should take him.

There is a road not far from where I live that I am on every so often. Derek Roy scored a goal while I was driving on that road. For some reason I always thing of Roy-Boy whenever I am driving on that road.

If the best player is a d-man, I'd take a d-man. Talent is talent

Brayden Pointe and Nikota Kucherov ain't big

I know, first thing he said.

Wow, what a disaster for Washington

What are you thinking if we have second or third pick?

Yikes! No clue.

Draft lottery odds: 1. Buffalo Sabres (18.5 percent) 2. Anaheim Ducks (13.5) 3. Seattle Kraken (11.5) 4. New Jersey Devils (9.5) 5. Columbus Blue Jackets (8.5) 6. Detroit Red Wings (7.5) 7. San Jose Sharks (6.5) 8. Los Angeles Kings (6.0) 9. Vancouver Canucks (4.5) 10. Ottawa Senators (3.5) 11. Calgary Flames (3.0) 12. Arizona Coyotes (2.5)* 13. Chicago Blackhawks (2.0) 14. Philadelphia Flyers (1.5) 15. Dallas Stars (1.0) 16. New York Rangers (0.5) *Arizona must forfeit its first-round pick for violating the NHL's combine testing policy Commentary on Sabres: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2943422-nhl-draft-lottery-2021-date-odds-and-latest-regular-season-standings Other odds: So who do you want at 1 2. 0r 3? Or do you want to trade down and pick the goalie Jesper Wallstedt? lol, just throwing that out there to stir the pot, sorry. But... http://www.tankathon.com/nhl/mock_draft Tankathon has us taking Owen Powers number one