DarthEbriate

Ref: I thought Savoie played defense... and was... taller. Appert: What? No, no, no. He plays forward and defense. Like Fedorov and Dandenault. A note on Savoie: As he's from the Quebec Remparts, he's just helped win the Memorial Cup and has played with Komarov who will join the Amerks next season. He'd have to sign an extension to play with Komarov again next year, but the familiarity would be there.

If Ratzlaff were already 6'2" he'd have gone in that 2nd round run of six goalies selected.

This is the neat part. 2024-25 season in Rochester battling with Kozak for that grinder 3C role. 2024-25 could be a wild ride in Rochester. Östlund in the fold. Neuchev in a second season. Probably the final half-season showing of either Rosen or Kulich before they're both in the NHL for good. Novikov, Komarov, and Lindgren on the backend.

Good Bogg! How could we not draft a Good Bogg?

If a D hadn't been selected in the 6th, I'd have said take a flier on Kid Mitts in the 7th.

Shoots left, so that checks the balance box for handedness in the pipeline.

Matthew Mania off the board. Good name! And there went Milic.

And next year he'll have the net to himself with Milic aging out.

Whoa-ho-ho! No Milic or Suchanek late. Ratzlaff from the T-Birds. Interesting. Now I've got to budget for a bunch more games this season.

Rounds 5-7, now I need some names. Kai Uhacz, Anton Topilnyckyj, Ryan "will be" Fine, Hugo Hell, Rainiers Rullers, Elis Rix, Zeb Forsfjall, Otso Ylitalo, Aksels Ozols, Hampton Slukynsky. And early in the 5th great name: Marcel Marcel (good World Jrs tourney) goes to Chicago

The size and speed and backchecking "relentlessly" with the big league SHL club is good to see, as is the coach trusting him more from one game to the next. Outworking the opposition is always a welcome trait.

Inconsistency is what you'd expect for a 4th rounder. In a couple years, when Murray has moved on and Nadeau is established -- it'll be good to bring in the next mammoth guy in Rochester and see what he can do. Miedema is a good Star Warsy name. I hope he makes it.

Dang. There goes the name of names. Montreal has both Xhekajs. Now there are two of them!

Chicago gets Bailey, buys him out for the cap hit. Then trades for Perry, whom they can flip at the deadline to a contender and retain half the salary. But in the meantime they've got Perry and Hall to help Bedard along. Still good tanking. They've got a decent plan.

Sort of like how Eichel bunked with Moulson... McCarthy can move down the block to GM Sheevyn's. Like an apprentice.

But does he want to be here?

Except... now it's the Wenatchee Wild.

That's sort of how the entry draft works.

Could he be a right-handed Jake McCabe? Someone who is a stud as a 5/6, but with the right partner can easily handle top 4 minutes.

He's a point-per-game AHLer including time shuffling back and forth for Vegas while still rounding back into form from his ankle injury. And 1.1 pts/game in the playoffs. I don't see how that's struggling. And with the Sabres, he's being asked to play a defensive/gritty center role and he made great strides at it in a single season. I do agree with you: Rosen and Kulich have potential futures with the Sabres. But this year is not their year (even with Quinn injured). Let the kids learn to dominate in the AHL in all phases.

@LGR4GM That .25" makes the title pop.

There's the defensive-minded RHD who can be a middle pairing guy. Now go get another RHD in the 4th/5th as a project. Yayyyy

Good thing we've got a 28 goal scorer already on the roster at a good price on an expiring contract that can still be moved after Quinn gets back to health in the second half. You I'm talkin' about, "Gimme gimme gimme!"

And Krebs was dominant in juniors and captained Canada's U18 squad and scored at a point per game in the AHL playoffs, too (granted all assists). Mitts was dynamic for USA at the Worlds. They're all excellent players at the junior/international level.

Moving out Krebs and Mitts just as they're developing into competent middle 6 role players for kid rookies who still lack the strength to win puck battles and would need to be held off the ice in every 3rd period with a lead is the kind of move that would keep this team churning outside the playoff picture.