DarthEbriate

The Pear?

For those of us scoring at home, the two picks traded to move up to get Ziemer include the 5th rounder acquired for Okposo. Okposo --> begets --> Ziemer

Isn't development spacing implied by draft year? Or rather, development spacing is implied in our mandate.

Yup. It was a choice. Multiple times they made the choice to tank and rebuild and stay way below the cap. The players and their agents know it.

Trading up. Super important player coming!

But spent way, way, way less to acquire than TB sent to Nashville for him originally.

Even Jeannot had a modified NTC with 16 teams. It's very unlikely he was going to allow himself to join this decade-long trainwreck.

Simple... they'll just re-sign Girgs and move him to center (where he's not nearly as good as at wing). Problem solved!

If Sergachev and Marino don't have Buffalo on their lists for their NTCs.

Or in the Sabres Way... re-sign them for 2.2M and then again for more 2.5M in the case of Girgensons.

And Marino. And for only a few picks. Remade their top 4.

After sleeping on it, I don't hate the pick, and I do like the player. His combine was good; he translated for other kids and has a personality. He's a solid 200' center who projects as a center. I simply would've taken Eiserman and Brandsegg-Nygard before him. Maybe he's a 2C in 2028. My thought is cross-draft. If you've got Geekie and Nazar (2022); Sillinger (2021); and Rossi, Perfetti, and Lundell (2020) all on the same board, where does Helenius fit amongst them?

NHL ready vs. playing in the NHL are two different things. There's a 4C spot open on the roster right this moment.

This little one is not worth the effort. Now, let me get you something...

No sir I don’t like it. His butt is too smooth.

The tailor followed an old scouting report and thought he was only 5'8".

Thankfully, thankfully not. I was just hoping for the silliness.

Before anything is announced... Is a major move trading back from 11, and getting a 2nd, then trading a 2nd and 14 to get back to 12. Just treading water. Always be treading! I made lots of trades and I didn't drown.

He said he wants to be here in Buffalo?

So the Sabres could've drafted Buium to pair with Byram.

Getting lower and lower. But never tell me the odds.

So many mock drafts had 6 D in the top 10 and that just seemed excessive. Yakemchuk was a surprise to be sure (and if the Sabes stay at 14 there's one more really good player available).

The Kraken stay local and take the Spokane guy.

The answer: none. None more falling.