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Really sad news for the sport. My condolences to the family and for everyone involved. I had the pleasure of shaking his hand once, truly a gentleman. Lost one of if not the best!

I'm blown away that Puljujarvi could be in play, that's all classic worlds of dumb. You take him and run. Especially when you have a good movement heading into next year. They might feel more comfortable at 8-10 going Jost, McLeod, Brown for more of a second tier center.

Peters and Rivet, still gushing over Rick Nash :sick:. I would take Okposo for free without giving up assets for a player with too much $$.

I agree, the notion of giving up a slightly flawed but solid top four defensemen and #8 to Edmonton of all teams for #4 is ludicrous. If they want to accept Bogosian and #38 sure, but you're asking for pigs to fly with a top 4 defensemen locked up and a top 10 pick in a weak draft for #4 to get Tkachuk seems unfathomable. There has to be some sort of realistic view by TMGM, I doubt he'd hand them that package.

I apologize, I didn't mean to say finesse, I should have said puck moving offensive D. You're right, he was a physical specimen at the combine last year.

Yes, and Glover was a dolt.

+1, he's a pain in the ass to play against, and if you add him to your top six in combination of Evander you have two players not afraid to go into the rough areas. He's not going to be worth his cap figure, but if you get him at around $6M, and he's willing to come to Buffalo you have to consider it. I have no love for him from his Bruins days of course.

Makarov was going to go back the KHL. There is literally no staying power in his game. He's never been consistent since his post junior play. He would have had to prove his way and doubters the entire way to earn a spot even as a back-up, ala Jonas Enroth.

Yeah, when expecting an HBO Ian MacShane, that's not the type of role one envisions. However, things that I liked: Sansor Clegaine! Arya gets something to surmount, because I doubt she dies. She's going to kill someone major.

That makes a lot of sense, it's just whether Chiarelli believes he's what they need to fix their defensive woes. Getting #4, and having #8, would allow us to take Tkachuk and whatever D falls. I would love that situation.

Trouba is a much more physical presence than Barrie, but for what we need Barrie is definitely the better fit albeit another RHD. If we're moving for a younger D (RFA), Bogo has to be included I would imagine.

I can see why Nylander is appealing and BPA is probably the most plausible argument for this area of the draft. I just look and see the teams that win year in and year out and its based on mobility in defense, fluidity of transition and that championships are built on the health and depth/strength of your defense. Nylander would make a lot of sense for sure. I don't even dislike him as a prospect. I will look more at Dineen...maybe my focus has been so limited on the D at the top of the draft. Girard is scrawny as can be. Eh, I want size and strength in the D core. We have Guhle and Nelson for the finesse D.

Did the league really fail to improve revenues and attendance that much that the cap should fall. Bettman needs a GOT usurping like Ramses Bolton does to Roose. Ugh, just another reason to hate Bettman and his boring loathsome self. This and the NMC garbage with the pending expansion draft. Why don't you handcuff GM's more. I know that there are extenuating circumstances (the fluctuation of the Canadian dollar etc.), but this is just crap. Buffalo may not be as hindered by the cap crunch, but how are you going to tell teams near the floor to add salary, when so many other teams are in cap crunches. I may not love the Boston's of the world, but that's just harsh.

It just makes no sense to draft Nylander over Chychrun. I just don't get it at all. Chychrun has more value IMO.

Lots of good interviews between Friday and today from the combine. I was impressed by Tkachuk, McAvoy, Juolevi, Chychrun.

Go Chychrun or Juolevi or bust!

Honestly, Makarov wasn't long for Buffalo anyways. Kasdorf, is all but assuredly in the AHL next season and the back up job is all but set between Chad Johnson (if retained), Linus Ullmark or another NHL quality back up. He was assuredly as well to be passed on the talent pool by Cal Petersen and Johansson.

There is some sense to it. Juolevi may not be the fastest, the most skilled or the flashiest, but he plays a solid unnoticeable game. His passes are right on, and he skates well. He reminds me a lot of a younger Timonen. Again, this is only based on the eye test. Stats may tell me I'm wrong. Chychrun just has the boom appeal, and I love what I saw in his speed, transition game. He does have a bit to work on just like any of the top 3-4 D.

I truly think the best part of that trade are still yet to play a significant game: Compher and Meloche. However, yeah that's true.

I think Lindholm would cost an arm and a leg. I don't see him being moved out in Anaheim, whereas I could see Vatanen moving in the right circumstance. Barrie miiiight go that light, but I think it's short a piece. Franson, Zemgus, #38 and Bailey? Maybe. I just cannot see Roy/Sakic trading Barrie for a deal with Franson involved, maybe for Bogosian. Maybe I'm wrong and they are that functionally stupid.

I could easily see 50, not sure about 60. But it's not impossible.

He gets beat to the outside by a D with speed. He's a physical presence, but he doesn't stay on the ice/durability. There are things to like, but at 5M +, if you can get someone to bite, you do it and run. I would rather trade Bogosian than keep him long term.

Bogo + Foligno + Baptiste for the deal :)

I agree with that point as well. He's a complete RHD. He's got more room to grow into his offense and he's still getting all the things down. I would totally lock him up for 8 years.

Definitely a big improvement. I wouldn't mind a Barkov jersey in the Ekblad style of the shirt.