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I know its an unpopular opinion but I enjoy Pearl Street Brewery. Great beer, good wings, two blocks from the arena and lively atmosphere on gamedays.

True. But I'm very hopeful of Byram. I mean, how do you fall completely off a cliff a year or two after being so dominant on a stanley cup run? He's young and D seem to take longer to hit their peak. It's July after a decent trade so my hopium is high but I can see him being a legit top 4 D which this team needs. He's the perfect age with an awesome pedigree. I know Mitts has turned into a nice player. Lots of potential in Byram tho.

If we're actually getting 97th percentile defensive metrics I've seen he produces, along with 30 (maybe he can get to 40 with slightly elevated minutes sans McDri) that sounds pretty damn good for our 3C. Way better production than last season. Fact he's 24 and has cost control for a couple more years and I like the trade.

I grew up on those RL Stine choose your own adventures haha

That would be amazing

To be fair, HFboards almost always over values prospects.

Final thoughts after my 2-viewings: Zeimer grabbed my attention. He looked to be one of the best players on the ice both days. I didn't go in looking to focus on anyone in particular (especially a third rounder) but he was fun to watch. Hopefully he can develop in the NCAA next couple of years. Someone to keep an eye on. Helenius was as advertised. I think it was Liger who said he better dominate the prospect challenge considering the lack of notable invites. I think he did just that. Looked like he has some similar attributes to Benson but at the C spot. Not the fastest skater (but fast enough), great edge work, battles hard, stole the puck in D zone several times, good passing, goes to the net. Kleber was decent and scored a goal today. Big D with average hands probably won't stand out in a setting like this. Looked alright and see where it goes. Leinonen was the best of the 4 goalies both days. He gave up one stinker the middle game (plus a second goal got through him) but I believe pitched a shutout the other two mini-games including a few nice saves. Neuchev is so fast and creative but seems to leave me wanting a bit more. Other notable was Sardarian. Never heard of him before today but he scored a bunch of goals and looks pretty fast. Will have to do some more reading on where he is projected to play next season. Overall a very fun time. Decent crowd considering the lack of notable invites and being the 4th of July at 9am. Lots of kids out having fun and discounted Sabres merch didn't hurt.

Helenius looking pretty good. Two goals plus shootout winner in the two games. Also some d zone breakups. Zeimer is the guy who keeps impressing me tho. Very fast and an excellent shot

I see they’re both on the same team. Looking forward for to watching them together

Not as busy as past years but still a pretty good crowd this morning

I think Dudacek point is that it is. Atleast based on the info out there. Much more than Sergachev went for (with term).

That sounds much better than the ‘gifts’ and ‘exclusive events’ here. Jersey? We got a small puzzle. Meet the player events? We got to hear Adams and Meatballs from afar. Pizza logs weren’t bad tho. Good thing we’re here for the exciting brand of hockey anyways.

Is that who flew in to him near the end there? Big boy coming at ya

I’m sure it’s partly new shiny toy syndrome but I really Zeimer. Awesome speed, awesome shot. Jinx lol

Helenius talking to coaches and asking questions / clarification more than any other player I’ve noticed. Zeimer and Neuchev are fun to watch together.

Leinonen is by far the best of the 4 goalies today. Some really nice saves. I know he had an awful season last year but somewhat impressive today.

My son is already calling Helenius the garbage man because he loves battling in front of the net and scoring the garbage goals. Def not afraid to battle. Seeing the vision scouts talk about. Haven’t noticed much of a shot yet.

I’m here now and omg I love his hands and quick starts and stops. It’s dev camp and I’ve been to enough to know not to rely on what I’m seeing today but he’s very impressive. Kleber looks like a monster and likes to battle but he’s fumbled a couple picks already. Hopefully he can develop some better hands. Zimmer looks pretty good. Just scored a beauty.

Oh for sure. These are the moves Adams should have been making last summer. Oh well, atleast we’re getting some of it now.

Was fine with the buyout if they needed the space this year but wtf are we kicking that cap consuming contract down the road for if they’re not using the savings in 24-25? We already had more than enough room for what’s been done. Obviously offseason isn’t over but would have thought they were confident in some sort of plan to initiate the buyout this summer vs next.

They still could of fit all of this under the cap and not bought out skinner right? Would of thought something bigger was coming and surprised it hasn’t happened yet.

Agreed. But I think we’ve reasonably improved our bottom 6 and depth to the point that we’re one big move from a decent to nice offseason. Obviously we need to see that last big move come to fruition tho.

Sure but then we’re in that D market instead no? Some pretty ‘interesting’ D signings today that I’m glad we’re not having to partake in.

To be fair our lack of secondary scoring and third line that also killed us last year. I want the top 6 upgraded also but needed to change what were icing in the middle of that lineup