JP51

I agree... and the devaluation of the Brand over the past 2 decades cannot make it easier to get players to come here that have NMC in their contract... Seems everytime I see or hear of someone who has 10 teams crossed out the Sabres seem to be one of them... and quite frankly, who can blame them...

Praise be LOL 🙂 !

a mid/early 2nd for a 3 spot move seems like good value to me. Especially in an NHL draft of mostly teenagers.

I like the Avs chances next year... So Casey at the bat.

When I speak of size, I really mean how they play... I understand that was clearly not clear. But again... Love Benson could he turn into a Marchand... who knows.. our team is littered with Big players who are not overly physical and quite honestly a bit nasty (Power, Tuch, Thompson... etc..) . I am not seeing this our of the players we have in the pipeline that are high on the prospect list. I would like to see more. For once I want us to have identified a quality player in the pipeline who has that degree of nasty... I believe we need them to allow others to not only play their game, but feel free to play tougher without fear and up the level of team toughness. I have seen this dance for a long time and I believe our philosophy and valuing of players needs to be adjusted.

Well we can agree on that... I dont see rushed developmet at all.. I think it will serve us well... I also dont disagree with draft good players (Although an argument can be made for Reinhart as the best C LOL) and dont get me wrong, I have no problem whatsoever with skilled hockey players that can play in space... But I believe a mix is required and right now we are over loaded with the former. My hope is that there is recognition of this and yes some frustration over the past decade and a half that we did not pay enough attention to this... that being said, thanks for responding, I am new here and I appreciate the solid discussion.

Didnt see the edit sorry... I would say that comparing NHL players to drafted players is like comparing the fish you caught vs those you casted for... but in the end we are talking about the draft and who we think will be drafted. I am relying on Adams draft history over the past 4 years and it seems to me he overloads European players in his picks. This results in a team that is not very difficult to play against... and to that point, it is not just the European players he picks... they are from all over... I would like him to begin to appropriately recognize that we are soft... in fact if you listen to the players review of their own team they say that in so many words... I am hopeful he will address this. Time will tell. The funny thing is if you ask me what I really think he will do with this pick I would be shocked if he didnt trade it...

Not sure what that has to do with this... and I suspect that you didnt forget... just a guess...

I dont think Birth Certificates have anything to do with it. I think it is the style of hockey that is taught, rink size etc... my opinion is that the European style of hockey lends it self to players that excel in space not those that excel in operating and taking away space. But thats just my opinion.

I think my issue is both grit and style... I dont believe he has put the value he needs on players that are difficult to play against. Whether large or small... again Benson is small but I love his game, Power is big and he doesnt bring the size to the game. If we are looking at the drafts I get there were Canadians drafted but since 2020 he has taken 21/35 European players so 60%. If we examine some of the Stanley cup winners recently and maybe the Bruins lets say... we get Florida 11/26 (42% ) Vegas 10/23 (43%..). Colorado 5/16 (31% ) Lets throw in the Bruins cause we love to hate them lol 6/22 (27%.). I am suggesting that the European style of hockey is much different than the NHL and that we are over loading that style philosophically. This results in a team that is very easy to play against. With regard to basis and fact, I would respectfully disagree that there is certainly fact here.

I was pretty close to that... I would hate to see Benson go though.

I get your point they are all not small nor are they all figure skaters..., I do question if they are going to bring the grit that we need and is this a philosopy. Owen Power is big but he doesnt use his size. Benson is small but he will play with an edge. With respect to propensity I cant agree. ... 2023 Wahlberg, Strbak, Panocha, 2022 Östlund, Kulik, Leinonen, Neuchev, Lindgren, Komarov, Karlsson, Ratkovic, Sjodin. 2021 Rosen, Poltapov, Kisakov, Sardarian, Novikov, Von Barnekow. 2020 with 5 picks Peterka, Lyckasen, Konecny.

Agreed 100% lets just hope this team doesnt beat the fight out of him like so many others.

Iginla, Nygard or Eiserman for sure I want... I suspect Adams picks another small European figure skater that plays even smaller than his size... or trades the pick for a small European figure skater who makes Olofsson look like Ryan Reaves.

Love this... couple observations... Notice when he gets hit his team mates stand up for him. Foreign concept for this team... also 8 minutes of him getting destroyed .... didnt see once where there was a Sabre....

Amen, the only thing more astonishing than the abject lack of grit on this team is the Front Offices complete disregard for it and ultimate lack of understanding of its necessity. I am not talking Broad Street Bullies I am talking hockey players who are tough to play against. Dont even need to be monsters... But they need to be your leaders, embedded on the team and expect others to do the same... the ones that look at Owen Power grab him and say you are 6'6 220 lbs... take the body. We literally do not have 1 of these players maybe Dahlin is rounding into this... but we need 5. I am not sure we have any in the pipeline either maybe Bowen... figure skaters.. we got.

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Good for him. Solid prove it bridge to 28 if he hits it hard he gets his big contract. He has a solid chance to do that in Colorado as he has players to stand up and he wont be getting mugged and abused constantly like he would here.... he can go play.

God I hope not... too many self focused ME players on this team already.

Kid has heart and is fearless... I just hope the organization doesnt beat it out of him...

Amen That would explain our conundrum... and the abject incompetence of our entire FO