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I don't think it's unreasonable. They've all showed signs of being better players than they were last season. The question is: Who are they really? Are they the Better Players they've shown signs of in the past, or the One Step Back players we saw last season? Was last year their collective sophomore slump and they'll bounce back this year? Will some of them do so? Which ones won't?

There seems to be someone falling every draft, maybe they are banking on that happening again. Hagens, because of his size? Perhaps their list has someone as a consensus 10-12 that they view as a 6-7. I wouldn’t move down unless it is for Schaefer or Misa.

Face to face or face to cheeks?

He'll use it to draft the next Matthew Savoie.

Well, at least part of the time he's talking to Terry EVERYDAY! 🙃

I think most people associate the GM with the drafting. It is really the director of scouting and scouting staff that do all the leg work. Come scouting meetings the GM is brought up to date and then dives in on the top prospects. If you listen to scouts interviews they are usually fighting with each other in meeting to pound the table and advocate for players they are trying to convince the GM to draft. GMs have no clue who the 4-7th round talent is. The scouting dept makes those selections. If you look at teams who draft well, it’s not the GM it is the director of scouting who get the accolades. And that is for all teams just not Buffalo.

If Adams isn't looking at draft prospects until May... what the F is he doing with his time?

FYRE KYVYN

I actually like JBD. He played well on the backend. Steady defensively responsible. Cannot ask for anything more from him as a player

I just need something that excites me. The pick needs to be something that gives me a “concept of” type of player to drool over for a couple of years, or the pick needs to be traded for someone that gives me hope for ‘25-‘26. Cheeses, Im not even asking for much at this point.

Adams loves his prospects. He's making the pick.

He is 100% making this pick. No imagination to make this team better and his trading skills are far from desirable.

I voted for make the pick but honestly... I don't care. The team has worn me down... More so the fact we are seeing so many moves in the off-season and none by the sabres. So far... That has worn me down.

If JJ gets offer sheeted we’ll end up with ~ $30M of our cap between JJ, Muel, Power, and Norris. In about 3 years that may be a deal but it’s a stretch for next season.

Right, I get that. But also, it's a very weird public admission. One would think that there is some sort of biweekly touch base with scouts with a top line review and film. There can't be too much time in his day to review the top 3 guys each scout looked at that month. I don't expect the GM to be up until 3am in November watching film every night. But I do expect them to get familiar with them before January and start watching film on them before May. Let's just pretend the Sabres are a playoff team. Trying to cram for the draft during the playoffs would be a bear. But it's super manageable if you stay in touch with what your prospective draft pool is before, say January/May. Managing, directing, and sorting the information from your pro and amateur scouting staff should be like 80% of a GM's job.

Wonder if it’s for Demko?

Going home for a season. That's a good move for Edmonton to free up (unless retention in play) $5M for defense/goaltending. For Vancouver, they get muscle, and maybe a longer-term hometown discount extension to wind out his career as a 3/4W. There are worse grinders out there.

Seravalli's latest: Scoop: There may be no better player available, period, on the trade market this summer – let alone one of Peterka’s age at 23, already a top-line producer. Embattled Sabres GM Kevyn Adams previously said he has no interest in trading Peterka, but he’s apparently come around on the inevitability. He declined to say Tuesday whether Peterka requested a trade. More than a handful of teams have expressed legitimate interest: both the Rangers and Islanders, Lightning, Mammoth, Blackhawks and Canucks, and they’re not alone. Buffalo is determined to get an impact roster player back for the present as opposed to futures.

i'm real curious who the "Forton 6-7" are. Misa and Schaefer would seem to be a given. Does is include Hagens, Martone, Frondell, and Desnoyers, who seems to be in the consensus top 6 or 7, or are they down on someone in that group. Does it include any late risers like O'Brien and Martin, or one of the next 3 defenders? Where does Roger McQueen fit? Will they be more inclined to move up a couple spots if one of their guys is falling? Move down is they don't? Trade for a player?

Oilers trading Evander Kane to Vancouver

The answer probably has to be in the room unless you think Buffalo has a shot at any major free agents. The prevalence of contract clauses that prevent you from going to a team you don't want to makes it much more challenging to acquire players.

Exactly, that’s his wheelhouse, 5/6 D or bottom 6 players. Wash, rinse, repeat.

One can only hope.....

Farm teams wait for a call before sending someone up, KA is following that model. He loves all of the guys he brought in so why should he call around to move them, besides TP thinks the answer is in the room.

I thought he want to Miami University...?