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Sabres became a joke when Terry bought the bills Sad, embarrassing - we shouldn’t be giving this team the time of day. alas

typical goof move.

Rangers have the Pens the 12th pick this year to complete the JY Miller trade meaning they keep their 26 1st round pick. Wondering if they are maneuvering for a JJ offer sheet July 1st.

Kevyn Adams just totally dodged "did jj Peterka ask to be moved"

Yup. Can’t wait to see Peterka scoring 5 goals in the finals next year in some other uni.

Apparently Adams and Forton are speaking with media, from HIghmark, at 11am.

Bear, Carbonneau, McQueen Those are the players I'd be looking at with 9th.

Pittsburgh now owns 12th OA

NBA is the same in every way you mention, but being an NBA GM is easier because there are fewer players to manage, and talent is easier to evaluate because guys are ready to play right away. I have come to the conclusion that NHL and MLB teams are much harder to build than NFL and NBA teams.

I agree, we all know its horrific and the team is unwatchable too many nights... but do we really understand the extent of the damage done that is preventing us from turning this around... I fear that is way worse than the team performance itself...

I think this is fair... it may not be that they have more points... etc... but If we trade a top 3 forward with upside for 1/2 pairing Dman great... a 2/3 pairing Dman then I think you over all decrease your level of talent and hurt the team more than help... I do agree with you on the needs part.. So if we are saying we are going to trade away a top 3 offensive player scoring 70pts for one that scores 50 - 55 and plays both ends and begins to change the complexion and the culture of the team... I would say we got the best player in the trade for us... I am with you there... Its when you trade the 70 pt guy with upside for an oft injured player that scores 55pts doesnt play in both ends of the rink and get a 2nd rounder in 2026 to make up for it I have the issues.

Desnoyers

You’re nuts

If we stay at three after acquiring the pick, you draft Brady Martin.

I think you are right and it is unlikely we get "the best player in the deal". I mean, Byram and Peterka are near the top of pretty much any published "trade board". There is one player whose name has frequently come up as possibly available, who I would say is better than Peterka or Byram, and that's Jason Robertson. Some people would put Dobson in there, and I wouldn't strenuously argue against it, but I'm not fully convinced on that one. How can we get the better player in a deal, when we are the team that is apparently trading two potential star players, aged 24 and 23, that 1/2 of the league covets? Peterka and Byram are almost certainly going to be "the better player in the deal". I recognize that some folks may be sick of rants about how bad of a GM Kevyn Adams is. But, it really is impossible to overstate how ridiculous of a situation the Sabres are in. 14 years out of the playoffs and 4.5 years into a rebuild being run by a 1st time GM. Back to back years of regression during this rebuild with mountains of unused cap space. The GM's stated primary reasons for not using the cap space is that he did not want to pay the high draft/prospect cost of acquisition, and he did not want to create a scenario where he could not extend his up and coming players due to not having sufficient future cap space. And, here we are, with a 24 year old and a 23 year old who much of the rest of the league wants, and who may want out of Buffalo, and whose projected salaries at the higher end would put us right at or possibly over the cap, and we never had the benefit of winning before we had to make tough roster/cap decisions. It's incredible...in the worst way.

Ahh, yeah. Was focused on the annoyed part of the post.

They have to figure out how to extend him - that is, assuming he's willing to do so.

https://puckgm.puckpedia.com/rosters/706244 The one scenario I'd go with involving drafting a guy with an acquired pick

IMHO - losing Tuch would be a PR nightmare for this team. He’s the main piece in return for the Eichel trade. Flipping him for picks and/or prospects won’t sit well with fans or sell tickets. Maybe more importantly, losing a guy from NY who wanted to actually be here….but no longer stays by choice is such a damming indictment of the $hitshow this franchise has become.

I don’t want to trade him unless a team heavily overpays.

Perhaps, but my thing is not necessarily getting the “Best” player in a trade, but rather the “Right” player. IMHO - this team still needs different types of players (ex. Stay at home defender, tougher forwards who have some offensive skill who will have teammates backs, etc.). These aren’t necessarily “Best” players from a talent standpoint, but could fill important needs and not have NMC’s.

The more I read about O’Brien the more I don’t like. Give me McQueen’s or Mrtka’s upside in that top 9.