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Nathan Behm is a 6'2" 192lb winger that grades out high in every category except skating which is just average. He's got a fun highlight package and some solid stats to back it up. There's power forward elements to his game and with his skills, if he puts it all together you'll get a 2nd line winger.

Kristian Epperson is a 6' winger who proved his playmaking while riding with Misa all season. He helped that line a lot and is the perfect overage guy to take in round 3-5. He's got a ton of playmaking and should def be drafted this time around.

This gives us hope for sure he may not be Chara or Pronger but more that Myers or Power is something let's see how he develops or how we develop him. He may find in order to be a great NHLer he needs to use his size maybe he will to be continued for sure

If you want certitude, you won't get it in the mercurial world of NHL goalies. If the Sabres would have gotten Ullmark caliber of goaltending, this team would be much better. I'm not shooting for the moon. What I want is consistent solid play in net. And as you point out, team defense that includes the blueliners and forward group are critical to the success of the goalie.

I will fight you in the parking lot.

Jack Murtagh is a 6'1" 200lb winger. He's also got a good motor and powerful edges. His playmaking is noted by most but I like his physical play most. You could do far worse than a potential middle winger at 39.

Mrtka was fine in a vacuum, I just really wanted Bear or Eklund personally.

Byram, Benson and next years first round pick for Robertson. Who says yes?

I've been listening to "Hambone" for years and marvel how he is still employed as a Sabres beat reporter. Just goes to show the value of familiarity and inertia.

Matthew Gard would be high on my list for day 2. He's big 6'4" 192lbs and he played for a bad team last year in red deer. He's got a great motor and has all the defensive details with an untapped offensive game in there.

Vegas moved Thompson after he became unreliable. It's the classic example of "one man's trash/treasure." The trick is knowing which goalie will bounce back, or seeing something in the other team's play that contributed to that failure. I think Linus Ullmark is a great example. He wins a Vezina as soon as he moves on from Buffalo's Swiss cheese defense in front of him.

Bro. the resting b1tch face stuff is beyond tired. my group chats are filled with it. lame.

It ALL depends on the return. And as Adams only got 75-80% value for Peterka, see no reason to expect he'll get full value for either player. Would rather have 100% of Bryam's value and 75% of Samuelsson's value as the team tries to make the playoffs for the 1st time in 1-1/2 decades than 100% of Samuelsson's value and 75% of Byram's value. Though by having Bryam go out the door, there will be additional cash in the owners' pockets to not be spent on extending the Sabres own FAs nor adding anybody else's. So, from ownership's perspective there is a value to making Byram the trade piece. And as have stated elsewhere, will believe that they're going to use any savings from trading away / buying out players the minute they actually use those savings and not 1 minute sooner. Like Pete Townsend wrote and Roger Daltry sang - "won't get fooled again, whoa no."

Washington got Logan Thompson and Charlie Lingren for miniscule prices. I would be very receptive to trading UPL to get a more experienced goalie added to the roster. As you point out, with goalies there are no guarantees of consistency of play on a year-to-year basis. But with Levi in the system I would be less reluctant to move UPL to get more consistent play from that critical position. I also agree with you that the success of the goalie is inextricably linked to team defense.

Kicks off at noon eastern today.

Samuelsson has a lot in common with one type of NHL archetype.....the IR

Certainly isn't ppl spelling his name correctly.

The NFL 1st round gives 10 actual minutes (used to be 15) between picks. The NHL clock is 3 minutes but it starts whenever they feel like.

Your view makes sense. However, Byram has more value on the market than Samuelsson does. And getting Byram signed to a long-term contract here is going to be a challenge considering what the player will seek financially and role-wise. I thought that after the non-intervention incident when Samuelsson ended being sent to the suite that he stabilized his game and played soundly. It just seems more likely that dealing Byram with an add on or two can bring us back a top six forward or another thumper for the blueline. We shall see.

So what's more likely with Byram at this point? A trade or a bridge deal?

My goodness, what a joke this is turning into. A worn out lazy joke.

Okay. But you can count consistent goalies on one hand, and teams don't trade them. So what you have to do is play better defense.

But none are ready now.

Mrtka needs to add more physicality but he's already got more than Power. He also seems far more aware of that element than Power even is today.

Always liked the kid not sure what the coaches saw to make him part time I am sure it was something