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To be fair, he was a 20-21 kid this season on a Stanley Cup-contending favorite roster (from the West, at least) from day one of the season. They were the oldest/most veteran team in the league (again - a GM Holland specialty), and even if it disappointed them in the playoffs, they had veteran depth. They had experienced former top-6 guys in Arvidsson and Skinner, they had undisciplined depth scoring in Kane, and they capable veteran 3/4 guys in Connor Brown and Kapanen. Not good enough to beat Florida, but solid. Savoie wasn't going to displace those guys without being a stud -- which, he's a good prospect -- not another McDavid. Now, it'll get brought up again once he's in the NHL. One season on Draisaitl's wing and all the folks can point and laugh at Adams all over again. (It's still a good trade for the Sabres.)

Benson - Kulich - Thompson Quinn - Norris - Tuch Zucker - McLeod - Doan Greenway - Krebs - Malenstyn the forward unit as of today. Byram - Dahlin Power - Kesselring Samuelsson - Clifton UPL Levi

So we like to laugh at the Leafs. Here's what Leaf fans think of Adams. Start at 6 min.

It completely amazes my brain that the number one pick in the draft, Owen Power needs a right handed defenseman to be better. So freaking stupid, he should be making whomever plays with him better not the other way around. Complete lunacy.

There no longer is a “tampering week.”

Had Kevyn not prepaid Power and/or Muel I have to think JPP may still be here. Thing is Kesselring has size shown to a consistent .33 point per game producer which ain't bad for a 2nd pairing Dman. I'm hoping he's a Mike Ramsey type but might be lofty expectations at the very least Richard Shmelik.

You know what I meant

I saw it mentioned just as a theory by a good sabres twitter source that Bolduc would be the guy we get from STL for Byram and I honestly can’t unsee it now. It’s the exact Adams F add My money is on that shoot first, quick, ratio of 19 goals to 17 assists..this is going to be our guy

A. all rumors, but s lot of heavy insider said so B. I might be wrong, but think that starts 7/1?? They get through the draft first then go to tampering

Wrong on Cozens. Ehlers reportedly was okay with a trade to Buffalo but would not negotiate an extension at the time. Probably to walk him to the much more lucrative, higher cap Summer of '25.

I remember when we traded Savoie every laughed and now know one in the media brings it up anymore.

The bloom fell off his lily fairly quickly iirc. Seems lots of players get a boost after being traded only to level off and fade. Steve Bernier anyone?

Adams (Pegula, since... COVID? Since EEE for sure, because at least previously he was swinging for the Leino fences) operates out of fear. The easy read is Kesserling was a target, and the Mammoth were prepared to offer the 7.7M as an offer sheet for Peterka. That's a 2026 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for a player who wants out (which Adams has to honor because that's his M.O. and also avoid the contractual obligation) and all futures, which is against their "win now, but cheap" mentality. Instead, Adams got a player he coveted who can immediately step into the lineup and another roster player. And they're both RFAs this summer and next so they are cheap and fit into the EEE mold. RFA Doan is this summer's RFA Malenstyn -- though with higher upside. If the team struggles, Kesselring gets shopped for the next 1-year-to-RFA rental. The JBD, the Byram, etc.

What other deals besides Rossi, which I'm fine with passing?

a - He did ? b - Isn't the tampering week already upon us ? Teams can talk with free agents before that I believe.

Of course the priority is/was to get the best return possible. But how that is defined is what we'll never know. (In all realistic likelihood.)

Come on, Every Ottawa fan was saying after 10 games how much they started to understand buffalo fans about Cozens.

Nope (a) Ehlers turned down a trade to Buffalo recently - why would he openly sign here? (b) UFA doesn't begin until next week

That would work for me.

Ehlers signing coming in soon 🙂

I really don't know why people think Kesselring is all that special. He has some potential but he really isn't proven top 4. I have no problem adding him, but Peterka is at a higher value level. I suspect Adams was truly worried about an offer sheet and they didn't want to pay him at a higher level after Cozens and Samuelsson. Peterka isn't Reinhart, but there are similarities here in terms of how the organization disfunctions.

I caveat this all with that I believe they're moving Byram between now and the end of the draft -- maybe for EEE/internal cap purposes, maybe because his agent has said he doesn't want to be here and sees the franchise as a flailing mess (which isn't wrong). However, at this very moment, I think this is the best and most balanced -- with upside remaining -- D-corps that Adams has been able to assemble. That's a low bar -- but he's always had Dahlin & Power, and sometimes Montour. He's had guys to build around. Specifically, per the thread, will focus on Power's partner. Opening Night Lineups a.k.a. How Your GM Sheevyn Designed Your Team (Barring Offseason Injuries) 2022-23 Samuelsson - Dahlin Power - Jokiharju Bryson - Lyubushkin (Fitzgerald) Bryson is in the top 6. Joker (age 23) is the veteran for Power. 2023-24 Samuelsson - Dahlin Power - Jokiharju Clifton - E.Johnson (Bryson) Clifton is your prime UFA with term, and yet he's the guy on his off-hand because Dahlin is good on the right side. Just doesn't make sense. At least Bryson isn't in the opening day lineup. 2024-25 Dahlin - Jokiharju Byram - Power Samuelsson - Clifton (Gilbert, Bryson, Clague) Extra scratches because of games in Prague. Of course, shortly after, Joker was going to be healthy-scratched for not being physical enough (35 hits in 42 Sabres GP last year... playing fewer games than Power [26] and Bryson [15]). Today Byram - Dahlin Power - Kesselring Samuelsson - Bernard-Docker (Bryson - Clifton) -- with the easy adjustment that you waive Bryson and start the season with Ryan Johnson as the 7. This d-corps finally makes sense. It is fleeting.

Not true at all. Go back several years and when you were all raving about Quinn I said I thought Peterka was the guy to watch and I thought he'd be better than Quinn. That got laughed at by the usual people. So whatever. I'm listening to these Seravelli potential deals they possibly turned down and I'm just shaking my head. Adams really is a clown and there really is an internal cap.

He started hot but fizzled. Now the question is Norris, I think he's a better player than Cozens but will he play enough to warrant the move.

I liked JJP for awhile. While hate seeing him go I also mentioned this off-season Kesselring as a target to add. So have mixed feelings but there's still lots of off-season to go to see how much more we add or lose.