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Pretty good interview. The whole thing starts at 1:26:00. It's longish at 45 minutes or so. I'm surprised how candid he is. He makes a few comments through out about how hard it is not to be in the playoffs, it eats away, how it drove other players to leave and he gets that at this point in his career. Tage also mentions that he hears the noise about Buffalo and that it's hard not to. He talks about the hit where nobody jumps in and says watching the replay he wishes somebody did but everybody apologized and Lindy leaned into the group about it. Start at about 2:06:00. I wouldn't be shocked of he's the first one who asks out of here. https://youtu.be/KGlLo7Kg_Os?si=IFH2aR8awEfIhgXI

The sabres don’t seem to negotiate or convince when a player has concerns it sounds like they just give up errrrr revert to “we only want players who want to be here.”

A player we’d have an excuse not to pony up the cash for, you say? He also looks 70 And is 27 It’s like a mirror image haha

Depends what the return is. If we deal JJ and Byram for futures Norris will be promoted as the big offseason addition as predicted and the transformation is minimal could also easily end up with a situation where we’ve bridged JJ, dealt Byram for a depth vet D and a high pick, and “added” Norris. Again, minimal transformation If we deal Peterka for a Peterka level player and Byram for a concept of Byram level player we can talk

Jarmo only

I’ve lost hope indefinitely. I just don’t see anything getting done that needs to get done. They need to flip half the roster. Zero chance of that happening so…

For me…..Alex Tuch signing an extension.

I have hope for a 3ft nacho platter.

I've been saying since the beginning he deserves to go high. If he goes at 6 it's not an overdraft. I think the pro scouts are seeing the same things that anyone who's watched the kid since he was young has seen. He's got mental toughness and leadership that others don't have. You don't see this watching highlights and reading scouting reports, but the teams that will have interviewed him will for sure know.

Flattered but I feel like this isn't one of my best drafts. Haven't had as much time with some but did my best. It gets real questionable in the 20s as guys start to look similar. That said, my list is different than most consensus ones so I'll probably be worse off but we'll see. The industry as a whole runs into problems with anchoring, bias, and over scouting some guys (Hagens).

When do we start petitioning for @LGR4GM to be head of amateur scouting??

Jackson Smith please. Can't see myself being really unhappy with anyone in @LGR4GM's top 15 at 9. And I don't have any desire to move up. Looks pretty flat to me. Not big on Frondell and O'Brien as top 5 or 6 picks but they have value at 9. Don't want Eklund as a fit, but I like him as a player. And I'd be fine with "reaching" for Carbonneau or Bear or Aitcheson as guys I usually see mocked lower down because I like them too.

Ya then its Bear all day for me, even with the injury I still think he is something we dont have in our pipeline. He would instantly top my favorite prospect in our system list.

Martin is going to be over drafted. I do not believe he'll be there at 9.

For me it’s Jarmo in the front office, if he’s actually doing the deals we have a chance otherwise it’s pretty doom and gloom for us imo.

Dahlin, Tage, Tuch. That's...about it. I'm all outta hope. This is a poorly constructed roster and (mostly) the same group isn't going to suddenly become a good hockey team at this point. They are what they are. The only path I see to improvement is that Jarmo has more say in the roster construction and HE is at the head of some moves this summer. There is talent here, has been for a couple of years; we need to move out some of the redundant pieces and get some good veteran players in here that better complement our current core. Maybe JJP is the first piece to start that process, but it sucks losing a young wing who appears to be on track to becoming a near ppg player.

Vancouver is awesome. And early summer is the best of times. Or August 1st until October 15th-ish.

Tampa is not trading Cirelli. He's a Selke-candidate center in a division with Matthews and Barkov who they have to beat to get out of the second round every year. And Yanni Gourde, despite being signed forever at a low cost, is no Cirelli. If Tampa were the target, the Adams Special Deal of the Day would be centered around JJP for Moser +, who has 1 year left before becoming RFA again. No, thank you.

Yeah, time for them to move on from Erik Karlsson as their go to. Dahlin has been better than Karlsson for a few years now. Hedman is probably their go to because of experience but they saw Dahlin as an equal at that tournament.

One of Aecheson, Bear or Martin. In order of preference id go Martin, Bear, then Aicheson. But its got to be one of those 3

Thatcher Demko would be a significant upgrade. I have no love for EP40, but objectively he’s a much better bet as a 1C than Norris. And having him and Tage on either side of Ras is a PP even the Sabres shouldn’t be able to ***** up.

Correct! If it was Byram for EP40, then deal, but I am not giving Byram and Norris for EP40, never in a million years, we actually got the much better player in the Cozens deal, I am not trading him for pennies on the dollar for a risky EP40. Byram for EP40, sure!

Very real concern. I disagree though that his at-worst is a point total he has yet to hit. At worst, he is Jeff Skinner: an overpaid 45 to 65 point offensive winger who doesn’t play winning hockey. (Not saying that’s what he will be, just that it’s as likely as “80-point winner” particularly if he stays in Buffalo)