PromoTheRobot

It's ironic that you have an issue with this pick. If we failed to get him or Brennan this draft you'd be losing your mind.

"So-and-so had a such-and-such grade on him and would have been there in round X" is a weak argument in this case.

What's stopping us from offering RFA Oettinger a fat deal? These are last year's numbers but the Sabres could offer up to $4.1MM/AAV for 5 years and only end up owing Dallas a 2nd round pick. You could go $6.1MM/AAV for 5 and lose a 1st and 3rd. https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2021/6/28/22554643/2021-offer-sheet-compensation-set-nhl-rfa-rules-picks-aav-calculation What about keeping the path clear for your prospects? To me that's secondary if Oettinger plays well. And if he doesn't you still have UPL, Levi and Leinonen in the pipeline.

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ESPN3 = free. ESPN+ = subscription.

Can Josh Allen play goalie? He excels at pretty much everything.

FWIW. the Athletic rates the Sabres draft day #1. (Might be behind a paywall.) https://theathletic.com/3401481/2022/07/08/nhl-draft-first-round-winners-losers/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=4620774

"Reach" is something invented by draft nerds to discuss. (Remember when Shane Wright was a slam dunk #1 pick?) If he's good, no one will care where he was drafted.

Putin isn't going to mess with his favorite team.

Ovi knows a guy.

So MAF is off the market.

Okay. They did bad for 11 years. What would you like then to do now? Fire Adams and Granato? Fire sale the players? Sell the team? Will that please you? What are you going to do once the Sabres are good again? Why are you even here if the Sabres are so unbearable? Do you not watch the games? Do you get mad when they win?

Trade?

Kachina is back.

What did they dig up on Shane Wright today?

Checking notes to find.......one draft pick in 2017.

So what's your point? I have no idea.

Anyone still have Miroslav Satan's cell number?

Why do people even boo him? The NHL has never been stronger.

And your pinning that on the owner? 😂

Yeah, Terry really jobbed up the Bills. What a crap show.

BNL is playing in NH Friday. Maybe I should go.

I disagree. Adams was burned by Ullmark who was not honest in his dealings

I didn't realize that was due to a "casual attitude." I thought it was more a limited market and a team that wasn't terribly attractive.