Eleven

I think the NFL does this with cleats, no? Of course, by the time the NFL is done with kickoff month, fake cancer month, veterans month, no one cares anymore...

Speaking of overlooked, why is Krebs included while same-age Cozens is not?

I started another thread just to get it out of here. You're the one who is reviving it. Twice, now.

I do not want the Sabres to select anyone at 13. I want that pick used in a trade. I don't think the team needs some guy who will break out in 2026. But Adams is going to Adams.

Yeah, I've I've got a SC-winning goalie who isn't exactly established, 2x5 isn't unreasonable. Don't resurrect it, then.

That's a modest price and they kind of have to give it to him. Hey, Brawndo, your tweets aren't embedded lately, meaning we have to click through. If there's any way to fix, consider it?

I like the goalie ideas above and I think it will be fun to see which one of you is right.

For you draftniks: What goalie and when?

I think "obsessing" might be just a slight overstatement.

Did something happen overnight?

I'm almost cackling at the thought of the Flyers (including the post about the Blues) and Canes both tangling themselves into knots just to get worse.

Yeah I don't think a hypothetical trade partner is going to overvalue Joker like that. And I actually think he's a precious part of the defense--I know a lot of other folks don't. Frankly I'd rather keep him but for Hanifin AND Tanev, like @Taro T proposed? If the Sabres can make the *future* cap work, I'm in. With the two firsts.

I think you're looking at two firsts on top of Olofsson and Jokiharju and I'm not sure I hate it. But it is going to create a cap crunch down the road. If the Sabres can get some cost certainty on Dahlin/Power first, I'd be happier.

Sorry I couldn't get down there this afternoon! And yes, 11-day is a very legit group.

There is only one person on that list that I would be interested in, and it is Orlov, and I could tolerate it at the price @Brawndo suggests, with the knowledge that in three years the Sabres can ship him to the Coyotes (wherever located) or Columbus. No no-trade clause at 31, Dmitri.

I'm not sure that's correct in the current climate. I don't think the administration over there wants stories about that type of stuff. It's not the 1980s and word will get out. (Or maybe that IS what it wants.) Not sure.

He's already in the US, which is helpful.

And you comment is a relevant one, I suspect, because I think the league's new advice/policy (whichever it is) is a response to that stuff.

For the moment. Notice who still hasn't made an appearance? I still would avoid Russians in the first few rounds, if not altogether.

Maybe? I've been to plenty of non-theme games with gay people, veterans, and cancer patients before and I don't think any of them felt less welcome...and I think more than one of them would have felt less welcome at some sort of issue-spotlight event. *I* don't even feel comfortable at what I perceive to be fake cancer events. They make me angry.

I think that depends on the cause. Is the goal to change hearts and minds (pride) or do we need money for research (cancer)? And with pride (or other "hearts and minds" causes), are we doing anything or is everyone pretty much entrenched already? I mean, I'm firmly entrenched in favor of gay rights, have been for my entire adult life, and no amount of, or absence of, pride night is going to change that. I would imagine there are a lot of people staunchly the other way.

That's a significant trade! (Johansen for Galyenchuk)

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Kremlin just stated that it is preparing for martial law and has ordered Prigo's arrest. No way should the Sabres take a Russian in the early rounds.

We are always one defenestration away from the collapse of the Russian government.