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The only reason I want it to fail is because it will truly end Great Britain and weaken our strongest ally.

The only primary change is DeBrincat going to NJD for the 2nd OA and perhaps other stuff is swapped too.

Normal Version: 1. MTL: Shane Wright 2. NJD: Juraj Slafkovsky 3. ARI: Logan Cooley 4. SEA: Simon Nemec 5. PHI: Cutter Gauthier 6. CBJ: David Jiricek 7. OTT: Joakim Kemell 8. DET: Marco Kasper 9. BUF: Frank Nazar 10. ANA: Jonathan Lekkerimaki 11. SJS: Kevin Korchinski 12. CBJ: Matthew Savoie 13. NYI: Brad Lambert 14. WPG: Connor Geekie 15. VAN: Isaac Howard 16. BUF: Liam Ohgren 17. NSH: Danila Yurov 18. DAL: Pavel Mintyukov 19. MIN: Rutger McGroarty 20. WSH: Noah Ostlund 21. PIT: Jiri Kulich 22. ANA: Denton Mateychuk 23: STL: Jimmy Snuggerud 24. MIN: Ivan Miroshnichenko 25. TOR: Ryan Chesley 26. MTL: Nathan Gaucher 27. ARI: Seamus Casey 28. BUF: Jagger Firkus 29. EDM: Jack Hughes 30. WPG: Filip Mesar 31. TBL: Lian Bichsel 32. ARI: Ty Nelson

Buffalo is probably offering 2 year deals to goalies at high prices. Then saying anything longer kills the AAV. Perhaps Husso sees merit in a 2x6/7mil contract? Curious that we are interested in Marchant.

Entirely different circumstances. We lack a Kopitar and Doughty. Chicago could of fixed their team akin to LAK but instead blew it with Seth Jones. You can’t just shove players into a growing group of guys and expect them to immediately take their place in the roster. That is why you must find the “right” good players not just good players.

I wouldn’t go the last 2 at 9 but certainly to any of them at 16

I’d be eh more than meh but close enough. He sounds like a good prospect but I’d rather get a C with a bit more upside and motor

But why should we give a damn what he wants? If he becomes a UFA he’s dead to me.

I believe it’s telling when compared to the other college prospects. Even if Portillo never has said anything outright; Adams may have his suspicions about Portillo’s drive to be a goalie being secondary to his MBA.

ROR was good but Bogo was awful ROR counts, Bogo moved so far down the depth chart he became passable

I thought he retired?

His biggest issue would be he’s under contract 3 years. At 2 years I’d say go get ‘‘em on the cheap. While he did look run down in the Playoffs, most of Tampa did as a whole. In this case I’d want payment to take him My question would be, can he bounce back from his 42 CF% (granted he played 35-65 in zone time) and 38 CF% in the playoffs (30-70 in the postseason) He definitely has the Cup experience this team desperately needs with 4 Cup runs and 2 Cup Rings. Issue is that Tampa is rather barren of assets; they have nothing much still in the holster. Nevermind, he’s under contract 4 more years.

To a degree yes, he had expected UPL to make the jump but it just didn’t happen. He has now learned not to rely on that and has brought Anderson back more as soft block on UPL. He’s going to get a starter, Anderson is an older guy and can easily be put on IR with aches from age and essentially put the ball in UPL’s lap. @inkman Essentially we can easily base it on this quote.

Based on Adams comments I'd say this is for a true back up role and that we may end up seeing UPL in Rochester.

No he called in a favor from Weekes

To be honest I wouldn't of traded Peterka + 16 for 7x7.9mil Fiala

I will always firmly believe that was Adams calling in a favor and using some gamesmanship to get Vegas to give us Krebs. Each year he seems to learn about the GM position more and that is certainly a positive.

Going after Eichel I guess

He went into last year believing UPL would run with the job and Anderson could be a solid mentor. Anderson missed half the season but was mostly solid and a great locker room guy. UPL badly underachieved out of the gate; started gaining steam; got hurt back to Rochester and hurt again at season’s end. Adams sounds like he’s begun to worry about UPL’s availability hence the seeming hints he’ll start in Rochester and we’ll see a stop gap goalie. Since becoming GM, UPL has been injured at least 4 times and that has to wear on a GM no matter how highly he thinks of UPL’s skill

2 7ths, I kid Hopefully you heard right

This entire article was like a fever dream. Are they seriously this out of touch

He’s also hoping Anderson returns to help in net; however he never said as the starter.

No to Zadorov and Gudbranson; both were only good in a highly defensive system and would revert to garbage in Buffalo’s far more open system

Technically in their case it was more timely goaltending in the Playoffs.

And there in lies your problem. Of the listed, there are untouchables important to the team's future 2023: Cozens, Thompson, Asplund, Samuelsson 2024: Mitts, Krebs, Joker, Dahlin, Power There goes over half Then we are left with 2023: Asplund - Barring a huge year, isn't valuable enough to bring in anything far better 2024: Mitts - While the most likely; I personally don't see it as a wise move Krebs - No chance Adams trades him after he sought him out in the Eichel deal Joker - won't be moved in the immediate regardless due to his handiness; technically could be next year if we get a good RHD prospect and Dahlin solidifies 1D on the right. Otherwise it isn't smart asset management to move future growing key pieces for proven talent when the core itself is future growing key pieces. The time you go after a few proven players is after the core has solidified itself and can actually take advantage of the proven players. To me, Fiala for example, would be a fool's errand as he won't give us anything vital to team growth, and potentially might eat far more cap than he's worth. Fiala is a good player but could easily be a 1-hit wonder and is a 1-dimensional player. He's great offensively; but when he doesn't or cant bring his A game he's utterly worthless. Want a proven player, go get a Palat or Letang to bring Cup winning experience to the team while still being useful players. Sign a player who will bring a myriad of assets to the table; not just exist or score. (We already have Jeff Skinner who embodies the score or invisibility role rather well)