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Not saying you're wrong, I think you are seeing what you want to see. It is almost certainly true that the Sabres told them the offer wasn't good enough and they don't feel empowered to go further. But under the circumstances (the Sabres wanting to trade Eichel) it is more likely they are holding an auction and looking to lever the best offer, as opposed to setting a price and saying "first one to pay it, he's yours."

I'd advise people to read the original article. "A trade was believed to consist of the 5th overall pick, Elvis Merzlikins, either Texier or Peeke and Chinakhov or Marchenko" was clearly speculation on Portzline's part. Yet these leach sites that piggyback off the real reporters will be what people remember. So much this. I think we're getting close.

This might mean Krebs had squat to work with and put up as good numbers as Beniers who was propped up by those around him. It might also mean Krebs got a lot of extra ice time, including in garbage time where the opponent had turned off the jets, whereas Beniers got less ice time with more limited prime opportunities. Also Beniers was a rookie on a stacked team fighting to earn his ice time, Krebs was the obvious centrepiece of his.

Part of me is real happy for Caufield. Lesson for scouts. Look at what a player can do, not what he can't.

I don't see the flash in Krebs you refer to upthread. I see smarts, discipline, and courage. I see really good puck distribution, but i don't see Barzal-like puckhandling. To be clear I like the player a lot. IMO, Beniers has too much in terms of hard skill, work ethic and smarts do be anything less than a good 2nd line centre in the NHL. And good 2Cs get 50-55 points. He's not a slam-dunk #1 because teams don't think his ceiling is much higher than his floor. IMO it's a case of looking so hard at the tools, you miss the player and his capacity to keep growing as hockey player. They might be right about a low-cieling, but I can't see any GM ever regretting taking Matty Beniers; he's does too much right. Of course not. We're talking projections, not absolutes. I think Matt Beniers is a much smarter hockey player than Bennett ever was.

I think that's closer his floor than his ceiling. He's a 50-70 player. Krebs' ceiling is probably 60-65 unless he ends up on the wing of a star, and his floor is lower than Beniers. Did you know that Krebs' production in his D+1 year that got everyone excited is slightly less than what Jack Quinn put up in his draft year?

Where are you getting the higher offensive ceiling? Beniers draft year: 24 points in 24 games NHLe 27 Krebs draft year: 64 points in 68 games. NHLe 23

Agree with the first sentence, however: I like Krebs more than Turcotte as well, but that's a personal preference; their, size, skill, age, attitudes, defence and their production is all on a similar level. I think LA might take Tuch over pick 8, but that doesn't mean Buffalo should. Can't remember a top 10 pick ever being traded for a player like Tuch. I guess what I'm saying is the packages are close enough that the adds matter. Also, 3OA is head and shoulders above anything above, and anything else we believe to be on the table. And Comtois is no slouch. There is a reason why Anaheim is believed to be the current focus.

I just think Adams has a pretty good idea at the deadline what the general return was going to be and decided to go ahead. I guess it could be that interest softened, but I think the delays are more about maximizing the return than anything else.

Jack is going to be sold to the highest bidder this summer so Adams can move ahead with his plan. The market will decide his value. You and I don’t get to decide fair value.

A majority I’d say. It’s grief for one of the few things from the past decade that felt like it could still generate hope. The “iF we aren’t getting Zegras, say no” crowd is in denial, IMO. I’ve moved on to acceptance.

Those holding out hope that he remains a Sabres are going to be disappointed. The path has been determined. The decision has been made. The return will disappoint. Get it over with, figure out what comes next.

Disappointing so far. Same draft year and. position as Mitts, done less in the NHL and, really, not as much in the AHL either.

I can imagine the vitriol is he was our hire.

I love Krebs. Upside is Sam Reinhart. Not convinced he gets there. I think 3OA (Eklund/Beniers/Power) has significantly more value.

Especially if you’re not getting Zegras. I think Kevyn seriously considers keeping Reinhart on a one-year deal to play the 1st-line centre role and shield the kids. The benefits of development time that buys might be worth the hit we take waiting until the deadline to trade him.

And the fact the under that scenario poor old Jeff Skinner is still on the 4th line.

Comtois Beniers Cozens would absolutely terrorize in a few years. But, for balance sake: Eklund Cozens Quinn Comtois Mittelstadt Thompson Olofsson Beniers Peterka Asplund Project to be three well-balanced 200-foot lines full of the hard skill Adams touts

You’re talking 2-goal Jack Eichel?

How does a replacement-level goalie go 26-20-6 with the 2019-21 Buffalo Sabres?

It's a question. It's not a question as big as those tied to the other goalies on the market.

This is far from truth. Ullmark is significantly better than Anderson Dubnyk, Reimer, Raantta, Mrazek, Elliott and Smith. Those are the guys you sign to be a stop-gap, or a 1B. Plus he's younger; he's arriving, not departing. If you want a #1, Ullmark and Grubauer are the only guys worth looking at. Injuries and the Sabres bad play have blinded many on Sabrespace to how good Linus is, but it won't blind GMs. He's been a DeLuca .500 goalie over the past two years on the Sabres. Think about that one for a second. With Linus in goal, the Sabres are 90-point team. He's going to light it up somewhere next year, and it will be yet another tick to our lengthy history of mismanagement.

I like the way the top half of that list shook out.

In an ideal world, the Sabres sign Linus to a four-year $20 million deal. He's good, he's peaking and he's worth it. The thought that he will accept less to avoid free agency is wishful thinking IMO. He's the best UFA goalie on the market, save Grubauer and he will be signing with a team that wants him as their #1, not to share the crease. Maybe if the Gibson rumours are true his rights get flipped to the Ducks.

There was debate going on in front of my post about whether or not Granato is Ron Rolston 2.0. My point was to provide posters with their resumes so they could compare for themselves.