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Is the Boychuk thing basically a cap hit with no real money hit that allows the Sabres to not worry about the floor as the pull players up and down? He’s a $6 million one-year cap hit on LTIR.

He said and then kinda backed off that the interview and any resultant fallout was something that people (the Sabres) wanted to avoid. Basically, I thought he was implying that a frustrated Jack interview had been arranged by Eichel’s camp as another lever to get this done. I think the fact that Elliotte got the interview certainly should feed the flames of where he was getting info from in this process.

Friedman just told Marek that Krebs was always a player Buffalo targeted and that he was put on the table about a week ago. He spoke to Jack face-to-face this morning. Clips coming later. Interview was scheduled before the trade happened and he thinks it would have gone a lot differently if it had not. Suggested the desire to avoid that may have helped close the deal.

75 per cent on the 4 1sts. But he also checked off his following goals in the trade: avoiding retention; avoiding cap dumps, avoiding conditional picks, and adding legit top 6 (centre) prospect. Do we buy this? Every indication we got was the difference between "more or less" was named Peyton Krebs.

What I was pointing out was not that Adams “won”, more that he pretty much accomplished what he set out to do. Whether that equates to a win is the story we will watch unfold over the next few years. They were. But the ranking was “young players” not just “prospects” and included guys like Dahlin and Cozens. Krebs is a huge add, and that ranking didn’t include the leaps Quinn, Peterka, Levi, and to a lesser extent Power have shown early. I’m going to stand by my take, they have among the best collections of young talent in the league. Let’s hope this time they become something.

Sure. The benefits of the picks and the cap space won’t become clear for a while. Still waiting for Adams to take advantage of the space. IMO, the addition of Krebs vaults our current prospect list to among the best in the league. We have 3 1sts this year and 3 2nds next year. Let’s hope the Adams team does a better job with all that capital than Tim Murray did.

The Internet said the Sabres were going to have to take a salary dump to make this work. The Sabres did not take on a salary dump The Internet said the Sabres were going to have to accept conditional picks based on Jack’s health/games played. The Sabres did not have to take on such conditions. The Internet said the Sabres were never going to be able to trade Eichel until his neck was fixed. The Sabres traded Jack Eichel before his neck got fixed. The Internet said no one was giving up a top prospect for a broken Eichel. Peyton Krebs is arguably a top 10 prospect. The Internet said the Sabres were never going to get anywhere near their ask of 4 1sts or the equivalent. The Sabres got two former 1sts who have so far justified that status, an actual 1st and a 2nd. Interesting.

Great feature on who he is and where he comes from: https://theathletic.com/970315/2019/05/10/between-chasing-pucks-and-recording-albums-how-the-krebs-are-making-their-mark-in-the-whl-and-nashville/ Consider the Krebses in full pursuit: Maddison, 22, is making a living as a singer-songwriter. She settled in Nashville at the age of 19. Dakota, 20, returns to the WHL for a fifth season in the fall. He left home at 16 when he cracked the lineup of the Tri-City Americans. He now skates for the Calgary Hitmen. Peyton, 18, star of the WHL Kootenay Ice, is a sure-fire first-rounder in the NHL draft. By 15, he was billeting in Strathmore, Alta., and playing for the midgets there. Dru, 16, a second-round selection at the 2018 WHL bantam draft, is bound this winter for the Medicine Hat Tigers. Asked about their remarkably high-reaching offspring, Greg shrugs — and Cindy leaves the table, ostensibly to fetch water. “I mean, we get lots of comments from friends and people we meet,” Greg said. “It’s pretty cool. I don’t know. We always say we found what the kids are passionate about. That’s all we did. I guess they just found their thing. Lots of kids try lots of different things and don’t find that thing.” *** Dru, aiming to catch on with the Tigers, is next. Three lads, three WHL outposts. “Some families want their kids to play together on certain junior teams,” Greg said. “We said, ‘No, you go on your own path. It’ll make you better.'” Cindy agrees. Embrace adversity. “Rather than hiding them from it and protecting them,” she said. “That’s a common theme now, ‘Oh, I don’t want (my child) to get cut.’ No, no. It’s OK to be cut. Then it’s how you respond. That’s what makes the difference.” If the environment seems decidedly coddle-free, note that it also comes without pressure. Even if outsiders conclude that Greg and Cindy are whip-crackers. Not true. “It’s driven by you, personally,” Dakota said. “Our mom and dad aren’t going to make us stickhandle in the garage. Or make Maddison go sing. We have personal goals … our parents just support us and love us the way they do.”

Krebs to rochester per Adams presser

Don't love the trade in a vacuum. You can't replace an Eichel. The only way we "win" it is if he comes back less than what he was. I do like the players we got and the personality of the core Adams is building. Mostly, I'm just glad it's over. Onward and upward.

Rosen Cozens Poltapov Thompson Mittelstadt Asplund

Kid is not going to be a star, but he is my kind of hockey player.

Monahan, Dube, Pelletier and a mid to late 1st Reilly, Hague, Brisson and a late 1st That's certainly where my expectations were before the internet started teasing me, with the hope that Vegas caved for Krebs.

I quite like that lineup.

I will say that the past two days have certainly restored fan base hopes that they may actually be able to get a return for broken Eichel that approaches what we might have received for a healthy Eichel. Hasn't history taught us that we should all be bracing for some crushing disappointment?

I would imagine the NHL is desperate to bump the Chicago shame down the news cycle.

Maybe more than eichel going the other way? Maybe Victor Olofsson doesn't really have a soft tissue injury?

Eichel signing off on a surgery side deal, cementing details of a flip trade, a secondary deal to accommodate cap. The same things I mentioned when the alleged Vegas offer was revealed. You can agree on value and still have to make other moves to accommodate your framework. Also, Holy *****!

Last time Cozens dominated against his peers was the last time he played against them. Cozens had 8 goals and 8 assists in 7 games 10 months ago, when he was arguably the best of the best junior-aged players in the world at the WJC. He's also opened this season with 40-plus NHL games and more than 200 games of major junior hockey or above under his belt, at least 2/3s of those in a top-line role. Quinn opened the year with about 130 major junior games about half of them as a top-line player. It's less about the 7 months and more that he's proven much less than Dylan has in terms of his development. Not saying that Dylan can't or won't benefit from playing in the minors, but i don't agree that they are at the same points in their development.

Because the Sabres didn't think Quinn was ready for the NHL and they thought Cozens was? I mean it hasn't even been 10 games. Cozens is older, physically more developed and was more dominant against his peers. I agree that we will likely see Cozens moved to wing when Mitts comes back, assuming we aren't dealing with another centre shuffle from an Eichel trade.

It's more a question of expectations. People want to see him dominate, not screw up. Maybe he makes more mistakes than most of the forwards, but he also makes more plays too. He hasn't been as effective as Thompson, Olofsson, Asplund and Girgensons, and arguably Caggiula, Skinner and Okposo. But he's certainly been no worse than R2, Hayden, Bjork or Hinostroza.

From what I've read, he is their cap dump of choice. He and Monahan roughly equal Eichel in salary.

Cozens has not played anything close to a 1C role. He has been behind both Thompson and Girgensons in ice time and match-ups.

Can I say that Tage has played better than his 5 points? From a production standpoint he's led the team in posts hit and robbed by goalies. (That toe-to-stick-to-shot thing on the rush last night was stunning) But what I like and have been surprised with most is the way he backchecks so hard and effectively, and the authority with which he is carrying the puck. Soft and a step behind mentally were his early hallmarks and he seems to have shaken off both labels. He's essentially been handed the 1C role without getting 1st-line wingers and having never played the position. He hasn't shined — he will never be a 1C — but he has manned up and held his own. LOL, 56. But we can always dream. Actually, Couture is a pretty good standard for a best-case scenario with Cozens.

Cozens and Dahlin were each badly embarrassed on a Hertl goal, which is going to reinforce the bad impression of what were uneven games. Centre depth is a huge issue for the Sabres. But I'm not sure Cozens' issues are anything that would be fixed by having Eichel and ROR in front of him. He's getting offensive 3C minutes and hasn't really been forced to play elite opposition. He lacks the strength for the game he wants to play, he's squeezing his stick and he's trying too hard. I think his personal struggles are more a Cozens issue than a lineup issue. Tage and Zemgus have been handed much tougher roles for their skillset than Dylan has, but are coping better. Every game Dylan shows signs of how good he can be, and how young he is. I'm still thinking it's too early for the minors, but have to admit he is trending that way.