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Olofsson is a top 6 forward. He has 39 goals and 86 points in 123 NHL games. Mitts may establish himself as one this year. Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, Rosen and Poltapov have that potential. We hope to add 2 more from an Eichel trade and this year’s top pick. He’s right in terms of there being no Eichels and no sure things in that group. But Im hopeful there may be enough Sam Reinharts and a Ryan O’Reilly or 2.

They signed Whitecloud to term, making sure their top 4 is locked up, and Hutton to fill out their 3rd pair. That makes a D prospect expendable. They nabbed Amadio to be a depth C. That makes a centre expendable. They need to move about $5 million. That’s Theodore or Smith. Could Krebs, Hague, Smith and a 1st actually have been the ask all summer and Vegas has finally decided to pay? Or maybe maybe Adams conceded a lesser prospect? Maybe conditions on the pick based on Jack’s health?

Next they are going to leak a name that is interesting as a 2ndary piece, say Tuch. And we’ll get kinda excited, as in “ooh, Tuch and Krebs and a 1st isn’t a bad haul.” And then we will find out that Tuch is the main piece. There is no Krebs and no 1st. That’s how it worked with Reinhart. That’s how it worked with O’Reilly.

Lucky shot, right? Because if it’s not luck that would mean he’s good and that can’t be right. Not Jack Quinn

This. The only substantive in-game adjustment I can remember that wasn't injury/equipment/special teams related is Caggiula bumping Bjork off the Angry Larry line, and that line has otherwsie only moved because of injury. Cozens has been with his guys since Mitts went down. The Thompson line hasn't juggled a shift that I can recall and the D pairs have been locked since Joker got hurt.

He looks much better eye test as well. He's clearly making a conscious effort to change his game to be a driver rather than just a finisher.

The article didn't elaborate, but the impression it gave was that it is a physical issue, not a philosophical one.

From the article I read, the name can't be removed, only covered. Precedent was set when Peter Pocklington put his dad's name on the cup.

Thanks for providing the facts to back up my argument. Don’t actually know. The bigger the picture the more weight. What I’m trying to say with Levi is that there is more there than 14 games. If you do a deep dive into the Internet, he’s an impressive kid who didn’t come out of nowhere. He was practicing with and impressing NHLers at 15 and putting up insane numbers at lower levels while resisting overtures to play in the Q.

I’d suggest most fans aren’t on Sabrespace, just the hardcore ones. But I’m belabouring this. I don’t really disagree with most of what you’re saying.

It’s kinda the Phil Housley argument. At the time Bowman picked him taking a high school hockey player was almost unheard of. A 5’10” defenceman in the top 10? People thought he was crazy. 3rd in games played in his class and a hall-of-farmer. Good scouting is about recognizing the outliers.

I think you’re splitting hairs here. Every draft pick has some questions. UPL was good enough in Finland to be a 2nd-rounder, then followed that up with a dominating year in the OHL. Then he had hip surgery.

His data pre-14 was pretty strong though. Levi has dominated pretty much everywhere he’s played. He had 2 strikes against him in the eyes of scouts: level of competition because he wasn’t in one of the main feeder leagues because of his academic goals, and size.

It’s also true for UPL. His fall from grace has occurred over maybe 30-40 games, most of those his past 17 in Rochester. What is troubling though is that he is so far off. He’s not inconsistent, or letting in a few softies, he’s downright bad. And the flip side is true for Levi. He’s not “playing really well” he’s dominating at bothe the highest level of his peers, and again as a 19-year-old in a men’s league. Each is enough of an outlier that it is worthy of close attention.

For me and many others on here it’s because playing armchair GM is a favourite hobby. But that doesn’t change the fact that just as many don’t really care how the sausage is made, they just want a meal they can enjoy. Ive always appreciated @PASabreFan’s romantic radio-under-the-pillow, hockey cards arranged in line-combos view of the Sabres as the purest essence of what fandom should be.

Pat Lafontaine for Andrew Peters. Dominik Hasek for Slava Kozlov. I like the cut of your jib, son. Or it might be irrelevant like in the Hasek and Lafontaine trades.

We still need them to pick Linus-Rasmus Salainenchuk

Guess nobody will ever wear 2 again, but it should be Power’s number. Old school top Dman’s number, Eddie Shore, Doug Harvey.

Wait, so other teams don’t pick Linus Cronholms?

At this point in time it looks absolutely shocking this guy fell to the 7th round. What were the scouts missing? It’s not like he wasn’t that good and slowly turned in to this over 5 years. He was drafted literally a year ago.

Even Von Barnekow is putting up a point a game? What the hell is going on with this year’s draft?

That is some sick hands and vision under pressure. Do you really think anyone else would have the balls to wear that number after Johan Larsson?

I’m starting to get the impression the smoke was about getting someone (not Vegas) to up their offer and that didn’t happen.

And you can’t say he “got hot” because they are 2 separate segments 10 months and an injury apart. WJC: 7GP, 3 SO, .964 S% NCAA 7GP, 4 SO, .944 S% He’s got 7 shutouts in his past 14 games? Who does that?

Agreed. It's not about what the results of the trade are on paper. The best trades in Sabres history include a beloved vet for unsung minor league prospect Rene Robert and a middle-six centre for an oddball backup goalie named Dominik Hasek. The highest-profile — Gare/Foligno, Turgeon/Lafontaine, Peca/Connolly — probably weren't worth the hype. KA doesn't "do well" if he gets a Grade A C prospect, a young NHL RD with pedigree and 1st rounder, and poorly if he gets a Grade B LD prospect, a young LW we haven't heard of, and 2nd rounder. He does well if he makes the team better. Period. Mogilny for Wilson, Peca and a 1st was roasted and that was when people thought Wilson was good. He sucked, but it turns out we did just fine because Peca was much better than we thought and the 1st turned into Jay McKee. Not even playing with his best buddy and other client Owen Power?