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This is what I was getting at elsewhere about the Cozens/ Norris trade being a template and tipping us off on Adams' intentions. Sell off the guys Lindy doesn't like in an 'our depreciated asset for your depreciated asset' kinda fashion. How can you exchange Quinn, Samuelsson and UPL for guys who can fill their slots, but be better? Basically use the Buffalo stink to his advantage while his guys still have fans and sweeten the deal with an extra 2nd or an Isak Rosen if you need to to make it work.

The implication was he's going home to stay with his parents for the summer and doesn't expect to come back,. Why leave your stuff and keep the lease when you've been led to believe you're going to be traded? Not saying you're wrong, just passing along the counter-argument. I got the impression Rivet got an info dump from over the weekend from someone he thinks might know things and was sharing what he's been told. As @Flashsabre said, the other tidbit was Quinn being shopped.

I really think Adams will try to reverse the Eichel trade by buying low on the depreciated 1st-line centre asset that is Elias Pettersson. It just fits. I just hope it's going to be for an Eichel-like price (Norris, Östlund, '26 1st?), not something stupid like Byram, Norris and #9

What is the position of weakness? Why does Adams have to take a ***** offer? Why will the offers be *****? Are 23-year-old 40-point defencemen a dime a dozen in the NHL? He had career numbers offensively and defensively and shook off the injury concerns. Personally, if Byram's value was a 25-year-old RFA 60-point centre a year ago, I can't imagine it is any less than that now.

Peters called Rivet out for exactly this.

On Vancouver radio this morning they talked briefly about the news Adams was staying, shook their heads in amazement, and proceeded to say Adams should be targeted by the Canucks as a stupid and desperate GM who could be taken advantage of.

I looked at it as two connected trades: Adams traded down to acquire an extra 2nd specifically with the intent of flipping it for Malenstyn

I strongly believe Byram will be closer to the Reinhart/O’Reilly list of former Sabres than the Mittelstadt/Myers group when all is said and done. They better use him to fix this.

As @inkman is always reminding us, never believe what you see in press conferences. But I definitely read into the Adams and Byram season-enders - what was said and what wasn’t said - that Byram is probably gone. Today on After the Whistle Craig Rivet said Byram’s family came in and helped him completely clean out his house. Rivet says Byram would sign in Buffalo, but he wants Power’s role and opportunity. They’ve chosen Power over Byram and he will be moved. Take it for what it’s worth.

I haven't seen much love for either bolded player on here. Should those people be nervous that they're both reasonable bets to be available when the Sabres pick?

See I'd call ^^^ pride too. 🤷‍♂️

So change is coming, just a year too late, probably 2? With the very real risk of completely alienating the fans and the good players. Seriously, what hope does Kevyn have? Trading Byram and Cozens ain’t going to do it. Seems to me no matter what they spend on the margins, it’s going to be about putting most of his coin on Owen Power and Devon Levi again.

I’m going to miss you calling me out on stuff like this. Seriously.

This feels right to me: pride. Blind, willful adherence to insisting you were right regardless of the evidence, regardless of the consequence.

Not sure if this is serious or random..? I’m thinking I keep the Byram and the McLeod deals And I chuck the Malenstyn and Reinhart deals. I’d rather have a healthy, happy Eichel but given the circumstances I probably keep that deal? TBD on the Cozens trade, based on Norris’ health. The rest all just seem like a big bag of “meh”. And I guess that makes sense because with Adams the issues seem less about the moves he’s made and more about the ones he hasn’t.

I realize this thread mostly exists to vent and crack jokes, but it is such a great question: why indeed? By any objective pro sports results measure, Adams should be fired; the evidence is everywhere. I haven’t done the research myself, but I believe someone posted that he will be among just 2 or 3 GMs in NHL history to get a 6th season after 5 without playoffs. And it can’t be for business reasons. Whatever the money Terry is saving on salaries, he’s squandering in lost revenue opportunities. So why? Does Terry Pegula draw different lines around success and failure than other billionaire sports owners? If so, what are they? Did Kevyn actually present him with an off-season plan for success that he bought? If so, how? Why?

How many of these Adams trades would you reverse? Norris and Bernard Docker for Cozens, Gilbert and a 2nd McLeod for Savoie Pick 14 and Malenstyn for pick 11 Byram for Mittelstadt Greenway for pick 56 Tuch, Krebs, 1st, and 2nd for Eichel and a 3rd Levi and 1st for Reinhart 1st, 2nd and Hagg for Ristolainen 2nd and Bjork for Hall and Lazar Staal for Johansson Just a question, not a statement.

Athletic's instant mock has the Sabres taking Brady Martin over McQueen, which I think would delight most of us. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6335303/2025/05/05/nhl-mock-draft-2025-schaefer-islanders/ Frondell, O'Brien, Mtrka were 6-7-8. Thoughts?

Not predicting anything, but from the outside looking in at team needs and mock rankings, one would think Mtrka would be very much in consideration. McQueen is another obvious need-filler. If they are confident about his health, 9 seems right about where risk meets reward.

Matt Savoie.

Upon further review, it was pretty obviously G for golfing. 😁

Think you guys missed one. The liked UPL, he got a G for good.

For context: https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/9th-nhl-overall-draft-picks

I think the "consensus" that emerges prior to an NHL draft loses all meaning after the first few picks. You take the guy you like the best. You don't ignore your gut and let McAvoy slide by in favour of Nylander. ***** the consensus. Look at the drafts between 5-15 years ago. Most of those drafts tended to follow the consensus. Most drafts are wrong.

2002 birth year like Peterka. 24 goals, 47 points in his first full NHL season. Went one pick ahead of Isak Rosen in the 2021 draft.