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Well he did say a weak version of that early, and re-emphasized more clearly later. And there isn't much he can do if other GMs, agents, editors and TV producers want to keep pushing the agenda.

Which might be the point. Maybe Adams has set a value that would make him move the asset to see if anyone will bite. He probably doesn't want to trade Eichel, and he's not in a position where he has to trade Eichel.

This is the same rumour being discussed elsewhere and it is not about actual picks, it is about young players who were first round picks and still have that value. So, Eichel for Cozens, Mitts, Reinhart and Risto. Eichel for Konecny, Sanheim, Provorov and Farabee... etc.

It is very hard to envision the Sabres not being a seller at the deadline with a defence of Borgen Bryson Dahlin Jokiharju Miller and even a good summer acquisition If you left Miller and Risto exposed, which one would Seattle take? How about Miller and Borgen? We have to go 7/3. You go 4/4 you are essentially offering them their choice of Mitts or one of Risto/Borgen/Miller You go 7/3 you are essentially offering them one of Risto/Borgen/Miller For me the fall back has to be protecting Dahlin, Joki and Risto and hoping they take Miller over Borgen. My preference is to convincing them to take a light sweetener to take Tokarski, or a better sweetener to take Eakin. Okposo is a pipe dream. Meanwhile, we have room to pick up other teams protection issues at forward and goalie. We are protecting Girgensons, Lazar, and Thompson as things stand right now under a 7/3 and we literally have no one to protect in goal.

Shh... Didn't ruin Ryan Miller at 23. Ended up playing 15 games. Even then he didn't make the Sabres until three years later; before the lockout there was that 3-game stint he had at 24 where he had a 5.08 GAA and a .795 S%

I really hope Borgen gets 20 games in at the end of the season to demonstrate whether this is warranted. Because I really like the concept of Borgen Will Borgen turns 25 this year and has played 8 NHL games. Casey Mittelstadt and is two full years younger. There is a potential opportunity cost to factor into leaving Risto exposed and that is the return he could garner as a trade deadline rental.

Under 2 different owners, four GMS and at least six head scouts.

It's an unconnected blogger putting his spin on a connected reporter's reporting. What Renaud Lavoie (the original source) is saying is the ask is roughly the equivalent of four Dylan Cozens: four talented young players at or near the NHL who are already good, or who you could reasonably expect to get good or better. So Turcotte, Byfield, Kempe and Bjornfot... Or Lafreniere, Chytil, Buchnevich and Lindgren... Or Keller, Crouse, Chychrun and Hayton... Or Suzuki, Kotkaniemi, Romanov and Poehling... Or Newhook, Byrum, Jost and Timmins... Pick your team and have at 'er

1) You, on the other hand, have never agreed with a poster who said "the goalie needs to save that," let alone posted that yourself. 2) If you think Sabrespace doesn't frequently blame the skaters you have to have either a reading comprehension problem, or 97 per cent of the posters here on ignore.

Not sure you got my point there: I think it is quite possible that the Sabres failed to do an NHL-calibre homework check on any of their acquisitions. How many live viewings by how many scouts, how much tape watched by how many scouts? How many hockey numbers crunched by how many analytics people? How many contract numbers crunched by how many salary cap people? How much digging into mindset and character with how many insiders? How many debates by how many seasoned hockey executives? Instead of a professional-standard routine of checks and balances, I think the Sabres may have had one guy say "I know him and like him" (Krueger: Rieder, Hall; Adams: Staal) and made their move. It explains why no one else was willing to play anything close to what Hall and Eakin (and Girgensons) got, and why Staal was available so cheaply. Other teams had done their homework.

In retrospect, Adams off-season look like the moves of a well-informed fan without the benefit of fresh scouting information: "Eakin looked good in the playoffs with Vegas" "Staal's numbers are still great in Minnesota" "Taylor Hall was an MVP".

@thewookie1 raises a relevant point with Zibenijad's contract, but he's looking at the other two as worst-case scenarios. Georgiev is an OK NHL starter and he still has room for growth. Fox is the best asset in your package. I don't think the Rangers would be willing to trade Fox with the other pieces you included. They're aren't going to give up an elite prospect (certainly among the top 10 U20s in the world), a legit NHL goalie AND their best defenceman (cheap and under team control for a while) to upgrade from Zib to Eichel. If I'm the Sabres, the Rangers have to include Fox or Lafreniere or no deal, then add significantly. If I'm the Rangers, there is no way the Sabres are getting both.

Thing about Tage (Bryson is like this too) is that they try things. The Sabres so rarely try to beat somebody.

I'd take either of those deals in a second. I'll be ecstatic if we get a late first on its own for Hall.

Is the type of return I think is in the ballpark: the lesser Eichel to replace him on the roster, the high-end Grade A prospect, and the emerging player in a position of need. The Sabres may have to toss a lesser asset back to get the Rangers to say yes.

Adams isn't going after Strome. His moves will be geared toward acquiring Chris Drury/Rod Brind'Amour/Kevyn Adams/Jay McKee "burn to win" types. Trust me, it will be our new flavour of the day.

One in nine people vaccinated isn't even close to amount needed to slow transmission. Even 50 per cent means that half the people you come in contact with are potential carriers.

This, times 1,000. People get so stupid when projecting prospects: "there's no way we're giving up Lafreniere" Of course you are, if Lafreniere hits his ceiling, he's still not as good as Eichel. These two together wouldn't get me to bite, but for me, one of the guys coming back has to be at least as good as Reinhart, and one of the prospects has be at least as rated as Cozens... ..unless you get prospect basket that carries — in addition to being overflowing with talent — the cap space to acquire another Reinhart by other means.

Different voice is always interesting. Did we really ever like the pressers from Housley and Bylsma?

He is very Sobotka, isn't he? Just has to pass the puck into the corner a few times when he has it in the slot and he'll get there.

Interesting and perhaps predictable that the worst Sabres included Risto, Reinhart, Olofsson and Hall. Staal, definitely predictably, joined them. Skinner, also predictably, played like he was having fun again. Mittelstadt, Cozens (what the hell happened to him in the second?) and Bryson showed flashes of good and bad. Get used to seeing that a lot down the stretch. The fact that a 31-year-old who has played two games in a year, and hadn't played an NHL game since 2016, let in four and still had the best Sabres goalie performance by a guy not named Linus all year tells you all you need to know about Carter and JJ.

Rod is Pacific Northwest boy. Seattle, oddly, has no coach yet. Hmmm......

I will be shocked if the majority of our UFAs arent gone in three weeks. You don’t trade your third-string goalie when your starter is injured, let alone for a sixth-rounder, if you aren’t in full spring cleaning mode. And dumping UFAs for assets is rebuilding GM 101. (The fact Botterill turned Bogosian, Scandella/Frolik, Larsson and Vesey into absolutely nothing and even gave up a pick for Wayne Simmonds is more evidence of his failures)

Johansson had to play something like 26 NHL games this season in order to remain an RFA. He will be a UFA and the Sabres got an asset they could for a player they were unlikely to re-sign. He's a borderline prospect at best. It's like trading Justin Bailey for Taylor Leier.

Tell that to Dustin Byfuglien