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Kevyn Adams wouldn't be my GM in this scenario. In fact at this point, there is no scenario short of acquiring McDavid that I want Adams back. However if you draft 1st overall, you can still take Schaefer and trade Power. Hmmm, probably the pick.

You can draft Schaefer, but then you look to move Power. In fact, I might argue, drafting Schaefer could speed up the rebuild as you would then have Power as a trade chip and could get something very good for him like a very good center. That said, and as much as Schaefer is good and young (Sept bday), I think if I were Buffalo, I take Hagens 1st overall. That's subject to change as this goes on.

Reason is simple, he doesn't want them to say or do anything he doesn't want. It is about regurgitating his beliefs or his admins beliefs and if the science contradicts that it must be silenced.

This team needs more guys who do 2 things: Demand the puck, support the puck.

Hagens is a playmaker. Misa less so. Martone is actually a playmaker as well.

Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs (morbidity and mortality weekly); no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/hhs-cdc-fda-trump-pause-communication/index.html

This will sound nuts but I mean stylistically not talent level, I see flashes of McDavid in some of Misa's transition game. I AM NOT SAYING MISA IS MCDAVID

We want to talk payoff down the road, Östlund in another 2-3 years is the guy I think of. Needs more garbage plates in his life though.

Hagens is probably on that Jack Hughes trajectory. He's a playmaker with some jam and a really good 2-way game. Misa is probably more along the lines of well, I am not 100% sure. I think he is less dyanmic of a playmaker, more dynamic of a skater, motor revs a touch higher, and he's more physical than Hagens. His 2-way game is not as developed but his rush game is amazing (which is part of the issue, rush games don't always translate to the NHL smoothly). His shot is really good. After that Roger McQueen is a big 2-way center with some jam to his game. Sadly he's been injured and that's my biggest concern with him. He's missed about 12 games in the previous 2 years as well and will have missed about 30 games in this one. That said, he is this years Cayden Lindstrom. After that, there isn't another center in the top 6ish depending on how you feel about Carter Bear (I think he's probably a winger). There are a bunch of centers in the 10-20 range, Caleb Desnoyers (could go 6-10), Braeden Cootes, Anton Frondell, Jake O'Brien, Brady Martin. If we look at the 30-40 range, Ivan Ryabkin stands out at center along with Cole Reschny and a guy I would think about targeting, Milton Gästrin. I should add that Gastrin reminds me of Helenius in that he is solid all over the ice but doesn't have a specific skill that wows you. Still a 6'1" middle 6 center that is a 2-way 50pt player would be a very nice 2nd round selection.

I don't believe it's about cartels.

So they called up a player to take zuckers spot on line 2 and instead of getting a look at Rosen went back to Kozak ... You know what, ***** this org. It's run by idiots.

Once you say 1 generation back, what stops you from saying 2? What stops you from saying ever? Who defines entered the country legally? How do we prove who's been here for multiple generations? Can police now stop me and ask for my papers? If the 14th amendment can be changed by executive order, all amendments can. That's not a functioning democracy, that's a dictatorship.

I was just genuinely curious how you viewed the 14th so thank you. I don't think the 2nd amendment talk is relevant here, just my personal feelings.

Ok, now a real response. I think Terry doesn't really care unless it impacts his rich guy yacht money. Adams, isn't good at making moves and other GMs keep waiting to fleece him. So when they can't, they tend to hold. So you have 2 factors, Terry doesn't care enough to put pressure on, especially with the Bills still going. And 2, Adams isn't competent enough in his job regardless of the limits Terry has on him.

Not a rhetorical question at all. And you are trying to shift the conversation. Why does the 1st section of the 14th amendment, exist at all? Why's it there?

Tell me why the 14th amendment exists in the first place.

EP put Frondell 18th... so I fully expect Buffalo to reach on him in the top 5 and for me to have to argue about why it was a mistake for about 5 years while it pans out that he was a mistake that high.

Little jealous of this. I really want to try this but it is basically impossible to get. I probably mentioned this before but maybe not, I have a bottle of Weller 12yr and it is very good. I like wheated bourbons because they tend to take out some of the burn you get with blends that have more rye in them. Weller 12 is really nice on the rocks or with a couple drops of water, has a smooth buttery start and then you get some of that spicey heat at the end but you still get that smokey vanilla sweatness throughout which I enjoy.

It is finally here, the EP January Ranking and boy oh boy is it fun. https://www.eliteprospects.com/news/2025-nhl-draft/the-elite-prospects-mid-january-top-64-2025-nhl-draft-ranking Matthew Schaefer James Hagens Michael Misa Porter Martone Roger McQueen Jackson Smith Victor Eklund Carter Bear Lynden Lakovic Cameron Schmidt

And Adams still gave him a freaking 5 year deal.

You ever watched the footage from the Hindenburg disaster?

This team is less Theoden and more Wormtongue