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I'd need more than Miller for 9th. I can draft better Miller in Mrtka. Sure I gotta wait 2yrs but wth are we doing with yet another lhd anyways? At least mrtka plays the right.

What I'm saying is this: If you miss on Mrtka 6'5.75" 218lbs you have the following Psenicka: 6'5" 185lb (late switch to CHL, upside) Amico: 6'5.5" 232lbs (knee surgery in November, upside) Kettles: 6'5.5" 195lbs (Sept bday, upside)

I'd toss Carter Amico, 6'5" 232lbs and Peyton Kettles, 6'5" 195lbs as well in this draft. Amico has knee surgery and missed a chunk of the year so he might be a diamond in the rough. Kettles won't be 18 until September and he's mean in his own zone with a developing offensive game. Both are potential 3rd round guys if they last. Both are RHD

Martin is going to get over drafted. I disagree about "most sense". Buffalo has drafted 4 rhd in early rounds the last few years. Strbak (2nd), McCarthy (3rd), Kleber (2nd), and we'll include Komarov (5th) too. Mrtka is the best of that group but in this draft specifically, there's going to be 2-3 rhd with size available at 39 and I don't think Mrtka is so far above them that he warrants 9th oa. Psenicka for example might be there at 39 and I have a sneaky suspicion might be far closer to mrtkas ability but simply lacks strength right now. That all said, it's just my opinion on it and as always I encourage others to read up, watch, and make their own conclusions.

nothing exciting. The Sabres met with Mrtka so that's who we're drafting or something.

I'll trade them Samuelsson and Rosen but the idea of using Owen Power and then adding more to get Miller is not something a serious GM would do. Miller is a 4/5 defender at best. He's not that interesting especially with the amount he'll command.

Max Pšenička measured 6'5" and only 185lbs. Dude is a RHD that has some muscle to add but he is big and has physicality. I would skip Mrtka and gamble on Pšenička at 39.

Finally. Here's the full height and weight measures. https://thehockeywriters.com/2025-nhl-combine-heights-weights/

The question with Carbonneau is translatability of his game. He has a tendency to stop scanning and go full McDavid where he plans to deke and skates through everyone. That does not work at the NHL level very often. He'll need to pick his spots better and use his passing and off puck game more. If he can, all those soft skills will be that much more useful.

Go home sportsnet, you're drunk "Heck, if Desnoyers and Martone wind up going 2-3, that would push Misa... to 4"

Except when Murray got here, he drafted like *****, his predecessor had drafted like *****, and so after he did that, there was literally nothing in the pipe. Versus now, we're the youngest team in the league, we have a list of talented players in the NHL, we have good prospect depth, and we aren't trading everything, just a few pieces. Besides, Murray traded for the booger sugar bros and captain nutjob. At least ror was a good deal.

That wasn't the trade. You may not think much of Docker but he's an NHL player.

Stop trying to blame fans for Adams incompetence.

#1 reason Kevyn keeps ppl around, likability. Because Kevyn isn't cut out for this job.

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Wasn't necessarily advocating for it. I'm just unsure the cost.

Idk. The last trade like that was... 2008 I think. No idea the values involved. I can say the rumor mill says we could see a trade amongst the top 3. Islanders want Hagens, Sharks want Schaefer, and Hawks want Misa. Misa is probably NHL ready. If that's who you get.

Highly unlikely (he's there at 9) at this stage. I question his overall skill set but a 25g, 25a guy who hits everything isn't bad at all. Or he's gonna continue to improve his skills and he's actually a 35g, 45a wrecking ball. Or... he ends up a 3rd/4th line roll player with heavy hits.

Here's Carter Bears tracked data from EP.

I'd probably list the Sabres targets in no particular order as Martin, Mrtka, Smith, Bear, Carbonneau, O'Brien, Lakovic and McQueen. I think they'll shy away from Eklund and the rest of Hagens, Misa, Martone, Desnoyer, Frondell, Schaefer will be long gone.

Should look at Mrtka too. I don't love him but it's not unreasonable to take him at 9. My issue isn't him so much as I believe in most drafts I can get a tall defender with his offense in the teens or later most years. It's more about the value you're getting at 9. But again a 6'5" rhd is going to look very attractive to Buffalo.

Weird. The Vancouver Canucks GM and President of Hockey Ops did not come for the combine. They sent the director of scouting and AGM. I understand there's a lot of talk about them trading that 1st rounder but that's just lazy and you aren't doing due diligence.