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He's not even good defensively, what's the point? The hits? Adams has to concept of what assets are worth. Prove us won't Kevyn

On bad teams they do

What an overpayment and a joke. This guy isn't worth a 3rd round pick.

Fire Kevyn Adams

I'd go Miettinen or Chernyshov and then which ever rhd they like. I don't think they trade *****. Espn+

Adams seems to refuse to even overpay by a penny. What's worse Scrooger McDuck or Tim Murray Mckeens top left

Adams is entirely too slow and too cautious up to this point.

Draft Dickinson, where's he playing in 2 years? Not line 1 or pp1. Not line 2 or pp2. I suppose maybe line 2. We have all the young lhd. Wasn't a need.

Owen Power is 21. Rasmus Dahlin is 24. Bowen Byram is 22. They all have what those 2 do.

We have 4 with nhl potential. Novikov, Komarov, Strbak, and maybe McCarthy. I'd expect to add at least 1 more today.

Nygard, who I like, is 7 months older and also played in a men's league. He's a rw though, not a center, and Helenius has better playmaking while nygard has a better shot. Both have a physical element. But we're arguing over 1.75" and 16lbs... just seems a bit superfluous. Oh yea, forgot about that one. Was traded for a 1st and other stuff. Yes.

Eiserman is going to be good and several teams who passed on him will look foolish.

Guentzel is staying in Carolina according to reports.

I disagree. This org has a ton of lhd and didn't need another. Helenius is probably the best 2way center of the 4 players here and I think Kulich and Savoie and up at wing.

My thoughts:

Which other team traded a first round pick in the last week for a current nhl player in either a package or solo? It isn't just a Buffalo thing. That's no excuse for Adams failing up to this point to add talent via trade.

I could answer this question but I'm lazy. Not many. Cayden Lindstrom is the only one before Helenius gets drafted. Lindstrom and Sennecke are the only 2 drafted at 6'2" or taller before Helenius. Short list.

Oh that's fun, hmm. Better than Geekie and Lundell. I've never loved Perfetti. Rossi is tough because dude got covid bad so really just getting on track but ahead of Helenius. Nazar I think Helenius can be better than. I like Sillinger a lot. Alright, without doing any research and based on my gut... Rossi, Sillinger Perfetti, Helenius Lundell, Nazar, Geekie That's where I would be and I recognize Lundell just won a cup.

I think Helenius is better at taking away space than Iginla.

He could probably hold it down maybe this year or next.

He can do pull-ups! I repeat, he can do pull-ups.

One thing not mentioned thus far, Helenius has a great personality and is fun.

Iginla is 1" taller and 2lbs heavier than Helenius. This is why I keep pushing back on your small euro comments.

Interesting you mention Krebs. This will sound insane and I'm not advocating for it but Helenius might be better than Krebs within a year or maybe two.