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@Eleven you're using the term draft strategy wrong. It's like when anyone says tank anymore, no meaning, just a buzzword.

Signing or not signing Ryan Johnson has no impact on the 2023 Sabres Draft strategy. Your point makes no logical sense, Ryan Johnson being signed isn't changing the Sabres draft list. I don't understand your response at all. Ryan Johnson does not impact the 2023 draft in any way.

No it doesn't. This team should use that pick in a trade anyways to get a younger top 4 defender. If they don't make that trade it has no impact on draft strategy. You're conflating draft strategy with other non related things.

Johnson signing or not should have 0 impact on the Sabres draft strategy. If it does, we should be deeply concerned.

I'll answer. Greenway gets 12 in olofsson's 3rd line spot. Quinn gets 7 more, jjp gets 7 more. Done. I don't think any of this is even difficult. 19 and 21 total goals for jjp and Quinn seems easily in reach. Olofsson is replaceable, that's where Buffalo is at in the build.

My apology then, I don't often use Hockey DB because of elite prospects. I'm clearly in need of a break. Yes

No he isn't. Pellikka is taller and heavier than Bryson. Why say this without taking the 2 seconds needed to verify? Bryson 5'9" 179lbs Pellikka 5'11" 181lbs

I think Adams knows the defense isn't good enough and will fix it. Goaltending is a harder issue. I predict next year the Sabres finish above a wild card spot.

I call *****. The youngest team in the league missed the playoffs by 1 win but you are saying that they won't improve next year. Seems highly unlikely and if they add the correct D, that could easily get you another win. Levi doesn't have to stand on his head, he has to be league average. I don't get your takes anymore, it just feels that like since Adams got here in a way you don't like, you'll continue to claim this team can't succeed.

This is almost the exact lineup I posted 2 last week. What step is that? Making the playoffs?

They haven't amounted to anything. Eichel is a locker room problem, our gm and several players have almost said it. If he works in Vegas, fine but I'll believe it when I see it.

You bet 100 bucks this team would finish bottom 4 and now you're mad they aren't talking about winning the cup next year? If you have to say publicly you're trying to win and repeat it... well to quote game of thrones:

Good for him. I still don't like him. Lots of evidence the locker room was trash and he was partially responsible. What accomplishments? Making the playoffs in the weakest division in hockey? Being the equivalent of what? 5th on the Sabres is scoring? Good for him, he's in playoffs. Also, I will laugh every time he sucks in the playoffs.

If you watched that presser and think Adams and Granato have zero expectations... you didn't listen. I'll add, we've only finished year 2 of this rebuild. This was Tuchs first full season and krebs

Considering a woman was killed in NY this week because some idiot thought he had the right to shoot a car turning around in his driveway, you're ***** right I'll make fun it.

Again, you didn't follow the conversation in this thread. Replace ROR name with any name on the planet, if you think you have right to beatup a news cartoonist you're a total clown show. My post is a reflection on the poster who said it and not ROR. Didn't think I had to spell that one out for you. Again this take is what I'm making fun of. The belief you have right to beat up someone over cartoon. ***** laughable and just shows a fragile child's ego to believe it.

You clearly didn't follow what I was responding to so maybe take it down a level before you meltdown over a hypothetical.

No, you are selling Quinn short IMO.

You are ignoring Quinn's development but we shall see. I predict Jack Quinn will outproduce JJP next year by let's say 10+ points. They don't.

That isn't how I look at tools. I picture a box with all the different tools NHL players have and I ask which ones are in Jack's and JJP's. I find that Jack's box has more tools and Jack also knows far better how to deploy and use them. Sure JJP might be faster in a straight line but his rush patterns are one speed and predictable. Jack Quinn might be a step behind but his rush patterns are unpredictable and feature speed shifts and lane fakes that JJP doesn't have in his box. JJP has tools, more than Olofsson for example but he has fewer to pick from and uses them in simpler ways than Jack Quinn.

I already wrote this but will add to the defense part. Defenders look like the following Muel - Dahlin ???? - Power Jokiharju - Lyubushkin Stillman There is no real room in Buffalo for Bryson so you either wave him or trade him. In the above we already have an abundance of forwards so I would package Olofsson for the defense help or you can look in UFA. If you trade Olofsson, that opens up a forward spot which is an easy UFA fill to add a different look to the bottom 6. Hanifin or some of the other names are out there to fill the spot by Power but it can't be Jokiharju if you expect playoffs. You have to upgrade that top 4 in case there is a top 4 injury.

As I said for years... I've thought for 2 years he would sign in LA or Anaheim and wanted him traded to either.