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Here you go, was surprised Cooley slid to me but that was fun.

My OP was that a player like Cooley who is really a playmaker might not be the best fit over someone like Nazar or Slafskovsky if they go forward in the 1st. We have a lot of guys who have some silky passing skills but there are few who can just bar down a shot. Tage does have finishing btw, just he also has playmaking. Quinn will fall into this as well. Cozens right now... has both but we don't see it a lot. Either way it doesn't really matter, Sabres will draft who they want.

Skinner finishes goals but he isn't a finisher, aka a shooter, sniper. He is a volume scorer who gets his rebounds in close. I am specifically thinking of sniper/finishers. Olofsson isn't a finisher this year, no problem saying he is nothing because he hasn't been much of anything. As to the bolded... oh yes his 8g 6a really scream finisher. Or his 7g, 5a or his 20g, 18a. Clearly a 50/50 guy.

I don't view Skinner as a finisher. Olofsson literally cannot finish. Thompson is in the 50/50 category. Peterka has 27a compared to 13g but you want to go finisher, maybe? He is a zone entry machine with good puck distribution and a decent shot.

I don't think the Sabres will draft Mintyukov and in fact they shouldn't. That's another talented LHD in a room with 5 of them under 23. Also with his consolidated ranking at 19, I don't think he will be available.

They aren't but we will keep hearing this until they have enough talent to win.

Pot, meet kettle. That said, I disagree with having fatigue while watching them. Outside of the Ottawa stinker I have been highly entertained by this team the last month or so. They lose a lot but I am not really watching for wins at this stage but watching to see which players we should care about moving forward.

Oh yea, I forgot about that. What a ***** game it was from Buffalo.

We gotta find 1 standard deviation away from Tage's average and use that as the +/- on his sh%. This however is why I look at the 2022 draft and I pause when ppl talk about getting a player like Cooley (who I really like). We have a lot of playmakers but I worry that we don't have a lot of finishers.

Idk, every goal felt like an empty net yesterday

You know, the 2022 draft might not be sexy like 2023 but considering we desperately need rhd, I think we're going to make out okay. There's also some good quality hidden in this draft if you're crafty.

Check out his work on the Seattle expansion draft.

Well Devon Levi should be available soon.

I'd guess all 3 were out for at least 1 if not 2 empty net goals Not a great night from them overall

I watched a defense in desperate need of Dahlin and Power. Worst game I've seen from Mule. Jokiharju was also bad. Hagg... oof. Mitts makes this team better. I thought he had a quiet but nice game. Eakin, Bjork, olofsson... idk what they're bringing to the table.

Mitts has looked decent considering he's barely played

After he took that, he went immediately to the bench

But is that a 24oz or a 16oz?

I think he could, yes.

Sam Reinhart was the most underrated and under appreciated tank era player. I hope he wins a cup. Mofo is fine

I wonder why the defense is off... if only there was something obvious that was missing...

I love offsides challenges! ... I still don't

I hate offside challenges