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I hate the "clickbait" style thread title. ***** hate it. Several ppl have and are talking about it. NHL teams drafted 0 defenders under 6ft in the draft this year. Teams want size in defense due to reach. When power was drafted it was all "so rare 6'6" defenders" and now Buffalo has another 1st rounder (who might be better than power) who's at that 6'6" threshold. The problem at extreme height is leverage. If you can work under that reach, it's harder for long defenders to regain leverage which is why physically pushing you away matters there. All that said, there might be 3 nhl defenders in the Sabres rhd prospect pool. Bedkowski is less talented more physical Kleber so idk where that goes. I think Strbak is also ahead of both. Mrtka slots in at the top of that pile. Komarov might be a 5/6 in a couple more years. These are all RHD and we haven't even touched on Kesselring or the Dahlin plays his off side. McCarthy, I see no path to the Sabres roster he'd be behind 4 prospects at least.

First scouting event of the year is over: 90 short write ups. https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/2025-hlinka-gretzky-cup-scouting-reports-on-over-90-nhl-draft-prospects

Or Lindy Ruff isn't a good head coach.

Almost like Wilford sucks And even a dolt should be able to figure it out, but here we are

I don't care for Newsom but he's not wrong.

Fear mongering... lol

ICE can claim whatever they want. They did not go through due process therefore ICE is lying. I wouldn't trust ICE if they wished me good morning. I keep wondering when ICE will be sent after Liberals, what will be their crime? They will be labeled un-american and be called "invaders" or some other nonsense.

At this point I feel like we have talked about just about all there is to talk about. We won't know anything until these players start playing games together.

This is fascism https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-deport-us-citizen-kids-stage-4-cancer-honduras-rcna224501

Calling them "riots" is dishonest. Trump will call any protest he dislikes a "riot" and Fox News will scream "RIOT!" into the airwaves nonstop until Maga believes that LA is a post-apocalyptic hellscape. When a president starts using terms like "liberating" in reference to US cities, he's a fascist and a racist. We are sprinting towards full on dictatorship. You can't "liberate" a US city from the ppl who live there even if you dislike those ppl. To clarify, "you" in this case does not mean Hank

You're clearly triggered. I asked a few follow up questions on your position. That's all, there is no "gotcha" coming. I disagree on your take. I don't have big smoking gun though which you implied a few times.

Why are Republicans hell bent on fascism? I asked a simple question. Calling what was happening in LA "riots" is disinformation. Under that pretense, Trump can deploy the US Military anywhere on US soil for anything.

Do you support deploying armed US military personnel for domestic law enforcement operations? Do you support deploying armed US military personnel to put down protests that are in opposition to the POTUS?

Do you support deploying the United States military on US soil?

There's disinformation in here. But just to clarify you support sending in armed US military personnel to deal with domestic law enforcement issues? You support the Potus at any point sending the military to US soil to do... anything the potus orders?

There is a good reason Mittelstadt isn't here and no, I wouldn't trade for him, even draft picks.

He's 2027 draft eligible but don't have that thread yet.

If Benson puts up 45pts this year, that was a good year for him. That would be where I put his point total over under 44.5o/u

You aren't reading. YOU, you, specifically you. I said it 3 times so you get it. Said and I will quote " best case Benson could approach 60pts.... that said, he still wouldn't crack the top 6 on an established playoff team." You set the threshold at 60pts on multiple posts. You then said that isn't a top 6 winger. Either you are not writing what you mean, or you believe that if Zach Benson scored 60pts, he still wouldn't be a top 6 player. Which is it? If you are arguing that Benson is not a top 6 right now, sure by points he might not be. I guess we shall find out this season.

Literally showed this to be wrong. Here, read carefully.

It amazes me how rabid ppl are for fascism these days. They are positively giddy about it as long as it aligns with their politics.

You aren't my friend. You said that a 60pt Benson wouldn't even be a top 6 winger on a playoff team. I proved you wrong, easily. Be better.