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5'11" but I wouldn't count out Victor Eklund. He's a fiesty chaos creator. That said I think we'll look elsewhere. Eklund isn't going to fit their profile impo.

I've basically always argued for guys that can play in the muck, like Benson. I think being tough and battling is a very important hockey trait. I don't equate it with size like just about 90% of this board it seems. I'm looking for heart, miles and miles of heart. I think Martin and Bear have that. McQueen might but he gets injured so that's tough. Eklund has it too. Helenius and Zeimer fall into this as well. Toughness in the NHL today needs to be a pack mentality. Lindy Ruff talked about that at one point this year. You get their by finding those players in the draft and via trade.

No. Dylan Cozens is just bad defensively and the league figured that out. You need team toughness, which is what Florida has. The "manhandling" didn't intimidate Tampa, it out worked Tampa. You're babbling on like it's 1987 and we need some 4th line fighter to protect Gretzky. Quick question, how old are you? When did you first watch hockey? I'm working on a theory. To the bold, keep that up, see how far it gets you with me.

Lol. Keep on keeping on.

What if, and stay with me, we put the pick in a package with other assets. Ik ik Adams isn't good enough for that but we can dream.

Lol. Good luck.

"I assumed that you were suggesting keeping Adams somehow led to us not winning." Yes, I am suggesting that keeping Adams has kept the team from winning games. Hook. Line. Sinker.

Keeping Kevyn Adams, has literally, kept us from winning. We've gotten worse every year for 3 straight years under his uninspired, frail, weak, and otherwise poor leadership. You walked into that one. So you dislike Zack Benson?

Jumping down? Just take him at 9.

This is such a stupid response to what I said. It's conflating losing the lottery (random event) with being annoyed that the 5 time failure of a GM is still around (not random, Pegula keeping his lackey)

Doesn't exist but unless we draft a 6'5" 280lb player, about 80% of this board will bitch they are small and totally ignore how they play.

After the u18s, probably. Carter Bear will still be there. Maybe Jake O'Brien. Victor Eklund. Justin Carbonneau.

Kevyn Adams very clearly still Sabres GM We're a fake franchise

I will burn things.

Martin is a center. I don't think he'll be there at 9.

Because the islanders and the Utah won the lottery and jumped us.

We pick at 9th

Trade the pick.

Jfc. 9th.

Trade the pick. I'd call the islanders and work on a Dobson trade. Maybe they'll be willing to go full rebuild.

And we can't pick second so at least 8th right now.

In 14 years and we've never moved up in the draft. Never.

Sigh

Those changes came so fast we were barely able to digest it!