Brawndo

Done

Someone will help them, it might as well be the Sabres. JVR would be a flippable asset at the TDL. Stockpile future picks for trades

The ask to take JVR is Florida’s 2024 1st, Fletcher has balked at that so far

You want the offensive percentage to be positive, and the defensive percentage to be negative

Evolving Hockey’s Contract Projection was 3 years at 4.5 AAV for Strome. They have been very close with most of Their Projections. He was certainly worth His Qualifying Offer

It’s a two way deal probably in Rochester with UPL

So UPL is the equivalent as Portillo or Levi aren’t signed

Talbot traded to Ottawa

Cam Talbot to the Senators per Weekes

I wouldn’t have taken Leinonen there especially with the talent that was still on the board. 16 players including 6 RHD and two highly rated forwards went between picks 41 and 58 when the next goalie was selected. I have reason to believe that there was not a complete consensus on picking Him at 41 and that the analytics staff had a higher grade on someone else. I love the draft, I’m just not a fan of this particular pick

Dreger mentioned until Montreal has a clearer picture of Price’s Health, Allen is probably not on the market

Faber being Minnesota’s Captain next season probably helps Him stay another season

In the past ten drafts the Sabres have selected 5 goalies, the first two are no longer Sabres Property, Another can be an UFA a next Summer, The other is UPL and finally Leinonen. It’s not enough The lack of a quality NHL Started on the roster shows the need to draft a goalie every year to have prospects in every stage of development from CHL/European Leagues to the ECHL to the AHL and possibly the NHL.

Obviously we cannot accurately assess who is the better player until Johnson is in the NHL, but My Concern with Joki is He has made His Defensive Partner Metrics worse including Power(although that’s a very small sample size).