DarthEbriate

They are paying $3.5M to get closer to the floor and keep the roster spots open for ELC players Quinn and JJP. If Quinn and JJP perform up to their AHL prowess... 5+ NHL seasons of 20+ goals and 50+ points from each (that's all line- and PP-dependent) -- this Bishop acquisition works out. If Sjodin plays a game in the NHL that's a Sabres win. (In hindsight, would I have rather seen the Yzerman trade-and-sign for Husso than the Bishop + 7th? Sure.) It's all balanced on the teeter-totter of an actual starting-caliber goalie. This is the 3rd consecutive offseason (since Hutton's eye injury) where the team needed an upgrade at either starting or backup goalie and thus far the numbers haven't improved except for Ullmark. The team getting better puck possession and offense will help, but goalie goalie goalie. 2021-22: Anderson .897 in 31gp; Toker .899 in 29 gp 2020-21: Ullmark .917 in 20gp; Toker .904 in 13 gp/Hutton .886 in 13 gp 2019-20: Ullmark .915 in 34gp; Hutton .898 in 31gp 2018-19: Hutton .908 in 50gp; Ullmark .905 in 37gp (the season of Hutton's hot start, then the eye)

We're all JAGs after the 3rd round. 🍺

Welcome to the board, @richkat2004! Hmmm... richkat 2004, Richard born 2004... Confirms year of attending UConn... Wait a minute... <fires blaster into the 'Space cave floor> Welcome to the 'Space cave! This is no cave.

In preseason, Mark Stone will get injured and opt for another surgery and the G'Knights will put him on LTIR, with "possible return" for the postseason (he'll be practicing by March but suspiciously remain on LTIR). Then, Vegas sends a 1st, a 2nd, and F Nicolas Roy to Chicago in exchange for a season of RW Kane (who temporarily waives his NMC). Pacioretty-Eichel-Kane is dynamite. But... the aging players and the lack of depth hamper the team. No one is hurt enough for LTIR. The goaltending goes cold. In a fit of rage, Vegas GM rents Kane to a team competing for a playoff bid, the only team Kane waives his NMC for: the Sabres. The deal nets Vegas the Buffalo 2023 3rd and F Anders Bjork (who had earlier cleared waivers and has had a good AHL season, then earned a recall due to injuries). The Sabres make the playoffs and charge all the way to the ECF (falling to the Rangers, who fall to Colorado in the final). Kane signs a 3-yr $9M extension in the offseason. Final Eichel trade: Eichel + Bjork ==> F Tuch, C Krebs, F Östlund, 2023 VGK 2nd (#44 overall), RW Kane I don't where you get your delusions, laser brain.

The Ben Bishop trade currently: Future considerations = Ben Bishop ($4.9M cap hit/$3.5M salary; 1-yr: optional for LTIR) + 2022 DAL 7th (C Linus Sjodin)

And thus stands the trade tree of Will Butcher: BUF acquires Will Butcher ($2.8M salary 1-yr) + 2022 NJ 5th (D Vsevolod Komarov) === NJ retains salary $910k 1-yr

I... I... I don't know what to say. A 22 year-old goalie who has had injury- and COVID-schedule-impacted seasons in terms of games played is no longer a prospect? Was Tim Thomas not still a prospect at age 23? (1st NHL season age 28). Was Dominik Hasek no longer a prospect at age 22? (1st NHL season age 26, 1st Sabres season age 28)

That was fun. Now, if we can just avoid making any judgements about the players in this draft until 2025....

If you don't sign a Worge Kreu, you'd better be drafting some Ratkovic Berndtsson.

Now... go get Kid Mitts for kicks.

Now there's a name.

Oh! You fixed it! Hockey names and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side. Connor Kurth had a few positive write-ups that I saw. In the 7th I guess it's a good pick for Tampa.

Acquired with the pick returned in the trade for Robert Hagg. This updates the Rasmus Ristolainen trade tree to: Robert Hagg (traded for FLA 6th); 2021 PHI 1st = Isak Rosen; 2022 FLA 6th = Gustav Karlsson; 2023 PHI 2nd = TBD

I was hoping for 159 Vittorio Mancini for the name. Plus his goal music could be anything... Pink Panther Theme; Peter Gunn Theme; Charade; Baby Elephant Walk if he's feeling frisky; Moon River if he's wistful

Oh. I didn't know Jaro's kid was a RHD and available. I'm liking Minnesota's overall draft a whole bunch.

Whoa... there goes Gustafson. VGK trades up to take him.

As everyone has said, too soon for a goalie (in particular this goalie), even with Portillo possibly walking.

For the record: I hope 41 is defense and there should be plenty available. I'd take a flier on Casey's brother in the 5th or 6th or wherever he's projected to go; if you have 11 picks, you can use one for fun. My sleeper is Gustafson from WHL Seattle who is a high-motor guy that Adams covets. I'd take a serious look at him in the 4th for a bottom line energy role as he's rumored to be moving up the draft boards this spring. Finally, I'd draft 2 goalies: one long-term NCAA-bound prospect and one overager in the 7th who could immediately be a #3 in ROC or play in Cincinnati.

And thus ends the first branch (the future is unknown) of the Reinhart trade. Reinhart => Devon Levi and Jiri Kulich.

Just a quick reminder for anyone worried about size that a Michael Peca hockey draft card reads 5'11" 165 lb. The game is a bit different these days, but the kids still grow up.

So Kulich at 16 and Ostlund at 28?

I really didn't expect Kulich to make it past the early 20s. Nice pickup.

New GM Mike Grier's 1st pick (after trading down from 11 to get a few more picks) is on the clock.

I liked the idea of Rinzel at 41.

The Sabres' tank may have been criticized, but it was very, very effectively executed until the draft lottery. Toews is cooked. Kane won't be enough to keep them up in the standings. But I think both get shipped before November.