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Exactly. R2 may also be forcing KA’s hand.

Sadly Krebs is no longer Calder eligible. I’m also not really worried about Quinn. If they can get passed Utica, I suspect he’ll start picking it up.

The Sabres need a campaign next year; “3 for the Calder - Power, Peterka and Quinn.”

See edited post.

Keith Carney. I didn’t even have to look it up. What about Sean O’Donnell?

Anyone know if TNT declined to play for team USA?

That’s why playing in game this are so important. Making the playoffs will helps these guys longterm.

My guess is Utica and Belleville are doing everything possible to take Quinn away and force someone else to beat them. So far R2 and JJP are stepping up.

Of course Leaf's are still the center of the hockey universe; just ask them.

Not yet, but almost definitely a Sabre to open next season.

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/crime/public-asked-to-avoid-area-around-tops-market-on-jefferson-street-for-active-shooting/71-725045f6-9e3f-4525-bb1b-bb3c04832cd9

Please read earlier posts

While Dahlin may ultimately become the better player, my statement has been that it is arguable that Dahlin isn’t the best player from his draft class or even the best D in his draft class. I think I’ve proven that Hughes is arguably the better player right now whether we as Sabres fans like it or not.

Quinn Hughes .81 pts/gp for their careers and he had 68 pts in 76 games this season. He averaged nearly a pt a game during Vancouver's playoff run a few years ago. Rasmus Dahlin .58 pts/gp for his career and he had 53 pts in 80 games this season. Quinn is certainly the better offensive defenseman. Also according to the Athletics' defensive analysis, Hughes is marginally better as well. The Athletic assigns a market value to Hughes of 7.8 million and 5.2 to Dahlin. Objectively Hughes is the better hockey player. Sorry, you might not like the "take" but it's not my opinion that I'm illustrating.

That simply isn’t true. 6 of his 18 draftees will be starters for Buffalo next year. His entire 2019 class had excellent years last season except Rousek who now is healthy and contributing for the Amerks. Huglen and Cederqvist were two of our most improved prospects. PS we need to return this thread back to Amerks playoff discussions

No what I'm saying is this isn't an exact process and if the GM succeeds in bring in good players from the draft regardless of where taken he gets credit for the pick. My point with Dahlin, Eichel and Reinhart is to show how it isn't an exact process, but all 3 were excellent picks. The problem for all three guys is that TM and Jbot failed to put them in the right environment. Kudos to KA and DG for fixing what the 2 GM's and myriad of coaches before them failed to do.

Your point, sorry, doesn't make any sense. Who cares if it wasn't shrewd pick or not. The GM and his staff still need to pick the right guys. TM failed in that area. Jbot was significantly better then TM and it looks like KA and his staff may be better still. Between Jbot's picks and KA, the team is turning the corner. How much better might we have been and sooner had TM kept all the 2015 picks and taken Rantenan, Draisaitl and Sergachev over Eichel, Reinhart and Nylander? Dahlin wasn't a generational talent despite the media proclaiming him as such. He arguably isn't the best D in his draft class much less the best player. His career so far is similar to Ekblad's and he isn't the best player in his class either. While I love Power, he probably won't be the best player for his draft class either. There are no sure things in hockey drafting 18 year olds. Injuries, maturity, team environment (we really learned that lesson this past season didn't we) and scouting all play a role in all teams decision even with the first pick. If there were sure things guys like Patrik Stefan don't get drafted before the Sedins and Eric Johnson doesn't go before Toews, Backstrom and Kessel. Ultimately the GM still have to put guys in the right situation to succeed. Jbot almost destroyed Dahlin (and all the offensively talented players) by hiring RK to be their coach. However that failure got us Power. Therefore in your mind does KA not get credit for taking Power because he was the consensus no .1 pick? Of course not. KA gets credit because he choose him and thought he was the best player for our team. If (when?) Power succeeds we'll have post after post on this board saying how smart KA was for taking him. Now with the right culture in place and seemingly the right coach and management Dahlin and now Power are in an environment to succeed.

Let me know when to stop laughing. Seriously? When an owner tells you to unload a player to save $8 bonus money, that is the definition of being forced to trade him. Also there are million of false representations on this board daily. LOL. Help me out, I'm trying to understand. So in your world every GM ever who drafted in the top 3 doesn't get credit for making that pick. Wow. What if that no brainer pick turns out not to be the best player? Dahlin is arguably not the best player for his draft so far. I think some would argue Quinn Hughes and Svechnikov are better players, especially before this past season. Reinhart, while drafted second, is certainly not the 2nd best player in his draft. Pastrnak, Ekblad, Draisaitl, Point and maybe Larkin are all better players. Is Eichel the 2nd best in his year? What about Marner, Aho, Rantanen and maybe Kyle Connor at this point? You don't give them credit for adding an excellent player to the franchise, but then are you barred from criticizing them if the player turns out not to be the best available? GMs get credit for making good picks and criticism when they make bad picks regardless of when they were made. That's the way it works. We don't carve out special exemptions to bolster arguments that so and so was bad as his job or good at his job. There are very rarely a "no-brainer" draft pick. Drafting 18 year olds is a risky business.

What a huge development if they can get the Russian prospects out of Russia into NA.

Didn’t people say the same thing about TNT last year? Now he’s the second coming. If Mitts stays healthy he’ll have a breakout year. Don’t forget he was the best player in camp and opened the year as the No. 1 center.

At least they are all legit NHL players

We have already shaken up more then 2 forwards. Last season’s opening night roster included Eakin, Bjork, Caggiula, Hayden and R2. 2 of those jobs have been filed by Krebs and Tuch.

Great story and it deserves it’s own thread. However this is the goaltending thread. Let’s all move on and back to the subject of this thread. Thank you!

I feel vindicated. 🙂