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Whatever. Adams better do something positive with this collection of “assets.” I would be happy with Brandsegg-Nygard at 14.

Shouldn’t he be on the phone getting a center?

Rick Martin? We could use the scoring.

Job 1 this off-season is to find a 2/3C and then go from there.

No.

Adams logic. We can only hope some team saves Adams from himself.

You are confusing NHL roster with the lack of legit power forward prospects in the pipeline besides Wahlberg.

https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/nhl-draft/final-mock-2024-nhl-draft-intrigue-after-1st-3-picks The NHL.com draft guys have us taking Catton or Yaremchuk at 11. Please no to both. Yaremchuk has Ristolainen written all over him and Catton is Nic Petan 2.0 (cheap shot? Maybe, but I don’t want another small forward). This is the moment to get a big physical power forward this organization is desperate for.

His D play and XGF and possession numbers have been slipping for the last 3 years. It’s the reason he was traded. His XGF for a Cup contender for the last 2 years were 47.27 and 47.94. His Corsi the last 2 years with Col were 49.7 and 49.7. Col was also cutting his PT the last 3 years from 21:53 down to 19:51. The Sabres had him with 58% o zone starts to limit his defensive short comings.

Here is the issues with your analysis. By moving on from Casey and probably Skinner, Adams has eliminated most of the talented depth at forward. Assuming Skinner is gone, your scoring forwards are 2 centers (TNT & Cozens), and 4 wingers (Tuch, Quinn, JJP and Benson). The depth then is Krebs and Greenway who had a total of 14 goals between them last season. To say Adams has some work to do rebuilding our forward depth is an understatement. To make matters worse Byram is a terrible defensive defender and his game is redundant to what Power and Dahlin do better. What role does he play here? 3rd PP QB? Had he traded Mitts for D with a skill set we needed like in zone defender who could kill penalties, play physical and compliment what Dahlin and Power do, then you might have something. However adding a n unproven redundant LHD doesn’t move the needle when you eliminate our center depth in the process.

You forgot Krebs, Jokiharju and Bryson.

He isn’t an ex-Sabre yet. Either is Big Z.

In their defense we did try to a quire him before he told us to take a hike.

The fourth period has us linked to Necas, Zegras, Gustavsson, and Gibson The site has us the leader for Kakko and Laughton. Not sure why the interest in the goalies, unless they don’t want to pay UPL and want to give the crease to Levi and a vet like Gustavsson or Gibson.

Adams allegedly never had any extension conversations with Mitts.

And that’s why this team isn’t successful.

So how much are we going to have to pay in terms of $ and years to replace Casey? How many good assets are we going to have to spend to replace Casey? Colorado’s GM thinks he can be a 2c on a Cup contender. Our GM doesn’t even think he’s worth a contract offer. Whose judgement would you trust?

The Sabres Factor - the team with the most ex-Sabres wins the finals.

5th rd pick for the Sabres. Congrats KO

From your lips to G-d’s ears.

Ex-Sabres: Florida 5 - Edm 1

I get it, but he is really really good. Add Dickinson, trade some of the lesser depth ahead of him to help depth elsewhere.

If we can move Skinner without buying him out, I’d be ok with that. However, KA better have a plan then to find a scoring winger to go with the missing 2/3C.

I’m a little surprised Dickinson isn’t getting any love. This is a terrific hockey player. I don’t think he gets to 11, but if he does, I can see him making Byram expendable in a couple of years. https://thehockeynews.com/news/sam-dickinson-vs-artyom-levshunov-who-would-you-choose-in-the-nhl-draft

4 goalies have already changed teams.