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Very exciting pick for 2030 Sabres

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ESPN’s draft coverage is awful.

Trade the darn pick.

By the way, he is still waiver exempt and can be sent down.

Although a good playmaker would help.

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But here is the problem. It's management's job to build a winning program and create a winning culture. What has Adams and Pegula done to create that environment? We haven't had real goaltending in 5 years. We have acquired defensemen who can actually play defense. To make matters worse, most of the major guys who have left have gone to bigger and better things. Bogo, ROR, Reinhart, Montour, Eichel, and ERod have all won Cups. Ullmark a Vezina. Kane and even Jeff Skinner reached the Cup finals. Players want to win and they can't do that in Buffalo with Adams in charge.

The Sabres have been in desperate need of goaltending help for 4 years.

It's always possible. The lineup is in desperate need of a legit playmaker. Right now there are 12 forwards under contract: Norris, Thompson, Tuch, Zucker, Greenway, Quinn, Lafferty, Krebs, Malenstyn, Benson, Doan and Kulich. McLeod and Kozak are RFAs. That's 14 guys for likely 13 jobs. I'd have no problem at all moving on from Krebs and Lafferty and bringing in an actual playmaker.

It looks like the forward plan right now is to hope a mix of Norris, Benson, Quinn and Kulich replace Peterka’s production. While I hate the JJP trade in general even I will admit that the idea that it is possible for those four if the stay healthy and if the younger guys continue to improve for the offense to overcome the loss of Peterka. That said it’s a typical hope and pray from Adams especially given Quinn and Norris’ injury histories. This looks on paper like another attempt Moneypuck.

It’s less about position and more about an opportunity to replace JJPs production. That said Quinn can play either side and was drafted as a RW. JJP can play both sides as well.

Power is a defenseman who can’t play defense. It’s his friggin job to play at least decent defense. Power offense is not elite enough to make up for his horrific defense. JJP job as a top 6 forward is to score with defense a secondary consideration. In Adams world apparently it’s more important for the forwards to play defense than score while D need to score and who cares if they can play defense. How is that working so far? We had 3 D in the top 35 in scoring yet our goals against was one of the worst in the league and tanked our season.

Big opportunity for him with JJP gone.

It's very sad. They argue that he was lousy defensively. Who cares! He's only 23. Last I looked his job was to score and create offense, which he does very well. Why don't these same people criticize Power? Last I looked his job was to play defense. He can't. To make matters worse he's also on an albatross contract. Byram is basically the same, except he actually tries on defense (not successfully, but at least he tries). Our defense is one of the worst in the NHL. Maybe start fixing it, not by weakening the offense, but by clearing out the 17+ mill in bad contract being paid to Power, Samuellson and Clifton.

Trade grades The Athletic - 3 A- for Utah, 2 B and a C+ for Buffalo ESPN - U A+, Buf B- CBS - U B+, Buf C+ Daily Faceoff - U A-, Buf C USA Today - U A-, Buf B Yardbarker - U A, Buf C+

"I wouldn't be surprised" That's not an accusation, it's stating a possibility. An accusation is saying " I know Adams spread negative information about a player." Those are vastly different things.

I didn't accuse Adams of anything. I said I wouldn't be surprised if Adams bad mouth JJP to the media to give him an excuse to avoid keeping him and it's just as possible that Rivet is parroting what he heard from "insiders." You should know by now that agents and management use the media to get out their "message." How many times has Adams utilized the phrase he "only wants players who want to be here." What a great built in excuse for his continued failure to acquire and keep the necessary talent to build a winner.

Lol, so it’s all JJP’s fault that this team didn’t make the playoffs. Not the bad coaching, poor management, defensemen who can’t play defensemen or the crap goaltending. No it’s JJP’s fault because he was out for himself. I’m sorry, but that’s really funny. Yes he did. He’s also only 23.

Well I guess if Craig and Petey said it must be true. They have never ever floated pure BS during a podcast. Give me a break. No one goes from the AHL at 19 to a nearly 70 pt player in the NHL at 22 without working hard.

Please people stop with the Marner talk. He isn’t coming to Buffalo for $20 mill a year. He wants to win and win now. Adams and Pegula don’t believe in winning in the NHL.

You don’t think Mitts had earned an extension after back to back 50+ pt season and being our best utility forward?

lol, I love the sudden bad mouthing of Peterka. I guess it’s human nature. All this kid did was work hard and improve every year he was in the organization. I wouldn’t be surprised if Wormtongue Adams spread the rumor JJP wanted out so he’d have an excuse not to pay him. Remember this is the genius GM who gave out long term deals one year wonders Cozens, Samuelsson, UPL and Power and didn’t give deals to players who earned new deals like Ullmark, Reinhart, Mitts and Peterka. The only brightside of this deal is that we have a top 4 RHD. The fact it’s 3-4 years too late to save this sinking ship is another issue. Can’t wait to see what his new deal will be when he gets traded because his contract demands will be to much for the incompetent Adams.

That’s completely un-true. Go back and read the articles about the McLeod trade, or every talent pool analysis or every discussion of a player’s career. The perception at the time of the Savoie trade was that we didn’t get enough for Savoie. Whether it matters on the ice is a second question, but it amazing how many opportunities former 1st rd picks seem to get such as Jeff Jillson for example. The truth is it does matter.

I like the addition of Kesselring, but giving up JJP for him was much too high a price.