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My hesitancy to say Skinner is a core piece is due to him not being signed by KA, he was already here when KA became GM so he may not be as critical to KA’s plan.

I’d say the current core is: Tage, Dahlin, Samuellson, Power potential future core pieces: Cozens, mitts, Krebs, Quinn, jjp very important vets but not quite core: Tuch, skinner, and to a lesser extent Oloffson and Okposo

If that’s the case, would doubt he’d play if this is the first time he’s practicing. Likely has a couple more days with how concussion protocols work.

Any idea what the injury was?

Several of these players have either not done much this year or have not done much these playoffs. Chard Ruhwedwel- 13 points this season Erod- started the season hot, then had 9points over the final 36 games. sheary- 1 point in the playoffs Montour and Bogo, both 3rd pairing D that we’re in a top 4 roll in Buffalo sure, Kane, Reinhart, Ror, and Hall have played well this year/playoffs, but Hall didn’t overlap with Kane/Ror, and while Kane/Ror were here, Reinhart was still developing. The rest of these pieces were counted on too much to be 2nd liners, or to carry the 3rd line on their own which they do not have the talent for. This team never had a playoff caliber roster in the past 10 years.

Revisiting on this a little bit, wonder if seeing Samuelson-Dahlin as a pairing gives Johnson a bit more motivation to sign here. It would free up that 3rd pair Ld spot if the pairing sticks next year.

Can’t say much to the shot quality as I am not watching, but the shots have been even through two, laval with a .962 and Rochester with a .846 save percentage. That’ll do a lot.

They could have given Ullmark a ridiculous contract over 3 years, and it wouldn’t have affected them much cap situation wise. This offseason the only significant contract to re-sign will be Oloffson. The year after that will be Tage and Cozens, as well as re-signing or replacing Asplund, Okposo and Girgs as significant contributors. The following season we will have Dahlin, Power, Jokiharju, and Mittelstadt as potentially significant contracts. On top of that, we will likely need some roll players that can contribute as we hope to compete. Throw in JJP, Krebs and Quinn potentially earning sizable deals, and we may start running into issues. Its unlikely all these players earn big contracts, but with an optimistic view on our young player’s futures (where several earn big deals), having 6 million invested in a goalie who had yet to play 40 games could be quite constricting, especially if 2 of Levi/Portillo/UPL make it to the NHL, which they would definitely be ready for before that contract is up(if they were to make it, UPL would be 28, Levi 25 and Portillo 27).

The Amerks just beat Utica, the team with the best record in the conference with a .660 points percentage and set the AHL record this year for most consectutive wins to start a season. There were a few teams out west with a better points percentage, but the East was a much more competitive conference. I don't really follow the AHL enough to say much about the specific matchup, but beating Utica means we have a shot against anyone

A 1A does not play 60 games. A 1A implies there is a 1B in which case the split would be something like 50-32 or something perhaps closer. There were 5 goalies this season that played 60 or more games. Campbell was 19th in games played this year.

That was the second round, they are now headed to round 3.

An offer sheet for Tkachuk would cost us 4 firsts, I don’t think 4 firsts and a fat contract is worth it for him.

^Going off that Immediate needs, ranked: 1. G 2. Rhd 3. Forwards (our forward corps is too young to really say if center or winger is of more need. If JJP and Quinn are truly ready to be impactful, then it’s probably C, but if not it is probably wing. 4. LHD Pipeline Needs: 1. RHD (I see 0 future NHLers in our system. Landon rn is a healthy scratch at 22 in the AHL, I don’t see him progressing enough to make it) 2. C (could be Rw or LHD here based on your list, but Johnson is a better prospect than any of the C or rw prospects and quality>quantity, and we could see some of the lw prospects shift to the right side) 3. RW (picked over LhD because again, quality>quantity 4. LHD (Johnson is a quality prospect, and Novikov ain’t bad) 5. G (tough between lw where we are more loaded, and G where we have Some very high quality prospects. I’m a believer in taking a goalie every year, so I put that here) 6. LW (lotta solid prospects) I think draft priority should pretty mixing follow the pipeline needs, except for LD in the first round. Dahlin, power and Samuelson are all ld 23 or under, and are under team control for likely another 5+ years each. Throw in Johnson having a very good shot at the NHL, and it looks like even if the prospect drafted becomes good enough for the NHL, they would be blocked getting onto the roster.

The main issue with knowing what is fair value for a trade up (at least in the first round, especially the first half) is that they are rare and so there really isn’t an established value. According to the chart though, 9 and 16 plus a 3rd or 2nd next year would get us to 2, 9 and the Florida pick would be able to get us to about pick number 4, and 9 and our second could get us to about pick 6. I wouldn’t want to move 16 in a trade up, but would be very happy with moving one or both of our next two picks if it meant getting Nemec or Jiriceck.

They did a big offense vs defense charity softball game within the last week where pretty much everybody was up. Rookie camp was last week, so I don’t think it’s because of football. I think the main reason everyone is here is to show their support to the Buffalo community following the tragic shooting.

If you think that LHD is gonna be Cale Makar, at 9 he’s going to be in a tier of his own and of course you take him. I’d imagine KA’s long term plan involves keeping Dahlin, Samuelson and Power. Unless we see power shift to the right side, we’d need a Cale Makar (or slightly worse) to have a shot at playing top 4 minutes, and at 9 we’d have a much higher chance of a player making an impact if he isn’t a LhD.

The Sabres are stacked at LHD, there isn’t a LhD in the draft I would take at 9. If I were gm, for me to take a LhD in the first 2 rounds, they would have to be a tier above the remaining players. If it’s close, I would opt for the forward or rhd. At 16 I don’t think Korchinski would be in a tier of his own. As of April 21st he was ranked: NHL Central Scouting: 20th (amongst NA skaters) FC Hockey: 7th Recruit Scouting: 31st Peter Baracchini’s March Rankings: 26th Andrew Forbes’ March Rankings: 24th Matthew Zator’s April Rankings: 24th Smaht Scouting: 27th Bob McKenzie’s Rankings: 25th Dobber Prospects Mid-Season Rankings: Honorable Mention (50+) I would be alright with him at the Florida pick or our second, but not with the Vegas pick.

Fair, but a move like that would take time, and likely not the one offseason kind.

Makes sense- can’t have on ice advertising without the ice to play on. And ASU has all the leverage here as where would the coyotes go if ASU wasn’t letting them use their ice?

Not quite… played in Norway in 2019-2020, hasn’t played since.

Now down 4-1. Downhill since the first for them.

Amerks outshot 13-6 in the first

By the end of the season, depending on development, that D group could very well be elite. With average goaltending and a similar performance to the second half of the season from our forwards, that would be a playoff roster.

Rooting for the bolts (gimme the better pick), the canes (rooting against rags fans), the flames, and the Avalanche.

The more I think about it, I think Asplund should be on a line with 1-2 of Krebs, Quinn, and JJP. He brings defensive responsibility and stability to a line that would free up the kids significantly.