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Obviously a bunch of first rounders, prospects, idk what they have in Vancouver. Pettersson's just the centerpiece. It would be a big hockey trade. Some team (I forget who) was dumb enough to trade a star like Jack Eichel for a bunch of picks and one roster player so these things do happen.

If I was GM I wouldn't be doing it to "make the Sabres weaker" I would also be signing and/or trading for some veteran players to balance the roster and create a greater sense of internal competition. I'm filling that roster spot with a veteran. It's also not a "terrible message" to Benson. It's time to break with all this bs don't block them let the kids play crap. You tell Benson we have big plans for you kid. We see you as one of our top 6 long term. We want you to spend one year in the AHL to fill out your body and learn every nuance and aspect of the game. It's not a punishment. It shouldn't be viewed that way.

Oh I agree, it would take some major happening, but it depends on what NJ thinks too. Are they happy with what they have and where it's headed? They look like a team that'll be bounced quickly. If anyone can do this though it is Rutherford.

I know I'm the only one who wants this, but I want him in Rochester next year. Yes, you can argue that he's already shown he's above that, but down there I'd have him as top guy in all the big situations and he would come back the next year stronger as a total top level team leader.

Don't underestimate Rutherford. I bet he will offer Pettersson plus to NJ for the Hughes brothers.

That's fair but I wanted even more than Reimer. A lot of goalies have switched teams over Adams tenure. A lot. Some of them were given away for next to nothing. They might not all have worked out, but trying to get one that would is what you should have been doing. Look how Colorado makes moves even when they are already good. That's how a GM is supposed to work. Doing his job, constantly trying to be better rather than just "believing in this group".

Desnoyers is going to Boston or Philly. No chance he drops to Buffalo. Martone will likely be gone as well as Misa and Schaefer. There's a small chance Hagens falls and that would be fitting in a way because it would be like every other year where the small guy falls. Hagens is better than Savoie though. I'd be happy with Bear for sure.

I was bored today so I wasted time listening to the whole thing. They are definitely clueless and delusional. If these clowns don't get fired and get to come back and "be better" next year it's obvious they will fail. They both think the team is far closer than it is. They both seem to believe in what they have and it'll be the same guys with only minor roster changes, and it'll be UPL and Levi and good luck with all that. I mean really, how do you have the audacity to say "that's what happens with young goaltenders" and not stop to think if you knew that (which you should have) why the F did you not get a solid veteran to pair him with in a tandem? He says he's "honest" and then he feeds us crap like that. Talk about creating a self fulfilling prophecy. F'n idiots.

Ullmark showing what Bruins fans already knew. Not a money goalie. Cozens didn't elevate either. Ottawa looked like the glad to be here but we have no idea how to handle this team. As did New Jersey.

It was a dumb idea to run with all young talent and it's still a dumb idea. Kids are not forced to earn spots, they are just given spots. The leadership is supposed to come from guys who have never been around NHL winners. The system is ever changing and non functional. I have never understood what it is we are actually trying to do. The team has no identity other than being perceived as "soft". It's just stupid.

4 Nations had ultimate intensity, especially Canada USA but otherwise yes, international rarely has the same physicality. I think the best you can hope for with the way this is being built is if by some chance they got in (a season where everything went right and they got lucky) you'd see a quick Leaf style exit and they'd have to try to fix the line up for the playoffs for years the way the Leafs have. The roster is just not being built for playoff hockey.

No I disagree. It's easy to tell. You see games during the year where they step up or get physical. There are moments and flashes. I honestly haven't see that from the Sabres at all in the last 14 years or more. Sure, there are a couple guys who might try but for most of them it's just not their DNA.

I stopped listening because it was all bs but to your point it just sounds like he's justifying his decisions (which is more than enough reason to why he should be fired). He paid Muel so if he admits Muel is no good he's saying he made a mistake and he isn't going to do that. He signed Bryson so he has to justify why. He traded for Byram so he talks about Power needing a puck carrier all star. It's all self justifying. All he says overall is "I have to be better" all has to be better well no s@@t Sherlock you are out of the playoffs again and picking top 10 so of course it's not good enough DUH. Stupid franchise. Just look at the playoff games and think what if this Sabres team had somehow gotten lucky and squeaked in. How would this roster fare to what you see out there? We are really really far from being a properly constructed roster and sticking with it and believing in this group is just plain STUPID.

Playoff hockey. So good. Watching this Blues Winnipeg game and thinking how both of these teams are constructed so much better than the Sabres and how this current Sabres roster would not survive this type of play. Anyone watching this should realize just how far away the Sabres really are.

Have to face facts. Adams is Pegula's Smithers

I don't remember who I wanted although prior to the draft I do remember saying I thought Sanderson would be a good D man and hoped he'd still be there (he wasn't). I remember liking Holloway but lower. Rossi over Quinn. I think I liked Perfetti too. We agreed earlier on Bear. 7 might be a little high but I would not be upset if they went that way.

They sound clueless. I'm not listening to the rest. WASTE OF TIME.

Come back in shape? Is that an acknowledgement that they showed up this year out of shape? So isn't that on Ruff? Where was the boot camp then to get them into shape? Blame it on Europe? It just sounds like similar bs to every other year. Lazy, spoiled bunch of losers. 14 years worth and counting.

Nothing better to do since no playoffs? You really think the Achilles explains everything with Quinn? I don't. Never have. First game I saw him in a Sabres uniform I thought I don't know about this guy. Seems like a lightweight afraid of contact. Can skate and shoot but he doesn't have the grit needed to be a good top 6 scorer. But whatever. He might still get it one day. He is young and could change, but right now I can't stand him. To me he represents everything wrong with this franchise.

Honestly I no longer give a flying f**k who they draft but for the record I'm not overly thrilled with what they've done and how they draft in general. That grouping up there, despite the number of higher picks, is not filled with future NHLers imo. Now before you say I don't know what I'm talking about (you can go back and look) I said right away in the Kulich draft that he was the one that I liked the best and thought had real NHL potential. You also scoffed when I said 2 years ago I thought Peterka would be better than Quinn. I could go on but there's no point as you think you know everything about the draft. I draft a goalie EVERY year. EVERY single year at least one. You get too many good ones you trade them. It's just a process and a logic I subscribe to. You need that position to be solidified and strong or the rest is pointless. Trade for D now? Yes, absolutely, and I've said that many times. I want more Savoie/McLeod type deals not less. Veteran defensive D is a priority. Has been since we drafted Dahlin but we haven't done it. Just tinkered with bottom level guys like Clifton. But I also want that situation to end for the future. Defensemen generally take longer to develop and late bloomers are frequent and I want a flood of defensive prospects in that pool. We can score goals. We need defense. I personally like Mrtka better than Smith but if they went with you and chose Smith I wouldn't be unhappy either.

I don't care who wins the cup as long as the Leafs lose.

We get to see if he's a playoff guy or not too. As you know, some guys elevate in the post season and some guys do not (most Leafs). I'm curious to see what kind of guy he really is. This will tell.

No there isn't. This team has goal scorers. It needs D. Honestly, if possible I'd draft 6 D and a goalie or two this year with however many picks they have I don't keep track any more. I would have said McQueen but that back thing makes me think not worth the risk.

Well that certainly wasn't playoff style hockey 🙂 Just 3 more seasons until Lindy gets win 1000.

Considering how this falls out and who other teams are likely to take I think I'd go Mrtka. I doubt he's gone higher than we pick and even if you rank him slightly lower we need more D in the system.