Dr. Who

He's a clone.

There's your goalie . . .

Folks on that board make this forum appear on the whole rational optimists. They say the young fella who made that list was on stage in Montreal last night. I dunno. Personally, I like the picks, though I would have been tempted to go Yurov at #16. Maybe we just took the Russians off our board. Here's one review of our draft that was positive. https://theathletic.com/3401481/2022/07/08/nhl-draft-first-round-winners-losers/?amp=1 Personally, I prefer to try and find hope and there's enough here, imo. KA doesn't seem like an idiot, at least, though I don't know what we are going to do at goalie. I don't understand the timeline. I would pay for a decent goalie even if the term is 5 or 6 years. If Levi is any good, he won't be scared of competition and then you have a solid vet backup if a young goalie works out. Lot of decent value at #41. I'm intrigued enough by Hutson, I won't be upset if he's the choice, sorry . . .

That was mainly a joke response, though I surmise I adhere to a different side of the political spectrum from you. On #2, I don't think there is reality sine glossa. Everyone interprets and everyone tells a story, even the folks who claim they are not telling a story. Happy 4th.

Truth, God, free enterprise, Texas. Irritates some folks.

Where's the praying hands emoji?

Ah, I don't know how to do anything beyond the simplest sort of copy paste. I got Nemec, Kasper, and Beck. I didn't really want to go D at 9, but I couldn't resist. Yurov could very well be the play. Putin has me worried about the Russians. https://nhlentrydraft.com/mock-draft/117236

Well, I copy paste below the comments from that fella I was telling you about at hockeybuzz. He's very high on him. I have no idea what bone age means, btw. He has potential to hit 1-2 more inches but that shouldn't stop teams he has pretty much destroyed every obstacle that has been tossed at him If people are looking for the closest thing to Makar he's it .. buffalo has the ability to slow cook him till he's ready so there's absolutely no rush to bring him into the NHL for 3 -4 years . Mark my words he will be great Just remember his bone age is delayed compared to his biological age once he hits his Growth spurt teams are definitely going to regret not taking him. Was 2nd all time in points for a defenseman at the NTDP Let's not forget he finished above players like Fox, Hughes, Hughes, Sanderson, and McAvoy. This is definitely a player you take at 28 and hit the lottery

I was legit worried about the fella.

Starting national anthem singer and cardboard cutout netminder.

I'm too old for cartwheels, but I'd be tempted.

I think I sent him a pm a couple years ago advising him that this was a better venue. My memory is fuzzy, so maybe I only thought about doing so, but now I don't want to try again and come across as a fella with Alzheimer's . . .

No, you're fine. Handle the young fella uses is gerbe75pts. Annoying juvenile avatar, but he's had it for years. Predicts Sabres are interested in/ or maybe just he thinks they should be interested in Elias Salomonsson at pick #41, btw.

Fella I am talking about doesn't usually signal signings or trades that I can recollect. He usually talks about future plans and what the front office thinks about individual players. I think his draft evaluations have been reasonably accurate, though he misses like everyone else. It's possible he's blowing smoke about the connection the the Sabres. He comes across as plausible to me and he seems to have pretty good credibility over on that forum. I just lurk there, because some of the regulars tend to devolve into competitive recrimination and sophomoric nastiness about politics and the like.

He's a young fella who has disappeared for a span on that forum before because he "let the cat out of the bag" apparently, but I am supposing this is his personal list, not any kind of official Sabres' draft board.

There's a young fella that posts over at the hockeybuzz site. I don't much care for the tone of conversation over there, but occasionally you hear something interesting. In any event, this fella claims to be close to the Pegulas and some have speculated in the past that he is Kevyn Adams' son. I don't know, but his hockey acument is pretty good from my purely amateur perspective. In any event, he posted I surmise his top ten at the moment which I thought interesting enough to share. 1.Juraj Slafkovsky 2.Shane Wright 3.Matthew Savoie 4.simon nemec 5 .Logan Cooley 6.Jiri Kulich 7.Danila Yurov 8.Jimmy Snuggerud 9.Frank Nazar 10. Gleb Trikozov Savoie at three, Yurov at seven, and Snuggerud at eight surprise me. I don't know again, if this reflects in any way where the Sabres value on them is, but I like those three. Ohgren is another fella I'm personally getting more interested in at 16 . . .

I was going to thank him for the fine contributions to discussion, but yours is better.

I like those players. Kasper and Nazar are two more I like. And I can't stop thinking about Mintyukov, though a lot of folks want Bichsel if we go defense.

NHL doesn't usually see teams trading out of the top of the draft, so it's probably an academic exercise.

I'd love to get Nazar at 9 and McGroarty at 16.

I'm not aware of such, but NHL teams are less likely to trade out of the top of the draft, so even if you could establish a hypothetical value, it's unlikely to come into play as a real event.

Ah, the beer diet. Good times.

Uggh. Booth is the only one of those worth taking @25. Kyler Gordon (part of the etc.) maybe. Elam is soft, not a willing tackler, just no. I have been advocating on the football side for a trade up with the Giants who are reportedly open to trading 7. I personally want Jameson Williams, but Sauce might be available and Stingley would. For Williams or Sauce, I am trading next year's first to get it done. I think if we don't move up, we could take Breece Hall @25, though I don't think rb is good asset management in the first and they could probably get him with a small trade back.

The expectatons were not the same, and it still makes some difference to have a better draft pick. And really, if by some chance LV ends up on the outside, Hula Hoop Eichel ought to make a celebratory return.

They can do it. Chia Pet Jack is like the survivor of a shipwreck on that old series, Night Gallery. If you pick him up, you are doomed.