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Those guys really love Nazar more then all the other scouts.

Message boards where every trade or signing would be a disaster. Zadorov-Gudbransen would be fine as a third pair defensive pairing. Keep it simple, kill penalties. They had good chemistry together. Probably won’t happen anyways but they are ahead of where Manson is right now.

As a few mentioned, just sign the Zadorov-Gudbransen pair as a 3rd pairing. The “we need big physical guys” crowd would be happy. Add a goalie and you are good to go.

Or did he mean talks about whether they should graduate JJ and Quinn. Talks about keeping R2.

Great tournament for Canada and Cozens. Almost the immaculate comeback but that ref my oh my. Watching Tompkins play net makes me angry all over again about Levi and the Olympics Dahlin has already arrived but let’s hope this was a big springboard for Cozens and Asplund to pull“A Tage” next year.

Why is Dubois a cancer?

The smiley was for trading for Dubois to run a Krebs Dubois Cozens line. Cozens has been full value so far. He looks like he will be a playoff warrior when that day comes.

If Bergeron retires and Marchand is out for the first half of the year then Boston might be in trouble.

Or pair him with Krebs and Dubois😁 Maybe he is. I haven't Watched Finland play.

6-1 Canada win. Cozens with 2 goals and assist. Cozens named one of the 3 top players for Canada for the tournament. Cozens, Dahlin, Asplund all won best players for their teams. Great tournament for development. Cozens vs Joker for Gold tomorrow

TSN in Canada

4-1 Canada after 2 periods. Cozens-Dubois-Batherson just toy with the opposition when they are on the ice.

You are so stuck on this 2 years and then he walks. You don’t know that. It doesn’t even need to be Nylander. They have to spend $20 million to get to the floor. Sign a goalie, sign a dman and trade for an impact forward. Quite easy and improves the team drastically.

It will be a really interesting offseason in Calgary. That was not the way they expected their season to end. Gaudreau, Tkachuk and other need new deals. Markstrom crapped the bed against Edmonton. Will have to see how it all plays out.

McDavid and MacKinnon😁

Vanek Roy Max was a 3rd line. JJ will be fine if he is on a 3rd line.

My problem is people don’t want to make any moves to improve. This idea of just wait because this group is guaranteed to be really good is fallacy. There is no guarantee this group will magically turn a corner. I’m not advocating making stupid moves and giving up top end young talent. But if you can add difference makers that elevates the team then you look at it. This “he only has 2 or 3 years of control” is BS. If the player is good enough then sign him to an extension or deal him for a haul before he leaves. Put your young players in the best position to be successful by surrounding them with top end talent that fits into the culture. You can’t have 25-30 young players. You will go nowhere with that.

This isn’t a year for anyone to have a meltdown. There are a bunch of players all in the same general area. No one really stands out. Its going to be fascinating to see how the top 10 plays out. The Sabres will have some interesting options at #9 and there will be a couple players available that some probably didn’t think would be there. A couple years ago I got caught up in the Rossi tunnel vision and couldn’t believe when they took Quinn. I learned a lesson. I trust this staff will pick a good player at #9, someone who fits the culture and is talented,

There’s a 3 year old I hear might be a phenom. We should just wait 15 more years and make a run for him. Could possibly have a chance to be good in 2037 but that might be rushing it too.

https://thehockeywriters.com/2022-nhl-draft-guide/ A good site for those that want to dive in to the draft.

Or we can actually get better now. 11 years of waiting is more then enough waiting.

Canada with the massive comeback to stun the Swedes. Down 3-0 in the 3rd, wins it in OT. Cozens was very good but needs to work on that shot to snipe more. Asplund and Dahlin were named players of the tournament for Sweden.

Here is my controversial offseason take. IF the Leafs need to move Nylander for cap I would take a run at him. I would have him play centre with Asplund and VO as a 2nd line. He is coming into his own and will not be a centre in Toronto. Point per game player last year and the Leafs best playoff player the past 2 seasons. I would offer to take Mrazek as part of the deal and put him in Rochester. They want cap space and a young dman that can play. I’m not giving up Quinn, JJ, Krebs etc. I would offer #16 and Joker for Nylander and Mrazek. Would throw in Portillo as a sweetener if needed. I then sign a couple UFA RHD that are defensively responsible and can add some grit. Willy is not his brother and has a good rep as a teammate. I think he would fit in well in the room and would breakout even more as a centre here.

Good run and great development for the kids. They played hard for what they had as a lineup. Quinn was snake bitten. He had chances but couldn’t bury. He will learn from it. JJ and Krebs were fantastic throughout the playoffs. Too bad Muel and UPL couldn’t play any games. R2 made a case for himself but I don’t know where he would fit on the Sabres.

https://smahtscouting.com/2022/05/24/final-2022-nhl-draft-rankings/