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  1. Chad D: expect a Byram trade at or around the draft

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    10 minutes ago, dudacek said:

    @That Aud Smell’s video clip dropped me down the rabbit hole of when we signed Sam Ventura and I had dreams we were going to moneypuck our way to success.

    Other than maybe Ryan McLeod, we haven’t seen it.

    Were they that good? Were they not being listened to? 

    Trading 2nd round picks for Conor Timmins to dump Conor Clifton smacks of moneypuck.

    Kesselring and Doan for Peterka smacks of moneypuck.

    But the Buffalo Sabres history under Kevyn Adams smacks of anything but being the smartest man in the room.

    8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    Did the success of McLeod and the addition of Ruff open the door to give Ventura and Karmanos mor cache in the overall conversations around the team? 

    I keep wondering if McLeod being good really opened up Adams to the idea that analytics does work and it doesn't have to be all his internal feels. 

    I can well picture Pegula as one of the old school scouts sitting around that war room table in Moneyball.

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  3. Chad D: expect a Byram trade at or around the draft

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    7 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    I get it, Peterka's 27g is something ppl are worried about replacing but flipping Cozens for Norris probably replaces half of them straight up. Norris getting 24g compared to Cozens 11 doesn't seem far fetched. That leaves about 13g between Kulich, Benson, Quinn, and Doan. And that's if we are that worried about last years goal total. 

    recreating peterka in the aggregate. nice job, pete.

     

  7. Jack Quinn Re-signed 2x3.375mil

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    10 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

    Quinn was the Sabres' first round pick in 2021, 8th overall.  The position he plays is different, but are we to expect a comparable level of play from Mrtka in 4 years?

    big d-men generally need more time to develop. i read about mrtka needing to work on his skating. i’d assume he’ll need to marinate for 5-6 years before having a legit shot at the nhl.

  8. Radim Mrtka, 6'6" RHD drafted 9th overall by Sabres

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    12 hours ago, Turbo44 said:

    What’s wrong with Forton, he about the only non f@ck up in the organization? His picks have been mostly solid

    Bro.

    36 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    Can we stop this? He's 18, he's in a foreign country speaking a dif language and half this thread is about him not smiling enough? Y'all sounds like a creepy redneck telling the waffle house waitress to smile more. 

    the resting b1tch face stuff is beyond tired. my group chats are filled with it. lame.

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  12. Sabres Trade JJ Peterka to Utah for Defenseman Michael Kesselring and Forward Josh Doan

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    20 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

    Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere but Craig Rivet was on After the Whistle saying "JJ Peterka was more concerned about serving drinks being a bar at 4 o'clock in the morning". Said off the ice he was making poor decisions.

    Probably doesn't bode well on this team with most of the core either being familymen (Tage, Tuch, Power) or just hyper focused on hockey (Dahlin).

    I saw that on Reddit.

    Meh. I recall similar talk about O'Reilly and Eichel (and maybe others) in connection with their departures/disaffection.

    If Peterka played defense worth a damn and didn't have an agent who was clamoring for his client to leave Buffalo, no one would give a hoot about his affection for late nights at local licensed establishments.

  17. Sabres Trade JJ Peterka to Utah for Defenseman Michael Kesselring and Forward Josh Doan

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    1 minute ago, Thorny said:

    Friedman on the Fan 590 is adamant ADAMANT that Kesselring was a guy Adams was specifically targeting, and one league person told him earlier this summer “if one guy moves it’s Kesselring to Buffalo” 

    so Adams focused on him as the guy we needed and traded what we needed to get him 

    yeesh. that's a helluva way to back your way into dealing your cost-controlled first-line winger.

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  19. Sabres Trade JJ Peterka to Utah for Defenseman Michael Kesselring and Forward Josh Doan

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    2 hours ago, #freejame said:

    -As long as Kevyn Adams is making the decisions, I will not have confidence in the Sabres being successful

    That's just it for me. I don't trust Adams. At all.

    1 hour ago, inkman said:

    I like the guys they got.  Whether or not it’s equal value is irrelevant to me. The team needed a culture change.  Getting bad players (Dylan Cozens) or offense only allergic to defense players (Peterka) off the roster in exchange for engaged, physical players is a win in my book.  

    ... but I do vibe with Inky's sense of how to do the hockey.

    5 minutes ago, dudacek said:

    Meh. The way things seem to go around here, the fancystats will be wrong about Peterka. Or he will grow up and start playing a game I respect because the kid is talented.

    Trade value seems off to me, and I don’t trust Adams.

    But the Peterka I watched last year frustrated me in the same way the team did. I don’t blame him, but I don’t see him as the core piece many of you seem to. I’m not going to miss him. Kinda feel about him like I did about Miro Satan.

    All I can do is hope the new guys are a step toward a team that plays a better brand of hockey and are easier to cheer for.

    Perfectly captures my ambivalence.

    And honestly -- given that Adams is still running the show (from what I can tell) -- being ambivalent about a trade is  probably as good as I can hope for.

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  22. Kevyn Adams pre draft press conference and shenanigans festival

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    11 minutes ago, SwampD said:

    I'd rather have her in the meetings than Pegula himself.

    not unfair.

    it occurs to me: i don't really know a thing about laura -- a child of terry's first marriage.

    she's not a tennis pro and personal essayist (jessica). she hasn't come up with any harbourcenter restaurant concepts. (kelly). she didn't create the j1zz hat (matthew).

    what's laura's story?

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