Since Beane drafts players for the bills. She had nothing to do.


Beane and I made eye contact at the blue jays game last night. I nodded and lipped thank you. Is that weird ?
- Sabretooth9

As long as there wasn't any other kind of lip service. Think your good!!!😇😇

I just awoken. Nice though! Maybe we should of traded for DK last offseason haha
- DirtyDan

🤨🤨🤨🤨

🤨🤨🤨🤨
- Buff36

does dk's status change all that much with his performance at the world's?

eklund's shot is sick...and his passing skills are top-rate as well
- Michael Pachla

Any of 3 forwards are good with me

I mean sure, but Brodie, Muzzin, and McD aren’t comparable (maybe have been at times, but not sustained by any means) to 1st line wingers or top tier 2C. Try trading for Weber or Suter during their prime and would have costed just as much as those guys. But yes, if you are trying to get a solid contributor at the end, you prolly didn’t have it to begin with. The glue guys are the acquire targets of good teams, unless your team is nothing but glue *cough Boston cough*
- SDSabre

With all due respect, I believe Power has a better chance of being mentioned in the same breath as those respective 2nd pair D I mentioned than he is to being a Suter or Weber, that’s why I would lean forward with the pick.

If he is fact a future Buffalo Sabre, I hope they are patient with his development and let him go back to college and hopefully he reaches his ceiling.

It’s easy to get enamoured with his size but his short area quickness and lack of physicality (which is sheltered in due party to the bigger ice surface at the World Championship), along with lack of high end offensive capabilities really limits him imo.

Unless you consider Seth Jones a top pair d-man cause he can log a lot of minutes than Power could fit that criteria, barring a huge offensive burst next year

It seems rather apparent from this Armchair GM on the Best path forward:

Trade '21-1OA to The Kraken,
* they make their big splash pick, contingent on them picking Power.
* get 2OA in return, plus they have to pick Okposo

Trade Eichel & Olofsson to Anaheim, return of
* Zegras
* '21 - 3OA
* '22 - 1st

Trade Sam, Tage & Miller to CBJ, return of
* Texier
* '21 - 5OA

Draft
* Beniers
* Eklund
* Guenther

Sign
Ullmark
Dredgier
Savard
- IonSabres

Sign me up

does dk's status change all that much with his performance at the world's?
- Michael Pachla

Doubt it, sure would have liked him more than Hutton though.

It seems rather apparent from this Armchair GM on the Best path forward:

Trade '21-1OA to The Kraken,
* they make their big splash pick, contingent on them picking Power.
* get 2OA in return, plus they have to pick Okposo

Trade Eichel & Olofsson to Anaheim, return of
* Zegras
* '21 - 3OA
* '22 - 1st

Trade Sam, Tage & Miller to CBJ, return of
* Texier
* '21 - 5OA

Draft
* Beniers
* Eklund
* Guenther

Sign
Ullmark
Dredgier
Savard
- IonSabres

I like this. Only thing I’d change is getting something different from Sea instead of taking KO. Don’t need to ship him off if your moving Eichel and Sam

Any of 3 forwards are good with me
- gerbe75pts

agreed...not against berniers at all...

although none of our opinions really mater, a tradedown with seattle makes the most sense for all parties

Still don't like the idea of Power 1OA

With all due respect, I believe Power has a better chance of being mentioned in the same breath as those respective 2nd pair D I mentioned than he is to being a Suter or Weber, that’s why I would lean forward with the pick.

If he is fact a future Buffalo Sabre, I hope they are patient with his development and let him go back to college and hopefully he reaches his ceiling.

It’s easy to get enamoured with his size but his short area quickness and lack of physicality (which is sheltered in due party to the bigger ice surface at the World Championship), along with lack of high end offensive capabilities really limits him imo.

Unless you consider Seth Jones a top pair d-man cause he can log a lot of minutes than Power could fit that criteria, barring a huge offensive burst next year
- Pegullaville

My preference has always been Eklund followed by Berneirs or power. I don’t think he’s done developing, as d take longer generally. And he already looks the part of at least high end second pairing

https://www.foreverbluesh...am-will-the-rangers-bite/
This guy is a tool

hopefully future buffalo sabre in a jack echl deal
- Michael Pachla

That is the wrong hope. Hopefully eichel is back here in 2021

I like this. Only thing I’d change is getting something different from Sea instead of taking KO. Don’t need to ship him off if your moving Eichel and Sam
- SDSabre

Yeah I would rather swap picks and see if we could steer them towards a certain player on another team to draft in the expansion draft and send to us in the trade.

That is the wrong hope. Hopefully eichel is back here in 2021
- Mentalorgasm5

not planning on it, but if jack stays, i'm good with that too

Still don't like the idea of Power 1OA
- RhinoFan

Listen is not a bad pick but hes a LHD and we're likely losing our 2 Forwards that produce all the offence.

Yeah I would rather swap picks and see if we could steer them towards a certain player on another team to draft in the expansion draft and send to us in the trade.
- Buff36

or like somebody mentioned, buffalo gets a third rounder and seattle takes miller in the expansion draft...

i don't think ko's going anywhere, i think he wants to finish his career in buffalo and with two years left, they can ride it out

That is the wrong hope. Hopefully eichel is back here in 2021
- Mentalorgasm5

https://www.wattpad.com/amp/531677552

or like somebody mentioned, buffalo gets a third rounder and seattle takes miller in the expansion draft...

i don't think ko's going anywhere, i think he wants to finish his career in buffalo and with two years left, they can ride it out
- Michael Pachla

Or that, yeah don't think KO is going anywhere

eklund's shot is sick...and his passing skills are top-rate as well
- Michael Pachla

I am really hoping he is the 1st overall selection.

So much to ponder with this team. The one thing I think we can all agree on is that we can't go into next year with basically the same squad. It's not too far-fetched to say that any team that finishes dead last would require a massive overhaul. There are very few players on this team that I'd be upset about if they were no longer a Sabre. Very few.

Bring me the overhaul !

It seems rather apparent from this Armchair GM on the Best path forward:

Trade '21-1OA to The Kraken,
* they make their big splash pick, contingent on them picking Power.
* get 2OA in return, plus they have to pick Okposo

Trade Eichel & Olofsson to Anaheim, return of
* Zegras
* '21 - 3OA
* '22 - 1st

Trade Sam, Tage & Miller to CBJ, return of
* Texier
* '21 - 5OA

Draft
* Beniers
* Eklund
* Guenther

Sign
Ullmark
Dredgier
Savard
- IonSabres

Like most of it, but I feel like they'll need a 3 goaltender if they sign Ullmark based on his annual injury history.

agreed...not against berniers at all...

although none of our opinions really mater, a tradedown with seattle makes the most sense for all parties
- Michael Pachla

Seattle trades up.

Selects Eklund.

Heads explode.

or like somebody mentioned, buffalo gets a third rounder and seattle takes miller in the expansion draft...

i don't think ko's going anywhere, i think he wants to finish his career in buffalo and with two years left, they can ride it out
- Michael Pachla

If there's a deal with Seattle, I think it might happen in 2 parts. First, Buf trades a pick for expansion draft considerations. Second, big pick trade + a goalie (and maybe other players) comes back. Allows the bigger trade to happen after the expansion draft and Sea has some assets to work with.

does dk's status change all that much with his performance at the world's?
- Michael Pachla

late first
late 3rd
and will carrier type guy