More like sabres draft turcotte at 7

Not sure about that, Pretty sure both Cozens and Byram are off the board when Detroit picks at #6. So i can see them going after Turcotte possibly Dach if either are on the board at #6

I think Podkolzin goes in the top 5, so you'll have a choice of whichever two of Byram, Cozens, Dach and Turcotte (listed only alphabetically) are left.

I think you have to sweeten that offer considerably to convince Buffalo to move back from #7 to the mid-20's.

So then Botts drafts his first player from Juniors aka dach

Yep hopefully this is the best outcome for us. I'm really hoping that Byram is available at #6. Not getting my hopes up. Just hoping he falls to us like Zadina did last year. We really can use a #1 Dman right now. And Byram has that potential.

If Pod goes top 5 which could happen, Then Turcotte is a real possibility at #7 for Buffalo or Dach if Detroit does land by a miracle Byram at #6 either way should be interesting.

I think it's highly likely Byram is there at #6. Both Chicago and Colorado are pretty set for the future on defense and will prefer a premium center or the Russian, and my hapless local team has so many holes that I think the center priority outweighs the defensive need. (Anze Kopitar is 31 and has had 2 bad years out of 3 and Jeff Carter is disappearing.)

Not really sure I see the sense in this...I'll explain.

Outside of the top say..5 picks (Hughes, Kakko, Pod, Cozens & Dach..maybe toss Byram in here), none of the other players are slam dunk guarantees. You could even argue that Hughes and Kakko are the only real guaranteed hits.

By draft's end, the Rangers will be loaded with "maybe's/could be's/what if's/talented" etc...why are they trading two players who had their best seasons to date and are entering their primes? For a 7 and 13?

The hope I am assuming is that they turn into impact players, and that would make a lot of sense if this was two years ago. Krieder and Buch already are impact players, and the Rangers are close to turning the corner into becoming competitive (not to be confused with contender, that's the next step). The Rangers already have a lot of picks, what they need now are known quantities, Panarin...Trouba..etc, to compliment the "could be's".

I would love to find a way to grab Dach to eventually become the 2C one day, but I'd pass here if I were the Rangers.

PS: If Krieder were made available at the deadline, he would have fetched a 1st by himself..that's not enough.

you must be fun at parties so i'll explain, there is no sense or logic in this, just fantasies and fun about three great prospects that'll all play for Wisconsin next season. Everything doesn't have to be dead serious on this site

I am quite fun at parties, thank you for noticing!

I would just point out that there's a "description" section for a reason. If you're just foolin around, cool have at it. Just let us know, saves you from having to break out the website rule book 3 times a week.