not sure about the jets one or the sens one but the rest is pretty good...

Ive had Miller for a 3rd and Dahlstrom and everybody says its too little so I bumped it to a mid to late 2nd. The sens are moving up from 18ish to 8 (based on guesstimates we obviously dont know what will happen yet)

Didn’t buffalo fire it’s entire scouting staff? When a team does that before the draft it generally means those picks are in play and doubtful see a trade down to collect more picks.

I would counter with if you fire your whole scouting staff, you should give yourself a better opportunity you hit on one of those players. I would take Sanderson, but hes the only lock i see that could be there at 8. But obviously this is all hypothetical because we dont know how the playoffs finished or who will go 4-7

I like most of the roster build. I am not a big fan of Ennis especially on the top line. I think he is more suited to play third line minutes and matchups. I prefer not to trade back from 8 to 18. I know we get a couple of extra good picks, but I don't like the idea of giving Ottawa a chance at another premium player and also I think the Sabres need to add one more top end offensive player either with a selection at 8 or with a player they acquire via trade using it

Ennis was playing with McDavid for stints and its not like the Sabres top 3 arent on the roster, if it doesnt work out, you put the band back together and then Ennis plays with Cozens on the 3rd line, not to shabby there either. With 8 overall if they arent going Sanderson, i dont think Holtz or Lundell are better options than Peterka. Peterkas shot is as good as Holtz but Peterka's game is more well rounded, and Im not high on Lundell. Quinn was another but he jumped from the 30s to high 10s. I like Peterka a lot so may as well profit on taking him

I’m just questioning if they would do Ottawa deal given it just seems like an odd thing to do after eliminating scouting department. Giving up an excellent first rounder don’t really need scouts help in choosing but trading down adding multiple seconds that’s when scouts really become more important. I like what you did not meaning to argue or anything. It reminds me of when charelli took over for oilers and they had extra picks for that draft and a month before draft fired everyone then went on a pick spending spree acquiring Reinhart and Talbot as an oiler fan I hope those types of trades aren’t in buffalos future...

Not argueing, just discussion. As i said above "With 8 overall if they arent going Sanderson, i dont think Holtz or Lundell are better options than Peterka. Peterkas shot is as good as Holtz but Peterka's game is more well rounded, and Im not high on Lundell. Quinn was another but he jumped from the 30s to high 10s. I like Peterka a lot so may as well profit on taking him"

Detroit would say No, Helm at $1,925,000 for a 2021 3rd round pick, We don't need to add anymore RFAs to our roster. Yzerman wants picks

Johansson was in the AHL allstar game and came up and looked ok in his first stint in the NHL, i doubt Yzerman would say no to a young promising goalie for a cap dump, especially with Detroits goalie situation

I will take



I think 3 X 3 is a little rich for Ennis. This is the first time in 5 years he has been on over a 30 points per 82 game pace. 2 - 2.5 for 1 - 2 years is fair on a flat cap and I don't think this player is worth overpaying. He has been a minus player on good teams for the past several years of his career. He played up with the Oilers due to injuries and that is the only reason he would should be playing in a top 6 role. As far as the draft I defer to the experts and there is a strong consensus that after 11 or 12 their is a definite drop off on prospect value. I realize there will be players taken later that end up being better than some of the players taken in the top 10 as it happens every year but our odds at getting a difference making player that is ready for the nhl sooner are much higher at 8 and I think worth staying put and taking the best player available there.

This draft will be very fun to watch because of how deep and good this class is. 8 is a great spot. I’m going out on a limb and saying Ottawa takes Rossi and Quinn 3&5. That’s going to cause a slide threw 8th. A lot of unexpected could happen

Other than Sanderson, i think the time line for every player available at 8 will be similar. I think the forwards there are being overhyped. Holtz specifically will need 2 years in the A to fix his defensive game. Lundell maybe needs a couple, i dont like Liiga

I think 1-2 for anyone taken there possibly a 9 game look at the end of this year except Askarov who is probably closer to 3 years. Later than that I think we are looking at a minimum of 1 year before they even sign ELC and then 1 - 2 years after that before they are ready for the nhl.

Quinn at 5? I dont see that happening, that would change a lot

Personally if im waiting 2 years for 1 player ill wait 3 years for 3

I can respect that but I think we have two years to make the playoffs or Jack asks out so I am thinking a little more short term.

In a draft this deep is it impossible Ottawa goes alittle off the board and takes the two boys playing locally. Rossi at 3 wouldn’t be a huge leap. Quinn at five is a leap but not a big enough of one to risk trading down for. I think it’s a very reasonable debate that a high end RW prospect could be the wisest direction based on prospect pool. Having his junior team in same city allows a lot more developmental upsides that could be the difference making him worth the leap.