Quoting: sensonfire
With that said, you essentially traded away Taylor Hall, Curtis Lazar and Anders Bjork for a 2nd and 3rd round pick in one big vacuum.
Hall and Lazar for a second and a third.
Bjork was received in the trade of Hall and Lazar with a 2nd.
Hall + Lazar = 2nd +
Bjork
Bjork = 3rd
Substituting 3rd for
Bjork
Hall + Lazar = 2nd + 3rd
Regardless, Kevyn Adams is way over his head and should never have given the job of GM.
Time will tell but other than trading up to get Peterka in last years draft, his draft picks have been dreadful
He grossly over paid to get Hall to sign, was raped in the Hall trade, should have traded Ullmark at the TDL, made a terrible decision to sign Eakin while letting Larsson walk and others mistakes including letting both Gilmour and Redman go (both solid AHL D-men) and signed Irwin and Davidson to replace them.
Observe the improvement after Karmanos is hired, Ristolainen is traded for a decent LHD, 1st and 2nd. Reinhart is moved for GK who was a brick wall in the JWC-20 and a first.
Pysyk is signed as a free agent when he was available last year when KA signed two sub standard AHL defensemen.
I hope Karmanos can continue to pull rabbits out of a hat if not Buffalo will miss the playoffs during my entire remaining life.