I wouldn't trade up, I would use that pick to select Heidt and try to trade for the 25-27 pick and take Dragicevic. Get 3 good prospects in 3 positions of need.

Think the Sabres would rather pick ASP if he’s available

I would love for the Sabres to use some picks/prospects to move up a few spots to take reinbacher. Honestly, the third and the fifth aren't very enticing to move back anyways. We have great prospect depth up front, but very little on d, and reinbacher seems like a very obvious target for us.

Pens decline, if that’s the price we pay to dump Carter you can lose any hopes of us trading him

You'd be dumping Carter for free?

Adams will take his horse shoe to this draft and either Axel Sandin-Pellikka or David Reinbacher will fall to him at 17th OA.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/sportsnets-2023-nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-march-edition/ David 10th Axel 17th
https://www.lines.com/nhl/drafts David 22nd Axel 19th
http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/ David 12th Axel 15th
https://www.tankathon.com/nhl/mock_draft David 11th Axel 14th
Adams used his horse shoe last year and Kulich fell to 28th OA.

But I would not do the trade above, Buffalo's 13th and 45th for MTL 17th, 37th and 69th is closer to value.
Buffalo moves back in the first round, moves up in the second and gets another third.

Certainly not for a 2nd AND Joel Edmundson retained… we don’t need that bum lmfao