Keep our pick at 9 or not?

[beerme1]

Complete incompetence if we don't trade it as a piece for an established vet. That means we're keeping it I think.

 

[ShaunCarier]

The right answer seems to be to trade the pick for a veteran presence in the locker room. What do you guys think. Do they stick with that plan, package it with some players to move up? Move down for more picks? Or simply stay at 9th and make a selection?

If they do trade it, who would you target with the pick?

 

[Selanne00008]

What they will do: Stay at 9 and pick their guy

What they should do? Idk. Who is trading for the 9th pick in a crap draft? It's like a throw in to a bigger package that doesn't have a TON of value..

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Byram, Quinn, 9th overall to Seattle for Matty Beniers, G prospect Niklas Kokko, 2026 2nd round pick

Gives Seattle 8th and 9th back to back, which they can then package to move up if they so choose, plus a PMD and a guy in Quinn who has all the potential and needs to stay motivated. Buffalo gets a solid young C who is actually a C and a goalie prospect who is playing against men in Europe.

 

[ExtraLoveSauce]

Byram, Quinn, 9th overall to Seattle for Matty Beniers, G prospect Niklas Kokko, 2026 2nd round pick

Gives Seattle 8th and 9th back to back, which they can then package to move up if they so choose, plus a PMD and a guy in Quinn who has all the potential and needs to stay motivated. Buffalo gets a solid young C who is actually a C and a goalie prospect who is playing against men in Europe.

I like that trade question is does Seattle move benders? For 9th Byram and Quinn seems slightly lopsided towards Seattle in terms of value but feel that addresses both teams needs cap works out fair maybe Sabres add another prospect though but Sabres would need to find a way to get another top four dman to either play with dahlin or anchor a second pair maybe someone like brodin

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I like that trade question is does Seattle move benders? For 9th Byram and Quinn seems slightly lopsided towards Seattle in terms of value but feel that addresses both teams needs cap works out fair maybe Sabres add another prospect though but Sabres would need to find a way to get another top four dman to either play with dahlin or anchor a second pair maybe someone like brodin

Absolutely not saying this is the only deal for the Sabres offseason. Certainly need to reshape the d corps.

 

[sabremike]

This is a very poor draft. The 9oa pick would be like a late first or even a second rounder in next year's draft that's projected to be very deep. You aren't getting anything of real value for it, it really is the absolute shittiest position: Won't get a good prospect and minimal value as a trade chip.

 

[toddkaz]

I said before trade the pick but have had multiple posters tell me its rare.

That being said we need a player now not 3 years from now.

Byram + 9th should get a pretty sweet player.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Id trade 9th for the right player but I wouldn’t trade it just to trade it. And I certainly wouldn’t trade it for a player who’s primary attribute is veteran presence.

 

[tsujimoto74]

I mean, the answer obviously depends on what we could trade it for.

 

[Selanne00008]

I said before trade the pick but have had multiple posters tell me its rare.

That being said we need a player now not 3 years from now.

Byram + 9th should get a pretty sweet player.

Trust me, we are going to need players 3 years from now.

If you're a playoff or fringe playoff team, are you trading a sweet player for the 9th selection + Byram?

I'm not.

Just playing Devil's advocate. I think we'd have to look at a team that is also bottom of the barrel, or strapped for cap room maybe? Vegas maybe? A team with multiple players due for a raise and they can't pay them all. Tampa maybe?

 

[toddkaz]

Trust me, we are going to need players 3 years from now.

If you're a playoff or fringe playoff team, are you trading a sweet player for the 9th selection + Byram?

I'm not.

Just playing Devil's advocate. I think we'd have to look at a team that is also bottom of the barrel, or strapped for cap room maybe? Vegas maybe? A team with multiple players due for a raise and they can't pay them all. Tampa maybe?

Oh wow do they all die after 2 years? Do our prospects disappear?\

Trading the 9th for an under 25 player isn't going to make a magical poof and all the prospects are gone.

How silly to think trading the 9th means we wont have players.

 

[Selanne00008]

Oh wow do they all die after 2 years? Do our prospects disappear?\

Trading the 9th for an under 25 player isn't going to make a magical poof and all the prospects are gone.

How silly to think trading the 9th means we wont have players.

Relax bro. It was a bit tongue and cheek. My point was that we SUCK at drafting, and thinking Helenius, Ostlund, Wahlberg, Levi work out is just as silly. In fact, since it's the brutal sabres we are all discussing here, the odds any of them play more than 150 NHL games is most likely slim.

Again, point is, we can't scout (don't pay for enough scouts), rely on video scouting, we never hit on anyone outside the 1st round, etc etc.

To answer your question, actually yes, the majority of them do disappear! Unless they are first round no brainers, like Power, oh wait...

Care to answer my question? Who is jumping to trade their sweet player for Byrum and the 9th pick in a shotty draft.