Out of Town Thread - New Year’s 2025 Edition

It's always funny to see Buffalo make a late-season surge when they're already essentially eliminated and move from picking top 3 to the 8-14 range. Almost every year.

From 2013-2020 they picked 8th overall four times and 7th one more.

I gotta say their moves last summer weren't even bad. Savoie for McLeod got panned but seems like they finally got ahead of the bust curve and got a solid middle sixer.

Watch them pick 8th again.

They're still in 4th overall position. They would have to make up 6 pts to draft 8th. That seems doubtful at this late stage.

Chicago, San Jose & Nashville have been the bottom 3 teams all year with Buffalo & Pittsburgh switching back and forth in #4 & #5 spot. It looked at one time Buffalo might pass Pens for good, but not anymore. Pens have won 4 in a row & have climbed into 8th spot.

Buffalo could probably pass Seattle & Philadelphia to end up 6th OA. They should stay where they are & try and draft Martone.
 
It's always funny to see Buffalo make a late-season surge when they're already essentially eliminated and move from picking top 3 to the 8-14 range. Almost every year.

From 2013-2020 they picked 8th overall four times and 7th one more.

I gotta say their moves last summer weren't even bad. Savoie for McLeod got panned but seems like they finally got ahead of the bust curve and got a solid middle sixer.

Watch them pick 8th again.
It's such a tease. They go on a hot run late, gives their fans false hope and makes everyone think they can make a big jump the next season and then next season rolls around and they look bottom 5 again. Gotta feel for Sabres fans, that playoff drought is nuts. Alex Auld was a Hab last time they made it. Hutson was 7 years old
 

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