Jackson Smith? Victor Eklund? Roger McQueen? McQueen or Eklund could be there at 8th.At the end of the season we'll have the 8th OA pick.
Then at the lottery we'll get jumped by two teams and end up with 10th overall.
So I'm not going to spend much time looking at top 6 type players.
On the flip side of that you are only looking at 3-4 wins and moving from 4th to 8th. On top of that Buffalo has 2-3 games in hand against the other bottom feeders.They did just drop six in a row. It's not like they're making some hero run.
I could easily see them draft in the 6 to 7 range, they have a lot of games in hand to teams ahead plus there is also the lottery which could move them back 1 spot.They did just drop six in a row. It's not like they're making some hero run.
I could easily see them draft in the 6 to 7 range, they have a lot of games in hand to teams ahead plus there is also the lottery which could move them back 1 spot.
they are not as bad as the real bottom dwellers and if the pressure falls off they usually string together some wins like the last 2.
It is the irresistible force vs the immovable object:Y'all are acting like the Sabres aren't going to win the lottery when the clear and inarguable #1 prospect is a LHD. Silliness. Matthew Schaefer will be a Sabre.
Drafting 6th could still get a player like Hagens. I could easily see someone dropping as it happens every year. I think there is solid 6-7 players before it drops off.I could easily see them draft in the 6 to 7 range, they have a lot of games in hand to teams ahead plus there is also the lottery which could move them back 1 spot.
they are not as bad as the real bottom dwellers and if the pressure falls off they usually string together some wins like the last 2.
In that unlikely event I would hope Adams is working with the team picking #2 to switch draft spots, pick Misa, and squeeze them for a useful asset.Y'all are acting like the Sabres aren't going to win the lottery when the clear and inarguable #1 prospect is a LHD. Silliness. Matthew Schaefer will be a Sabre.
Picking first does set up some difficulties, Trading down rarely seems to happen at this part of the draft, but something might be able to be worked out with San Jose. They have a much bigger need on defense than Chicago does.In that unlikely event I would hope Adams is working with the team picking #2 to switch draft spots, pick Misa, and squeeze them for a useful asset.
Chicago and San Jose both have their 1C and possibly their goalies of the future (Knight and Askarov). They'll be drooling to move up a spot to land a projected #1D.
And we'd be set at center for the foreseeable future - Tage, Norris, Misa, McLeod, Kulich, Krebs, Kozak, Helenius, Wahlberg. Mix and match as you please. Some would obviously play wing or be moved.