BUF GM Tim Murray (
audio 13:51-16:07): "Drop off after three .. just off the top of my head, [another drop] somewhere in the teens .. 12, 13, or so, but in saying that, the team picking four is going to get a hell of a player, so when I say there is a drop off, there's a drop off from three guys that are combined franchise to impact players, and then four could be an impact player but he's more than likely going to be a quality NHL player so that's how we rate .. from three to where we're going to be picking, you're gonna get a 5 or 5+ out of 7 in our rankings and is going to be a quality top-six forward or quality top-three defensemen .. [Matthews first, two Finns next] yes .. [Tkachuk's kid] yep, keep going .. I'm not sure [if Chychrun's fifth] but you'd have a group of names, so you have in the forwards: Tkachuk, Nylander, and guys like that; then you have the defensemen, you have: Chychrun, Juolevi, and guys like that; so you're still getting a hell of a player .. but you still want to win the lottery, you still want to have control, it doesn't mean you want Matthews, you want control, how many calls you think you're getting the next day, one or two might be interesting, you never know."