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Pretty sure Fortin just Kev-pilled me
I think that's one reason the Pegulas picked Adams as GM. The team was NOT in a good place and was fractured all over the organization. Adams appears to have the leadership and demeanor that really has helped revamp the entire team from top to bottom to get on one page to feel valued, trusted, and excited about the plan and where it is going. I'm a very emotional guy myself so I feel Forton there.
There are 6 dman that play an nhl game and 12 forwards. When you have Dahlin/Power/Samuelsson for the next 5-6 years you most certainly can.
I do love the irony that round 1 takes almost as long as rounds 2-7 combined.Making up for yesterday's sloth-fest.
Fortin getting all choked up about the organization.
Forton really singing the praises of Adams. Literally brought himself to tears
I do love the irony that round 1 takes almost as long as rounds 2-7 combined.
100% agreeI know people will bemoan the goalie pick in round 2 but I really think this is an excellent draft class. Adams has really come through in the mid-late round picks so far .
I think there's got to be some commercial incentives in there.I do love the irony that round 1 takes almost as long as rounds 2-7 combined.
Bottom 2 dman are easy to pickup via trade/FA. Top 6 forwards are not.That's a really shortsighted and narrow view.
Yes, you mentioned 3 guys, but we need 6 Dmen every night of course. So the question is: how good do you want those other 3 to be? I want them to be excellent, not merely adequate.
Now if there are other plans that we are not aware of -- undrafted FA prospects, established UFAs or trades -- to fill in more Dmen on our depth chart, then I could rationalize things. But we cannot leave that part of the pipeline unaddressed just because we have those 3 Dmen already on our roster.
If in next year's draft, things get inverted and 7 out of our 8 picks are Dmen, then I'll feel much better about the situation. But if we see the same kind of ratio play out as it has thus far, or don't take at least 2 Dmen in the first two rounds next year, our prospect pool will reach the point off logjam-absurdity. And especially given that it takes Dmen 2-3 years or more to really "arrive" or peak, it's really not prudent to wait too long to draft these guys.
Some people are gonna feel different about this but I think it's kinda badass
I miss when it was all on one day so everyone was motivated to get shit done immediately.
Looked like Forton was purging the pain from what went on before KA's arrival, as well as expressing appreciation for the unity he's brought to the organization. It must have been one hell of a shitshow under Botts and Murray to prompt that display of emotion.Forton has been here since 2013 and has been through just about anything you can imagine with this franchise, so it says a lot about Kevyn here.
Jerry Fortin's media availability was a great listen
Some people are gonna feel different about this but I think it's kinda badass
Since we WNYers have to make everything a comparison to the Bills - it reminds me of every story about Thurman Thomas getting himself pumped up before every game because of teams passing on drafting him.
Also, note that Logan Morrison was not selected for a third and final time. He's now in the UDFA category. It will be interesting to see if he gets an ELC.