Quoting: BUFF36
Yeah, not trading Krebs for 1yr of Tanev possibly.
Quoting: Lsendel3
Think you’re short on the StL trade. Honestly huge fall off at around prospect 16/18. If they just avoided that trade they could get Wood, Moore, or Perreault at 13 and still get Simachev if they packaged all those seconds. Buffalo already has a ton of prospects, getting a higher end on would seem like a priority. While in reverse StL should be more in the quantity stage anyways I would think.
Quoting: Fjordy
Pass trade with Flames. We just trade 2nd for Tanev, not Krebs
Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld
Buffalo has made 22 picks the last 2 drafts and has a deep and loaded prospect pool. We don't need all these assets in a move down
Quoting: sabres89
The Dallas and Toronto picks will be like 29 and 30. Unless simashev and willander do something incredibly stupid before the draft, both will be long gone by pick 29. One of them might be gone before pick 13.
Quoting: Lsendel3
Was just basing on being sellers at the deadline honestly. Have no clue where they sit on their prospect pool. But Buffalo needs the quality so this trade doesn’t make sense for them Was my overriding point
Who really knows what GM's are thinking at the draft.
But you are correct, Buffalo will most likely use their draft capital to get better picks.
For example the 13th and 87th may get them to 12th (Buffalo would probably need to add a bit more).
They may also move their two seconds to get another first round pick.
The 39th, 45th and 109th could get them the 26th OA.
Getting better picks makes more sense for Buffalo.
Axel Sandin Pellikka and David Reinbacher may both be available at 13th and Adams may still pass on them, who knows.