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Buffalo Sabres: Predicting one bold signing, draft pick, and trade in 2023

By Sion Fawkes

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - APRIL 11: Mattias Samuelsson #23 of the Buffalo Sabres celebrates his third period goal against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on April 11, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - APRIL 11: Mattias Samuelsson #23 of the Buffalo Sabres celebrates his third period goal against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on April 11, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Will the buffalo Sabres end up with David Reinbacher?
Slovakia’s Viliam Cacho (L) and Austria’s David Reinbacher vie for the puck during the ice hockey match between Austria and Slovakia on May 4, 2023 in Kapfenberg, Austria (Photo by ERWIN SCHERIAU / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by ERWIN SCHERIAU/APA/AFP via Getty Images) /

2 – Draft a top 10 player who fell down the draft boards

This one is a ‘what do I think will happen’ as opposed to ‘what do I hope will happen.’ Though I had him going early in my first mock draft, I don’t see Kevyn Adams taking a chance on Matvei Michkov if he falls to 13th. There is just too much risk there.

The hope, admittedly, is that David Reinbacher falls, but I’m going to be realistic and say he doesn’t slip out of the top 10. However, in every draft, there is always that ONE player who you think will be a surefire top 10 pick that will fall.

In every draft, regardless of where the Buffalo Sabres pick, Adams always needs to go with the best available, even if that pick has little chance of ever making it to the main roster thanks to lack of room. At that point, you can draft top-end prospects, develop them, and trade them if you need to.

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