‘In a shocking turn of events, one of the eight teams that lose in the NHL’s play-in round will own the No. 1 overall pick. Placeholders were used for those spots and a second lottery will be held following the play-in round, which is expected to end sometime in August.’
Archives for June 27, 2020
Sabres’ GM Kevyn Adams should take a different approach by trading No. 8 pick
‘This team needs help. Especially down the middle. See what’s out there for a No. 2 center. You wonder if Brandon Montour can sweeten the pot. You don’t know who might be willing to deal until you put up that “For Sale” sign.’
Sabres move back one spot in NHL Draft Lottery, set to pick eighth
‘This is the eighth straight year the Sabres have a pick in the top eight.’
Sabres name Kenmore’s Jeremiah Crowe director of scouting
‘Crowe, a Kenmore native, spent the last three seasons as a pro scout with the Sabres. He joined them from the United States National Team Development Program, where he served as assistant director of player personnel and director of player personnel.’
Sabres promote Crowe, Nightingale in scouting department
‘Nightingale has served as the team’s Director of Analytics for the past two seasons, and has been with the organization for the past seven seasons working in the analytics department.’
Sabres land the 8th pick in 2020 NHL Draft
‘This will be the third time the Sabres have owned the No. 8 pick in the last five years. In 2017, former Sabres GM Jason Botterill selected Casey Mittelstadt. In 2016, former Sabres GM Tim Murray selected Alex Nylander.’
Sabres to select 8th at 2020 NHL Draft
‘The Sabres began the night with the seventh-best odds to win the No. 1 pick at 6.5 percent. The placeholder that won the lottery had the 12-best odds at 2.5 percent.’
Crowe looking forward to new role as Sabres Director of Scouting
‘”As we build our scouting department, [we want to] sync up our scouting and analytics to become seamless and work together,” Adams said. “There’s a process that we want to go through in our scouting – both from the amateur and the professional side – of how we measure players, where we see value, what certain traits are we measuring, and at what level. That, from the analytics and the scouting, will be combined into how we ultimately move forward.”‘