‘“I felt like I needed to take another year for myself, and then the NCAA option opened up and I started visiting schools,” Costantini said. “North Dakota kind of caught my attention and I felt really good with the coaching staff, so I decided it was the place for me.”’
Archives for August 3, 2022
Hamilton Take2: Sabres goal oriented
‘Comrie was a pretty good AHL goaltender and played 207 games there which usually means he’s not an NHL goalie. Sabres GM Kevyn Adams talked about how their analytics department looked at how he improved in the American Hockey League and the numbers tell them that he’s ready for this opportunity.’
Ostlund evolving with Sabres, ‘has every single quality other than size’
‘”[He] for sure has every single quality you would want in an NHL center other than size,” Sabres director of amateur scouting Jerry Forton said. “I just talked about the other attributes that I think will easily offset the size. And when he went up to the [Swedish Hockey League] this year — in very limited minutes, I get that — they played him at center. He went to the Under-18s, he played a couple games 25-plus minutes at center at the Under-18s on the gold medal team and I don’t know that we ever saw a drop off in his play.”‘