Crusader1969

yes

Love the thought but IF Skinner is back, I think he should play on the 2nd line and Olofsson play with Jack. I can see Skinner producing without Jack but can't say the Same thing of VO. Have to hope Nylander is AT LEAST ready to take over the 3rd Line LW position of KO.

Prospect Central Picks 16 - 31 https://www.sportsnet.ca/650/canucks-central-at-noon/april-27-prospect-central-week-1/ Nice review of Robertson

Pick 18 vs pick 30 since 2006 Pick 18 Chris Stewart 652GP 160G 161A Pick 18 Ian Cole 476GP 22G 90A Pick 18 Chet Pickart 0GP Pick 18 Louis Leblanc 50GP 5G 5A Pick 18 Austin Watson 253GP 30G 33A Pick 18 Mark McNeill 2GP 0G 0A Pick 18 Teuvo Teravainne 360GP 76G 150A Pick 18 Mirco Mueller 135GP 3G 18A Pick 18 Alex Tuch 158GP 35G 54A Pick 18 Thomas Chabot 134GP 23G 57A Pick 18 Logan Stanley 0GP Pick 18 Urho Vaakanainen 2Gp 0G 0A Pick 18 Liam Foudy 0GP Pick 30 Matt Corrente 34GP 0G 6A Pick 30 Nick Ross 0GP Pick 30 Tom McCollum Goalie 3GP Pick 30 Simon Despres 193GP 6G 37A Pick 30 Brock Nelson 480GP 124G 117A Pick 30 Rickard Rakell 382GP 114G 127A Pick 30 Tanner Pearson 388GP 87G 83A Pick 30 Ryan Hartman 245GP 42A 47A Pick 30 John Quenneville 33Gp 2G 3A Pick 30 Nick Merkley 1GP 0G 0A Pick 30 Sam Steel 22GP 6G 5A Pick 30 Eeli Tolvanen 7GP 1G 1A Pick 30 Joseph Veleno 0GP Draft Pick 18 - 2222 games played 354G 548A Draft Pick 30 - 1785 Games playes 382G 426A Not too much of a discrepancy between the two slots. Chabot is probably the best taken at 18, though I really like Tuch as well 30th has produced Brock Nelson but I really like Steel and think he will be a very good NHL player for the Ducks. I would say that since 2010 the 30th overall pick has been fairly solid. The only one I would question is Merkley - he had a bit of a tough season in 18/19 but was a point a game player the year prior in the AHL. If you are at the top of the tier you get to choose the player who you think would best fit your team. Though, if moving to the bottom of the tier you were able to pick up another asset then it would be worth moving down.

here is a very good podcast from a couple of guys who have seen a lot of Byram playing in Vancouver. They poke some holes in his game that might make a team hesitant to take him when elite can't miss forwards are also available. Still think he will be gone prior to the Sabres but you never know.... https://www.sportsnet.ca/650/canucks-central-at-noon/

I think if it’s close you take the Dman over the winger. Plus sabres will be set at center for next 8 years once they break bank on Duchene ? Best case scenario (from current roster / prospects) who is the sabres 2nd pair LHD long term? Pilut?

wow, this would be an amazing result for the Sabres. I guess the reality is now it is possible, especially if Caufield gets taken before they pick. Imagine a team being able to write in Dahlin and Byram as their top 2 LHD for the next 10-13 years

April ISS Hockey Top 31 Ranked Prospects for 2019 NHL Draft Rank Name D.O.B Team League Position Shot Height Weight 1 Hughes, Jack May 14/01 USA U18 NTDP C L 5.10.25* 168 2 Kakko, Kaapo Feb 13/01 TPS Turku FinE RW L 6.02.25* 194 3 Byram, Bowen Jun 13/01 Vancouver WHL LD L 6.00.5* 194 4 Podkolzin, Vasily Jun 24/01 St. Petersburg KHL LW L 6.01 190 5 Cozens, Dylan Feb 9/01 Lethbridge WHL C R 6.03* 181 6 Turcotte, Alex Feb 26/01 USA U18 NTDP C L 5.11* 189 7 Dach, Kirby Jan 21/01 Saskatoon WHL C R 6.03.5* 199 8 Boldy, Matthew Apr 5/01 USA U18 NTDP C L 6.00.75* 175 9 Zegras, Trevor Mar 20/01 USA U18 NTDP C L 5.10.75* 159 10 Krebs, Peyton Jan 26/01 Kootenay WHL LW L 5.11.25* 180 11 York, Cam Jan 5/01 USA U18 NTDP LD L 5.10.75* 163 12 Lavoie, Raphael Sep 25/00 Halifax QMJHL C R 6.03.5* 191 13 Soderstrom, Victor Feb 26/01 Brynas SweJE LD R 5.11* 179 14 Newhook, Alex Jan 28/01 Victoria BCHL C L 5.10.5* 195 15 Harley, Thomas Aug 19/01 Mississauga OHL D L 6.03* 188 16 Caufield, Cole Jan 2/01 USA U18 NTDP C R 5.06* 150 17 Robertson, Matthew Mar 9/01 Edmonton WHL LD L 6.03* 201 18 Poulin, Samuel Feb 25/01 Sherbrooke QMJHL LW L 6.01.25* 206 19 Tomasino, Philip Jul 28/01 Niagara OHL C R 5.11.75* 178 20 Suzuki, Ryan May 28/01 Barrie OHL C L 6.00.25* 178 21 Broberg, Philip Jun 25/01 AIK IF SweAl LD L 6.02.75* 199 22 Nikolayev, Ilya Jun 26/01 Yaroslavl Loko MHL C L 6 190 23 Brink, Bobby Jul 8/01 Sioux City USHL C R 5.08.25* 159 24 Leason, Brett Apr 30/99 Prince Albert WHL C R 6.03.75* 200 25 Bjornfot, Tobias Apr 6/01 Djurgardens J20 SweJE LD L 6.00* 202 26 Afanasyev, Egor Jan 23/01 Muskegon USHL C L 6.03.5* 201 27 Seider, Moritz Apr 6/01 Mannheimer GerE RD R 6.03.5* 183 28 Kaliyev, Arthur Jun 26/01 Hamilton OHL LW L 6.01.25* 190 29 Korczak, Kaedan Jan 29/01 Kelowna WHL RD R 6.02.75* 192 30 Warren, Marshall Apr 20/01 USA U18 NTDP LD L 5.10.25* 161 31 Pelletier, Jakob Mar 7/01 Moncton QMJHL C L 5.09* 161 Goaltenders 1 Knight, Spencer DE Apr 19/01 USA U18 NTDP G L 6.02.5* 193 2 Kochetkov, Pyotr RE Jun 25/99 Ryazan VHL G L 6.03 205 Published April 3, 2019 USA U18 centerman Alex Turcotte takes the #6 spot in the April ISS Rankings after a sensational post-injury run. Dennis MacInnis, Director of Scouting for ISS Hockey, observed Turcotte’s skills, stating:

Is there any player in the group of 8 that 100% will be taken prior to the sabres at 7? I think I’m at Byram being the only one

not my ideal line-up, just the lineup for next year. Maybe you get some size back in the Risto Trade? Thats why Im BIG on Boldy as the pick at #7. Size, skill, vision, determination

where is the optimism? lol

does the UPL injury make Knight more intriguing a pick with the Sabres 2nd 1st rounder?

is 17 still on the board? Im so confused how its ranked

Cause of the CHL thing?

Boldy is still a better choice.

Here is the thing about Caufield and the Sabres. If he is lined up with Jack, no doubt he will do great. 40 goal scorer BUT how will he score on another line? He doesn't drive play, he needs a guy like Jack (Hughes or Eichel) to set him up. Sabres need players who can drive a line.They had basically no secondary scoring You can't assume they will be able to acquire a quality one via trade of Free Agency. Guys who Drive play Dach, Boldy, Turcotte, Cozens and Krebs. All should be higher on the Sabres draft board than Caufield IMO

Who is he passing on the draft rankings ?

Sabres Twitter is going to explode when Caufield isn’t the pick.

My plan for the Sabres - Summer of Matt Sign UFA Matt Duchene, even if they have to overpay a little to get the deal done and draft Matt Boldy. You would then be set at Center for the next 6 - 7 years with Eichel, Duchene, Mitts and Asplund Your top 9 next year would look like Olofsson Eichel Reinhart Sheary Duchene *RW aquired in Risto Trade ERod Mitts Nylander (?) This assumes that Skinner walks of course. Though I think you have the cap space to sign him and Duchene late next year Boldy comes to the team and replaces Sheary on Line 2.

Probably an unpopular opinion considering the record setting goal scoring pace of Caufield but I think Boldy has been 2nd best player in tourney behind Hughes

If I was 100% certain Mittelstadt was a 2nd one centre who just needs scoring wingers, I'd seriously be considering Caufield at 7. Then again, if you felt Skinner isn't resigning and you need to bring in a lethal LW to play with Eichel, decisions decisions

Caufield has to be included now in that mishmash of players from 3 -10. Now a blender of 8 players I think there is even a possiblity that he could be off the board before the Sabres draft , if team has Centers and is looking for a scoring winger. I don't think Sabres go that direction because they are in dire need of centers and a high end one will, more than likely, be available at 7. Im still in the Zegras or Turcotte camp but both Boldy and Caufield are more than impressive wingers I don't think you are wrong. The difficult part is predicting how much he would produce without Hughes? His skating isn't "elite". Will he be able to create time and space vs NHL dmen? Caufield could be a grand slam pick there is a chance that he's only a solid double. Where you could draft Turcotte or Zegras and be confident the pick is at least a home run.

Watching the US U-18 team is hilarious So much talent Boldy, Turcotte and Caufield all look fantastic in the first period think we are getting close for Caufield to have his own draft page

Hey I have a great idea. Let’s trade the pick that gives us a ton of value!!

absolutely, the list of players that would be worth trading for is short and more than likely wouldnt be let go by their current teams.