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  3. Poor Jack & Congratulate Thorny on his Marriage Thread

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    Poor Jack. He's no longer the premier player on the team. Do you think it helps or hurts him?

     

    Did the Sabres give Jack this much attention?  I don't think so.  I think part of it is because Dahlin has never been to Buffalo (and barely knew anything about it) so it makes sense to introduce him to the city (and really, to the U.S.)

     

    I wonder how Eichel will receive the Sabres' new wunderkind.  Does he see Dahlin as a needed piece, a valued teammate?  Or will the attention Dahlin gets rankle Jack and drive a wedge between the two stars? 

     

    Will Jack's party-boy (I'm comin' for ya!) persona clash with Dahlin's all business demeanor?  Will Dahlin call Jack out if he thinks Jack isn't giving his all?

     

    Will Dahlin end up with the C?

     

    We've been drooling over defensive pairings since the Sabres won the lottery, but will having a new best player on the team sit well with the player formerly known as the best player?

     

    Thoughts?

    I think you are jumping the gun a bit. Jack is still the premier player on this team. I fully expect Rasmus to join him in short order, but he is an 18 year old being asked to play the toughest position outside of goaltender. He is the shiny new toy. I get the excitement but I would hold off on the coronation for a week or two. I also believe Jack will,welcome the help and offer the same to help him get up to speed asap. I do not think of it as having a premier player replacing another but rather adding a premier d man to a premier center. All good.

  5. How good, Rasmus Dahlin?

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    I voted relatively conservatively for my expectations.

    I will be surprised if Dahlin doesn't have a career at least as good as Brian Leetch.

    It's that Peter Forsberg competitiveness that hooks me.

    Brian Leetch is my comparable as well. He just looks like him the way he skates and takes angles. I would be happy with another Brian Leetch but Inthink this kid is expecting more of himself and isn’t distracted by much in his efforts to be the best he can be. I do expect growing pains next year and think the “looks poised option” is the most likely.

  8. Pominville, Falk and Reinhart - Sabres next Season?

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    An outsider looking in sees how many points he got in comparison to the rest of the lineup and says “decent third-liner”

    But it’s really just because he’s savvy enough to convert some opportunities when carried by more talented linemates.

    He’s not fast enough to play the game we want to play and he acts more like a drag on our skilled centres than a veteran rock.

    He brings nothing as a role player.

    And his stature means he gets in the way of opportunities that might be better given to some of our younger wingers.

    I’m really worried we’ve replaced one Moulson with another.

    Agreed. Buy him out, cost be damned.

  11. 2018 NHL draft

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    Denisenko could go anywhere from 11 to 32 to be honest. There is no reason to think he couldn't fall.  

    Any player not named Dahlin could fall, but even with the shuffling post combine Denisenko seems to be entrenched primarily in 15-24.  But stranger things have happened. 

  12. 2018 NHL draft

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    FanSpeak just set up an NHL Mock Draft simulator for anyone who wants a spin: https://fanspeak.com/nhlotc/

     

    EDIT; Here's my attempt using an almost exclusive BPA strategy:

     

     

    1: R1P1

     

     

    D RASMUS DAHLIN

    FROLUNDA

     

     

     

    32: R2P1

     

    LW GRIGORI DENISENKO

    LOKO YAROSLAVL

     

     

     

    94: R4P1

     

     

    C JACK DRURY

    WATERLOO

     

     

     

    117: R4P24

     

     

    C RYAN O'REILLY

    MADISON

     

     

     

    125: R5P1

     

     

    RW ALBIN ERIKSSON

    SKELLEFTEA

     

     

     

    156: R6P1

     

    D ALEXANDER ROMANOV

    KRASNAYA ARMIYA

     

     

     

    187: R7P1

     

     

    G DANIEL DVORAK

    KRAVLOVE U20

     

    That may be even more opportunistic than winning the actual lottery. Denisenko is my second favorite player in this draft. I think this is a pipe dream.

  15. 2018 NHL draft

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    Panarin doesnt play D and refuses to play on penalty kill. Ovi shows up when he wants, Putin stooge. Kuznetsov not sure, the only ones really are Kucherov and Tarasenko... both anomolies to the Russian heredity... more Afinaganovesque for the rest.

    And scored the game winning goal in OT last night.  Kuznetsov, Kucherov, and Tarasenko all play well rounded games.  The Russian myth is way overplayed.  

  16. 2018 NHL draft

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    Permit me the pleasure of name dropping:

     

    Mikhail Grigorenko

    Nikita Zadorov

    Alexander Radulov

    Valeri Nichushkin

    Niki Zherdev

    Alexandr Svitov

    Nikita Filatov

     

    Filatov added he was once offered a deal by Hitchcock: if the winger played strong defense, Hitchcock would let him roam around the ice on offense.

     

    “It fell on deaf ears,” Filatov told Shevchenko. “(I’m a) forward who can score, do not touch me...."

     

    Russian facts factor not in their favor. So, no Andrei Svechnikov Большое спасибо.

    I"ll Raise. 

     

    Kucherov

    Panarin

    Tarasenko

    Kuznetsov

    and Ovechkin

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