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My consensus board had Kulich at 21 and Östlund at 23. The consensus board also had Östlund's teammates Lekkerimaki at 9 (drafted 15) and Ohgren at 17 (drafted 19), but Östlund has significantly outperformed them this season for Djurgardens. @freester and I were watching the draft together and I was yelling at the TV for us to draft Kulich when that 3rd 1st rd pick was getting set to be announced. He, Kasper and Snuggerud were the 3 guys heading into the draft that really stood out to me that I felt would fall to us during the draft. I wish we had drafted Snuggerud instead of Östlund. Oh well.

Hindsight is 20/20. What Housley should have done was put Reinhart at 2C. Also ERod is a better winger than center. It also shows how inadequate the roster was.

I think you are reading too much into a situation. During this never ending rebuild all sorts of players have played in all sorts of rolls because of necessity and not necessarily because coaches thought that was their longterm role. Remember Z and Larsson once played on our top 2 lines. If I remember Mitts first year here he played mostly 2nd and 3rd line center behind Jack and supposed to be Berglund. With Samson on Jack’s line, what choice did Housley have once Berglund took a powder? Erod, Sobotka, Wilson?

Actually it was Housley who started him off on the wing during his initial 6 games with the Sabres when Mitts’ created to high expectations when he scored 5 pts in those 6 games. However RK can be credited with nearly destroying Mitts, TNT, Skinner and Dahlin. I wouldn’t necessarily call it the Granato affect, but I would say we have a coach with an open mind willing to try anything to get the best out the talent he has. Honestly we haven’t had a coach like this maybe ever.

@Brawndo and @Doohickie You would think after watching the development of players like Hagel, Briere, Thompson, Olofsson and many others that we would be more patient with young highly skilled guys. Sometimes it just takes a little longer.

The fastest thing on two feet.

@Brawndo with stats like those no wonder the haters want him gone so bad. G-d forbid we let kids mature before we eject them into space.

Wild Card Standings 1. Pitt 53 gp - 27-17-9 63 pts .594 2. Wash 57 gp - 28-22-6 62 pts .554 3. NYI 57 gp - 27-23-7 61 pts .535 4. Fla 57 gp - 27-24-6 60 pts .526 5. Buf 53 gp - 27-22-4 58 pts .547 6. Det 53 gp - 25-20-8 58 pts .547 Our 4 game skid coupled with Det 4 game win streak put the Wings back into the picture. Still we are in good shape to catch at least Washington is we can get on another win streak before the deadline. Beating SJS will help.

I never said “everyone wants to make the playoffs”

That's what happens when you lose 4 in a row before tonight.

Maybe they loan him to the SHL for next year if he doesn't make the Sabres out of camp? The SHL is arguably the 3rd or 4th best league in the world. I'm not sure a team has lent a prospect under contract to a Euro team, but I don't see why it can't happen. I remember Matthews went and played in Switerland his draft year to play against men that season instead or going to college or the CHL for a year. Why wouldn't that solution work for Savoie? If Djuragardens gets back to the SHL next year, why not send Savoie to play with Östlund?

plus 23 assists most of which set up VO. 32 pts in 53 games (or a 48 pt pace). Not bad for a 3rd line player.

Come on Casey haters. What do you have to say.

I had video disks back in the day

I think we have seen this record before.

I assume you mean Marty calls it like he sees it especially with goaltenders and I agree. Marty has gone on record numerous times about the deficiencies in UPL's game and they remain. The biggest improvement in UPL is his compete and unwillingness to give up on a play. The thing that makes Levi special is he is fundamentally sound already, his compete level and work ethic are off the charts.

Song that will be replacing Hail to the Chief.

I like these lines better.

Back to Hasek

The ghost of messages past.

@Eleven I don’t remember typing your quote in the last few minutes but I do remember thinking it when Anderson was first signed.

College talent yes, but his setup, quickness and smart play is NHL quality. Frankly better than UPL

Kulich write-up Östlund write-up Quick note: Djurgarden is currently 5th on the Allsvenskan standings with 80 points and have won 4 straight. Modo leads with 91 points. 4 teams from this league will compete with the bottom 2 teams from the SHL in a round robin to determine who goes up to the SHL for the following season.

Maybe he’ll rename the Sens for Deadpool.