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Everything posted by Robviously
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I still think the Sabres are actually better than many (most?) teams when it comes to finding late round talent. I broke down every Blackhawks draft of the past 8 years a few weeks back and if you take away Toews and Kane, they didn't add a lot we should be jealous of. They just happened to have high picks in two years where it really paid off.
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That was beautiful. He crushed him but it was clean and he didn't target the head.
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What year is this post from?
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The draft is insanely hard to gauge after the first few picks. This isn't the NFL. I don't like a lot of Regier's picks either (Kryukov over Orpik in 2000) but the Sabres have been pretty good at finding talent in the later rounds. Look at some of the other teams' draft histories for comparison.
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I'm not ready to have a meltdown because there's no Crosby in this draft. You don't need someone that special to win the Cup. You need talent, but you don't need a once in a generation guy like Crosby. Let's find some first-liners and keep building.
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Up until last year, he had one draft pick in the top ten during that entire stretch (Vanek at no.5 overall in 2003). Last summer we got to no.8 overall for Risto. How many all-stars come from the 2nd half of the first round or later? Also, the scouting department has changed around a bunch since 1997. And Pegula has expanded our scouting staff since he bought the team.
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I think the key takeaway is that we should have a couple options if we're drafting in the top 3 (which, let's face it, we have to hope we are come June). Last year there were 7 great prospects at the top of the draft. We were drafting 8th. (Technically one of those 7 made it to us but he was sketchy enough that we played it safe with Risto.) The Sabres need top line forwards. It looks like there are a few at the top of the draft in 2014. I hope we get the best one.
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Valeri Nichushkin with his first NHL goal just now against Ottawa.
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Here's a freaky deaky stat: Our points leader is Cody Hodgson with 5 goals and 7 assists. After him? Marcus Foligno with 2 goals and 4 assists. And he missed 3 games! That's sort of amazing.
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I'd be interested in seeing the Sabres move up with that second 1st round pick (from NYI). Some of the guys who should be available in the teens are OK, but I'd love to get 2 players in the top ten. I also hope the focus of our trades the rest of this year is prospects (already drafted guys) or 2015 picks. We've probably got enough picks for 2014.
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It just gets funnier. The announcers in this clip are so proud of the Flyers for "leaving it all out on the ice."
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This is hilarious because when you watch the video, the announcers are soooo proud of what the Flyers are doing.
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Trading Vanek is tough. NOT trading Stafford is brutal.
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BTW, here's Kris Baker's 2014 draft preview from the Summer. http://www.sabresprospects.com/2013/07/early-glimpse-at-next-draft-crop.html
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Compare 2002 to 2003. It's fairly astonishing. My question about this year's draft being "weak", is it: a. Just plain weak throughout. b. Weak compared to last year (which was a very strong draft) c. Weak compared to next year d. Just weak at the top (Reinhart not as strong as MacKinnon or McDavid) and normal the rest of the way. e. Weak after the top five or ten.
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Two 1sts, three 2nds. Minnesota has our 4th round pick.