nfreeman Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you meant, but when I read that one player plays with more fire than another, I think it's a commentary on effort. I've never seen, read, or heard a single thing to indicate Bergeron is anything other than a 100% effort player on the ice. Gotcha. I wasn't referring to effort so much as to edge/ferocity. I think of Toews as playing with a bit more of that than Bergeron -- i.e. Toews is closer to Mike Richards in demeanor, while Bergeron is closer to Pommer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I love Reinhart's game, against junior competition. I think he'll be fine with 10 more pounds and a bit more speed. I think he will start with the big boys. Like others have said, he won't wow you but zero in on him to see the detailed work. Then check the scoresheet after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Toews was ranked third by the Hockey News in his draft year, behind Kessel and Erik Johnson. He was picked third, ahead of Kessel and behind Jordan Staal. He was described as a complete two-way player, very competitive, but without a lot of flair. He was listed at 6'1" 195 pounds. In his pre-draft season, he had 38 points in 41 games as a college freshman and two assists in six games in the WJC. The year prior to that, he captained Canada's U18 national team. He didn't play in the NHL the year after being drafted. Instead, he put up 46 points in 34 games at UND and led Canada to gold with 4/3/7 in six WJC games. The next year he put up 54 points for the Hawks and has been a steady 70-point producer ever since. **** Reinhart was ranked fourth by the Hockey News in his draft year, behind Sam Bennett, Leon Draisaitl and Aaron Ekblad. He was picked second, ahead of Bennett and Draisaitl. He was described as a complete two-way player, very cerebral, but without a lot of flair. He was listed at 6'1" 185 pounds. In his pre-draft season, he had 105 points in 60 games in the Western Hockey League and two goals and three assists in six games in the WJC. The year prior to that he captained Canada's U18 national team. He didn't play much in the NHL the year after being drafted. Instead (so far), he put up 57 points in 39 games at Kootenay and led Canada to gold with 5/6/11 in seven WJC games. The next year...? ***** I'm not saying Reinhart will be Toews, in fact that is unlikely. Toews is a special player. But you'd be hard-pressed to find a player whose career Reinhart's has more closely mirrored. This was a great post, well done. I've always been one to think Reinhart = Toews; it's exactly what I expect of him. Especially if he is on the second line where he won't face top d-pairings. If all of the focus goes on our top line of Kane-McEichel-*, Reinhart could find himself thriving on the second lie, provided of course we give him some decent wingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Congrats to Sam. Love the Future Watch issue. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Interesting comparison here between the two tanks. (Not sure who that is in Zadorov's jersey.) http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/whose-five-year-outlook-is-stronger-arizonas-or-buffalos/ Good read. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Toews was ranked third by the Hockey News in his draft year, behind Kessel and Erik Johnson. He was picked third, ahead of Kessel and behind Jordan Staal. He was described as a complete two-way player, very competitive, but without a lot of flair. He was listed at 6'1" 195 pounds. In his pre-draft season, he had 38 points in 41 games as a college freshman and two assists in six games in the WJC. The year prior to that, he captained Canada's U18 national team. He didn't play in the NHL the year after being drafted. Instead, he put up 46 points in 34 games at UND and led Canada to gold with 4/3/7 in six WJC games. The next year he put up 54 points for the Hawks and has been a steady 70-point producer ever since. **** Reinhart was ranked fourth by the Hockey News in his draft year, behind Sam Bennett, Leon Draisaitl and Aaron Ekblad. He was picked second, ahead of Bennett and Draisaitl. He was described as a complete two-way player, very cerebral, but without a lot of flair. He was listed at 6'1" 185 pounds. In his pre-draft season, he had 105 points in 60 games in the Western Hockey League and two goals and three assists in six games in the WJC. The year prior to that he captained Canada's U18 national team. He didn't play much in the NHL the year after being drafted. Instead (so far), he put up 57 points in 39 games at Kootenay and led Canada to gold with 5/6/11 in seven WJC games. The next year...? ***** I'm not saying Reinhart will be Toews, in fact that is unlikely. Toews is a special player. But you'd be hard-pressed to find a player whose career Reinhart's has more closely mirrored. Fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 An addition to Toews' resume is a World Championship in 2007 while never having played an NHL game yet. Sam went with Team Canada last year but only got into exhibition games. Correction to Toews' record is that he didn't play in U18, it was U17 where he won with Team West. If Sam can compile the Championships that Toews has we will be very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I don't think there are really that many questions about the kid's future. There were one or two. Otherwise it was just those that believe he should play in Rochester next season, but I don't think those guys think that Reinhart won't be a very good NHL player down the road... Liger just made it seem like the sentiments about Samson were worse than they really are, because... Well, it's Liger. He likes to scream. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Article about McCabe's progress on nhl.com http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=756938&navid=nhl:topheads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calti Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 gretzky weighed about 162 for yrs. stan mikita was a little guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cal Peterson has 69 saves in a 3-3 tie going into the 4th OT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cal Peterson has 69 saves in a 3-3 tie going into the 4th OT. He munched pucks all night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Peterson up to 78 saves going into the 5th overtime. His next save would break the NCAA record. Currently tied. Record broken. Game still going. Up to 82. 85. Playing in the longest game in college history. Peterson gets beat in the 5th OT but he gets the save record and plays in the longest game in college history. Wow. 87 saves. Edited March 7, 2015 by Tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I said it when he was drafted, and I'll keep saying it: there's going to be a subset of fans, here and elsewhere, who are unimpressed with Reinhart's game because he does not have the flash of some other players. He won't run anyone through the boards, he won't skate through two defenders with incredible speed, and he won't be unleashing bone-breaking slap shots. Just the way it's going to be. All I need to know about Sam I saw in the world juniors. If he can do that with his peers he will translate that skill and hockey smarts to the nhl because those will eventually be his peers. If he does that we will be fine with the skillset Sam brings to the Sabres. In my mind he was the mvp on team canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cal Peterson makes 87 saves for Notre Dame in a 5OT game. Wow!!! Future #1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cal Peterson makes 87 saves for Notre Dame in a 5OT game. Wow!!! Future #1? I think Ty Conklin had 80 or more saves saves in an AHL game. Nice record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cal Peterson makes 87 saves for Notre Dame in a 5OT game. Wow!!! Future #1? I don't think quantity provides good analysis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 .927 save% and 2.32 GAA as a freshman. He is a goalie prospect to watch. We certainly don't have our future #1 ready to step in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Great performance by Peterson. He has been the best goalie in college hockey since the calendar turned and is definitely putting himself on the radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBHockey13 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hmm...a fifth round pick on an American goalie who in a couple of years turns dominant in college hockey - seems so familiar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I think we found Ted Nolan's guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hockey News has ranked the Sabres with the 4th best prospect pool in the NHL. (6th in 2014). in 2014 Risto was the 7th ranked prospect and Zadorov was 8th. Reinhart has been added as the #1 prospect in 2015. The Jets now have the #1 ranked prospect pool with WJC stars Ehlers, Morrissey and Petan all ranked in top 50. Plus they added Armia (44) and Lemieux (74). The magazine was published prior to the trade deadline. It would be interesting to see if the Coyotes (currently 12) would pass the Sabres with the addition of Duclair (17 overall)? No matter how bad things are for Sabres fans it could be worse - the Leafs are about to venture down the "suffering" path and have the 27th ranked prospect pool to draw from. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Sabres Future Watch list: 1) Reinhart (1) 2) Grigorenko (38) 3) Fasching (75) 4) McCabe 5) Pysyk 6) Baptiste 7) Bailey 8) Compher 9) Ullmark 10) Carrier FYI Armia was 44th overall and Lemieux 74th. Top 10 overall: 1) Reinhart 2) Bennett 3) Draisaitl 4) Ehlers 5) Domi 6) Mantha 7) Nurse 8) Vasilevsky 9) Teravainen 10) Larkin Rankings determined by a poll of NHL scouts and GMs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cal Peterson... should be an interesting prospect to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Kris Baker must be sleeping after watching the 5 period OT NCAA game last night so I haven't seen him tweet this yet. JT Compher has both Michigan goals today through the 1st period vs Penn St. Edited March 7, 2015 by Crusader1969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Kris Baker must be sleeping after watching the 5 period OT NCAA game last night so I haven't seen him tweet this yet. JT Compher has both Michigan goals today through the 1st period vs Penn St. Really picking up the pace recently... That would give him seven goals in four games after having just one in his last 13.6-5-11 in 8 games against Penn State in his college career. Trying to impress poppa Terry? Now at 11-11-22 in 30 games this year. EDIT: Compher finished with a hat trick for the second straight Saturday. State above reflect the hat trick. Edited March 7, 2015 by Tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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