Jump to content

Sabres prospects in the World Juniors this year

GASabresIUFAN

By GASabresIUFAN
in The Aud Club

 Share

Recommended Posts

Spun Prospect

Spun

Posted
Posted

The WJC starts tomorrow with Russia vs. Czech Republic at noon, Canada vs. Finland at 4 pm and the USA vs. Denmark at 8 pm.

 

The forecast for the USA vs. Canada game at New Era Field on Friday is a high of16 degrees and a low of 8 with some snow!!!  It is going to be cold up there in section 332!  Can't wait!  Go USA!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
LGR4GM Hall of Famer

LGR4GM

Posted
Posted

Has anyone made a list? I missed it if you did. This is what I got, just looking at the rosters, so I could have missed people

 

Finland: UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN

USA: CASEY MITTELSTADT

Czech: VOJTECH BUDIK

Sweden: MARCUS DAVIDSSON, ALEXANDER NYLANDER

I think Rasmus Dhalin is there right?

 

Yea, I think we get him.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
OhMyDahlin Top Prospect

OhMyDahlin

Posted
Posted (edited)

Some of you are jumping way ahead of yourselves...

Reinhart having a good tournament didn't translate to the NHL, because after two very solid years he's having a bad year while being screwed around and inserted all over the lineup?

Nylander having a good tournament hasn't translated so far because he had one uninspiring season as an 18 year old in the AHL, and he hasn't blown the roof off after a long-term injury as a 19 year old?


Should we want expectations to be met immediately? Sure. But not that many players do such a thing, and most don't fully show what they are going to be until they are 23-24 years old.


As for our past draft picks, most of them aren't even old enough to be in the AHL yet, or they have now just gotten there. Guhle and Asplund seem like great 2nd round picks. Fitzgerald and Pu could be very good 3rd round picks. Borgen in the 4th round. Hagel in the 6th round could be a steal. Olofsson in the 7th could be an even bigger steal. Cornel, Johansson, Stephens, Budik and Glotov are all still too young to truly make a call on them.

 

We won't know for 2 more years or so who they really are as NHL players.

William Karlsson was a 2nd round pick in 2011, and now in 2017 he is finding who he is and has become a hell of a player...up until now he had not really done much with 50 points in 183 NHL games and 33 points in 61 AHL games.

Vladislav Namestnikov was a 2011 1st round pick who just now, at 25 years old, is breaking out into being a top-6 player. (He only had 79 points in his first 201 NHL games before this season.)

Give these kids time...and in the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

(The one thing this team does need to do better is find the next Panarin or Donskoi, or the next Zaitsev...keep mining for players overseas.)

Edited by Dank Dangleson
Link to comment
Share on other sites
LGR4GM Hall of Famer

LGR4GM

Posted
Posted

Some of you are jumping way ahead of yourselves...

 

Reinhart having a good tournament didn't translate to the NHL, because after two very solid years he's having a bad year while being screwed around and inserted all over the lineup?

 

Nylander having a good tournament hasn't translated so far because he had one uninspiring season as an 18 year old in the AHL, and he hasn't blown the roof off after a long-term injury as a 19 year old?

 

 

Should we want expectations to be met immediately? Sure. But not that many players do such a thing, and most don't fully show what they are going to be until they are 23-24 years old.

 

 

As for our past draft picks, most of them aren't even old enough to be in the AHL yet, or they have now just gotten there. Guhle and Asplund seem like great 2nd round picks. Fitzgerald and Pu could be very good 3rd round picks. Borgen in the 4th round. Hagel in the 6th round could be a steal. Olofsson in the 7th could be an even bigger steal. Cornel, Johansson, Stephens, Budik and Glotov are all still too young to truly make a call on them.

 

We won't know for 2 more years or so who they really are as NHL players.

 

William Karlsson was a 2nd round pick in 2011, and now in 2017 he is finding who he is and has become a hell of a player...up until now he had not really done much with 50 points in 183 NHL games and 33 points in 61 AHL games.

 

Vladislav Namestnikov was a 2011 1st round pick who just now, at 25 years old, is breaking out into being a top-6 player. (He only had 79 points in his first 201 NHL games before this season.)

 

Give these kids time...and in the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

 

(The one thing this team does need to do better is find the next Panarin or Donskoi, or the next Zaitsev...keep mining for players overseas.)

What are we supposed to do get excited about a draft eligible guy playing like in this tourney? 

 

That said, the bolded point is so important. Eichel, Reinhart, Nylander, Mittlestadt. These guys won't be who they are until 23 or 24 years old. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Weave Hall of Famer

Weave

Posted
Posted

What are we supposed to do get excited about a draft eligible guy playing like ###### in this tourney? 

 

That said, the bolded point is so important. Eichel, Reinhart, Nylander, Mittlestadt. These guys won't be who they are until 23 or 24 years old. 

 

Regardless of age, after 3 full time seasons in the league, I think we can make very good judgements about who they are.  Certainly, we can make fairly accurate projections about it.  In the group you mention, only Mittlestadt is an unknown.  Nylander has missed enough time that we aren't sure where he projects yet, but by middle of next season I think he'll have been a pro long enough to have a pretty good handle on what he will become, even if he is only going to be 21.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
LGR4GM Hall of Famer

LGR4GM

Posted
Posted

Regardless of age, after 3 full time seasons in the league, I think we can make very good judgements about who they are.  Certainly, we can make fairly accurate projections about it.  In the group you mention, only Mittlestadt is an unknown.  Nylander has missed enough time that we aren't sure where he projects yet, but by middle of next season I think he'll have been a pro long enough to have a pretty good handle on what he will become, even if he is only going to be 21.

Which is it? 3 full seasons, or barely 2 seasons? Nylander missed 16 games this season and next season would be his 3rd. We should probably wait until the end of the next season, his 3rd season.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
dudacek Hall of Famer

dudacek

Posted
Posted (edited)

Watch the WJC not because of prospects, but because it is an entertaining brand of hockey - more entertaining than the NHL.

 

These youngsters have yet to be coached into low-event robotic perfection.

Mistakes still happen, mistakes create space, space creates the spectacular.

And the passion is unquestioned.

 

You guys are privileged to have it your backyard.

Hope you get an opportunity to watch.

Edited by Mick O’Manly
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Taro T Hall of Famer

Taro T

Posted
Posted

Watch the WJC not because of prospects, but because it is an entertaining brand of hockey - more entertaining than the NHL.

These youngsters have yet to be coached into low-event robotic perfection.

Mistakes still happen, mistakes create space, space creates the spectacular.

And the passion is unquestioned.

You guys are privileged to have it your backyard.

Hope you get an opportunity to watch.

Heading in about 15 minutes from now. 6 or 7 glorious hours of the best young players in the world, then will settle in watching the US game after getting back home. Have been looking forward to this for a long time. :beer:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TrueBlueGED Hall of Famer

TrueBlueGED

Posted
Posted

Watch the WJC not because of prospects, but because it is an entertaining brand of hockey - more entertaining than the NHL.

 

These youngsters have yet to be coached into low-event robotic perfection.

Mistakes still happen, mistakes create space, space creates the spectacular.

And the passion is unquestioned.

 

You guys are privileged to have it your backyard.

Hope you get an opportunity to watch.

 

:beer:

 

I love this tournament.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
WildCard Hall of Famer

WildCard

Posted
Posted

Nylander only gets 2 plus of 5 from Swedish experts, saying "He looks very lost sometimes, its like he is not here"

Consistent with what everyone local and on here has noticed of him too. Not good

 

Saw the first ten minutes of Finland-Canada and Ukka-Pekka-Wokka didn't look impressive.  Maybe he's still "finding his legs"  or whatever.

 

That first goal shouldn't have counted though.

To be fair from what I've read Finland's defense isn't doing him any favors

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MODO Hockey Second Liner

MODO Hockey

Posted
Posted

Consistent with what everyone local and on here has noticed of him too. Not good

 

To be fair from what I've read Finland's defense isn't doing him any favors

 

Alex might having personal issues we dont know about, cant explain it with something else, it gotta be.

I mean, comming back from injury he would have been pumped as fk, but he is not. Something is not right here.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
This topic is OLD. A NEW topic should be started unless there is a VERY SPECIFIC REASON to revive this one.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...