Brawndo Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 3rd Round Pick in 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Botterill needs to be fired immediately 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Not exactly a replacement for Pilut, they need one or two LHD. This kid has been improving over there, I hope he comes to Rochester and keeps developing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Ah, yes...fondly remember the time this 5’9” 137 pounder destroyed our draft thread. Team seemed iffy on whether he was going to sign. Wonder if Pilut’s defection played a role. Also, that means four very inexperienced D battling for time in Rochester (Fitzgerald, Bryson, Samuelsson). Edited June 15, 2020 by dudacek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 41 minutes ago, dudacek said: Ah, yes...fondly remember the time this 5’9” 137 pounder destroyed our draft thread. Team seemed iffy on whether he was going to sign. Wonder if Pilut’s defection played a role. Also, that means four very inexperienced D battling for time in a Rochester (Fitzgerald, Bryson, Samuelsson). I could see Taylor paring each up with a vet and rotate one out of the lineup. I've seen him do it in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 40 minutes ago, dudacek said: Ah, yes...fondly remember the time this 5’9” 137 pounder destroyed our draft thread. Team seemed iffy on whether he was going to sign. Wonder if Pilut’s defection played a role. Also, that means four very inexperienced D battling for time in a Rochester (Fitzgerald, Bryson, Samuelsson). It wasn't just that he was listed as truly being a smurf. It was also that a Victor (suburb of Ra-cha-cha) kid, David Farrance who had just led the Blue Devils to the state championship was available & then got picked very soon thereafter by the team (the Preds) with arguably the best D-Corp in the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, Taro T said: It wasn't just that he was listed as truly being a smurf. It was also that a Victor (suburb of Ra-cha-cha) kid, David Farrance who had just led the Blue Devils to the state championship was available & then got picked very soon thereafter by the team (the Preds) with arguably the best D-Corp in the league. Bingo. David Farrance, NCAA, 14g, 29a, in 34games for Boston Univ this past season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 What is the current state of the Sabrespace Echo Chamber? Is he still a bad pick, or are we coming around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Heard it was a good pick at the time, and in the years since. Until this past year where apparently, if I'm remembering correctly, he had a down year this year. Looking at his stats, his production was cut in half in the same amount of games. Not too sure of any extra context though. Shades of last season with another current D unbalance, far more right shots in the system than left. Botterill will have to rectify this. Edited June 15, 2020 by Thorny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 I blame Tim and Kerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Taro T said: It wasn't just that he was listed as truly being a smurf. It was also that a Victor (suburb of Ra-cha-cha) kid, David Farrance who had just led the Blue Devils to the state championship was available & then got picked very soon thereafter by the team (the Preds) with arguably the best D-Corp in the league. Plus the fact Laaksonen wasn’t on any of the expert’s radar as anything other than an afterthought going in to the draft. It was like a perfect storm for negative reaction. As to @Weave’s question, my sense is similar to @Thorny’s. He fell back this year, but was really being hyped two years ago, playing with Luukkonnen and Jokiharju on the Finnish WJC championship team. He was described as a true rushing defenceman with good skill and a high risk-reward factor. This year was supposed to be a year he concentrated on his defensive game. Haven’t heard how well that went, but his offence dipped a ton. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Good to see he's ready to make the pond-hop. There's room for lots of minutes in Rochester since our Pilut defected to the Rebellion Bodhi Rook style and Redmond also took an opportunity on the DEL. Let's go, Laaksonen! Get on the attack. I was unfamiliar with Farrance at draft time (of course, I'd never even heard of Laaksonen), but Farrance is putting up excellent numbers in the NCAA. I hope for our sake that Laaksonen is the better long-term pick. Edit: grammar fix Edited June 15, 2020 by DarthEbriate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: Good to see he's ready to make the pond-hop. There's room for lots of minutes in Rochester since we our Pilut defected to the Rebellion Bodhi Rook style, and Redmond also took an opportunity on the DEL. Let's go, Laaksonen! Get on the attack. I was unfamiliar with Farrance at draft time (of course, I'd never even heard of Laaksonen), but Farrance is putting up excellent numbers in the NCAA. I hope for our sake, as we will hear ad nauseum about Ferrance from @LGR4GM, that Laaksonen is the better long-term pick. Fixed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Just know he got compared to Heiskanen by the fins in his 1st year so there is that ? Probably won't be as good but I can see him make top 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 I’d be shocked if he even excels at the AHL level. Have not been impressed at either of the prospect camps he has attended...but I will say last summer he was better(still below average) compared to his 1st go round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 This signing was the straw that did in JBotts. Connect the dots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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