Who do you want the Sabres to draft 1st overall in 2021?

[LGR4GM]

31 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

11 goals in 40 games in the swedish league? Elite skating, vision and hockey sense should result in more production for a winger... shouldn't it?   I love his package of skill, skating and hockey sense... but his lack of production is a concern IMO. 

 

Did you like Alex Hotlz or Lucas Raymond more in the past draft and would you take one of them over William Eklund?

@pi2000

Edited July 12, 2021 by LGR4GM

[Curt]

1 hour ago, pi2000 said:

11 goals in 40 games in the swedish league? Elite skating, vision and hockey sense should result in more production for a winger... shouldn't it?   I love his package of skill, skating and hockey sense... but his lack of production is a concern IMO. 

 

That is crazy good production for a draft eligible player in the SHL.

Seriously, there hasn’t been such a productive draft year player coming from the SHL in many years.

Edited July 12, 2021 by Curt

[pi2000]

44 minutes ago, Curt said:

That is crazy good production for a draft eligible player in the SHL.

Seriously, there hasn’t been such a productive draft year player coming from the SHL in many years.

hahaha love it

0.5 ppg is crazy good for the SHL?  

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Did you like Alex Hotlz or Lucas Raymond more in the past draft and would you take one of them over William Eklund?

@pi2000

 

1 minute ago, pi2000 said:

hahaha love it

0.5 ppg is crazy good for the SHL?  

Out of the 3 which would you draft?

[pi2000]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Did you like Alex Hotlz or Lucas Raymond more in the past draft and would you take one of them over William Eklund?

@pi2000

no, didn't like either of them.

I'd take Eklund over both of them....

..but not over Power 🙂

my top 5 (as of now)..

1. Power
2. Eklund
3. McTavish
4. Clarke
5. Guenther

[Curt]

2 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

hahaha love it

0.5 ppg is crazy good for the SHL?  

For a 17-18 year old, yes. It’s been many years since a player has produced so much in their draft season.

[pi2000]

Just now, Curt said:

For a 17-18 year old, yes. It’s been many years since a player has produced so much in their draft season.

Dahlin?

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

Dahlin?

He outproduced Dahlin.

In the 2021 shl year, only 1 player under 23 produced more primary points. 22 year old Jonatan Berggren

Eklund tied for 2nd on his SHL team in goals. 

[Curt]

1 minute ago, pi2000 said:

Dahlin?

Dahlin was less productive than Eklund in their SHL draft year.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=201658

 

Here.  Only 18 players have ever been more productive in the SHL during their 18 year old season, and for a lot of those guys it was their draft +1 season.

https://www.quanthockey.com/shl/en/player-age/18-year-old-shl-players.html

[pi2000]

2 minutes ago, Curt said:

Dahlin was less productive than Eklund in their SHL draft year.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=201658

 

Here.  Only 18 players have ever been more productive in the SHL during their 18 year old season, and for a lot of those guys it was their draft +1 season.

https://www.quanthockey.com/shl/en/player-age/18-year-old-shl-players.html

Impressive.  I like him even more now.   

[Thorny]

4 minutes ago, Curt said:

Dahlin was less productive than Eklund in their SHL draft year.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=201658

 

Here.  Only 18 players have ever been more productive in the SHL during their 18 year old season, and for a lot of those guys it was their draft +1 season.

https://www.quanthockey.com/shl/en/player-age/18-year-old-shl-players.html

It's pretty darn impressive Dahlin nearly matched him as a D man, it must be said 

[pi2000]

4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

He outproduced Dahlin.

In the 2021 shl year, only 1 player under 23 produced more primary points. 22 year old Jonatan Berggren

Eklund tied for 2nd on his SHL team in goals. 

Nice, won't be upset if he's the pick, looks like he could be a stud.

[Randall Flagg]

Did Pettersson play there?

[Zamboni]

I frankly couldn’t care less as long as it’s one of Power, Beniers, or Eklund. Any of those three kids will be a welcome addition to any team. If Sabres pick someone else …. There will be many sad pandas.

[LGR4GM]

23 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

Did Pettersson play there?

Yes but not in his draft year. In his draft year he played in the Allsvenskan and in his D+1 played in the SHL getting 56 points in 44 games. 

[GoPuckYourself]

You take the 2 best players... D Owen Power is and should be the consensus #1 pick for us, we do need scoring but we shouldn't reach for it. If we acquire the Ducks 3rd overall then LW/C William Eklund makes the most sense.... I have Beniers going 2nd overall. That would be a heck of a haul for us to be honest and a great step in the right direction imo.

[LGR4GM]

Giving this a bump, the poll will close on Friday before the draft starts. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

My Top 3 right now are Eklund, Beniers and Clarke

[Marvin]

31 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

My Top 3 right now are Eklund, Beniers and Clarke

I am hoping for two high picks to get Eklund and Beniers.  I have the gut feeling that the Sabres will take Eklund #1.

[Buffalonill]

It's going to be william eklund

[Sabres Fan in NS]

I still will be shocked if it's not Power.