GASabresIUFAN Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 7/25/2021 at 9:58 PM, GASabresIUFAN said: My rules - 24 and under and still waiver exempt. Just to clarify, I look at time to the NHL as well as upside. 1. Power (obviously) 2. Cozens 3. R2 4. JJP 5. Quinn 6. Rosen 7. UPL 8. Poltapov 9. Samuelsson 10. Johnson 11. Kisakov 12. Levi 13. Bryson 14. Portillo 15. Laaksonen 16. Weissbach 17. Nadeau 18. Murray 19. Marjala 20. Rousek 21. Sardarian 22. Bloom 23. Huglen 24. Biro 25. Kukkonen 26. Novikov This was my rating before camp began. So who impressed and who didn't I thought R2, JJP, Murray and Weissbach impressed. I think Cozens needs more work. Is JJP now the no 2. prospect behind Power? I think Bryson somewhat disappointed as well. UPL also had a rough camp. Quinn looked ok with the upside coming. In juniors it looks like Poltapov, Kisakov, and Novikov are of to hot starts. Top 10 - Power, JJP, Cozens, R2, Quinn, Poltapov, Samuelsson, Rosen, Johnson, Kisakov Next 10- Levi, Portillo, UPL, Weissbach, Bryson, Laaksonen, Murray, Nadeau, Marjala, Novikov Others - Rousek, Huglen, Sardarian, Bloom, Biro, Kukkonen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashsabre Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Norcal said: Konecny intrigues me. Kid is small but has the wheels and scoring touch that might make him an interesting prospect. Good value for his draft position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Flashsabre said: Konecny intrigues me. Kid is small but has the wheels and scoring touch that might make him an interesting prospect. Good value for his draft position. He's coming on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Not rankings per se, just players who have caught my eye as being better than where Sabrespace and/or outside consensus has them rated: Poltapov, Levi, Samuelsson, Power Players I worry might not be as good as their reputations: Cozens, Rosen, UPL, Portillo. Not sure where to put JJ in this list because I think expectations are changing; he’s been much more advanced than I expected, but I do worry he might follow a similar path to Cozens in terms of the growing hype exceeding his development pace. Are people now thinking he’s going to be Mike Gartner? Development is never straight and always interesting to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: This was my rating before camp began. So who impressed and who didn't I thought R2, JJP, Murray and Weissbach impressed. I think Cozens needs more work. Is JJP now the no 2. prospect behind Power? I think Bryson somewhat disappointed as well. UPL also had a rough camp. Quinn looked ok with the upside coming. In juniors it looks like Poltapov, Kisakov, and Novikov are of to hot starts. Top 10 - Power, JJP, Cozens, R2, Quinn, Poltapov, Samuelsson, Rosen, Johnson, Kisakov Next 10- Levi, Portillo, UPL, Weissbach, Bryson, Laaksonen, Murray, Nadeau, Marjala, Novikov Others - Rousek, Huglen, Sardarian, Bloom, Biro, Kukkonen We really, really need some high-end centres in the system. Lots of promise at the other positions. We may not have a prospective 1C in the entire system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, Thorny said: We really, really need some high-end centres in the system. Lots of promise at the other positions. We may not have a prospective 1C in the entire system. I've been saying that for months and have been roundly criticized for it. People here seem to think that converting Quinn and Thompson solves the problem. Maybe we should draft some centers and see what happens instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kas23 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, dudacek said: Players I worry might not be as good as their reputations: Cozens, Rosen, UPL, Portillo, I think we need to pump the breaks on Cozens. Last year was a weird year and under normal circumstances, he would’ve had a whole year in Rochester. Making the jump from Juniors (where he was lighting it up) to the NHL is a tall task. He should be developed properly and get some real playing time in Rochester this year. Maybe he can be a late year call up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said: I've been saying that for months and have been roundly criticized for it. People here seem to think that converting Quinn and Thompson solves the problem. Maybe we should draft some centers and see what happens instead. I'm not sure how many think this, aside from the possible exception of KA, etc. Aside from the few who have already taken whatever they hoped Jack would become and heaped that hope and a prayer, and expectation, straight over to Dylan Cozens, I think many are just kinda accepting of the fact the org is looking towards the next draft to add the C pieces. I agree with you they need the pieces, and waiting so long to add is indeed rolling the dice, but the timeline has kind of been bumped back, in perception Edited October 10, 2021 by Thorny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudacek Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Norcal said: That is one beauty right there, let me tell ya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kas23 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Looks like a total badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 With Fitzgerald now on the Rochester Shuttle, I think we and me specifically need to reassess his NHL potential. Going into this camp I thought he was an AHL lifer. However the news reports seem to imply that he nearly made the team. This suggests there is more to his game then I thought based on his results in Rochester. I still don't think he is anything more then a depth NHL D, but I have to rank him now in the top 20 prospects considering I left him off the initial list completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flashsabre Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 22 hours ago, Norcal said: That entire play looked like terrible beer league hockey. 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudacek Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Norcal said: Nice move, but the big thing there was the way he embarrassed the D with his wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabresparaavida Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, dudacek said: Nice move, but the big thing there was the way he embarrassed the D with his wheels. He made it look so effortless too, while the D looked like he was hustling back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 4:05 PM, Norcal said: Can’t wait for him to play for the Sabres. Will fit right in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GASabresIUFAN Posted October 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 @dudacek Now you know why I think Nadeau is a better draft pick and better player then the 2 guys drafted in the 3rd round by the Sabres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said: @dudacek Now you know why I think Nadeau is a better draft pick and better player then the 2 guys drafted in the 3rd round by the Sabres. He’s certainly seems ahead of them now in terms of development. But it’s early and we haven’t seen the other two play yet in juniors. You have to consider Bloom missed the entire year last year and Sardarian battled COVID. They’ve got some catching up to do. From watching him in camp, I worry about Nadeau’s feet. His battle and his hockey sense look good. All three have very interesting elements and I’d rank them similarly. They were picked within 10 picks of each other. It was the Sabres most intriguing draft in years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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