Norcal Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 https://thechargingbuffalo.net/prospect-stats/ Prospect stats 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Norcal said: https://thechargingbuffalo.net/prospect-stats/ Prospect stats Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LGR4GM Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Poltapov is like Peterka. Relentless puck pressure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Within this WGR link is a 17 min segment with Seth Appert, the coach of the Amerks, talking about the young players on the team. He talks about the young players and what they are doing in their developmental process. https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/authors/howard-and-jeremy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Poltapov is like Peterka. Relentless puck pressure. This kid is going to be a fan favourite in a few years. Separately, you've long pointed out as one of the biggest problems for the Sabres their inability to find players after the first round. I'm not going to count the chickens of the past few years before they hatch, but from what we've seen from Bryson and Asplund this year (and with Samuelsson and Peterka looking very close) that tap might finally be open. Edited October 21, 2021 by dudacek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 30 minutes ago, dudacek said: This kid is going to be a fan favourite in a few years. Separately, you've long pointed out as one of the biggest problems for the Sabres their inability to find players after the first round. I'm not going to count the chickens of the past few years before they hatch, but from what we've seen from Bryson and Asplund this year (and with Samuelsson and Peterka looking very close) that tap might finally be open. We have started to draft better. 2021 gave me a lot of hope. The issue is we must consistently find players past round 1 and we need 2.5 players per draft to be useful NHL players. Once we cross those thresholds I will be happy. My concern right now is finding value outside of the 1st. Ryan Johnson for example is a major issue because he didn't represent value (even though he projects to at least the AHL if not NHL). The 2021 draft is interesting. Poltapov, Kisakov, and Novikov represent good value picks (others could too). Rosen is actually the one that it is harder to eval because of the talent available when he was taken but I like Rosen a lot. If the Sabres have fixed their drafting, in 3 years instead of talking about another rebuild we will be talking about making the playoffs and making noise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Useful NHL player for me is this: 200 games played and a 0.35ppg pace for forwards and a 0.21ppg pace for defenders. Outside of that, players are honestly fairly replaceable with but a few exceptions (Jake McCabe for example was very good even if he wasn't always a 0.21ppg guy). You need to find a minimum of 2 per draft for the next 3 drafts and honestly you need 3 for this team because they have done badly for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 30 minutes ago, dudacek said: This kid is going to be a fan favourite in a few years. Separately, you've long pointed out as one of the biggest problems for the Sabres their inability to find players after the first round. I'm not going to count the chickens of the past few years before they hatch, but from what we've seen from Bryson and Asplund this year (and with Samuelsson and Peterka looking very close) that tap might finally be open. Thank the lord for timmy and jason amirite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Any time I've watched Ryan Johnson I've come away thinking he's a surefire NHLer. His combination of skating and poise demands it. He's safe with the puck, very good on defending entries and even better on exits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, dudacek said: Any time I've watched Ryan Johnson I've come away thinking he's a surefire NHLer. His combination of skating and poise demands it. He's safe with the puck, very good on defending entries and even better on exits. Better than Pysyk (i.e. JAG/regular healthy scratch candidate) though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 minute ago, nfreeman said: Better than Pysyk (i.e. JAG/regular healthy scratch candidate) though? I wish I was a good enough scout to tell you. Pysyk is actually a good comparable in terms of his game as a junior, so I could easily see him settling in there. I could also see him settling in more as a prime Tallinder (with his game revolving more around his feet than his length) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted October 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, dudacek said: Any time I've watched Ryan Johnson I've come away thinking he's a surefire NHLer. His combination of skating and poise demands it. He's safe with the puck, very good on defending entries and even better on exits. 5 hours ago, nfreeman said: Better than Pysyk (i.e. JAG/regular healthy scratch candidate) though? https://theathletic.com/2811497/2021/10/20/re-drafting-the-nhl-class-of-2019-would-jack-hughes-still-be-the-no-1-pick/ Pronman in a yesterday’s 2019 re-draft article on the Athletic has Johnson 29th ahead of D drafted 8th and 11th. He lists Johnson as a long term 2nd pairing D. He also has Cozens 4th and in his future all-star tier. He also has Portillo at 107 (we took him 67th). Despite comments to the contrary we actually started to draft better under Jbot. We have 5 of his prospects in the NHL (Dahlin, Mitts, Cozens, Bryson and undrafted R2), plus 3 more who have seen the NHL (UPL, Murray and Samuelsson). In addition he has 4 more tracking toward the NHL in Weissbach, Laaksonen, Portillo and Johnson. That’s a very good track record with only 18 picks and one UDFA. Edited October 21, 2021 by GASabresIUFAN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted October 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 https://theathletic.com/2809951/2021/10/19/re-drafting-the-nhl-class-of-2020-tim-stutzle-moves-up-ranking-plus-the-biggest-changes-in-one-year/ Pronman also did a re-draft of 2020. JJP is up to 21 (we took him @ 34) in his middle of the lineup tier/starting goalie tier. Quinn (24th) and Levi (39th) are in the same tier Quote Buffalo prospect Levi is a tough case due to his limited playing time last season, but when healthy the past two years, he’s looked quite promising even as an undersized goalie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Norcal Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Love it. First game, first goal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GASabresIUFAN Posted October 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 https://theathletic.com/2839287/2021/10/22/re-drafting-the-2017-nhl-class-would-cale-makar-or-elias-pettersson-go-no-1-today/ Pronman’s 2017 re-draft 11. Mitts - possible top line player tier 31. Jokiharju - middle of the lineup tier 59. Bryson - projected to play in the NHL. Honestly this is low. He is close to being a full-time middle of the lineup player. 63. UPL - projected to play in the NHL. 82. Laaksonen - has a chance to make the NHL tier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudacek Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 My unsung guys Levi and Quinn looking very good early. Devon 1.40 GAA, .950 SP, 3 SO in 5 games. Jack 4 goals 2 assists, +4 in 3 games. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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