Thorny Posted July 10, 2022 Report Share Posted July 10, 2022 8 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: The Athletic rates the Sabres draft class tied for 3rd best with AZ and CBJ. Buffalo Sabres: A- I was a big fan of how Buffalo approached this draft. They acquired a lot of skill, hockey sense and scoring touch in the top four rounds to go with a top goalie prospect in Topias Leinonen. I could quibble with a few things — Noah Östlund at 16 was a tad high for me personally, even though the NHL industry roughly had him there. That said, I like a lot of the players they brought in and can envision several quality regulars coming out of this draft, including a projected good top-six forward in Matthew Savoie. https://theathletic.com/3409495/2022/07/08/nhl-draft-grades-analysis?source=user-shared-article Where was Winnipeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Thorny said: Where was Winnipeg Right where it's always been, half way between Toronto and Vancouver and just north of some town nobody ever heard of in North Dakota. AKA, the middle of no where. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalonill Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Thorny said: Where was Winnipeg Still waiting for Conor Geekie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Thorny said: Where was Winnipeg Winnipeg Jets: B+ Even though Brad Lambert predictably fell hard in the draft, he’s still a very good — albeit imperfect — player. Lambert and McGroarty are top forwards whom I can see becoming top-nine forwards in the NHL or better. I think the Jets’ next two picks, Elias Salomonsson and Danny Zhilkin, also have solid chances to play. Tied with 5 other teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Adams mentioned they deferred to Andres Forsberg, Their Swedish Scout for the Later Picks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Brawndo said: Adams mentioned they deferred to Andres Forsberg, Their Swedish Scout for the Later Picks The last 3? Or more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, Thorny said: The last 3? Or more? He specifically mentioned the later ones, but also mentioned How in tune Forsberg is with development in Sweden, so I imagine He had a lot of input with Östlund as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Thorny said: The last 3? Or more? That sequence, combined with Forton's bit on running through (130?) names on their list their year after typically only needing 80 or 90, and the last 3 picks being developmental league Swedes makes me wonder if they had run out of names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 2 hours ago, dudacek said: That sequence, combined with Forton's bit on running through (130?) names on their list their year after typically only needing 80 or 90, and the last 3 picks being developmental league Swedes makes me wonder if they had run out of names. That wouldn’t be a complete surprise, but all three picks do at least one thing really well. Karlsson and Berndtsson are goal scorers and apparently Linus is a gifted stickhandler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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