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Trade Sabres Acquire Defenseman Joseph Cecconi for Oskari Laaksonen


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Seems like an odd trade to me.  Laaksonen is younger and was at one time thought to be a solid D prospect.  Cecconi is 25 and has not made it out of the AHL.  To me, that means he has less upside.  I suppose the logic is that the Sabres no longer see Laaksonen as a future NHL player and that Cecconi can add more to Rochester than Laaksonen does.  The one thing I like about Cecconi is that he's a Michigan Wolverine.  Maybe having more Wolverines in the system (to go along with Owen Power) will influence Portillo to sign with the Sabres.  (I say that in jest - Cecconi left Michigan before Portillo arrived, so there is likely very little connection.)

Upon further review, I also see that he's a local kid from Youngstown,NY and he played with the Jr. Sabres, so further plusses for the kid.  Upon my first read, I thought he was from Youngstown, OH.  Either way, it looks like the Sabres have given up on Laaksonen.

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16 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

Seems like an odd trade to me.  Laaksonen is younger and was at one time thought to be a solid D prospect.  Cecconi is 25 and has not made it out of the AHL.  To me, that means he has less upside.  I suppose the logic is that the Sabres no longer see Laaksonen as a future NHL player and that Cecconi can add more to Rochester than Laaksonen does.  The one thing I like about Cecconi is that he's a Michigan Wolverine.  Maybe having more Wolverines in the system (to go along with Owen Power) will influence Portillo to sign with the Sabres.  (I say that in jest - Cecconi left Michigan before Portillo arrived, so there is likely very little connection.)

Upon further review, I also see that he's a local kid from Youngstown,NY and he played with the Jr. Sabres, so further plusses for the kid.  Upon my first read, I thought he was from Youngstown, OH.  Either way, it looks like the Sabres have given up on Laaksonen.

Laaksonen was getting healthy scratched in Rochester.  I think that’s all that needs to be said.  A team with no defensive prospects on the Amerks. He lost a competition where he was the only competitor.  

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17 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

Seems like an odd trade to me.  Laaksonen is younger and was at one time thought to be a solid D prospect.  Cecconi is 25 and has not made it out of the AHL.  To me, that means he has less upside.  I suppose the logic is that the Sabres no longer see Laaksonen as a future NHL player and that Cecconi can add more to Rochester than Laaksonen does.  The one thing I like about Cecconi is that he's a Michigan Wolverine.  Maybe having more Wolverines in the system (to go along with Owen Power) will influence Portillo to sign with the Sabres.  (I say that in jest - Cecconi left Michigan before Portillo arrived, so there is likely very little connection.)

Upon further review, I also see that he's a local kid from Youngstown,NY and he played with the Jr. Sabres, so further plusses for the kid.  Upon my first read, I thought he was from Youngstown, OH.  Either way, it looks like the Sabres have given up on Laaksonen.

They're a  little late to the party, but better late than never.

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