Jack Quinn Re-signed 2x3.375mil

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My biggest gripe with this is the average salary should have been 3.365. we always over pay our home grown talent. Smh

[mjd1001]

14 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

Quinn was the Sabres' first round pick in 2021, 8th overall.  The position he plays is different, but are we to expect a comparable level of play from Mrtka in 4 years?

If you go back and look at D-men picked from 6-12 overall and see how long they developed:

2015:  Provorov (played full season in 2016-2017) and Werenski (Played full season in 2016-17)

2016: Sergachev (played a full season in 2017-18)

2017: No D-men picked in that range (Makar was taken 4th overall)

2018: Quinn Hughes (played full season in 2019-20), Adam Boquist (has yet to play full season), Evan Bouchard (played full season 2021-22), Noah Dobson (played full season 2021-22)

2019: Seider (full season 2021-22), Broberg (full season, almost, last year), Soderstromm (no full season yet)

2020: Drysdale (full season 2021-22)

2021: Edvinsson (full season last year, 2024-25), Clarke (full season 2024-25)

2022: Jiricek (no full season yet), Korchiniski (full season 2023-24), Mintyukov (full season 2023-24), Mateychuk (no full season yet)

I didn't want to look back at the last 2 drafts, it might be early for them yet.

So, it looks like the farther back you go, the more likely a D-man was to play right away. In recent drafts, they seem to take longer.

But of all the D-men listed above:  7 of them played a full season the year after they were drafted. 1 took 2 seasons after their draft year. 4 of them took 3 seasons after their draft year. 5 of them took longer than 3 full seasons or have yet to play a full season for the team that drafted them.

Edited 1 hour ago by mjd1001