Sabres Prospect Pool 2025-26

[Archie Lee]

20 hours ago, dudacek said:

I don’t think anyone perceived Leinonen as anything other than a fat, fragile colossal bust-in-the-making over his first 2 post-draft years.

There are probably a few fans like me on this one, who just see him as a decent goalie prospect who was probably taken a 1/2 rd early, and who think that patience is needed. 
 

[dudacek]

2 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

There are probably a few fans like me on this one, who just see him as a decent goalie prospect who was probably taken a 1/2 rd early, and who think that patience is needed. 
 

Thats the calm, rational way of looking at things 😁

[GASabresIUFAN]

I may be in the minority on this one, but I actually like the Sabres prospect pool.  I readily acknowledge the lack of huge star power, but there are a ton of solid players who will likely make the middle of our lineup better in the years to come on both offense and defense.

At forward I really like Helenius, Ziemer and Östlund.  I believe all 3 have solid NHL futures.  I also think Richard and Wahlberg could earn their way to the NHL.  Rosen also has NHL potential, but probably elsewhere.

Defense is chock full of D who I can see contributing in the NHL.  Novikov, Komarov, Strbak, Kleber, and Mrtka should make the NHL, with Strbak and Mrtka being top 4 players.  I also like Osburn and McCarthy as potential NHLers.  The most impressive thing about this D group is size, size and more size.  They kind of remind me of the Hajt, Korab, Schoenfeld, Guevremont era of the Sabres when teams had to skate throw those surprisingly mobile redwoods. All 4 guys were 6'2 or taller and well over 200 lbs.  

Edited 20 hours ago by GASabresIUFAN

[tom webster]

4 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

I may be in the minority on this one, but I actually like the Sabres prospect pool.  I readily acknowledge the lack of huge star power, but there are a ton of solid players who will likely make the middle of our lineup better in the years to come on both offense and defense.

At forward I really like Helenius, Ziemer and Östlund.  I believe all 3 have solid NHL futures.  I also think Richard and Wahlberg could earn their way to the NHL.  Rosen also has NHL potential, but probably elsewhere.

Defense is chock full of D who I can see contributing in the NHL.  Novikov, Komarov, Strbak, Kleber, and Mrtka should make the NHL, with Strbak and Mrtka being top 4 players.  I also like Osburn and McCarthy as potential NHLers.  The most impressive thing about this D group is size, size and more size.  They kind of remind me of the Hajt, Korab, Schoenfeld, Guevremont era of the Sabres when teams had to skate throw those surprisingly mobile redwoods. All 4 guys were 6'2 or taller and well over 200 lbs.  

The problem with all that size is that the NHL is actually getting smaller, especially on defense. Florida was the third lightest team in the playoffs this year and only Tampa has won a cup recently with a heavy defense.