Sabres Prospect Pool 2025-26

[DarthEbriate]

2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Now that we are into the season,  which prospects do you consider future NHL players.

I think this is a pretty good list of who in our system has a chance (some more than others) of becoming an everyday NHL player.  That said, who do you think will actually make it.  I'm feeling better about Rosen and Levi. Mrtka looks like a future star, and I like Kozak as a long-term depth NHLer.  Anyone else?

Goalies?  Levi, Ratzlaff, Leenders, Leinonen

Defense?  Mrtka, Novikiov, Komarov, Strbak, Kleber, Osburn. McCarthy, Bedkowski?

Forwards?  Kozak, Rosen, Östlund, Helenius, Wahlberg, Zeimer, Neuchev. Richard

Levi will make it in Buffalo or elsewhere. He's not going to be a legend, but a solid tandem guy is within reach. Leenders maybe. As long as Adams is GM, Leinonen will get a fair (or unfair) look in Sabreland. 

Mrtka, Novikov, Strbak. And I think Osburn: the kid sees the game well. Kleber is the one I don't know, but I assume he will because of his draft status and size. He'll get chances.

I do think Poltapov will arrive as a 3W. How long he's in Buffalo I don't know, but I think he gets a full season in the bottom 6 and acquits himself fine which leads him to a good little 2-3 years at minimum.

Kozak is already in if can stay healthy. 

Rosén, Östlund, Helenius, Wahlberg, Zeimer, and Richard make it for me. They all can fit on a roster if it's constructed well.

[LGR4GM]

57 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Levi will make it in Buffalo or elsewhere. He's not going to be a legend, but a solid tandem guy is within reach. Leenders maybe. As long as Adams is GM, Leinonen will get a fair (or unfair) look in Sabreland. 

Mrtka, Novikov, Strbak. And I think Osburn: the kid sees the game well. Kleber is the one I don't know, but I assume he will because of his draft status and size. He'll get chances.

I do think Poltapov will arrive as a 3W. How long he's in Buffalo I don't know, but I think he gets a full season in the bottom 6 and acquits himself fine which leads him to a good little 2-3 years at minimum.

Kozak is already in if can stay healthy. 

Rosén, Östlund, Helenius, Wahlberg, Zeimer, and Richard make it for me. They all can fit on a roster if it's constructed well.

[LGR4GM]

Side note, Luke Osburn is such an interesting prospect for me. He's 6 days shy of being 2025 draft eligible, so he goes late in the 2024 draft. Plays great as a D+1 in the USHL and is now doing well? At college. Haven't seen any games of his this season but stats look okay. 

If you treat last year as his dy and this year as his d+1, he's tracking like a top 4 lhd. Should be fun to watch but we're talking 3yrs in college, another 1 or 2 in Rochester before we even start to think about him.