2025 Prospects Challenge at Harborcenter 9/11-15

[DarthEbriate]

16 minutes ago, freester said:

Where can I watch the game?

https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/how-to-watch-buffalo-sabres-new-jersey-devils-prospects-challenge-rookie-camp

[LGR4GM]

Östlund,  Rosen, and Novikov each have an A

Novikov - Mrtka is a defense pairing... God help opposing forwards. 

[Taro T]

Mrtka.  Sweet.

Nice keep in by 37 to start it.

[ska-T Palmtown]

Am I doing something wrong? No video at the above link 😢 

[Taro T]

8 minutes ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

Am I doing something wrong? No video at the above link 😢 

Yes.  Go to www.nhl.com/sabres and you can get to the live feed from there.  That link wasn't available until 6:55PM.

[ska-T Palmtown]

9 minutes ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

Am I doing something wrong? No video at the above link 😢 

yay! found it

[Taro T]

Meant that link on the Sabres home page wasn't there until 6:55.  The link you'd clicked was what was there prior to that.

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

yay! found it

They were playing a lot better before you got here.  😉 

 

1-1 Boo.

[Taro T]

1-2 Double boo.

[Taro T]

2-2 51 for the Sabres.

Kucharcik

[Taro T]

2-3 12:55 left to play in the 3rd.

Boo.

[Taro T]

2-4 Lecempte.

Double boo.

[Bangarang]

Prospect learning to play Sabres style hockey

[PromoTheRobot]

Who was in net?

[Taro T]

17 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Who was in net?

Leinonen was definitely in for the 2nd half of the game.  Didn't pay attention to who was in during the 1st half of the game.  It might've been him getting the full game but not positive of that.

[PromoTheRobot]

28 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Leinonen was definitely in for the 2nd half of the game.  Didn't pay attention to who was in during the 1st half of the game.  It might've been him getting the full game but not positive of that.

I forgot this was on. But I had something going on anyway. Tomorrow.

[Flashsabre]

I think they have something in Mrtka. He is so young and has a lot of runway in front of him and has a ton of potential. All the tools are there and I think the brain is pretty solid. 
 

If he turns out to be Myers with some more aggressiveness then that is a heck of a pick.

Tonight he scored a goal and:

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Flashsabre

[LGR4GM]

10 hours ago, Taro T said:

Leinonen was definitely in for the 2nd half of the game.  Didn't pay attention to who was in during the 1st half of the game.  It might've been him getting the full game but not positive of that.

Leinonen started. 

9 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

I think they have something in Mrtka. He is so young and has a lot of runway in front of him and has a ton of potential. All the tools are there and I think the brain is pretty solid. 
 

If he turns out to be Myers with some more aggressiveness then that is a heck of a pick.

Tonight he scored a goal and:

 

Tbh, I expect more from Mrtka. There's a few elements of his game I thought really shown late last season. I like Mrtka more as things go on. 

[Ctaeth]

How did rosen/Östlund look?

[pastajoe]

12 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

How did rosen/Östlund look?

They didn’t stand out like they should have.

[Flashsabre]

43 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Leinonen started. 

Tbh, I expect more from Mrtka. There's a few elements of his game I thought really shown late last season. I like Mrtka more as things go on. 

I agree. He has a sky is the limit type potential to him. But if he doesn’t pop he still looks like he will end up a Myers like dman which is an asset to the backend. 
 

JUST DON’T RUSH HIM!!

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

I agree. He has a sky is the limit type potential to him. But if he doesn’t pop he still looks like he will end up a Myers like dman which is an asset to the backend. 
 

JUST DON’T RUSH HIM!!

I'd give him another year in junior and then ahl or find an ncaa team. Then 2 years there. Mrtka as others have noted is going for his class with a June bday. He honestly might be better than Owen Power in the end. 

Sabres need to prioritize forward for a couple of drafts. Their forward prospect list is not great and it keeps getting weaker.

[Thorny]

10 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

I think they have something in Mrtka. He is so young and has a lot of runway in front of him and has a ton of potential. All the tools are there and I think the brain is pretty solid. 
 

If he turns out to be Myers with some more aggressiveness then that is a heck of a pick.

Tonight he scored a goal and:

 

Well one would hope so - he’s a top 10 pick.  He’s supposed to be good at the very least if we aren’t going to trade the pick - that’s the expected trade off for sacrificing time 

[dudacek]

First time, I’d ever watched Leinonen play a full game.

He sure looks the part. Marty picked apart a few details, but to my less-educated eye he looked athletic controlled and massive.

The goals werent his fault and he made some big saves.

It was a good first impression.

[dudacek]

From the lesser lights:

Bedkowski and Brunet were each directly responsible for goals against and were the weak links back there.

Laberge is a terrific skater, kinda like a bigger Bryson.

Kopf, Savage and Fiddler-Schultz lack skill.

Kucharcik looked big and smart