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Carmel Corn First Liner

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Meh….Kisakov, Rosen, Östlund, Kulich…..I have my doubts that any of them will become what I consider to be true top 6 forwards.  I realize Kulich has been with us for a while now, but I only consider him to be 3rd line material on a good team.  I had hopes for Östlund being a true center & playmaker and I think he’s the only one I still have hope for.

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Östlund was sent down (or "loaned" to Rochester, if there's a difference).

I've been unimpressed with what I have seen from Rosen to date.  When he's been in Buffalo, he's been fairly invisible on the ice.  He doesn't generate offense, he doesn't appear to do anything defensively, he's not hitting people, he's not driving play.

Hopefully, he's improved and will add more value on this callup than in previous ones.  Typically, I think that patience is required with the development of many young players, but usually they show SOMETHING when they get called up.  Guys might not score a lot, but are hitting people, or are making plays, pressuring the other team with their speed, etc.  Guys like Thompson and Mittlestadt were not good in their early games with the Sabres, but at least demonstrated something.  Thompson has unteachable size and his puck dangling, Mittlestadt showed good hands.  Devon Levi has had some sharp games.  Ryan Johnson has shown some ability to skate well and to get the puck up ice.  Not consistently, but flashes of what might happen in the future when they're more mature and stronger.  I have seen no such flash from Rosen.

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1 minute ago, Carmel Corn said:

Meh….Kisakov, Rosen, Östlund, Kulich…..I have my doubts that any of them will become what I consider to be true top 6 forwards.  I realize Kulich has been with us for a while now, but I only consider him to be 3rd line material on a good team.  I had hopes for Östlund being a true center & playmaker and I think he’s the only one I still have hope for.

Well kisakov certainly won't considering Rochester didn't even sign him. 

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9 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

I have to wonder if Rosen is being showcased for a trade to Columbus. Just spiffballing is all.

I’ll never subscribe to the theory that a team watching a player player for 15 minutes of ice time is going to be something meaningful 

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