2023 Prospect Poll #7

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Who is the Sabres' #7 prospect?


  • Total voters
    116
  • Poll closed .

tsujimoto74

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May 28, 2012
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RESULTS SO FAR:
  1. Devon Levi, G (+4)
  2. Zach Benson, W (NR)
  3. Jiri Kulich, W (+3)
  4. Matthew Savoie, W/C (--)
  5. Noah Ostlund, C (+2)
  6. Isak Rosen, W (+3)


RULES: Each poll will remain open for 2 days. In the case of a tie within the top 10, I'll create a 1-day runoff poll to decide the winner. Ties outside of the top 10 will be let stand as ties. For each additional poll, I will add the most commented next to add prospect.


ELIGIBILITY: All players whose rights are held by the Buffalo Sabres and who are eligible to win the Calder Trophy for the 2023-24 season are eligible inclusion. That means a prospect is eligible if--
  • He is under age 26 (as of September 15, 2023);
  • He has played no more than 25 games in any single preceding season; and
  • He has not played 6 or more games in each of any two or more preceding seasons.

NEXT TO ADD: Comment the player you want to see added to the next poll. The following players are eligible:
  • Forwards: Ethan Miedema, Filip Cederqvist, Linus Sjodin, Brandon Biro, Linus Weissbach, Aaron Huglen, Matteo Costantini, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Joel Berndtsson, Stiven Sardaryan, Viljami Marjala, William von Barnekow, Jakub Konecny, Justin Richards, Brett Murray
  • Defensemen: Gavin McCarthy, Mats Lindgren, Vsemolod Komarov, Shane Keohane, Albert Lyckasen, Norwin Panocha
  • Goalies: Scott Ratzlaff, Topias Leinonen
 
Went Wahlberg over Novikov/Johnson as I think the upside is just a bit higher. Johnson seems to have the clearest path to the NHL of everyone left, but his absolute max ceiling is a 2nd pair defensive D so I’m going with the higher upside player here who was holding his own in the SHL.
 
Really torn between Johnson and Wahlberg. Ended up going Johnson but it probably wouldn’t take much to convince me otherwise.
 
Wahlberg - the skating/size/skill combo with an nasty edge is undeniable, for both floor and ceiling. I think we only saw the very beginning of his development trajectory this spring as one of the youngest players in his class. He's going to continue accelerating to be seen as a top 15 guy in his class this time next year.

Add McCarthy.
 
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Wahlberg - the skating/size/skill combo with an nasty edge is undeniable, for both floor and ceiling. I think we only saw the very beginning of his development trajectory this spring as one of the youngest players in his class. He's going to continue accelerating to be seen as a top 15 guy in his class this time next year.

I haven’t voted for him yet BUT he might be our most exciting prospect. Certainly the most exciting outside of Levi/benson/savoie for me
 
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