Prospect Info: Anton Wahlberg, C/LW, Malmo (J20) - Selection 39OA, 2023 (Signed to 3 year ELC), Assigned to Roch 3/24/24
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Nice read on Wahlberg. Sounds like he'll have every chance at a key SHL role this season according to Malmo's coach.
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Perry Tegula
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Signed a 3 year ELC, per Sabres FB
Zman5778
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I'm guessing we loan him back to Malmo for 23/24.....his contract expires and then he comes over to play in Rochester for a bit.
I like it.
I like it.
Sabre the Win
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I wasn't expecting to get this kid signed this year but I like it. Hes in my top 10 Sabres prospects.
I'm now taking Adams serious when he said this was the guy they were trying to trade up for in the early twenties
Thought it was just GM speak
Thought it was just GM speak
Zman5778
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Reminds me of last year when he was trying desperately to trade up for Kulich immediately after taking Ostlund.
Turned around and signed him quickly as well
The staff identifies players they like and goes after them
Ace
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I wonder how many first round graded players they’ve drafted lately. They said Wahlberg was and Benson obviously was. They said Neuchev was too. I doubt Leinonen had a first round grade despite drafting him before Neuchev. He was their top graded goalie in the class so he was picked so they didn’t miss out on the guy they liked in the weakest goalie class ever. But I can not fathom they’d have had a first round grade on him. Savoie, Ostlund and Kulich obviously did. As did Power and Rosen. And Quinn, and obviously Peterka since they tried to get into round 1 and ended up moving up in round 2. You don’t try to get into round 1 to get a player you don’t grade as a first round player.
That‘s, at least, 10 first round graded prospects in 4 years? And they took Poltapov with the first pick in round 2…undoubtedly in their top 32 ranked players….it doesn’t necessarily mean they had a first round grade on him…anyone who follows drafts knows teams will often only have 15-20 first round grades a year. But it’s a decent bet he could have.
So there obviously could be even more…but I feel confident in saying, from where they were selected or how they talked after drafting them, at least 10 in 4 years.
Which, if the scouting is strong…is incredible. But also 9 of them are forwards. Which makes future spots incredibly difficult for all of them…let alone the glut of upside forwards picked later.
That‘s, at least, 10 first round graded prospects in 4 years? And they took Poltapov with the first pick in round 2…undoubtedly in their top 32 ranked players….it doesn’t necessarily mean they had a first round grade on him…anyone who follows drafts knows teams will often only have 15-20 first round grades a year. But it’s a decent bet he could have.
So there obviously could be even more…but I feel confident in saying, from where they were selected or how they talked after drafting them, at least 10 in 4 years.
Which, if the scouting is strong…is incredible. But also 9 of them are forwards. Which makes future spots incredibly difficult for all of them…let alone the glut of upside forwards picked later.
Zman5778
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Figured they would get to signing their recent picks. It's the way of things. Benson will probably follow shortly.
Ace
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I think hes the only goalie they had with a second round grade and the drop off after him was vast. I can not imagine any reputable scout of any kind having a first round grade on that goalie. They drafted him out of need knowing that Portillo was walking and they had Levi and nothing in the pipeline.
'We felt this guy had first, second round value"
"Question was, do we use one of our first round picks, or take a chance and wait for the second round pick? There was never consideration we would have gone later than that."
Hes the first player Forton talks about
Gabrielor
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HOOats
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My "favorite" Sabres prospect already, glad to have him inked. He got a lot of love from his Swedish peer group on IG, but McCarthy's was my favorite. Kid is going to be a beast.
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His international U20 debut, with a goal to go along with it:
HOOats
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Gotta love Wahlberg blasting the stick out of the hands of the first defender, then finishing like the second isn't even there. The rush goals he scores are great, but we need him to be a netfront beast.
Rough scoreline there for our lads though.
His ability to set up shop in the mid-slot and and get his stick free was one of the best things at the U18's. He's got the parts to be a power winger the likes of which they haven't developed in seemingly forever.
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