Prospect Info: F Isak Rosen (14th Overall, 2021), Recalled 11/18/24

[The Blunder Years]

I’m a firm believer that skill can transcend physicality. Of course he needs to add some weight but he will mature and add It naturally. There’s a shit ton of players in the league that make It work at a lower weight now.

 

[jBuds]

I’m a firm believer that skill can transcend physicality. Of course he needs to add some weight but he will mature and add It naturally. There’s a shit ton of players in the league that make It work at a lower weight now.

Agreed. I see a lot of things in these clips and writeups that are tougher to teach

 

[toomuchsauce]

Agreed. I see a lot of things in these clips and writeups that are tougher to teach

It's skill with pace, which is what this kid appears to have.

 

[HaNotsri]

Maybe Risto was eating a lot so Pegs wanted Kevyn to get a skinnier guy? Wallstedt is a hungry goalie you know.

Efficient and all that?

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Kevyn must have accidentally looked at the Bills draft thread from a few years back and saw all the clamouring for Rosen.

In all seriousness, I'm not following the prospects much but having a high ceiling offensive guy is nice after a history of "safer" picks using additional 1sts/early 2nds.

 

[Archie Lee]

It's weird how a guy (me) can watch and read a tonne of draft stuff and somehow completely overlook a player that is pretty much universally regarded as a pick in the 16-25 range. When I saw the pick I thought we had gone way off the board and was surprised to see that he was #18 on McKenzie's final rankings. I suspect I have a bias against European kids who don't produce offensive #'s in their draft year when playing against men.

I would have been thrilled had we picked one of the goalies and happy had we taken a more name player like Lucius or Svechkov or a player with more grit such as L'Heureux. When I dig in on Rosen though, I see that, like everyone in his draft range, he is a long-range projectable prospect. I suspect he will score against men this year and be a fun guy to watch at the world juniors. 6 months from now we are likely more excited about this pick than we are today.

 

[Zach716]

Makes me feel a lot better than my initial reaction of “who?” after seeing his TOI. Looks very skilled. High ceiling high risk high reward. If he can bulk up this could turn out very well.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Hope this guy makes it. Passing on Wallstedt is annoying but this is exactly the type of pick we need to be making more of.

 

[EichHart]

Kevyn must have accidentally looked at the Bills draft thread from a few years back and saw all the clamouring for Rosen.

In all seriousness, I'm not following the prospects much but having a high ceiling offensive guy is nice after a history of "safer" picks using additional 1sts/early 2nds.

I'm all for high ceiling picks. I want to draft an entire team that can skate well. So sick of safe players.

 

[Appleyard]

Scouting Report: Isak Rosén - Smaht Scouting

Watched a lot of Rosen in the last few years.

Here is a pretty in depth report on his game from myself. Like ~1000 words.

I like how he plays. Compare him to Ehlers stylistically.

 

[Ralonzo]

Scouting Report: Isak Rosén - Smaht Scouting

Here is a pretty in depth report on his game from myself. Like ~1000 words.

I compare this scouting report to a romance novel stylistically. "Bodice-ripping talent!" An enjoyable read on that basis alone, very atypical of the genre.

 

[Appleyard]

I compare this scouting report to a romance novel stylistically. "Bodice-ripping talent!" An enjoyable read on that basis alone, very atypical of the genre.

Haha. I appreciate it.

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

I’m assuming that’s our Rosen on the top line.

 

[truthbluth]

I’m assuming that’s our Rosen on the top line.

Yup

 

[Tsujimoto]

I’m assuming that’s our Rosen on the top line.

Gotta love a goalie named "Clang".

 

[Deevo]

I’m assuming that’s our Rosen on the top line.

Should be a fun WJC this year with Power logging heavy minutes for Canada, Quinn a year older, Rosen, our recently drafted comrades, & Paterka

 

[joshjull]

Should be a fun WJC this year with Power logging heavy minutes for Canada, Quinn a year older, Rosen, our recently drafted comrades, & Paterka

Quinn will be too old. Turns 20 in the fall

 

[Team Cozens]

I’m assuming that’s our Rosen on the top line.

Our Rosen wears #23.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I really like this player, a lot. I think you guys did excellent with this pick. Congrats!

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Rosen on the board today

 

[Ralonzo]

Gotta love a goalie named "Clang".

Must be the pretzels

 

[Icejoker]

Best player on ice was the finnish bust Aatu Raty with 4 goals, taken as nr 52 when Sabres has 53.

 

[Club]

Pumped for the kid. Has a lot of raw skill & great on his feet.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

This is a lot of words to blow off a data scientist asking for some counter evidence to the way his models tend to work.

Pro evaluators also think Risto was worth more than Reinhart or Buch so... yeah. And if Pro Evaluators think a player is good, why are they only playing him 5 minutes a game?

Kopitar had 0 points in 5 games his daft year, but destroyed the U20 WJC