Prospect Info: General Discussion of Prospects

[MarkusKetterer]

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Only Novikov made WJC short list, none of the forwards drafted last year

SKA Russia, apparently

 

[Old Navy Goat]

SKA Russia, apparently

Their system is stacked. Will be entertaining watching Michkov put on a show just to hear the lamentations of the Bedard fan boys

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Their system is stacked. Will be entertaining watching Michkov put on a show just to hear the lamentations of the Bedard fan boys

They both have weird fanboys. It’s like one has to be better than the other.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

They both have weird fanboys. It’s like one has to be better than the other.

Yep almost as bad when the Finns get involved. Personally out of that draft class, most interested in Dvorsky as his game is mature beyond his years as a 200' 1C

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Yep almost as bad when the Finns get involved. Personally out of that draft class, most interested in Dvorsky as his game is mature beyond his years as a 200' 1C

The Slovaks have a lot of interesting guys this draft and next. The only thing I haven’t seen yet is a goalie. Qualifier there is “yet”.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

The Slovaks have a lot of interesting guys this draft and next. The only thing I haven’t seen yet is a goalie. Qualifier there is “yet”.

Must of been something in the water 18/19yrs ago as they're just popping out top prospects. Decent goaltending might get them into medal contention

 

[Club]

How's Poltapov looking? I only keep up with Sabres prospects Twitter now that I don't have a working tv, & my laptop is a dud.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

How's Poltapov looking? I only keep up with Sabres prospects Twitter now that I don't have a working tv, & my laptop is a dud.

Growing pains as a young kid in the AHL

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Growing pains as a young kid in the AHL

 

[GOALOFSSON]

Peterka goes by many names

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Peterka goes by many names

Clearly Rob Ray is infecting everyone!

 

[joshjull]

Peterka goes by many names

Is ONG really Don Stevens?

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I don't know why I wrote AHL vice KHL

 

[Buffaloed]

Clearly Rob Ray is infecting everyone!

I heard a dog bark and it sounded like accrost

 

[Der Jaeger]

Vogl liked the reply, so he wasn't that butt hurt.



Update:

Well done!

 

[Der Jaeger]

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Only Novikov made WJC short list, none of the forwards drafted last year

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[MarkusKetterer]

I don't know why I wrote AHL vice KHL

You were thinking of JJ Pekar and Matej Peterka, I guess

I heard a dog bark and it sounded like accrost

The dog was just axing if the Sabres had a good period

 

[The Blunder Years]

Rank the last 5 drafts. I’ll start:

2021 (looks great, despite being recency bias)
2017 (hit on almost pick, the Davidsson pick was so bad that I can’t put It first though)
2019 (good value all through this draft)
2020 (nailed the first two picks, otherwise meh)
2018 (Dahlin slam dunk, Samuelsson was a good pick, the rest is underwhelming though)

 

[Snippit]

The 2021 guys have been cool lately. Especially the high picks outside of Power. Rosen for one seems to have gone pointless in his last 8.

It was honestly just such a crap shoot of a draft. Going to be a lot of late round “steals”. Novikov and Nadeau could be those guys for us.

 

[Chainshot]

Rank the last 5 drafts. I’ll start:

2021 (looks great, despite being recency bias)

So far, so good.

2017 (hit on almost pick, the Davidsson pick was so bad that I can’t put It first though)

Davidsson looked very good at the U20's though in a checking role. Much of the rest though is very strong, with skill and skating throughout the later picks. The overagers look very good in retrospect with both Bryson and Weissbach.

2019 (good value all through this draft)

Still not keen on the shift up to take Huglen and Cederqvist and Botts ability to bleed picks constantly. Two guys... four picks. It's shown that having more kicks at the can is a better strat in later rounds than doing what they did.

2020 (nailed the first two picks, otherwise meh)

How are Constantino (9 points as a freshman in 11 games at North Dakota) and a guy playing in the Czech Extraliga at 19 meh? As for Lyckasen, he did play in the SHL in his draft year which is a solid indication of potential. SHL play is indicative of possible future pro success per rudimentary tracking models - it's a good thing.

2018 (Dahlin slam dunk, Samuelsson was a good pick, the rest is underwhelming though)

This is the problem with drafting relatively low-skill defensive defensemen in later rounds. Not a great place to take that gamble. Botts drafting...

 

[Jim Bob]

This is the problem with drafting relatively low-skill defensive defensemen in later rounds. Not a great place to take that gamble. Botts drafting...

Goalies and skaters with one skill that pops (VO’s shot for instance) are the way to go over grinders of any sort.

 

[The Blunder Years]

How are Constantino (9 points as a freshman in 11 games at North Dakota) and a guy playing in the Czech Extraliga at 19 meh? As for Lyckasen, he did play in the SHL in his draft year which is a solid indication of potential. SHL play is indicative of possible future pro success per rudimentary tracking models - it's a good thing.

Fair point, I guess I overlooked them given how deep our prospect pool. The last 5 years we’re developing guys drafted after the 1st round and I’m not used to that yet

 

[Chainshot]

Fair point, I guess I overlooked them given how deep our prospect pool. The last 5 years we’re developing guys drafted after the 1st round and I’m not used to that yet

Yeah, it is pretty wild to think they may get some non-first round picks to turn into something.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[joshjull]