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Player Discussion Mattias Samuelsson, LHD, Hurt Again

Chainshot said:
It'd love to see someone do that work too. Johnson and Gourde are key guys for them currently and they have Martel, Barre-Boulet, Abbandonato, and even Conacher in their system. They seem to have a knack for turning up CHL guys as UDFA.
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Sounds like a job for Ryan Stimpson.
 
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Some nights, refreshers are in order.
 
He looked pretty good today, even with the breakdown on the 2nd GA where Farabee gives the backcheck fly-by and Statsney is basically statuary in front of the net.

I still prefer him on LD, but he got rotated in on the right side due to only one right shot on defense (Emberton, mostly glued to Miller's starboard wing) for the WJSS lineup today.

He did not look like someone with any sort of footspeed issues. The seal on Veleno where he cuts off the lane, uses his stick to poke the puck off Veleno out to the neutral zone, and then gets up the ice in front of Veleno to crash the net on a 2-on-1 was his most dangerous offensive play in the half-game I watched.
 
Seems like the roster locks all were held out today so they could evaluate the remainder. Samuelsson and Miller were both unsurprisingly not part of today’s game, so a bit more affirmation that he’ll be at anothe U20.
 
Chainshot said:
Seems like the roster locks all were held out today so they could evaluate the remainder. Samuelsson and Miller were both unsurprisingly not part of today’s game, so a bit more affirmation that he’ll be at anothe U20.
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Did Johnson play?
 
Samuelsson and Johnson are future pillars of Buffalos top 4 D. Add Dahlin, Joker, Borgen and one of the many other prospects and the future is looking pretty bright on Buffalos’ back end. Time to start purging these vets for forwards and future to keep cupboard stocked,
 
Asymmetric Solution said:
Samuelsson and Johnson are future pillars of Buffalos top 4 D. Add Dahlin, Joker, Borgen and one of the many other prospects and the future is looking pretty bright on Buffalos’ back end. Time to start purging these vets for forwards and future to keep cupboard stocked,
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Right now let’s let them continue to develop. Johnson is probably three years out, Samuelsson maybe two. They are nice prospects, let’s not get too high. “Pillars” is certainly an optimistic take.
 
Asymmetric Solution said:
Samuelsson and Johnson are future pillars of Buffalos top 4 D. Add Dahlin, Joker, Borgen and one of the many other prospects and the future is looking pretty bright on Buffalos’ back end. Time to start purging these vets for forwards and future to keep cupboard stocked,
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As Chain said, too early to get high. Wasn't too long ago when we thought we were set long term for D with Risto, Zads, Ehrhoff, Myers, McNabb, Pysyk
 
Asymmetric Solution said:
Samuelsson and Johnson are future pillars of Buffalos top 4 D. Add Dahlin, Joker, Borgen and one of the many other prospects and the future is looking pretty bright on Buffalos’ back end. Time to start purging these vets for forwards and future to keep cupboard stocked,
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No need to rush..

Yes buffalo can trade Scandella, Bogo, and Hunwick deadline..

20/21

Dahlin-Pilut-Mccabe
Risto-Montour-Miller

Can trade McCabe with one year left

21/22
Dahlin-Pilut-???
Joker-Borgen-???

Could trade Risto and expose miller in ED. They could opt to kero Risto and Trade Montour.
 
Chainshot said:
Right now let’s let them continue to develop. Johnson is probably three years out, Samuelsson maybe two. They are nice prospects, let’s not get too high. “Pillars” is certainly an optimistic take.
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Pillars are stationary like pylons. :laugh:
 
Chainshot said:
He looked pretty good today, even with the breakdown on the 2nd GA where Farabee gives the backcheck fly-by and Statsney is basically statuary in front of the net.

I still prefer him on LD, but he got rotated in on the right side due to only one right shot on defense (Emberton, mostly glued to Miller's starboard wing) for the WJSS lineup today.

He did not look like someone with any sort of footspeed issues. The seal on Veleno where he cuts off the lane, uses his stick to poke the puck off Veleno out to the neutral zone, and then gets up the ice in front of Veleno to crash the net on a 2-on-1 was his most dangerous offensive play in the half-game I watched.
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His skating seemed unimpressive during the prospect scrimmage, but maybe that was just because he was shaking off the summer rust.

In any case, seems like everywhere he goes, he's praised for his leadership skills, which is something you love to hear about a kid.
 
tsujimoto74 said:
His skating seemed unimpressive during the prospect scrimmage, but maybe that was just because he was shaking off the summer rust.

In any case, seems like everywhere he goes, he's praised for his leadership skills, which is something you love to hear about a kid.
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I've heard. And yet, when I watch him at last year's U20's or here at the WJSS and he gets to where he needs to be to seal lanes, hold angles to drive his man wide, or close to get his stick/body on his check just fine. My point is more to the echo chamber that someone says "oh, he's not a good skater" and it just gets repeated without challenge. He's not fast, but he isn't a slug without a future.
 
yep, his skating is fine and I think its getting better, people act like he's Sam Morin or something because of his larger size, he's not a plodder at all.
 
Seemed like not so long ago Samuelsson was being written off as a sure-fire bust. Glad to see that changed quickly.
 
Summer Showcase helped the perception of Mattias, no doubt. Would be nice to have him become the Sabres' Carlo or Cernak.
 
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