Player Discussion Owen Power, D (1st overall, 2021)

[Doug Prishpreed]

Can you imagine what the hype would be around this kid if the Leafs, Habs or Rangers took him? NHL fans would never hear the end of it.

Good, less pressure for him.

 

[EichHart]

Good, less pressure for him.

Yep hype is overrated. Look at Dahlin.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Matt Ress]

Hopefully we get to the point where we call the 3rd period the Power Hour

 

[truthbluth]

In lieu of a GDT for Minn/Mich, I’ll post this here, since it’s also relevant to the Power draft pick. Luke Hughes does not look competent at playing defense. Holy crap that was trash.

 

[Chainshot]

In lieu of a GDT for Minn/Mich, I’ll post this here, since it’s also relevant to the Power draft pick. Luke Hughes does not look competent at playing defense. Holy crap that was trash.

He got taken to school last night, that's for sure.

 

[Gabrielor]

He got taken to school last night, that's for sure.

f*** yeah he did lol. Luke Hughes got danced by whoever set up G #1.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Hopefully we get to the point where we call the 3rd period the Power Hour

We'll call intermissions Power naps

 

[jc17]

Ive still not come away overly impressed with power defending

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Ive still not come away overly impressed with power defending

He'll be fine paired with a seasoned defensive stalwart like Miller.

 

[Chainshot]

He'll be fine paired with a seasoned defensive stalwart like Miller.

You had me at pairing him with a fine seasoned stalwart until I read “Miller”.

 

[truthbluth]

Ive still not come away overly impressed with power defending

I think he’s pretty good defensively for his age actually. He does a great job of reading passing lanes and getting his stick in the way, which is much more important than being able to check a guy one v one on the rush. He’ll be fine.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

You had me at pairing him with a fine seasoned stalwart until I read “Miller”.

That was the joke. ;-)

 

[Chainshot]

Can we talk about Power in the Power thread? Yes?

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Can we talk about Power in the Power thread? Yes?

Until the electrician comes in and hooks it up again, we don’t have that at work.


Wdym there’s another kind of power?

 

[Chainshot]

Speaking of Power, I DVRd the second Wolverine-Gopher game. That might be tonight’s entertainment.

 

[Zach716]

Speaking of Power, I DVRd the second Wolverine-Gopher game. That might be tonight’s entertainment.

Sir, Josh Allen is live tonight.

 

[Chainshot]

Sir, Josh Allen is live tonight.

I’m sure my son will have that on via his device.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Speaking of Power, I DVRd the second Wolverine-Gopher game. That might be tonight’s entertainment.

I’m gonna be watching an old IHL game off YouTube. Making up for lost time seeing that wasn’t a thing when I was a teen (seeing IHL games, streaming is obviously a no).

 

[debaser66]

Ok bust is a harsh word I can agree he hasn't been bust bad. He's been nowhere close to what his hype level was though.

offensively he isn't that far off

 

[Chainshot]

Vogl's article today from behind the Athletic paywall:

'Born to play hockey': Owen Power is showing the Sabres, and Michigan, how special he can be — on and off the ice

Highlights - people really like him as a person, he puts in a lot of work, and Paetsch has spent three previous weekends in Michigan to observe. Karmanos was there with him this past weekend.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I think an hour of Owen power power skating would make him really flower and there’d be no reason to get sour if he switched to Bauer.

 

[Chainshot]

Blanked last night against OSU, rematch is on Big10 (if you have it) tonight at 8:00. That's three games without hitting the scoresheet right on the heels of that NHLe-gasm post.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Blanked last night against OSU, rematch is on Big10 (if you have it) tonight at 8:00. That's three games without hitting the scoresheet right on the heels of that NHLe-gasm post.

They jinxed our boy

 

[Chainshot]

They jinxed our boy

I have the last three games on DVR. I haven't had time to watch them. This whole "employment" thing is new. Hoping to pop the B10N game on the laptop with the Sabres-Caps throttlefest on the TV since it's a later start.