Confirmed with Link: Sabres sign F Tyler Kopff to 2-year ELC. Will join Amerks on PTO for remainder of season.
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Jim Bob
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Kopff leaves Brown after two seasons, signs NHL contract with Sabres - College Hockey | USCHO.com
Brown sophomore forward Tyler Kopff has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. A third team all-ECAC and first team
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Does his linemate and Sabres style short-king St. Louis end up leaving too? He'd be a good AHL'er if nothing else.
Djp
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Gabrielor
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There's our current org asset chart. 45/50 contracts, unless Tullio being loaned doesn't count, then it's 44.
Good balance of F,D,G prospects, missing elite forward talent, and of course, NHL success.
Jim Bob
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Puckpedia has them at 44 with Kopff on the ATO for the remainder of 24-25. My guess is that he doesn't count as a contract until the first day of the 25-26 season.
6'4" forward with hands is not something they have much of beyond Murray.
I don't see how their contract count becomes an issue unless they were to sign Poltapov, Kleber, Strbak, and Zeimer this often season. There's virtually no chance that happens.
It would only matter if they are trying to burn years instead of ATO'ing guys. They don't have anything to worry about.
Good rule of thumb is 1 slot + 1 for each 1st round pick + 1 for each graduating NCCA player.
We'll have to see though it certainly gives them something they were lacking in terms of his size. The other night they had as many players 6' and under as their opponent had 6'3".
I'm not sure any team has as many regular skaters (8) 6'3"+ as Buffalo does. Buffalo also has a higher percentage of players <6'.
Speaking specifically of the Amerks - they are 30th out of 32 in terms of height and 32nd in terms of weight per EP's team comparisons. Syracuse, Belleville, and Toronto are in the top 10 in both categories.
When Murray was up, there was no solid net front option for their PP, not a backup one like they used to roll out when Mersch was there. They have one in Nadeau but he's been vital for Jax to be in their position in the conference and division (he's 2 points off the team lead in points and leads them in goals in only 2/3rds of the games played) so it seems they are leaving him be for now. Watching the Brown highlights, it seems like Kopff works from the faceoff dot and down. For the Amerks, that's something they need if they're going to think about getting anywhere out of their own division in the playoffs.
Interesting. I didn't watch any Ivy hockey this year (I sometimes follow Cornell but haven't had the time). Seems like a pretty good flyer. We could use a guy with his size and attributes in the system, even if he tops out in Roch.
For sure Rochester is small. Buffalo is one of the larger teams in the league, both height and weight.
Part of why people don't have much on him, they weren't expecting Kopff to come out after his sophomore year:
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Jim Bob
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Brown doesn't really have an intense out of conference schedule (they played NEU). I'm a little surprised he signed. Brown is a good school to have a degree from. Lafferty went there too, TMYK.
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Probably 25 out of 32 fanbases say this about their favorite team.
