Ebenezer
03-06-2010, 03:10 PM
Forked from: Mancari up, Stafford out, Gaustad back (http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showpost.php?postid=3174364)
Whats wrong with Gerbe?
Legit question.
What are the chances of a player making a meaningful contribution to an NHL team once they are 22-25 and haven't cracked an NHL roster on a permanent basis? I don't even know if they keep a stat like this. Maybe I am a little jaded because of the Sabres' history with projects but it almost feels as if a player has to make a meaningful contribution right away or he never pans out. I already get the sense that Gerbe and Persson and Mancari and Graniani are marginal NHL players, at best.
Look at the picks since 2005. How many of these guys will ever be more than marginal? I look at that list and I see Enroth, Webber, Ennis, Brennan and Kassian making the big club some day...and who knows if they will ever be good.
2005
1 Marek Zagrapan C
2 Philipp Gogulla F
3 Marc-Andre Gragnani D
4 Chris Butler D
5 Nathan Gerbe C
6 Adam Dennis G
6 Vyacheslav Buravchikov D
7 Matt Generous D
7 Andrew Orpik D
2006
1 Dennis Persson D
2 Jhonas Enroth G
2 Mike Weber D
4 Felix Schutz C
5 Alex Biega D
7 Benjamin Breault C
2007
2 T. J. Brennan D
2 Drew Schiestel D
3 Corey Tropp RW
5 Bradley Eidsness G
5 Jean-Simon Allard C
6 Paul Byron C
7 Nick Eno G
7 Drew Mackenzie D
2008
1 Tyler Myers D
1 Tyler Ennis C
2 Luke Adam C
3 Corey Fienhage D
4 Justin Jokinen RW
4 Jordon Southorn D
5 Jacob Lagace LW
6 Nick Crawford D
2009
1 Zack Kassian RW
2 Brayden Mcnabb D
3 Marcus Foligno LW
4 Mark Adams D
5 Connor Knapp G
6 Maxime Legault RW
Whats wrong with Gerbe?
Legit question.
What are the chances of a player making a meaningful contribution to an NHL team once they are 22-25 and haven't cracked an NHL roster on a permanent basis? I don't even know if they keep a stat like this. Maybe I am a little jaded because of the Sabres' history with projects but it almost feels as if a player has to make a meaningful contribution right away or he never pans out. I already get the sense that Gerbe and Persson and Mancari and Graniani are marginal NHL players, at best.
Look at the picks since 2005. How many of these guys will ever be more than marginal? I look at that list and I see Enroth, Webber, Ennis, Brennan and Kassian making the big club some day...and who knows if they will ever be good.
2005
1 Marek Zagrapan C
2 Philipp Gogulla F
3 Marc-Andre Gragnani D
4 Chris Butler D
5 Nathan Gerbe C
6 Adam Dennis G
6 Vyacheslav Buravchikov D
7 Matt Generous D
7 Andrew Orpik D
2006
1 Dennis Persson D
2 Jhonas Enroth G
2 Mike Weber D
4 Felix Schutz C
5 Alex Biega D
7 Benjamin Breault C
2007
2 T. J. Brennan D
2 Drew Schiestel D
3 Corey Tropp RW
5 Bradley Eidsness G
5 Jean-Simon Allard C
6 Paul Byron C
7 Nick Eno G
7 Drew Mackenzie D
2008
1 Tyler Myers D
1 Tyler Ennis C
2 Luke Adam C
3 Corey Fienhage D
4 Justin Jokinen RW
4 Jordon Southorn D
5 Jacob Lagace LW
6 Nick Crawford D
2009
1 Zack Kassian RW
2 Brayden Mcnabb D
3 Marcus Foligno LW
4 Mark Adams D
5 Connor Knapp G
6 Maxime Legault RW