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If we stay at #8, I'd like Ristolainen or Nurse........do not care that both at D......take the BPA and I think one of these players could be a solid #2/#3 d-man
If we stay at #8, I'd like Ristolainen or Nurse........do not care that both at D......take the BPA and I think one of these players could be a solid #2/#3 d-man
you dont take a potential #2 or 3 Dman in the top ten... you take the potential #1 guy, if you feel his potential is not better than everyone you have at that position, you look somewhere else. now if you believe his potential is to be the #1, and he only pans out to be a 2 or 3 thats something different.
personally i think they should try to trade up to 2 or 3
RIP Tommy D! 12/25/1978-9/9/2008
If you make something "Idiot-proof", they'll only make better idiots!
they best trade up. keeping darcy and then trying a long rebuild will result in an empty building. they literally will haev a bunch of sales because the bills will suck by november, we get excited for the sabres and if they put out a season and craptastic as this year, then, it's over for people showing up to the games.
I'm not really familiar with any of the prospects, but I'd love to see us get a big C who can get to the NHL ASAP. I know hockey's not like football and most draft picks spend some time in the lower levels before they are NHL-ready, but this team has been suffering from a lack of size and skill at the C position.
At some point in the draft, we also need to find some goalie help. The writing's on the wall for Miller. If he doesn't get traded this off-season, he likely won't be re-signed.
McKinnon is said to be the best draft pick since Crosby which is hard to believe because he would be #1 overall with no question. I heard it on WGR a week or so ago so I don't have link .
If the Sabres draft Center Elias Lindholm (not likely probably going to the Flames @6 but maybe this is the guy Regier is trying to trade up for) dont freak out because he is only a 6'0 and 190 pound Center. Lindholm compares very favourably to Henrik Zetterberg and has a superior hockey IQ and is a tireless worker with very good intangibles.
If the Sabres draft Center Elias Lindholm (not likely probably going to the Flames @6 but maybe this is the guy Regier is trying to trade up for) dont freak out because he is only a 6'0 and 190 pound Center. Lindholm compares very favourably to Henrik Zetterberg and has a superior hockey IQ and is a tireless worker with very good intangibles.
Well, I don't like comparisons like that. It's like people saying that Parrish could be successful at his size because Steve Smith is, or Gerbe and Ennis could be successful at their size because of Marty St. Louis. There's a reason why we can name all the athletes who succeed despite being undersized for their position: there's so few of them. Yes, the examples show it's possible, but it's still the exceptions to the rule.
If we trade up and draft this guy, fine, but we need to find some size somewhere. We already have Gerbe and Ennis. We can't have a whole team of guys who are undersized to average.
I agree that's the mainstream view, but like Brooks... I look for the right players... not the best ones.
how would you feel about walking away from our first two picks with Erne and Lazar?
I like Lazar very high character guy and well liked by his teammates with some skill.. I like either Lazar or Erne at 16. I thought you were kinda on the Darnell Nurse bandwagon I think I like Nurse at 8 and either Lazar or Erne at 16 better
I like Lazar very high character guy and well liked by his teammates with some skill.. I like either Lazar or Erne at 16. I thought you were kinda on the Darnell Nurse bandwagon I think I like Nurse at 8 and either Lazar or Erne at 16 better
I do like Nurse... but also like both of these kids... especially with Erne's familiarity with Grigerenko. The only thing left that line would need is a pure sniper (maybe next year via draft or you go after Phil Kessel when he becomes a free agent.)
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