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Maybe.. it occured to me last year before the draft kevin devine said on WGR they wanted to draft another Finn.. Something about wanting to follow the Red Wing model of not having one russian or one swede or one Finn..The Red Wings they didnt want that player to feel alone they want to at least have double of a european countrymen. And lo and behold the Sabres drafted Risto.. The plan was for Armia to play in the NHL this past year and Risto wasnt too be too far behind in playing in the NHL.. Makes me wonder if the Sabres brass was aware of Armias supposed unhappiness last year
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Maybe.. it occured to me last year before the draft kevin devine said on WGR they wanted to draft another Finn.. Something about wanting to follow the Red Wing model of not having one russian or one swede or one Finn..The Red Wings they didnt want that player to feel alone they want to at least have double of a european countrymen. And lo and behold the Sabres drafted Risto.. The plan was for Armia to play in the NHL this past year and Risto wasnt too be too far behind in playing in the NHL.. Makes me wonder if the Sabres brass was aware of Armias supposed unhappiness last year
we will see, but he has some serious skill, and hes not a floater from what i hear. he should be fine, and he made some serious strides.
the hockey news has risto as the 7th best prospect, zad as the 8th. grigo at 42, armia at 54. all A-list prospects.
armia, they felt, was hampered by the injury as well as the smaller ice, where he excelled at playing the perimeter using that time and space to create. with north american rinks, he hasnt learned that (yet) as of the time of this being written (mcnabb was still a sabre prospect when this was written)
when i went and saw rochester play, i saw armia use his size and strength to get into gritty areas, so hes clearly learning. and his bump in production late in the season (coupled with his very solid playoff performance) are examples. its good to know hes beginning to develop to the game in north america. he has the size and skill to produce, and i havent heard anything negative about his attitude aside from him being homesick, which is understandable.
THN also has hudson fasching as the 65th rated prospect, an A-list prospect, with LA.
carrier is not an A-list, but he is 8th on st louis top 10. they say he is a details man, who works really hard refining his game, and that is a major asset. may "be a better pro then a junior" and hes a really solid junior player.
heres an opinion piece from a contributor to hockeybuzz (i know, i know)
but he makes a very valid point. the sabres have to stretch the pipeline. they simply have too much talent in too small of a window. so he says the sabres need to take euros (who tend to stay over in europe a year or two longer) or college players (a year longer usually) to stretch out the talent pool.
BUFFALO – Up and down they went side-by-side, each stride drawing eyes inside the First Niagara Center. For a few moments during development camp Monday, Sam Reinhart and Brendan Lemieux, the jewels of the Sabres’ 2014 draft class, skated together, a brief-but-memorable glimpse into the future. If the Sabres become contenders again someday, this week’s
brief article on reinhart and lemeuix and others during prospect camp.
Reinhart is suppose to centre a line of Armia and Lemieux for tonights scrimmage.. There was talk this morning on WGR of Lemieux playing in Buffalo this year which I think is nutty Lemieux needs more time in juniors
My biggest beef is constantly moving these kids around between teams. Commit to that level for the entire year ( Juniors, College, Rochester etc ) and let them hear one coaching staff. Yet they leave to play on some 18 and under national junior team or get shuffled between 3 differnt places within a year, killing their development. I hope Murray kills that practice.
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Three other Sabre first round picks are impressing Paul Hamilton
Buffalo, NY (WGR 550) -- Mikhail Grigorenko played on a line with Dan Catenacci and Hudson Fasching. The line didn’t score, but quite possibly they were the game’s best line.
Once the three got a cycle going, they sustained pressure on the goaltenders. If it wasn’t for some sparkling goaltending by Linus Ullmark, the trio could’ve been on the board.
Grigorenko has bragged on Facebook about the work he’s been putting in this summer to be stronger and better.
Rasmus Ristolainen improved by leaps and bounds after starting in Buffalo last season and then going to Rochester. Cassidy thinks he and Jerome Leduc have impressed him the most from last season until now,
Yet they leave to play on some 18 and under national junior team
It is always a good thing If a prospect can represent his country at a U-18 or tthe WJC.. Ristolainen scoring the gold medal winning overtime goal against Sweden and neutralizing and shuting down McDavid in the semi finals would have given him a nice boost of confidence
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