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Prospect Info: Alex Nylander (2016, 8th) – '17-18: Rochester #92 (AHL)

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I know I'm score board watching and he's coming off an injury and all but...

his numbers absolutely suck.
 
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I’d almost be tempted to try and make a Runblad/G.Reinhart type of trade with Nylander and see if we can get a first rounder in that 12-16 range and take a D.
 
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I’d almost be tempted to try and make a Runblad/G.Reinhart type of trade with Nylander and see if we can get a first rounder in that 12-16 range and take a D.
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That would be a good move. We should have traded down that year. But will any GM be foolish enough?
I think there is hope he’ll become a top six winger. This is a lost season after all the time he missed. I thought he was the leading player on team Sweden last year and I’m pretty sure most of my countrymen would agree.

At least he’ll provide depth on the third line with Reinhart and Girgensons in the future. ;-)
 
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HaNotsri said:
That would be a good move. We should have traded down that year. But will any GM be foolish enough?
I think there is hope he’ll become a top six winger. This is a lost season after all the time he missed. I thought he was the leading player on team Sweden last year and I’m pretty sure most of my countrymen would agree.

At least he’ll provide depth on the third line with Reinhart and Girgensons in the future. ;-)
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I don’t think a GM is foolish to move a first rounder for him, not even slightly. I just think he’s an expendable asset. And if we can turn Nylander into someone like McIsaac, Wilde or Smith I think you have to consider it.
 
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1972 said:
I don’t think a GM is foolish to move a first rounder for him, not even slightly. I just think he’s an expendable asset. And if we can turn Nylander into someone like McIsaac, Wilde or Smith I think you have to consider it.
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We have to give Alex a chance to recover from the injury properly and see if he's worth anything. Trading him now would be kinda silly. Maybe he goes to the WJC and comes back to life, who knows... Rochester is going well, maybe the team itself lifts him up.
 
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I don’t think a GM is foolish to move a first rounder for him, not even slightly. I just think he’s an expendable asset. And if we can turn Nylander into someone like McIsaac, Wilde or Smith I think you have to consider it.
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I’d do it in a heartbeat if McIsaac is available.
 
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We have to give Alex a chance to recover from the injury properly and see if he's worth anything. Trading him now would be kinda silly. Maybe he goes to the WJC and comes back to life, who knows... Rochester is going well, maybe the team itself lifts him up.
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I think it’s kinda obvious I’m taking about at the draft.
 
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dasaybz said:
Why is everyone trying to run this guy out of town? Coming off his rookie pro year and had a major injury, now the guy is a bum? Holy crap Buffalo, have some patience.
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Stop being so level headed - it’s purging time here on hf Sabres!
Botts sucks because we didn’t trade for Sheahan and give Winnik a pto. Eichel is a bust as franchise player and should be slapped on the pee pee for missing a penalty shot.
We should just leave Nylander behind at an away game. That’s what happens when you’re not ppg.

I’m disapponted in Nylander since I thought he would be showing some great two-way play and sniping at this point. He’s nowhere near a bust, but still a disappointment so far.
 
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dasaybz said:
Why is everyone trying to run this guy out of town? Coming off his rookie pro year and had a major injury, now the guy is a bum? Holy crap Buffalo, have some patience.
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Agreed. Give this young man some time.
 
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Yatzhee said:
Agreed. Give this young man some time.
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or you could trade him now while other teams are willing to have patience and before he turns into the next mediocre prospect that came to the team with high flying expectations that he never lived up to, like every 1st round pick we've had for the last decade minus... 2? he doesn't even play a position worth waiting for, he's been the wrong player since the day we drafted him
 
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Why is everyone trying to run this guy out of town? Coming off his rookie pro year and had a major injury, now the guy is a bum? Holy crap Buffalo, have some patience.
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I'm always in the patience camp, until I'm not. With this player, it would be easier if he's shown something worth getting excited about. Many of us watched him in the last WJC, but that was the last glimpse. Since then, he's come to several development camps and scrimmages, and he has not dominated. He hasn't even stood out.

He's been dogged by injuries and a poor development system. He was the youngest pro in the AHL last season. All that is true, but I personally have my doubts. It would be nice to see a flash of something. No one is reporting that for this kid.
 
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I'm always in the patience camp, until I'm not. With this player, it would be easier if he's shown something worth getting excited about. Many of us watched him in the last WJC, but that was the last glimpse. Since then, he's come to several development camps and scrimmages, and he has not dominated. He hasn't even stood out.

He's been dogged by injuries and a poor development system. He was the youngest pro in the AHL last season. All that is true, but I personally have my doubts. It would be nice to see a flash of something. No one is reporting that for this kid.
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Clearly rushed to the pros too soon. In hindsight probably an act of desperation by a GM worried about his job security.
 
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Clearly rushed to the pros too soon. In hindsight probably an act of desperation by a GM worried about his job security.
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Botterill has the right idea. You look at the most successful teams in the league and say to yourself "surely, they can't be this good at drafting?" The sabres have probably been drafting well but blowing development.

And, by the way, 'rushed to pros too soon' can be the end of the line for players.
 
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Botterill has the right idea. You look at the most successful teams in the league and say to yourself "surely, they can't be this good at drafting?" The sabres have probably been drafting well but blowing development.

And, by the way, 'rushed to pros too soon' can be the end of the line for players.
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thats 1 way to look at it
 

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Clearly rushed to the pros too soon. In hindsight probably an act of desperation by a GM worried about his job security.
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What is desperate about a guy going to the ahl instead of juniors? Wrong? Possibly, but desperate sounds like you ran out of vocabulary words in the rant box and you used that one to make a move on character attacks, the next episode...
 
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What is desperate about a guy going to the ahl instead of juniors? Wrong? Possibly, but desperate sounds like you ran out of vocabulary words in the rant box and you used that one to make a move on character attacks, the next episode...
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Your reading comprehension sucks, not my vocabulary.
 
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