So Ristolainen at 8 to be Armia's buddy, and Erne at 16 for Grigs? Jame would be on cloud nine.
Or deal up for Barkov?
So Ristolainen at 8 to be Armia's buddy, and Erne at 16 for Grigs? Jame would be on cloud nine.
Devine on Erne and drafting chemistry:
And Santini, per Kevin Snow. And though not yet confirmed, I think it's a fairly safe assumption that Buffalo guys Bailey and Malone will be there.
What interview was that? It's not the sabres.com one, as he only said they interviewed the two local kids.Yes, Devine stated in an interview that Bailiey and Malone will be at the Sabres Combine.
Jame is going to have to change his pants after reading both of those paragraphs.Devine on Erne and drafting chemistry:
So Ristolainen at 8 to be Armia's buddy, and Erne at 16 for Grigs? Jame would be on cloud nine.
“I think some things have changed,†amateur scouting director Kevin Devine said this afternoon during a break at the NHL Scouting Combine inside the International Centre. “The fact we moved some defenseman (at) the trade deadline, around there, two or three kids that are entry-level contracts are up in Rochester. So I don’t think there’s any specific position. I think they’re all in play this year.â€
Devine added: “This year, with the exception of maybe goaltender, I think the first pick will come down to a defenseman or forward.â€
Devine said general manager Darcy Regier has “talked to everybody, all the teams that are out of the playoffs.â€
“Everybody knows we’ve got all kinds of picks, we’ve got assets,†Devine said. “There’s conversations going all the time. Nothing really will happen until we get close to the draft.â€
“I probably say this every year,†Devine said. “It’s the toughest draft ever. … With a lot of things in play, a lot of players are very close. It’s a deep draft. It probably goes into the low 20s where a team’s going to get a very good player. A player at 20 might be as good as a player at 11. The fact we need time to move up in the draft. We’ve got some assets to do that. We’re still digging on that.â€
“There’s still a lot of work to do, and we got an initial list to go,†Devine said. “If there’s asignificant difference in the player, then we’ll probably just go best available.â€
Devine on Erne and drafting chemistry:The fact that these two are friends and have played together, will that come into play when Buffalo picks? Director of amateur scouting Kevin Devine said, “I think it does, I don’t know what the percentage would be, but it’s something we definitely would think about. You take a guy like Armia, there’s a couple of real good Finns in the draft. He’s coming over this year so it would be nice to have somebody of that group. You can’t deny that if somebody has chemistry with somebody and they’re up in the draft, and we’ve got a player that’s already played with a guy, I think that does come into play.â€
So the next obvious question is, what kind of player is Erne? Devine said, “He’s a highly competitive kid, he’s got real good speed, he’s really thick, at times he’s very explosive. Once in a while you won’t notice him in a game, but most of the time he’s a goal scorer. He was probably the best player in the propect game in Halifax and he’s a first round player for sure.â€
Link: http://www.wgr550.com/Erne-thinks-hi...abres/16485922
First round talent and someone selected in the 1st round are two different things.Well obviously the only explanation for this is that Devine has been reading Jame's posts, I was told that's the only way you could believe Erne was a first rounder!
Was hoping we would pick that elusive 4th position this year honestly.
What interview was that? It's not the sabres.com one, as he only said they interviewed the two local kids.
Like Zip15 said, they probably will attend since they're local, but they're not confirmed (as of yet) is all I was getting at.My bad. I swear I heard it that they were attending the Sabres Combine. I'll delete previous post.
Torpedo, halfback, rover?Was hoping we would pick that elusive 4th position this year honestly.
Wait a minute. Nurse's uncle was McNabb, but he was a huge Titans fan?
http://twitter.com/kathleenlavoie/status/340632549808300032kathleenlavoie Dylan Labbé (@kidLabbe) participera aux combines des Sabres et du Canadien. @Cataractes_Shaw #nhlcombine
The best prospects will come to Buffalo on Sunday and Monday. Players who didn’t get an invitation to the NHL combine will visit Tuesday through Thursday. The event is closed to the public.
“We invited all the guys in the first round, but the top guys have to go other places or have other commitments,†Devine said, alluding to Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin. “A lot of the top guys just finished playing, too. We’ve got more Europeans coming in this year, which is good.â€
Link: http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130531/SPORTS/130539820/1104
It will more than likely just mean Tampa Bay to #1 with Colorado to #3.Craig Button seems to think that their will be shuffling in the top of the draft this year after speaking with teams
It will more than likely just mean Tampa Bay to #1 with Colorado to #3.
It will more than likely just mean Tampa Bay to #1 with Colorado to #3.