Feel bad for the third guy on that line if they play together.
"Guys, wait for me. Slow Down!"...
Redefining "defensively responsible".
Feel bad for the third guy on that line if they play together.
"Guys, wait for me. Slow Down!"...
Feel bad for the third guy on that line if they play together.
"Guys, wait for me. Slow Down!"...
Future top 6 forward
He's been decent. he's in the upper third of the pool, I find it hard to be any more excited for him the any of the other prospects of his ilk
Turn on Erie-Soo. You might get excited.
If his hands were softer he would be one of the top prospects in all of Hockey.
Not stone in the sense he's going to completely flub breakaways Brian Holzinger style. But he shows very little stick handling ability. He's not a great puck handler that's for sure. Probably his biggest weakness.His hands arent like stone are they? Just not quick?
Not stone in the sense he's going to completely flub breakaways Brian Holzinger style. But he shows very little stick handling ability. He's not a great puck handler that's for sure. Probably his biggest weakness.
Is that even something you can teach, seems more like a natural ability to me?
I can't recall an instance off of the top of my head where a player's puck handling increased dramatically from his draft year to his peak years but I'm likely missing something obvious.
Hands are probably the thing you see guys improve the least. Stick-handling -- informed by a player's hands but a distinct skill -- you can still work on at that age but I think you rarely see too much in the gains department. Too much of a guy having "soft hands" is just natural hand-eye coordination and most of the rest is probably developed working with pucks endlessly as a child/early teen.
By Kris Baker - SabresProspects.com
The deep playoff run ended for the Erie Otters Friday following a 6-2 loss to the Oshawa Generals in Game 5 of the Rogers OHL Championship Series.
And so, for the first time since 2007, the Sabres will not have one of their prospects participating at the Memorial Cup, where the winners of the Ontario, Western and Quebec leagues do battle with the host team for the top prize in Canadian major-junior hockey.
Sabres forward prospect Nicholas Baptiste (2013, third round) logged a minus-3 rating in Friday's loss, leaving him with one goal and two assists in the final round, and totals of 12 goals and 23 points in 20 playoff contests.