Confirmed with Link: Sabres acquire Joseph Cecconi from Dallas for Oskari Laaksonen

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[Ace]

Gonna be hard to find anything to say about this one.

but at least we know the phones work

 

[DapperCam]

Who?

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Laaksonen was not on many draft lists at the time right ?, worth a swing I suppose, but wasted 3rd in the end. Anyone after him the draftniks liked ?

Cecconi 2012-14 Buffalo Jr Sabre from Youngstown
Whats the skinny, local, defensive guy for Roch ?

 

[Mr Orangeshirt]

 

[Zman5778]

Cecconi played with the Buffalo Jr. Sabres back in 12-14.

Went to University of Michigan.

Has played 4 years in the AHL, never played an NHL game.

 

[Club]

Yay?

 

[Ace]

Who?

Oskari Laaksonen

 

[Chainshot]

Not surprising - even with the injuries, Laaksonen couldn't get into the Amerks lineup. His snit at the end of last season seemed to be the last straw.

 

[enthusiast]

Well that’s certainly a trade.

 

[Gabrielor]

Long overdue. Laaksonen's been on razor thin ice since last December.

Decent AHL PP dman, but terrible at everything else.

 

[Kulich Man]

Here's Laaksy, no takebaaksy.

 

[Chainshot]

Cecconi is big, defensively minded and a right hand shot. Plus for being a local, will be RFA at the end of this season.

 

[Chainshot]

It will at least provide more balance to the Amerks since they are swarming with PMD's and don't have many defensive defenseman which is Cecconi's game.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Laaksonen was not on many draft lists at the time right ?, worth a swing I suppose, but wasted 3rd in the end. Anyone after him the draftniks liked ?

Cecconi 2012-14 Buffalo Jr Sabre from Youngstown
Whats the skinny, local, defensive guy for Roch ?

FWIW the first 100+ games played player drafted after him is Bryson.
Only so many NHL regulars drafted in the 4th round, Anderson (LAK), Bryson and Batherson are probably the most notable right now.

 

[Chainshot]

Trustworthy and reliable, Stars prospect Joseph Cecconi adapting to first pro season

On Friday, Cecconi led Texas in shorthanded ice time as the Stars went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.

theathletic.com

From his first full pro year -

- Had off-season surgery to clean up damage from his 4th year at Michigan.
- Broke in as a partner of current Jacket Gavin Bayreuther

“He’s just very trustworthy, you know?” Bayreuther said. “You know what you’re going to get from him, and I think that’s something that makes it awesome and fun play with. He is a defensive-minded guy, and he’s always there. He reads well what his partner is going to do.”

He was the safety valve for Werenski for a year, then Quinn Hughes for two.

I caught up with Hughes last March in Vancouver, and he discussed what Cecconi did for him as a defensive partner.

“He can definitely skate, and I think once he gets into pro hockey more people will see that,” Hughes said. “You have to be able to skate well and have a good understanding when someone else jumps into the play. So I think he kind of fits the pro game. He really does.”

“The word I keep going back to is reliable, because he is,” Werenski added. “You always know when you have the puck he’s gonna be back there. A guy that’s open, that’s available and gonna make the right play defensively.”

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

 

[Dirty Dog]

It will at least provide more balance to the Amerks since they are swarming with PMD's and don't have many defensive defenseman which is Cecconi's game.

This!

 

[old kummelweck]

okay

 

[allsilverdreams]

Not going to help either team unfortunately.
Two defensive players that will continue to fight for playing spots with younger more promising guys.

 

[Zman5778]

Stars board says that maybe Cecconi could handle a game or two at the NHL level, but he's really an AHL-level guy.

One poster thinks he might be headed overseas after the year.

 

[Chainshot]

As far as Amerk deals go, color me pleased. He's some of what they don't have in terms of mobile applied size and someone who is defense-first on a team filled with puck moving defensemen.

I'm also mildly amused that the Stars now have both Lundqvist and now the economy version in Laaksonen.

 

[Chainshot]

Not going to help either team unfortunately.
Two defensive players that will continue to fight for playing spots with younger more promising guys.

It helps the Amerks. Their defense is almost as much of a mess as Buffalo's is. They need someone other than just Bartkowski who can play in their own zone.

 

[Chainshot]

Stars board says that maybe Cecconi could handle a game or two at the NHL level, but he's really an AHL-level guy.

One poster thinks he might be headed overseas after the year.

It's an AHL-level trade. It's not like Laaksonen hasn't reached the non-tender level with Buffalo.