Sabres Prospects in WJC...

[Mr Orangeshirt]

UPL oh my...

 

[Gabrielor]

Holy shit Luukkonen....

 

[Theo Von]

Holy dispsooapendj

LUUKKONEN

 

[Ace]

An incredible sequence for UPL who already has a handful of grade A saves. But he’s gonna need the puck to get out of his end at some point.

 

[sabrebuild]

That's his game. The nice thing is to project him out with one of the high-tempo PMD's the Sabres have as the super safe takeout guy.

Amazing save by Keyser there. Wow.

How does Samuelson’s feet look at this level?

 

[Gabrielor]

Finland is bigger
Sweden is faster, incredibly structured, and tenacious.

 

[Snippit]

Laaksonen has been pretty solid. Not a big guy but good positioning, few good pinches and steals.

 

[Buffaloed]

Just because Finland has a couple Sabres picks doesn't mean the officials should treat them like they are the Sabres.

 

[BuffaloGooner]

Laaksonen is pretty fun to watch. He’s so frenetic, quite an interesting style.

 

[Man of Principles]

Best case scenario, Pekar is a 30-40 point pest who is an absolute nuisance, Laaksonen pans out as a top 4 puck mover with some skill, and Luukonen is a starting caliber NHL goalie. After seeing some snippets of this tourney, I'm feeling quite good about these prospects.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Finland is bigger
Sweden is faster, incredibly structured, and tenacious.

Man, aren't they always?

 

[Gabrielor]

Man, aren't they always?

No doubt, I told my wife its like watching a machine representation of hockey. Last night's performance was robust, brutally effective, and not terribly creative. Seemingly no one missed an assignment, or a stick lift.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[Reddawg]

LaFreniere tho, man did I like what I saw last year in the Q as a youngster, just hungry to score.

I have trouble even understanding how the team put up 14 goals and he didn't get so much as a secondary on any of them.

 

[Chainshot]

I have trouble even understanding how the team put up 14 goals and he didn't get so much as a secondary on any of them.

Aren't they working him as the 13th forward though? He didn't seem to get many regular shifts from what I recall, but then again... I wasn't paying much attention due to holiday festivities.

 

[Reddawg]

Aren't they working him as the 13th forward though? He didn't seem to get many regular shifts from what I recall, but then again... I wasn't paying much attention due to holiday festivities.

That must be it. I didn't watch the game and the TSN box score doesn't give TOI stats, but he wasn't even out there for any of the goals. Lafreniere and Ty Smith are the only +0 players on the team.

 

[debaser66]

How does Samuelson’s feet look at this level?

Average I would say. Same for his passing. Nevertheless gets the job done most of the times.

 

[Chainshot]

That must be it. I didn't watch the game and the TSN box score doesn't give TOI stats, but he wasn't even out there for any of the goals. Lafreniere and Ty Smith are the only +0 players on the team.

Digging around and found first that the IIHF stats from last year were way easier to view and find (at least for me). Not liking the dumbing down on the stats.

And it looks like he was given a +1 in 14:14 ToI over 21 shifts. Four of the Canadians forwards had less ToI. I need to make less merry going forward.

 

[truthbluth]

Catching up in Finland Sweden on dvr. Laaksonen is very good, but I think he’s still maybe 3 years away from the NHL. Great instincts, but he needs work on execution and strength. It’s unfortunate, but I think he’s one of those European players that would’ve been served really well by a couple of chl seasons.

Also UPL was great.

Also I’m even more furious that Botts didn’t draft Filip Hallander. Everything that kid does looks like an NHL caliber move to me. He makes very quick decisions and his motor never stops. Dang it.

 

[sabrebuild]

Thanks for the updates, traveling an extra day is ruining the wjc for me

 

[zuikan]

I liked the performance of all 4 of our prospects. I’m interested to see if Sweden manhandles Slovakia today like I think they might. UPL saved Finland from a blowout.

 

[ValJames]

Samuelson should be a good defensive compliment guy much like his father was. Him and Borgen should push each other in the organization.

Laaksonen could be good wild card insurance if Guhle does not pan out or gets dealt away for other needs.

UPL in Roc should be interesting next year. Hopefully he makes us all forget Petersen.

Average I would say. Same for his passing. Nevertheless gets the job done most of the times.

 

[zuikan]

I’m liking Laaksonen’s skills a lot, he’s a keeper.

 

[Der Jaeger]

UPL should not be in Rochester. That's too fast.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]