Confirmed with Link: Sabres sign Andrew Oglevie (Notre Dame C) to 2 year ELC

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He's very comfortable in these clips.

And going into the way-back machine...

 

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Even better... this one from his USHL days:

 

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Hlinka highlight feeding Adam Erne from back in the day. Yeesh.

 

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Fun to dig around and see clips from the USHL when he was playing with Judd Peterson. Other interesting players he lined up with in there include Hobey Baker winner Adam Gaudette, Buffalo native Andrew Poturalski, Ivan Provorov, and Providence's Erik Foley.

 

[Cirris]

He definitely fits the mold going forward; Speedy wingers to compliment the Centers we already have.

But at this point it looks like a depth move, with maybe a bottom six role as his max potential.

 

[joshjull]

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Those NCAA stats would project to a 15-15 guy in the NHL.

 

[old kummelweck]

You can never have enough centers to play wing.

 

[Buffaloed]

Sounds cut from the same cloth as ERod and CJ Smith - 5'10" wingers with decent speed and point/goal producers. More competition among the prospects the better.

Joe Pavelski fits that demographic.

 

[valet]

how is it a 2 year ELC?

 

[ZZamboni]

how is it a 2 year ELC?

Read the first page of this thread. Answer is there

 

[sabrebuild]

Nice, speedy smart depth forward for the future.

 

[sincerity0]

Those NCAA stats would project to a 15-15 guy in the NHL.

Another depth guy that can possibly become an NHL regular. As we’ve seen this year - the amount of quality NHLers at the bottom of the lineup is scary low.

If this guy can become a quality 15/15 guy that PKs and is defensively responsible then we should be happy.

I know Botts gets a lot of criticism but I’m really liking what he’s trying to do at the bottom 6. Over the next couple years we are going to see tremendous competition with players like Asplund, Davidsson, Malone, Bailey, Baptise, Fasching, E Rod, Oglevie all battling for spots in our bottom six (I’m sure I forgot a couple players).

 

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Just going to leave this here:



Fixing it:

 

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And another -

Different:

 

[Reddawg]

A little production fail with the goalie announcements there...lol

 

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[joshjull]

 

[Revelate]

It is most excellent to have Graham covering hockey again.

 

[gallagt01]

It is most excellent to have Graham covering hockey again.

Great read.

I wonder if Oglevie really can push for a roster spot this fall.

 

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Great read.

I wonder if Oglevie really can push for a roster spot this fall.

That would be a treat. I suspect Malone is going to be in the mix too with the strides he made last year. Tenacious guys who can skate? Yes please.

 

[joshjull]

It is most excellent to have Graham covering hockey again.

Great article and great to see the drive that kid has.

 

[joshjull]

I'd also add he seems like another high character guy in the mix for this organization.

 

[gallagt01]

I'd also add he seems like another high character guy in the mix for this organization.

That would be a treat. I suspect Malone is going to be in the mix too with the strides he made last year. Tenacious guys who can skate? Yes please.

To both of your points, it'd certainly be nice to have his energy (if he's good enough to use that energy intelligently in the NHL of course). Who knows -- maybe overhauling the locker room is as easy as adding some youthful exuberance to the bottom six in the form of Oglevie and Malone types (again, provided they're good enough for the NHL).