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Speculation: The 2019 Draft Thread 3 - Sabres pick 7th, 31st

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Der Jaeger said:
Was out last night and didn't have a lot of time to post.

Not super happy with the Cozens pick. Not with Cozens himself, but the logic behind the pick. The Sabres had Zegras on the board, and passed. Highly skilled centers are hard to come by.

Cozens himself, I think is a safe pick. His upside at center is Jeff Carter - a shoot first center with elite physical traits, who can dominate possession and also make plays. If he doesn't pan out there, he can go to wing where he can use his size and speed, eventually developing into a power forward. With the way the playoffs are, he's the type of forward who can play in those physical contest.

However, I still take Zegras. I think Cozens ends up at winger. And you take the center over the winger.

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Johnson is a great pick. He's got Guhle's physical skills with Pysyk's game. He's a top 4 defensive defender who can cover for his partner. Well done by the Sabres.
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Feel the same, but I'm not too unhappy about it. I feel like Cozens will end up at wing, and had him and Boldy about the same. If Cozens stays at C, and can be a Monahan type that I really wanted in the 2013 draft, then I'm much happier about it. I guess we'll see in about 2-3 years. Will be interesting to compare him to Zegras down the road.
 
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Buffaloed said:
How Jason Botterill is using the NHL draft to rebuild the Sabres

How Jason Botterill is utilizing the NHL draft to rebuild the Sabres - fooshya.com
Thanks to Paul Hamilton for translating into Finnish then back into English.
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Here on forward I will refer to Botterill as the common supervisor.

Edit: Interesting take on the Job the common supervisor is doing and faults the organizations lack of depth to Murray's misses and trades. He likes the 2017 draft a lot and recognizes that every pick has made progression, though he does credit Crisp (assistant director of beginner scouting).
 
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“Based on what I’ve seen over the last year-plus from the 2017 draft, they might have NHL players in every single slot,” Chris Peters, ESPN’s NHL draft analyst, stated.
 
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kummelweck said:
“Based on what I’ve seen over the last year-plus from the 2017 draft, they might have NHL players in every single slot,” Chris Peters, ESPN’s NHL draft analyst, stated.
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I would agree. Mitts, Luuk, and Bryson look like NHL locks. Laak and Weiss have been very promising. Davidsson's probably one I worry about the most.
 
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Jim Bob said:


This is a fair grade, IMO.

I do think that the likelihood grade is a little low given how safe I think the 1st rounders are to at least turn into servicable NHLers.
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I popped that in the draft grading thread as well. Will and I have discussed their draft philosophy. He's even more to the side of higher-risk guys than I am and he is more down on Cozens than many. His vid on Johnson was pretty persuasive, long before he was even a Sabre draftee.
 
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Chainshot said:
I popped that in the draft grading thread as well. Will and I have discussed their draft philosophy. He's even more to the side of higher-risk guys than I am and he is more down on Cozens than many. His vid on Johnson was pretty persuasive, long before he was even a Sabre draftee.
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The one thing that I kind of laugh at with his Cozens take is that he's worried that Cozens doesn't have 1st line potential and is more of a middle 6 guy. With Eichel here, they don't need a #1 center. They need Cozens to be the Drury to Eichel's Briere.
 
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Jim Bob said:
The one thing that I kind of laugh at with his Cozens take is that he's worried that Cozens doesn't have 1st line potential and is more of a middle 6 guy. With Eichel here, they don't need a #1 center. They need Cozens to be the Drury to Eichel's Briere.
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I think he was talking about relative to draft position. It’s the idea of getting a first line talent at that location
 
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Chainshot said:
I think he was talking about relative to draft position. It’s the idea of getting a first line talent at that location
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The problem I have with that is this isn't just a team drafting for theoretical value and getting a guy that fits what they want and need.

I think that is why Cozens was the pick over a guy like Zegras. The Sabres need that Drury guy more than that Briere guy since they have Eichel.

It's why the generic draft lists are so different from the team to team lists.
 
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