nickdawg95
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Really hoping with our first round picks we just draft BPA and figure it from there
Speculation: The 2019 Draft Thread - Sabres pick 7th
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Jim Bob
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Eh, Scandella is nearing 30 and is not signed long term. I'd gladly extend him for 4-5 years at 4.5 per but I'm not giving him 5+ mil long term. And for a dman it could be 3 or 4 years before hes a regular. While I'd love to draft a top 4 rhd with one of the firsts I just want the best dman period.
Guhle, Dahlin, Risto and Samuelsson should be 4/6s of our blue line by 2020. Hopefully Scandella or a similar vet is kept and that the final blue line spot is filled by one of our first rounders from 2019 on an elc.
Over the next 2 drafts while I am always going BPA I hope the 4 1sts we have are used on a scoring winger, 2 D men and a two way power forward type would be my ideal prospects over the next drafts. We are set with high end elite centers. We have our franchise dman. Hopefully we use our firsts on some of the few things this team lacks...preferably at least 2 out of the 4 first rounders the next two years are some players with snarl and toughness....one at D and one of them a power forward type.
Botts seems the type to go BPA no matter what. If we do pick thrice in the first in 2019 I would not be shocked if we ended up with 3 dmen, or 3 forwards. And if this draft is as deep as they are predicting we could literally add 3 studs. If this is similar to 2015 then we could literally be adding multiple impact prospects.
Its amazing that I am rooting for a playoff appearance instead of a lotto win and yet we can still also be eager for the draft because we have 4 firsts in 2 years.
sufferer
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To be fair, he's only fourteen., but yeah, his older brothers still look fourteen themselves.
sabremike
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The odds of a team trading a 2019 first for a rental are far lower than that of a UFO landing on the roof of Key Bank Arena the night of our home opener. You would be looking at a first in 2020 in the absolute best case scenario.
Jim Bob
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There will be 2019 1sts traded at the deadline for rentals.
GMs that are in Win Now mode will move their first.
sabremike
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Honestly I would rather drink a can of Ebola than watch and celebrate this team failing for a draft pick yet another goddamned time.
OkimLom
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What's more disheartening to you, failing due to design, or failing due to incompetence?
sabremike
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Both lead to a Bud Dwyer gif.
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Is there any goalies who could possibly be a late first for us? With having the 4 most important positions secured for a decade (1C,2C,1D,2D) it allows us to use a first on a goalie or power forward etc.
sabremike
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I just want an act of God to take place and our pick (not the ones we acquired in trades) is #31.
Jim Bob
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For Spencer Knight, Love of Goaltending Started With Equipment
https://thehockeywriters.com/team-usa-hockey-spencer-knight-wjc/
U.S. National Under-17 Team - 2017-18 Regular Season - Roster - #35 - Spencer Knight - G
Spencer Knight appears to be the front runner to be the first goalie off the board this year.
I won't be shocked to read a lot of Thatcher Demko and Jake Oettinger comparisons as we progress through the season.
He has been committed to BC for a while and is expected to play there starting in 2019-20 unless he and the team that drafts him thinks that going the CHL route is better for his development.
Gabrielor
"Win with us or watch us win." - Rasmus Dahlin
I don't think there's any debate, if there's a 1st-round talent goalie this year, take him. That part of our pool is cratered.
There definitely is a debate let’s be real. Taking a goalie in the first round isn’t worth it a lot of the time especially if there are still talented players on the board. Add in the fact a goalie takes 5 years to make it and you are better off looking elsewhere
Jim Bob
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Just look at the 2017 Draft.
Dallas passed on Tolvanen and others to take Oettinger.
Only time will tell if that was a good call.
I don’t even think you need time to tell. That’s a bad move. Andrei Vasilevsky is the only goalie in the last 10 years who was a legit top talent in his draft class. The only way I am taking a goalie in the first round is if he is a top end talent, not just the best of that year.
It’s just such a bad move for a GM to gamble on a goalie in the first round, best case scenario is you hit on that goalie and he is a starter 4-5 seasons later. If you hit on a forward in today’s NHL he’s contributing in his D+2 season. Draft a goalie in the 3-5th rounds every year and eventually you are going to hit on one. We’ve hit twice in the past few years on Ullmark and Pettersson and neither were top picks.
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You really cannot say we hit on Petersen when he didnt even sign with us and still isnt a NHL goalie. Samsonov would have been a good pick in 2015 if we stayed put at 21.
This team still needs a true franchise goalie. Ullmark while I'm high on isnt a sure thing. If we have 2 extra 1sts in the 20s I'd gladly take a goalie there if he is a legit talent.
This team still needs a true franchise goalie. Ullmark while I'm high on isnt a sure thing. If we have 2 extra 1sts in the 20s I'd gladly take a goalie there if he is a legit talent.
getting ahead of myself - but I see the biggest potential with the upcoming draft.
We have potentially 3 picks in the first round
I'm going to guess a top 5-10, and 2 12-18 picks
Will sj or stl push the picks given the strong draft class? Any chance we can package for a 1?
We have potentially 3 picks in the first round
I'm going to guess a top 5-10, and 2 12-18 picks
Will sj or stl push the picks given the strong draft class? Any chance we can package for a 1?
krt88nc
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No
Teams simply don’t trade or swap top draft picks.
The picks can’t be pushed unless they end up in the lottery.
Sabres will likely end with 3 first between 12-27 this year.
Teams simply don’t trade or swap top draft picks.
The picks can’t be pushed unless they end up in the lottery.
Sabres will likely end with 3 first between 12-27 this year.
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