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And he’s physical. It’s the PK numbers that really catch my eye. Its an area we badly needed to target and it looks like we have here.

OK, does this mean Lyubushkin, Bryson and/or Jokiharju are on the move? IMO, the depth chart looks kinda like this at the moment: Dahlin Power Samuelsson Clifton Jokiharju Lyubushkin E Johnson Stillman Bryson R Johnson That’s probably too many D on NHL contracts.

I thought the thread title said Cliff Clavin at first.

6’6” 215 6’4 225 6’4” 225 6’3 215 6’2 205 6’0 200 Is our starting 6 at the moment. That’s a large D-core

Wonder if he is being pencilled in as a Joki replacement while Joki gets flipped for a real #4?

I think I posted this one months ago as a veteran former first overall with a ring who they might think Power could lean on and learn from, and LGR choked on his Ovaltine. Fits the Jeep/Teppo role better than OEL in my books, not sure what he’s got left. This.

The price surprises me. Thats a lot for a waiver pickup, no matter that he’s an actual NHLer. Guess the term makes it easier to swallow.

Was just about to post that I expected this to be the Sabres first move.

I’m proud of you. Free agency is 27 minutes old and you haven’t given up yet!

People were upset we traded Bloom. If he does nothing else, Miedema replaces Bloom’s profile in the pipeline: bigger and more skilled than Josh, but less consistent.

With Quinn’s injury I would be all over this.

This was guy I wondered if we might be looking at. Kinda glad he’s headed elsewhere because I wanted better.

This guy looks like this year’s version: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/201792/t.j.-semptimphelter Pretty sure he was the prospect who left Northeastern because he was stuck behind Levi.

From what I saw last year, the Reaves and OEL signings should be applauded. Two players who were frequently exploited.

Added four amateur free agents signed this spring to Amerk contracts: Defenceman Nicolas Savoie and centre Riley Fiddler-Schultz out of the CHL, and Zach Metsa and Chris Jandric from the NCAA. Although none are officially Sabre property, I think they should be considered to be as much part of the pipeline as any unsigned draft picks.

Not seeing Savoie or Kulich or Rosen or Levi on that list. Not really surprised about Levi, and they hinted that players who had a long run might be exempt. I don’t have like it though. Looks like we will have to content ourselves with Benson and Russian watching. We get our first looks at Novikov, Sardarian, and Neuchev, and I’m really curious to see whether Kisakov steps up after getting his feet wet last year. Leinonen is another mystery box that intrigues me this year.

Looking forward to Tuch and JJ painting him orange next winter.

I expected this. They wanted to re-sign him, but below his qualifier. He may still sign.

Good list @GASabresIUFAN. I think my first 7 slots would be identical, and we’ve already hashed out our divide on Poltapov, who would probably be my 8. I think I’ll do mine after dev camp.

Cozens, Quinn, Krebs, Savoie, Benson, Power, Levi - best collection of young Canadian talent on the Sabres since the French Connection days?

I think this hurts more than people realize. The reason this team isn't going big game shopping is because it is counting on internal improvement. Quinn is second only to Power in terms of being able to provide that. it also means we may not get help from an Olofsson return because he is the most likely person to fill the hole, and he is probably not going to fix his flaws if he gets those minutes. If we do trade Vic, Kulich and/or Savoie are probably not going to be able provide even what Quinn providedlast year. It's a blow.

Neither Benson, nor Lindgren are eligible for the AHL yet. Neither has a contract yet either, although that could change tomorrow.

Pure speculation, or have you heard things? Jeep has a nice resume. As far as Appert goes, we probably aren't giving Adams enough credit for this hire. Amerks have had a long stretch where they neither won, nor developed players. Under Seth they do both. Plus the guy is so well-suited to be the face of an organization; you can see the suits falling for him. Next NHL team hitting the reset button with a group of kids has to be very interested.

The thing with Poltapov that doesn’t show up on the stats sheet is his ability to protect pucks, work the boards and the corners, and get under the skin of opponents. Fans talk about a lack of grit in the pool in part because they forget about Poltapov, or have no idea how he plays. Stat watching teenagers in the KHL can be a little misleading. They generally don’t play much and Poltapov was fighting for ice time on the league’s best team. His numbers are in line with last year’s 1st rounders Yurov and Mirosechenko. He’s an NHL skater with a game that works in your bottom 6 and enough skill to potentially be more.

I don't consider him a prospect. He's finished his ELC now without establishing himself as even an AHL regular and is probably not going get a qualifying offer.