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Carter Sotheran, 6'3" August bday with some raw skill and a RHD

He is NCAA bound next season heading to Michigan State

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Please stop. That is not what Marty said. He said that they could put Savoie in Buffalo for a 9 games, then send him to a conditioning stint, then send him to the WJC which he would have to make the team for. After that he would have to go back to jrs from January until his team is eliminated from the WHL playoffs, which means April. That's what he said. So sure if the WHL team gets eliminated he can go for whatever is left of the AHL playoff season sometime in most likely late April. Sigh, none of this is accurate.

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You have no idea what you are talking about. Jack Quinn AHL: 45games 26g 35a 61pts = 1.356 pts per game JJ Peterka AHL: 70games 28g 40a 68pts = 0.971 pts per game Isak Rosen AHL: 66games 14g 23a 37pts = 0.561 pts per game Jiri Kulich AHL: 62games 24g 22a 46pts = 0.742 pts per game Rosek and Kulich have not even reached the level of JJP and Quinn at the AHL level and you are in here RANTING about how they are the exact same and screaming about the World Juniors. It isn't the same, they are not ready, they will not be in Buffalo in the 2023 season unless it is really late in the year for a cup of coffee.

They don't play in the same league! This is like arguing that Benson is better than Tage Thompson. No he didn't. The WJC20 is what you are talking about and Kulich got a Silver medal.

That literally cannot happen. It is against the rules. The Sabres have 14million in capspace, they can easily afford to re-sign Mittelstadt. Hell, you can give him Olofsson's money and trade Olofsson and the capspace doesn't even change.

And? This has nothing to do with NHL readiness. Kulich and Rosen are not NHL ready and that is all that matters. Great Rosen scored in the AHL playoffs and so did Kulich, I hope they can take that and be better in the AHL this upcoming season. Quickly on the bold, if this means the World Jrs than no they did not. Kulich won a silver medal. If it means the World Championship, Kulich wasn't there. Bloom was already traded

What? That has nothing to do with Isak Rosen being NHL ready. That would be a completely different conversation when and if Rosen becomes NHL ready.

No. What a bad idea. Rosen is not NHL ready, Kulich is not NHL ready. Rousek should be in Buffalo but there is no good reason to trade Krebs or Mitts. Both are middle 6, young, and good.

There's going to be several options at 39 and 45.

I bet the Sabres draft Étienne Morin. I don't love him because I think he is the type to stick check instead of taking the body and his defensive zone play is really mediocre. I would rather take Dragicevic and develop his def game than take Morin.

More fun quotes this one from Benson himself:

Elite Prospects wrote the following:

Negative.

Jack Quinn plays a 1,000,000% different game than Isak Rosen. Benson actually does have some similar defensive attributes but Quinn has more size and a better shot where Benson has I would say a bit higher revved motor. I will never understand how Jack Quinn gets repeatedly underrated at times around the internets, kid is already one the Sabres best defensive forwards and Quinn is actually very physical, he just does it in more subtle ways. I would keep both Benson and Savoie at this point. I might look to trade Rosen or Östlund if it would get me a good RHD prospect (in a package)

@Curt has the combine height and weight nailed. I'll also add that with a May birthday, he theoretically should still grow an inch or so. If it was an October bday I would be a little more worried about that but even if he ends up at 5'10", there is a lot of high end traits he displays. If you really want to go down the rabbit hole... here is his highlight package, all 30mins of it. One more note, he started in the WHL at 15 where he was almost a ppg guy with 20pts in 24 games. Last year at 16 he dropped 63 in 68games and this year he outproduced our boy Matt Savoie with 98 in 60. Last year he actually lead the Ice in playoff points. This year Savoie did and Benson was 4th in playoff points (17 in 15 games). Not that +/- is excedeedingly useful but he lead the team in it with a +68.

Not my circus, not my monkeys. I'd honestly rather just take Suchanek in the 6th or 7th and roll from there.

What about a scoring winger, pick 45 with 50% retention on the mentioned scoring winger?

Beau Akey and Gracyn Sawchyn want a word with you about these grades.

I've always valued the size of the fight in the dog more than the size of the dog.

I'd go for this at 39