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I don't think a guy who put up 68pts at 22yrs old should be labeled a late bloomer honestly. Sam Bennett is a late bloomer. We might be able to apply that to McLeod depending on how this year goes.

I don't. Why should Dahlin or Allen do this without fanfare? Part of the way they help these people is by using their name/celebrity to generate interest.

Detroit is on a 3 game win streak where they have been massively outshot every game. Outshot 39 to 22 against Nashville (won 5-2) Outshot 30 to 11 against the NYI (won 1-0) Outshot 40 to 19 against the NJD (won 5-3) That is 109 to 52 or they are being outshot by 53%. That is all shocking considering they are tied for 22nd in the league in sh% at 9.9% and for reference, Buffalo is 11th with 11.7%. I only bring all of this up because we see the Red Wings tomorrow and honestly if we can get good goaltending, we should really end their streak because we should be able to play better than them. Of course we also know how streaky this team was last year so would be really nice to see them actually build off the Dallas win. Edit: Also, I was reading a piece on Detroit and they haven't given up an even strength goal since the first period of the preds game. Considering Buffalo is good 5v5, will be interesting to see if they can breakthrough. Detroit sucks on the PK so maybe Buffalo's PP finally gets a goal.

I really liked Gaucher at the draft and Ohgren over Östlund. I would have taken Filip Bystedt as well there as he is a 6'2" center and was quite good last year in the short time he got AHL games. I don't disagree about taking Östlund versus some others, Looking back at my rankings, Östlund ended up 24th for me with guys like Kulich, Yurov, Beck, Trikozov, and Ohgren above him. Actually I was really high on Ohgren and ranked him 8th above Savoie at 9. I would have gone: Mintyukov, Ohgren, and Kulich/Trikozov for my draft based on the list I have. It is fine looking back at this actually. Have some really good hits and a bunch of wtf was I thinking.

I found this story not only interesting but terrifying. It includes a request by Putin to Elon, to not allow Starlink coverage over Taiwan at the request of Chinese President Xi Jinping. I will be curious to see if the story gets scrubbed from twitter.

I think having two good goalies really helped them stave off the decline last year.

I've stayed mostly out of this thread because honestly except for a couple of examples, I've liked his play thus far.

If I see anything else I'll post it.

This was from Östlund's draft profile, and I think it still applies today.

Didn't twist anything. I directly quoted what you said and made an additional point. It was merely not to conflate the two. We do not usually draft small guys OR guys without character. Analytics accounts for the numbers and then the Sabres dig into the players behind them. It is how they drafted Benson and Ziemer and clearly a product of maybe having some buyers remorse after Rosen and perhaps Östlund although I think the org and league are fairly happy with how Östlund is coming along. I have detailed many times how the small thing is overblown and the character is impo not applicable. You shouldn't draft anyone who doesn't produce points in the first round. Always a bad idea.

Good news is we don't have to worry about Östlund being good or bad for a long bit here. Lots of players above him right now so he can sit and develop.

I think Cozens being a 60/65pt top 6 forward is very much within his reach and reasonable for what we have seen from him.

Dylan Cozens... big year at 21 after 120 games up to game 200 (the 68pt year) and then a massive regression last year. for games 202-281. I am not saying he is the regression year or the top year, I just think after this year ends, we will know what he is. Right now his sh% indicates he's a sub 10% shooter, so unless he works on that skill a lot, he might hover right there. He brings other things besides his shot though.

Almost like it isn't linear. Or in Reinhart's case, like he left the Sabres and went to a better situation. As though context also matters here. Also Reinhart scored either 25 or 22 goals in the 4 years prior to what you are calling his 33g breakout... so idk if that is a great example. You think it is tied to age, I think it is tied to games played with a healthy dose of opportunity. Tage Thompson, broke out between game 145 and 223 and then upped it again after game 223 in his 94 pt season. He was 24. Brady Tkachuk, broke out at game 198-277 and was 22. Alex Tuch, breaks the trend as he broke out at 26 after being traded although we saw some regression. That was game 305-379 JJ Peterka, broke out technically at only 161 games although maybe this year is his true breakout, he is 23.

Yea but you flip him and Kulich and it's not. Kulich slid but should have been the Östlund pick. Also, I'd urge patience with Östlund.

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Hockey reference under standard stats https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/krebspe01.html

Also, Buffalo has to draft Maxim Agafonov just cuz Afinogenov is so close to that.

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-central-scouting-preliminary-players-to-watch-list 24 players got A grades for this draft (that means a first round grade) which is pretty good. Lots of high end talent at the top of this thing.

Kevyn traded up for Peterka. Idk what Östlund will become, I had Kulich over him in their draft yr and that is still right. Rosen, I don't think makes it.

This is wrong. It implies that skilled players can't have character. Ziemer, Benson, Helenius all would prove that suggestion incorrect. Even JJP would prove that wrong, btw he was Helenius' size when drafted. Size and "character" get conflated. You're comparing a guy who's been in NA his entire career to a guy who's been here for 5 games. I'd probably wait a bit on Östlund.

No, I'm pointing out that worrying about what Savoie might be in 4 years is silly when we could get something good now. Look up players around the league and see where they breakout, in terms of games played. But no, I haven't run a linear regression for gp to points.

It is 1 faceoff for Peterka. Krebs is 28w to 15l

I personally think Cozens starts scoring.