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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.

I wish the people who say things like this would learn that games played is the important factor more than age. 24/25 is the usual age because most people hit the NHL at 22 so they enter that 3rd year and there you go. Cozens is in year 5 and has 288 games to his name. McLeod for example has only 227 games. Typically most players hit who they will be around that 250 game mark. So with Cozens, we are getting to a point of him settling into what he is.

Who would you rather have? ROR and a Cup or Tage Thompson?

What veteran wingers would you give him and how do they help him? There is almost no point at all in using the Krueger years for anything. They are complete outlier sack of trash because Barg Krueger was a sack of trash at coaching.

I personally don't think the Cozens line is the 2nd line anymore but I know having that convo here is a losing battle.

Again, EP has this guy and y'all should follow him. Makes that Matt Larkin tweet look silly.

There's always a long term fit (5ish years) for a player that can slide around your bottom 9 at wing or center.

I am not worried about Dahlin tbh. I think he will still end up in the 60+ point range.

If Krebs plays better all year, my opinion will change.

I personally do not believe this will ever occur. He might lean on guys a bit more as he ages but a physical game seems uncharacteristic for him.

Cozens isn't a good shooter, that's the simple answer. Until that improves, I don't think his linemates matter much and I think it is a scapegoat to blame them for all his shooting woes.

Not really. JJ was put on the Tage/Tuch line for most of the end of last year leaving Benson-Cozens-Quinn as the 2nd line.

I think Benson is fine, in terms of play, they just want him healthy. Basically they are trying to get him healed up while they can.

Amazing how after years of us trying to put lines together that we nailed this basically from the start. Almost like the Sabres built and actual forward group. Still worried about the depth but at least McLeod is rolling. Savoie btw has 1g, 2a in 3AHL games. Just in case anyone was curious.

Wings won the game 1-0