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I have seen almost none of Alexander Dergachyov but from what I have read, we should take him with our 2nd rounder.  6'4" Physical and Smart, sign me up.  I just am curious about his skating.  I hope this is one of those picks where Devine and our Russia scout can convince Murray to take a swing, guys with his skills that get drafted later than the top 30 are the ones teams should be looking for.

If you have access to TSN they may still have some some of Russia's WJC games OnDemand. I think I PVR'd a couple so if I can find some time I may go back and watch him a bit closer.

 

I notice they have him listed as a centre on most draft boards but Im pretty sure he played LW with Russia and he is listed as LW on SKA1946 in the MHL.

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Here's an Eichel highlight video, I realized upon watching it that I have only ever seen him play in parts of 2 world juniors games, and then one random highlight from college.

I stopped watching when the song turned out to be Volbeat. I hate his voice. Every thing about it hits my ear wrong.

 

Eichel is good at hockey.

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I stopped watching when the song turned out to be Volbeat. I hate his voice. Every thing about it hits my ear wrong.

 

Eichel is good at hockey.

 

The funny thing about Volbeat is about half the time I hear them I think it's a new Metallica song.

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I stopped watching when the song turned out to be Volbeat. I hate his voice. Every thing about it hits my ear wrong.

 

Eichel is good at hockey.

Yeah his voice drives me nuts also. If they ever could find a voice to go with their music they would be awesome. His voice sounds like Chara trying to sing with his mouthpiece in.

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I stopped watching when the song turned out to be Volbeat. I hate his voice. Every thing about it hits my ear wrong.

 

Eichel is good at hockey.

I couldn't finish the video either.  The song seemed pretty well put together, too.  Way (way) more grit and teeth on the instruments and a real singer and I would probably listen to it before hockey.

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Here's TSN's mid-season ranking:

 

http://www.tsn.ca/mcdavid-the-unanimous-no-1-in-tsn-s-mid-season-ranking-1.193058

 

PLAYER TEAM POS HT WT GP G PTS
 

1. Connor McDavid  Erie (OHL)  C  6'1  187  25  23  66 

 

2. Jack Eichel  Boston U (NCAA)  C  6'2  196  22  13  36  

 

3. Noah Hanifin  Boston C (NCAA)  D  6'2  205  24  3  14 

 

4. Dylan Strome  Erie (OHL)  C  6'3  187  45  30  85 

 

5. Mitch Marner  London (OHL)  RW  5'11  164  45  35  93 

 

6. Lawson Crouse  Kingston (OHL)  LW  6'3  212  32  16  23 

 

7. Pavel Zacha  Sarnia (OHL)  C  6'3  210  26  11  23 

 

8. Zach Werenski  Michigan (NCAA)  D  6'2  214  20  5  18 

 

9. Mikko Rantanen  TPS (Finland)  RW  6'4  209  40  4  15 

 

10. Mathew Barzal  Seattle (WHL)  C  6'0  177  20  7  18 

 

11. Oliver Kylington  AIK (Sweden1) D  6'0  174  16  4  7 

 

12. Ivan Provorov  Brandon (WHL)  D  6'0  200  43  11  44 

 

13. Kyle Connor  Youngstown (USHL)  C  6'1  182  31  14  39 

 

14. Paul Bittner  Portland (WHL)  LW  6'4  202  45  21  39 

 

15. Travis Konecny  Ottawa (OHL)  RW  5'10  171  43  20  42 

 

16. Jakub Zboril  Saint John (QMJHL)  D  6'2  185  33  8  22 

 

17. Brandon Carlo  Tri-City (WHL)  D  6'5  185  43  3  20 

 

18. Colin White  USA U-18  C  6'0  183  7  0  5 

 

19. Nick Merkley  Kelowna (WHL)  C  5'10  187  48  16  69 

 

20. Timo Meier  Halifax (QMJHL)  RW  6'0  209  40  28  60 

 

21. Evgeny Svechnikov  Cape Breton (QMJHL)  RW  6'3  205  38  19  49 

 

22. Jordan Greenway  USA U-18  LW  6'5  223  9  2  8 

 

23. Erik Cernak  Kosice (SVK)  D  6'3  203  34  5  8 

 

24. Filip Chlapik  Charl'town (QMJHL)  C  6'1  190  44  23  52 

 

25. Jeremy Roy  Sherbrooke (QMJHL)  D  6'0  182  40  5  39 

 

26. Brock Boeser  Waterloo (USHL)  RW  6'1  192  32  23  40 

 

27. Thomas Chabot  Saint John (QMJHL)  D  6'2  179  45  8  27 

 

28. Jake Debrusk  Swift Current (WHL)  LW  6'0  177  49  28  49 

 

29. Jeremy Bracco  USA U-18  RW  5'9  172  11  7  15 

 

30. Nicolas Roy  Chicoutimi (QMJHL)  C  6'4  202  45  11  29 

 

31. Jansen Harkins  Prince George (WHL)  C  6'1  180  49  17  58 

 

32. Daniel Sprong  Charl'town (QMJHL)  RW  6'0  185  48  22  54 

 

33. Jacob Larsson  Frolunda (SWE)  D  6'2  181  9  0  3 

 

34. Nicolas Meloche  B-Comeau (QMJHL)  D  6'2  200  44  10  34 

 

35. Adam Musil  Red Deer (WHL)  C  6'3  208  42  11  28 

 

36. Mackenzie Blackwood  Barrie (OHL)  G  6'4  215  32  2.86  .913

 

37. Matthew Spencer  Peterborough (OHL)  D  6'2  200  42  5  24 

 

38. Roope Hintz  Ilves (FIN)  LW  6'2  183  29  4  14 

 

39. Christian Fischer  USA U-18  C  6'1  212  35  16  32 

 

40. Nikita Korostelev  Sarnia (OHL)  RW  6'1  196  34  16  36 

 

41. Filip Ahl  HV71 Jr. (SWE JR)  LW  6'4  214  23  12  30 

 

42. Thomas Novak  Waterloo (USHL)  C  6'0  180  31  8  32 

 

43. Joel Eriksson Ek  Farjestad (SWE)  C  6'2  183  21  2  3 

 

44. Ryan Pilon  Brandon (WHL)  D  6'2  212  45  9  39 

 

45. Jonas Siegenthaler  ZSC (SUI)  D  6'2  214  33  0  3 

 

46. Daniel Vladar  HC Kladno (CZE2)  G  6'5  185  8  1.97  .933

 

47. Jakob F-Karlsson  Omaha (USHL)  C  6'1  192  35  10  39 

 

48. Jens Looke  Brynas (SWE)  RW  6'0  187  34  2  6 

 

49. Blake Speers  S.S. Marie (OHL)  RW  5'11  185  41  18  48 

 

50. Samuel Montembeault  B-Boisbriand (QMJHL)  G  6'3  166  37  2.70  .891

 

51. Denis Guryanov  Togliatti (RUS2)  RW  6'2  183  22  15  25 

 

52. Dennis Yan  Shawinigan (QMJHL)  LW  6'1  188  38  21  43 

 

53. Alex Dergachyov  S. Petersburg (RUS2)  C  6'4  201  24  8  22 

 

54. Noah Juulsen  Everett (WHL)  D  6'1  180  46  5  34 

 

55. Guillaume Brisebois  A-Bathurst (QMJHL)  D  6'2  173  46  3  21 

 

56. Ryan Gropp  Seattle (WHL)  LW  6'2  183  43  18  36 

 

57. Matej Tomek  Topeka (NAHL)  G  6'3  181  24  1.59  .935

 

58. Anthony Beauvillier  Shawinigan (QMJHL)  C  5'10  181  47  33  72 

 

59. Mitchell Stephens  Saginaw (OHL)  C  5'11  182  41  16  31 

 

60. Graham Knott  Niagara (OHL)  LW  6'3  180  45  18  29 

 

(Statistics as of Jan. 29, 2015)

* For goaltender statistics, Goals-Against Average appears under the 'G' column, Save Percentage under the PTS column. 

 

*Edited for mobile users, please don't quote the entire list*

 

Notes:

-Every scout surveyed had McDavid at number one after 3/10 had Eichel there at the start of the season.

-Scouts surveyed seemed to indicate an "elite tier" of McDavid, Eichel and Hanifin.

-Second tier is Strome, Marner and Crouse as "high-end prospects."

-Third tier is Zacha, Werenski, Rantanen, Barzal, Kylington and Provorov.

-One scout said there are four "really good centres."

-Paul Bittner's disappointing season statistically doesn't appear to have hurt him in the scouts/TSN's eyes as he comes in at 14.

-McKenzie Blackwood is the first goalie at 36.

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What's the deal with Colin White and Jordan Greenway, two names I remember being highly touted last year?

Have they really played less than 10 games this year?


My goal this draft remains adding high-level skill.

Jeremy Roy, Boeser, Debrusk, Bracco, Harkins, Spong — that's much better talent than what you normally get in the tail end of the first.

Three picks from 25 to 32 not looking quite so disappointing as it was when the Islanders first took off.

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I like Mitchell Marner. 5-11 160, built like Gretzky. 95 points in 44 games. But you can't have Marner or McEichel out in space by himself.  You need equally skilled and players like Dvorak to partner with Marner…Sabres of course have nothing to surround anybody with.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCS53q1eGZ4

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What's the deal with Colin White and Jordan Greenway, two names I remember being highly touted last year?

Have they really played less than 10 games this year?

That's what happens when you play for the US developmental team. They have a limited league schedule and then mix in a lot of tournaments and exhibition games which aren't included in the stats. Christian Fischer is the only one from that team on the list with a large number of games played listed, but I have no idea where that is coming from. Other sites I'm looking at have much smaller numbers for him.

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What's the deal with Colin White and Jordan Greenway, two names I remember being highly touted last year?

Have they really played less than 10 games this year?

My goal this draft remains adding high-level skill.

Jeremy Roy, Boeser, Debrusk, Bracco, Harkins, Spong — that's much better talent than what you normally get in the tail end of the first.

Three picks from 25 to 32 not looking quite so disappointing as it was when the Islanders first took off.

Greenway has played close to what I would expect but as Shrader said it is one of the issues with the USHL Development Program, he's playing games that don't get added to his total.  That being said, I found a nice write up on Greenway and I would take him in the 20's because 6'5" 222lbs is Zadorov territory.  I wouldn't go into the corner with that guy.

 

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=737898

 

"He doesn't have any idea how big, strong and athletic he is," USNTDP U-18 coach Don Granato said. "It'll be a process for him but that's what you drool over. He's got athletic ability, size and strength, and his potential is really high."

"he led the Sabres with 62 points (23 goals, 39 assists) in 46 games"

 

One last thing, Eichel and Greenway have played together and Greenway is going to Boston University (2015/2016) just like Jack.

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I watched Baptiste with Sudbury a few times and he is fast. Not bad size either.

His ceiling is probably 2nd or 3rd line but if we get McDavid, there would be some history/chemistry.

He does have the speed to keep up and complement Connor as well. Look at Crosby's line mates over the years, some are not top six guys but they fit into a role and meshed well. The PP is where you can put the high end talent together for 1-2 minutes.

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60 points till Sabres clinch Eichel. with 32 games remaining could they take care of 45 themselves? that would mean they go 10-21-1. Could they do 50 (7-25)?

 

If miracle of the Sabres playing .500 hockey (16-16) happens the Oilers would then have to go 14-19 to finish ahead of the Sabres

 

Even if  Oilers keep up their season pace of .350 hockey and win just 12 out of their last 33. Sabres would then have to go better than 14-16 to finish ahead of them,

 

If you are worried about the Coyotes - if the Sabres finish strong with a record of 10-22 the Yotes would could have to be worse than 6-28 to pass them.

 

 

Bottom line - we are getting seriously close to being able to buy a Sabres #9 jersey and no not a Derek Roy (Though I would consider buying an Oilers #8 as well for helping turn that team around)  but there is still work to do. Keep the foot on the pedal and lets get the losing streak to 18 or 20.

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Recap from Friday Jan 30 Players who may be of interest to the Sabres with later 1st round picks

 

Travis Konecny C Ottawa 2 assists 

Daniel Sprong RW Charlottetown 2 goals 

Timo Meier RW Halifax 1 assist

Yevgeni Svechnikov LW Cape Breton 0 points

Jake Debrusk LW Swift Current 2G 1A

Paul Bittner C Portland 1 assist

Brock Boeser C Waterloo 0 points

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Official grades as far as I know haven't been announced but McDavid is a probably a 9.5/10 and Eichel is probably 9.0

 

I really like Bittner and hope he slides to us.

I was curious how many draft eligible a have a 7.5 ranking or above since the draft has been touted as "deep" like 2003.

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