rakish Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 My sources are quiet on who is expected to play. If you haven't been paying attention, Nylander was hurt in the New Jersey game, and Asplund and Mittelstadt were not part of the roster. Pittsburgh roster The Penguins only rakish approved prospect on their roster is Daniel Sprong. Bruins beat the Penguins 3-2 in OT Penguins beat New Jersey 6-2 Sabres beat the Bruins 7-4 New Jersey beat Buffalo 4-3 in OT making all 4 teams 1-1 sabres.com played hide-and-seek with the streaming link for the Boston game, but I think it was quicksandmonster who found it on twitter. Quote
That Aud Smell Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Local paper ran a piece on how this tournament could be the start of big things for Nylander. Not so much. For my purposes, I'm planning to banish most thoughts of him and will only hope to hear encouraging reports from his time in Rochester. Quote
LGR4GM Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 I'd worry more about Nylander if he wasn't 19. He won't be 20 until March and there really aren't many 19yr olds playing regular NHL minutes. I think he should spend another season in the AHL. Quote
Mustache of God Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 My sources are quiet on who is expected to play. If you haven't been paying attention, Nylander was hurt in the New Jersey game, and Asplund and Mittelstadt were not part of the roster. Pittsburgh roster The Penguins only rakish approved prospect on their roster is Daniel Sprong. Bruins beat the Penguins 3-2 in OT Penguins beat New Jersey 6-2 Sabres beat the Bruins 7-4 New Jersey beat Buffalo 4-3 in OT making all 4 teams 1-1 sabres.com played hide-and-seek with the streaming link for the Boston game, but I think it was quicksandmonster who found it on twitter. The Sabres and Penguins are 1 - 0 - 1 The Bruins and Devils are 1 - 1 - 0 Winner of the Sabres v. Penguins takes home the tournament title. Buffalo's prospects should have more skill considering recent draft positions. This will be a match of skill versus the "Penguins Process" supposedly set up by JBots himself. Quote
LGR4GM Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 All of buffalo high draft picks are in the nhl though... Quote
rakish Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) I guess there are ties to consider. As for the tournament indicating the strength of the farm system, I'm not convinced. The amount of improvement of players at this age really demonstrates the age of the players selected rather than the quality of each prospect. If Bailey and Pu were the same age, I would be a lot more excited about Bailey and much less excited about Pu. Pittsburgh, additionally, seems to try to get their prospects into the NCAA, so most of their best prospects, like Buffalo's best prospects, aren't here. Edited September 11, 2017 by rakish Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Must win! All of buffalo high draft picks are in the nhl though... Exactly Quote
LGR4GM Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Just keep in mind that Buffalo should have (if things were normal) Eichel, Nylander, Mittelstadt, Asplund and Davidsson all in the prospect game. 3 years to the NHL is really what we need to become re-accustomed to. Nylander taking another full year shouldn't be shocking and Mittelstadt spending time in the AHL shouldn't be weird. For example Glotov. He is going into year 2 in the Q. Now after this year he will be AHL eligible (is he AHL eligible now?) and should spend at least 2-3 years in the AHL. Will he make it? Probably not but that is his development curve, another 3-4 years. Quote
rakish Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Posted September 11, 2017 Glotov was also drafted as an overager, so he's older than you would think. For me, he looks good watching in both the 3-3 and this week, but he didn't really score in the Q, or at least not yet. Quote
pi2000 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Just keep in mind that Buffalo should have (if things were normal) Eichel, Nylander, Mittelstadt, Asplund and Davidsson all in the prospect game. 3 years to the NHL is really what we need to become re-accustomed to. Nylander taking another full year shouldn't be shocking and Mittelstadt spending time in the AHL shouldn't be weird. For example Glotov. He is going into year 2 in the Q. Now after this year he will be AHL eligible (is he AHL eligible now?) and should spend at least 2-3 years in the AHL. Will he make it? Probably not but that is his development curve, another 3-4 years. There are no players on the current roster, or anywhere in the Sabre's system, who were drafted more than 5 years ago by Buffalo. They're essentially an expansion team heading into year #5 of existence. Quote
pastajoe Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 There are no players on the current roster, or anywhere in the Sabre's system, who were drafted more than 5 years ago by Buffalo. They're essentially an expansion team heading into year #5 of existence. Pominville was drafted in 2001. Quote
pi2000 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Pominville was drafted in 2001. true Quote
French Collection Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 3 1/2 minutes in and I've lost the feed. Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 What's the score? Oh, 1-1 Quote
French Collection Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Nice PP goal. They were moving it around pretty well and a good shot by Guhle walking the line. Duff said it may have been tipped by Fasching. Fasching has the build to be a net front presence. If he develops his game he could get some looks in that role. Quote
pi2000 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Posted September 11, 2017 Nice PP goal. They were moving it around pretty well and a good shot by Guhle walking the line. Duff said it may have been tipped by Fasching. Fasching has the build to be a net front presence. If he develops his game he could get some looks in that role. I think Fasching gets traded at some point, he doesn't really fit into the direction JBOTs wants this team to go. He's a nice prospect, but I think he gets buried in Roch until they can work out a deal. Quote
pi2000 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Posted September 12, 2017 Dirty dangles by Bailey filthy Quote
thewookie1 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Posted September 12, 2017 Guhle with 3pts on the 3 goals I think Fasching gets traded at some point, he doesn't really fit into the direction JBOTs wants this team to go. He's a nice prospect, but I think he gets buried in Roch until they can work out a deal. I doubt we trade probably the only "big" player we have coming up in the system. Bailey/Baptiste would be more likely since they are very similar. Quote
LGR4GM Posted September 12, 2017 Report Posted September 12, 2017 What do you mean by "big" player? What's the score? Quote
Doohicksie Posted September 12, 2017 Report Posted September 12, 2017 And the empty netter to make it 5-3, Sabres lose. Quote
pastajoe Posted September 12, 2017 Report Posted September 12, 2017 Good chances late, just too many penalties. Pens had an older team with a lot of speed. Quote
thewookie1 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Posted September 12, 2017 What do you mean by "big" player? What's the score? "Big" as in physically large Quote
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