PICK 143 LW Filip Cederqvist

[Brawndo]

Traded Up

Swedish Winger 

Edited June 22, 2019 by Brawndo

[Derrico]

Another trade up.  Interesting.

[Brawndo]

[GASabresIUFAN]

Sabres traded up to grab Swedish LW Filip Cederqvist

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/328238/filip-cederqvist

 

 

Edited June 22, 2019 by GASabresIUFAN

[Ho-Chi-Sock]

Botterill should have been fired immediately for this pick.

[sabresparaavida]

What do we think?

[Brawndo]

 

[GASabresIUFAN]

Looks like a very reasonable late rd pick with upside and the ability to let him develop slowly.  See Olofsson.

[North Buffalo]

 

[In The Buff]

Kid has a ton of skill. Is a good goalscorer and fun to watch. Has a nice hard wrist shot with a good release and good power. Decent hockey IQ & didnt shy away from physical play.

Has decent size too at 6'1 187 lbs

[kas23]

1 hour ago, Ho-Chi-Sock said:

Botterill should have been fired immediately for this pick.

I agree. I can’t believe it. I didn’t have Filip this high on my draft board. 

[PerreaultForever]

I have no complaint with this. Not sure he needed to trade up but I'm fine with it. 

[Scottysabres]

Meh

[Two or less]

2 hours ago, Scottysabres said:

Meh

Did you have a better idea with that pick?

[Scottysabres]

6 hours ago, Briere48 said:

Did you have a better idea with that pick?

Nope, not unless it was a trade chip in a deal of some sort to impact the actual roster now. 

[LGR4GM]

Clever pick. Age matters and it's smart to draft overagers in later rounds. It's clever to take 1 with a late August or early September birthday. You're getting a player who just had their 18 yr old season but you've gotten actually another year of evaluation on them. No guarantee it will work out but clever. 

1 month older than Lavoie. 4 rounds later. Not comparing them directly, just noting the age difference. 

[North Buffalo]

4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Clever pick. Age matters and it's smart to draft overagers in later rounds. It's clever to take 1 with a late August or early September birthday. You're getting a player who just had their 18 yr old season but you've gotten actually another year of evaluation on them. No guarantee it will work out but clever. 

1 month older than Lavoie. 4 rounds later. Not comparing them directly, just noting the age difference. 

will be interesting to see if this strategy works out and if any late bloomers work out

[Rasmus_]

20 hours ago, Ho-Chi-Sock said:

Botterill should have been fired immediately for this pick.

Uhm, right.  Keep smoking up!    Unless this is sarcasm.  I like the pick.  Even though we could have had him potentially last year at the same pick we traded to Toronto for the 2019 pick we used to trade up and get him.  I don't mind it at all, as he progressed and jumped to the SHL from Swedish Jr.  

[Thorner]

This Cedricqvist guy was a good seeker for Hufflepuff and actually beat Harry one time so I feel it's a promising pick. I'm sure he has a TON of good years ahead of him. 

[SDS]

7 hours ago, TheCerebral1 said:

Uhm, right.  Keep smoking up!    Unless this is sarcasm.  I like the pick.  Even though we could have had him potentially last year at the same pick we traded to Toronto for the 2019 pick we used to trade up and get him.  I don't mind it at all, as he progressed and jumped to the SHL from Swedish Jr.  

He was joking. 

[LGR4GM]

https://www.eprinkside.com/2019/08/27/post-draft-prospect-profiles-filip-cederqvist-no-143-to-the-buffalo-sabres

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There is also some finesse to Cederqvists offensive game. Brute force isn’t the sole driver of Cederqvist’s output. He is a decent stickhandler and uses that skill to catch his opponents off guard in 1-on-1 situations on rare occasions.

Overall, though, Cederqvist’s puck skills are fairly average. Even if there are times when he can make smart and unexpected plays while maintaining full control of the puck there are several other times where he fails due to not being able to keep the puck on his stick.