Pick #1: D Owen Power (University of Michigan)

[French Collection]

1 hour ago, Derrico said:

Power on Canada's top pairing to begin their pursuit of gold.

Getting tons of ice time.

[LGR4GM]

Owen Power topped team Canada for TOI at 19:33 and the 2nd closest was 18:45. 

Power was a +2 with 2 shots on goal. 

[LGR4GM]

 

[Crusader1969]

Just looking at the Sabres upcoming schedule

April 12th in Toronto. 

Pretty amazing set-up for a kid from Mississauga to have their first NHL game at the Air Canada Centre vs the Leafs

[inkman]

3 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

Just looking at the Sabres upcoming schedule

April 12th in Toronto. 

Pretty amazing set-up for a kid from Mississauga to have their first NHL game at the Air Canada Centre vs the Leafs

I’d be shocked if the Sabres coordinated that properly.  Seems like exactly the thing they’d screw up. 

[Flashsabre]

25 minutes ago, inkman said:

I’d be shocked if the Sabres coordinated that properly.  Seems like exactly the thing they’d screw up. 

Based on what?

[inkman]

1 hour ago, Flashsabre said:

Based on what?

A decade of bumbling every PR thing they have ever done minus last Friday. 

[thewookie1]

1 hour ago, inkman said:

A decade of bumbling every PR thing they have ever done minus last Friday. 

That may be too short of a turnaround for Power if he plays the championship game

[Crusader1969]

54 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

That may be too short of a turnaround for Power if he plays the championship game

He will have 3 days to get over his hangover once they win.    No problem , he’s 19 years old

[French Collection]

1 hour ago, Crusader1969 said:

He will have 3 days to get over his hangover once they win.    No problem , he’s 19 years old

He’ll have to come back to Canada to legally drink.

[bob_sauve28]

A+ pretty much so far. 

He has fit in almost perfectly. A few mistakes, but whatever. He has looked great. Better than I expected. I thought he might struggle more. 

His skating ability is just unreal. 

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

A+ pretty much so far. 

He has fit in almost perfectly. A few mistakes, but whatever. He has looked great. Better than I expected. I thought he might struggle more. 

His skating ability is just unreal. 

It'll be interesting to see how he does next season.  Whether he has more ooopsies in his own end.  College kids coming in at the end of the year almost invariably look better in those handful of games at the end of the year than they do the next year when the "it's really the NHL adrenaline" is no longer kicking in.

But w/ his pedigree and already having played against NHLers & Pros in the WCs and Olympics, maybe he won't take that small 1/2 step back.  Would be nice.  Here's to hoping.

[DarthEbriate]

Power finished the season +3. He'll be a career + player for us.