Trade Sabres Acquire Defenseman Joseph Cecconi for Oskari Laaksonen

[Brawndo]

 

Edited December 16, 2022 by Brawndo

[Brawndo]

From Youngstown NY

Played for Junior Sabres and Michigan 

RHD 

[pastajoe]

[Slack_in_MA]

“Guys that wanna be here”?

[JohnC]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

From Youngstown NY

Played for Junior Sabres and Michigan 

RHD 

Is he going to join the Sabres or be assigned to Rochester? 

[Brawndo]

Rochester probably, has no NHL Experience yet 

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, JohnC said:

Is he going to join the Sabres or be assigned to Rochester? 

Rochester 

[Zamboni]

In before the claim …. KA doesn’t do “anything” 

 

Deck chairs titanic?

[GASabresIUFAN]

Apparently he wanted to be here.

[Berg]

Our new goalie?)

[Buffalonill]

Well this move is going to help us make the playoffs

[Goldseatsaud]

Is that the same family that a car dealership in Niagara falls

[Marvin]

How much does this help Rochester?

[Taro T]

Is he better than Farrance?

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, Brawndo said:

 

Adams did something.

[msw2112]

Seems like an odd trade to me.  Laaksonen is younger and was at one time thought to be a solid D prospect.  Cecconi is 25 and has not made it out of the AHL.  To me, that means he has less upside.  I suppose the logic is that the Sabres no longer see Laaksonen as a future NHL player and that Cecconi can add more to Rochester than Laaksonen does.  The one thing I like about Cecconi is that he's a Michigan Wolverine.  Maybe having more Wolverines in the system (to go along with Owen Power) will influence Portillo to sign with the Sabres.  (I say that in jest - Cecconi left Michigan before Portillo arrived, so there is likely very little connection.)

Upon further review, I also see that he's a local kid from Youngstown,NY and he played with the Jr. Sabres, so further plusses for the kid.  Upon my first read, I thought he was from Youngstown, OH.  Either way, it looks like the Sabres have given up on Laaksonen.

Edited December 16, 2022 by msw2112

[inkman]

16 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

Seems like an odd trade to me.  Laaksonen is younger and was at one time thought to be a solid D prospect.  Cecconi is 25 and has not made it out of the AHL.  To me, that means he has less upside.  I suppose the logic is that the Sabres no longer see Laaksonen as a future NHL player and that Cecconi can add more to Rochester than Laaksonen does.  The one thing I like about Cecconi is that he's a Michigan Wolverine.  Maybe having more Wolverines in the system (to go along with Owen Power) will influence Portillo to sign with the Sabres.  (I say that in jest - Cecconi left Michigan before Portillo arrived, so there is likely very little connection.)

Upon further review, I also see that he's a local kid from Youngstown,NY and he played with the Jr. Sabres, so further plusses for the kid.  Upon my first read, I thought he was from Youngstown, OH.  Either way, it looks like the Sabres have given up on Laaksonen.

Laaksonen was getting healthy scratched in Rochester.  I think that’s all that needs to be said.  A team with no defensive prospects on the Amerks. He lost a competition where he was the only competitor.  

[Taro T]

17 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

Seems like an odd trade to me.  Laaksonen is younger and was at one time thought to be a solid D prospect.  Cecconi is 25 and has not made it out of the AHL.  To me, that means he has less upside.  I suppose the logic is that the Sabres no longer see Laaksonen as a future NHL player and that Cecconi can add more to Rochester than Laaksonen does.  The one thing I like about Cecconi is that he's a Michigan Wolverine.  Maybe having more Wolverines in the system (to go along with Owen Power) will influence Portillo to sign with the Sabres.  (I say that in jest - Cecconi left Michigan before Portillo arrived, so there is likely very little connection.)

Upon further review, I also see that he's a local kid from Youngstown,NY and he played with the Jr. Sabres, so further plusses for the kid.  Upon my first read, I thought he was from Youngstown, OH.  Either way, it looks like the Sabres have given up on Laaksonen.

They're a  little late to the party, but better late than never.

[Claude Balls]

I'd feel better if his last name was spelled Ciccone and his father was Enrico. 

[French Collection]

Might get his first NHL game if the D keep going down.

[Contempt]

2 hours ago, pastajoe said:

You may have purchased a Chrysler product from his family's dealership in Niagara Falls back in the day.  My grandfather did. Twice.

[Rasmus_]

Okay, i guess.

[nfreeman]

I wonder if this will satisfy @GASabresIUFAN?

[Captain Caveman]

And some of you thought KA wasn't doing anything

[DarthEbriate]

This is not the d-trade we're looking for. Best of luck to Laaksonen in his future endeavors.

Is it good for the Amerks?