Vsevolod Komarov named QMJHL defender of the year

[LGR4GM]

 

[sabrefanday1]

We certainly do seem to have lots of really good prospects...hopefully some of them become good NHLer's for us. We seem to have a good future for sure!  

[Thorner]

Bit of an oxymoron but I’ll take it 

[Stoner]

Awesome.

[bob_sauve28]

You can never have enough good d-men

[Flashsabre]

Novikov-Komarov  could be a hell of a third pairing in a couple years.

Byram-Dahlin

Power- ?

Novikov- Komarov

Ryan Johnson

use assets like Muel, Joker, Clifton, young forward prospects to find that long term RHD partner for Power.  Or sign a Demelo or Roy this offseason. 

Edited May 1 by Flashsabre

[PerreaultForever]

One can hope that Komarov keeps developing and maybe he is ready to step in around the time Clifton's contract ends. He has the size potential you want but still has to add strength and muscle to that frame (like most kids). Time will tell. I suspect he will need a good couple years in Rochester at least though. 

[inkman]

1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said:

You can never have enough good d-men

You could have stopped at D 😎

[inkman]

34 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

One can hope that Komarov keeps developing and maybe he is ready to step in around the time Clifton's contract ends. He has the size potential you want but still has to add strength and muscle to that frame (like most kids). Time will tell. I suspect he will need a good couple years in Rochester at least though. 

Novikov is already what we hope Komorov becomes at least defensively.  I don’t know how offensive defenseman from the Q translate offensively.  Their defensive play is questionable at best.  It’s good to see another prospect doing well though. 

[Scottysabres]

29 minutes ago, inkman said:

Novikov is already what we hope Komorov becomes at least defensively.  I don’t know how offensive defenseman from the Q translate offensively.  Their defensive play is questionable at best.  It’s good to see another prospect doing well though. 

I'm liking what your saying here. I need to see defensive play standing out.

[DarthEbriate]

Give him two years in Rochester and then see what he can do.

In the meantime, the Amerks will have good use for him. 

[Weave]

4 hours ago, Thorny said:

Bit of an oxymoron but I’ll take it 

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

[LGR4GM]

Komarov is 6'3" and shoots, right. 

[dudacek]

8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Komarov is 6'3" and shoots, right. 

Novikov, Strbak and McCarthy also big D from the past few drafts.

Myths die hard.

[kas23]

So, this guy is 20 and he’s been in the W since 2021. Any idea why he wasn’t in Rochester this year (or right now)? I assume he’ll be there next year (but still have questions about this). 

[inkman]

Vsevolod is a cool as name 

[French Collection]

27 minutes ago, inkman said:

Vsevolod is a cool as name 

Good thing he’s not a goalie, Sev is not a good nickname.

[Pimlach]

7 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

Novikov-Komarov  could be a hell of a third pairing in a couple years.

Byram-Dahlin

Power- ?

Novikov- Komarov

Ryan Johnson

use assets like Muel, Joker, Clifton, young forward prospects to find that long term RHD partner for Power.  Or sign a Demelo or Roy this offseason. 

When do you see this lineup?  Hopefully about 3 years away.  You’re not suggesting adding 2 more kids and trading vets.  

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, kas23 said:

So, this guy is 20 and he’s been in the W since 2021. Any idea why he wasn’t in Rochester this year (or right now)? I assume he’ll be there next year (but still have questions about this). 

He wasn't eligible. 

[Doohicksie]

5 hours ago, Weave said:

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

[PerreaultForever]

8 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

Novikov-Komarov  could be a hell of a third pairing in a couple years.

Byram-Dahlin

Power- ?

Novikov- Komarov

Ryan Johnson

use assets like Muel, Joker, Clifton, young forward prospects to find that long term RHD partner for Power.  Or sign a Demelo or Roy this offseason. 

I think you're getting yourself caught up in some Russian pairing fantasy here. I'm glad we are starting to see defensive prospects in the system that show promise in one way or another but it would be pure folly to move veteran D men out to make room for more rookie D men in. A D like you are proposing here would be a sure sign that we are nothing but a farm team for the league. 

[Flashsabre]

1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:

I think you're getting yourself caught up in some Russian pairing fantasy here. I'm glad we are starting to see defensive prospects in the system that show promise in one way or another but it would be pure folly to move veteran D men out to make room for more rookie D men in. A D like you are proposing here would be a sure sign that we are nothing but a farm team for the league. 

“In a couple years” is literally in the first sentence

[PerreaultForever]

1 minute ago, Flashsabre said:

“In a couple years” is literally in the first sentence

I know. If you are thinking 2 as a couple it's way off. If you mean 4-5 then it is possible. Myself I'm not sure what happens with Byram though. I'm not sure he's what some people think he is and I don't see a Byram-Dahlin pairing working long term but we shall see, Biggest question for me on D this year is do we keep Muel and can he play and stay healthy? 

[SabreFinn]

My concern with russian players is their patience. I am not convinced that Komarov will stay longer than two-three years in Rochester if he does not earn a spot in the Sabres line-up in that time.

[inkman]

6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

I think you're getting yourself caught up in some Russian pairing fantasy here. 

I think we’ve all been guilty of that.