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Another LHD? Why does Adams not care about this? I saw videos on how this is a disadvantage in certain instances when a LHD plays on the right and vice versa. 

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1 minute ago, GoPuckYourself said:

Another LHD? Why does Adams not care about this? I saw videos on how this is a disadvantage in certain instances when a LHD plays on the right and vice versa. 

Because Strbak, Komarov, Kleber, and McCarthy are all rhd. 

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Also Osburne is a Sept 9 birthday. He's 6 days short of the 2025 draft so he's got lots of runway. I like the pick because of the upside and age part coupled with an already solid skater.

Just now, GoPuckYourself said:

Already in the pipeline you mean?

Yes. Kleber and Strbak were both round 2 guys the last 2 years and are rhd. Komarov is in Rochester this year. McCarthy, college 3rd round pick last year. None are shorter than 6'3" either. 

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4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Also Osburne is a Sept 9 birthday. He's 6 days short of the 2025 draft so he's got lots of runway. I like the pick because of the upside and age part coupled with an already solid skater.

Yes. Kleber and Strbak were both round 2 guys the last 2 years and are rhd. Komarov is in Rochester this year. McCarthy, college 3rd round pick last year. None are shorter than 6'3" either. 

I can't even keep up anymore, all this pipeline hopefully turns out great for us down the road.

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1 minute ago, GoPuckYourself said:

I can't even keep up anymore, all this pipeline hopefully turns out great for us down the road.

Take 60-70% of the pipeline, they won't matter in the NHL. Some will hit but a good portion like Kisakov will never make it. 

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Just now, LGR4GM said:

Take 60-70% of the pipeline, they won't matter in the NHL. Some will hit but a good portion like Kisakov will never make it. 

I know but with all these swings all you need is for 4-5 to hit.

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11 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:

Another LHD? Why does Adams not care about this? I saw videos on how this is a disadvantage in certain instances when a LHD plays on the right and vice versa. 

How many LHD do the Sabres have on their roster in 2028-29?

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6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

2ish per draft, well 2.3 really. 

I have learned a lot about evaluating picks just reading all these threads, stats and discussions of the metrics used.

Thx for being a knowledge share. 

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Just now, R_Dudley said:

I have learned a lot about evaluating picks just reading all these threads, stats and discussions of the metrics used.

Thx for being a knowledge share. 

Same, Hockey is really hard to guage especially draft picks since they take so long to develop but I'm starting to get a grasp on it.

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3 minutes ago, R_Dudley said:

I have learned a lot about evaluating picks just reading all these threads, stats and discussions of the metrics used.

Thx for being a knowledge share. 

Welcome. Remember I don't know everything and to always make your own evaluation. 

If you look at a draft value curve so ranking all the picks from 1 to 218 or whatever, as you near the end of round 3 the curve basically goes flat. It's why I don't understand gms worried about adding a 4th to a trade to get it done, it doesn't matter in 85 out of 100 trades. There's only ever about 50-60 nhl players in a draft.

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Before the draft, I made a list of guys who were young for the draft year, and also had characteristics that I felt made them “playoff guys”.  It was 30-something guys long.  Osburn was on that list.

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8 minutes ago, Curt said:

Before the draft, I made a list of guys who were young for the draft year, and also had characteristics that I felt made them “playoff guys”.  It was 30-something guys long.  Osburn was on that list.

Was Helenius?

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Just now, Curt said:

I don’t think I considered him young enough.  I think my cut off was around May 20th.  He just missed it.

Would you consider him? Asking for your opinion. 

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4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Would you consider him? Asking for your opinion. 

If he had qualified via birth date, yeah, I think I would have put him on there.  I was basically just looking for young guys with an above average combination of size, physicality, and defensive play.

I didn’t spend much time on it this year.  Last year I made the list too, although I spent more time on it.  From last year’s list of around 25 guys, Sabres picked Walberg and McCarthy off of it.

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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Take 60-70% of the pipeline, they won't matter in the NHL. Some will hit but a good portion like Kisakov will never make it. 

Kisakov, hated the pick back when it happened and still hate it today.

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