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Some scouting reports on Cozens. I don’t have time to post quotes from each right now so I’ll just post the links. https://lastwordonhockey.com/2019/04/04/dylan-cozens-scouting-report/ https://dobberprospects.com/player/dylan-cozens/ https://puckprose.com/2019/05/19/2019-nhl-draft-profile-dylan-cozens-scouting-report/ https://www.milehighhockey.com/2019/5/25/18638733/2019-nhl-draft-prospect-profile-dylan-cozens-scouting-report And one on him being named WHL player of the year - https://globalnews.ca/news/4183846/cozens-whl-rookie-of-the-year/

Called Spencer Knight to Florida. It just made too much sense. Drafting s goalie that high scares the crap out of me, though. They are soo hard to predict. Some of the most “can’t miss” goaltending prospects have busted, and 6th-7th round picks turn into super stars.

Buffalo picks Dylan Cozens. i thought it might be Zegras but Cozens is the better 2 way player and more of a shooter. Plus a very high compete level. Zegras is a pure play maker. We have a few of those already. Here is Kris Baker’s scouting report on Cozens -

Wow, shocker by Detroit! Moritz Seider! Board is sitting perfect for Buffalo right now. Please don’t mess it up Botts.

Thats what I meant. We need a good, proven asset back in a Risto trade. It has to be a sure thing. When I said top tier, can’t miss prospect I meant someone like Quinn Hughes (Vancouver’s top prospect, and one of the top 3 prospects in the whole NHL). He should be ready for the NHL by next season and his ceiling would make it worth the wait. Prospects like that don’t get traded though. Ideally id want to get an NHL player or two. (if the right player(s) was offered) But I don’t really want to trade Risto at all. I’d rather just keep him and see how he looks with a competent coach and d partner.

Hearing that Vancouver is very close to trading for Tyson Barrie (right handed top 4 D from Colorado). If they do you can take them out of the Ristolainen sweepstakes. Im fine with that. Rumor is something like Jake Virtanen + 2020 1st (that will probably have protections on it). That’s not nearly enough for me to want to trade Risto. Virtanen has never broke 30pts (iirc 25pts is his career high). He’s whickly approaching bust status. And the 1st is a mystery box. If it ends up in the teens in a weaker 2020 draft, you may not even get a top 6 player out of the deal. If we trade Risto I want a proven asset or a top tier, can’t miss prospect as the main piece. You have to get good NHL players out of the deal. It can’t be a repeat of the ROR trade. Now there’s something to take pride in! lol

Remember when I said yesterday that I was pretty confident Buffalo couldn’t mess up the #7 pick this year? Well, about that... ? It would have to be at pick #31, or a trade up into the teens/early 20’s. Botterill did mention the possibility of using a player to trade up from pick #31.

Yup, he sure sounds humbled to me.... ?

Callahan’s career is likely over.

Man I hope this isn’t true... I think I’d be about done with Botterill if that was the return he got in a Ristolainen trade. Trading our best right handed defenseman for a cap dump and a middle 6 player would be a nightmare. And we’d be solving their cap problems for them on top of it (so they can sign their young stars), while also solving their hole at top 2/4 right hand D. There better be a hell of a plus added to the 2 pieces discussed above... I’d want Cernak or Cirelli.

Yeah, I’d be shocked if Knight were still on the board at #31. I don’t see any way he’d make it past Carolina at #28. Both of their starting goaltender are going to hit UFA according to reports, and goaltending has been their Achilles heel for years now. I could even see Florida taking him at #13. And and I feel the same way about pick #7. It would be tough for the Sabres to screw it up this year. You could make a valid argument for any number of players at pick 7. It’s such a toss up this year. That’s why I’ve tried hard not to get too attached to any 1 player. The one guy (in that tier) I wanted least was Cozens, but Kris Baker kind of eased some of my worries and sold me on him a bit more in that draft preview. So unless the Sabres go way off board (which I doubt), I’m (pretty) confident that I’ll be happy with whoever they choose.

Dahlin only got ONE 1st place Calder vote (from Bill Hoppe). That’s just crazy. I like that they are releasing the voting ballots. Getting to look over the votes gives you a better idea of the Homer’s and the guys who truly vote unbiased. It also helps show which writers actually know hockey and which don’t... lol.

He writes for The Athletic now, and has done a couple podcasts recently - Here- http://moranalytics.com/ep-121-kris-baker-plus-john-wick-3-movie-review/ and here - It doesn’t seem like he’s been updating his Sabresprospects site much anymore though, which is why I was so excited to see he posted his draft preview there. Edit - btw, re:Baker’s draft preview - I’d be all about drafting Spencer Knight if by some chance he was still on the board at #31. I’ve read in numerous places that some scouts are saying he could be the best US born goaltender ever.

http://www.sabresprospects.com/2019/06/buffalo-sabres-2019-draft-preview.html Good stuff from Kris Baker.

A little salt for all our wounds -

I agree man. I had no issusions that he would win it. I knew it would be Pettersson. I was just pissed when I saw how spewed the voting was. It should have been much, much closer between Dahlin and Pettersson. No way Binnington should have been ahead of him in votes. I know it means nothing though. Plus, Had he won the Calder it would have been a great bargaining chip for his agent on his next deal (not that Dahlin won’t get paid anyway). Really happy for Lehner! not quite as happy for ROR.... ?

Ridiculous that Dahlin came in 3rd in voting (for all the reasons I laid out in my previous post on this subject). Binnington played 30 regular season games FFS (Calder voting is conducted at the end of the regular season). Really disappointed with the PHWA.

This popped up while I was browsing YouTube and since it’s the 20th anniversary of “no goal” today I thought I’d share it. Still pisses me off hearing the NHL’s explanation.

looks like all the main guys were qualified after all. I’m glad. No reason to not qualify any of the players listed. That would have been poor asset management IMO. Even if you don’t want them, I would think guys like Larsson and Girgensons would at least have some trade value (as a throw in, or even just for a later round pick).

What a ridiculous thing to revoke a medical license over.

Huh. I wonder if they’ve changed their policy since then? The gift feature gives you 20% off a 1yr subscription, which comes out to $47.99, so I don’t think it was that unless you got an added student discount on top of that. Have any other athletic subscribers here been able to renew at a discounted rate during one of their sales?

I won’t believe that you actually went on a date with a real female until I see some photographic evidence. blow up dolls can not be fans of any team, so.... ? (j/k)

Were you still an active subscriber when you took advantage of that deal? i tried to take advantage of a deal just recently and they told me it was only for new members (I bitched at them for it, too. Said that it did not say it was for new members anywhere in the tweet and that I’m not sure it’s a good idea to use the cable TV company business practice of treating new customers better than existing ones). They apologized and said you can send yourself a gift subscription at any time (1 year 20% off, 2 years 33% off), but those deals were only for new members. I’m debating whether I should let my subscription run out and then renew when a deal comes along, or if I should just do the gift thing. I’m definitely going to keep subscribing, but I just hate paying more than I have to, especially when you see those great deal prices offered all the time. It’s not that I can’t afford it. It’s just a principal thing. Yes, you can. You will still have access until your subscription expires. I cancelled my auto-renew.

https://insidepittsburghsports.com/story/penguins-were-not-alone-in-making-a-superior-offer-for-trouba-than-the-rangers-more-buzz/ don’t know how viable this source is. This rumor (re:trouba and the NYR) has been going around today and it looks like this is the source of it.