Новости за 27.03.2018

This is not a list in any particular order. I will add players as I find NCAA seniors who were drafted in 2013 to 2015.

1) David Pope - LW 6'3 200lbs U Nebraska-Omaha
Drafted by Detroit 4th Round

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=57035

August 2017 – After a disappointing sophomore season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where he had four goals and eight points in 31 games, Pope broke out last season with 13 goals and 31 points in 34 games. He showed... Читать дальше...

Preliminary Prospect Rankings are now coming out.  

Craig Button released his yesterday:

http://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-defenceman-dahlin-leads-draft-class-1.847739

You are seeing more and more Dmen under 6'0 on these lists.

Kids I will be keeping a close eye on this year are:

1) Adam Boqvist - Swedish RHD. Arguably the best player in this years Ivan Hlinka Tournament.  5GP 1G 7A  (lottery pick)

2) Bode Wilde - RHD US National Team Dman who will be attending Harvard this fall. Читать дальше...

It’s The Battle of the Opposites Tonight as the Leafs take on the Sabres.

Toronto has not lost a game at home since January. A win tonight will set the franchise record for most consecutive wins at home and the franchise season win total at 46.

Sabres really need to win tonight to play spoiler.

Per Sabres

Yes

Joins Sabres Roster

Per Mike Russo

With Botterill indicating on WGR he is starting to speak with Rasmus Asplund about coming to the US, let's start Rasmus watch. Also if he comes here, and we draft Rasmus Dhalin and Rasmus Sandin, we would have Rasmus - Ristolainen, Asplund, Dhalin, and Sandin. 

I mentioned I was in the Queen City yesterday. Did I see a picture of Cellino of Cellino and Barnes on a Cellino Plumbing truck? Twin? Side gig?

I really envy you northerners. Here it is almost mid-December and it's 82° outside at 7:45PM. It has dropped below 70 for a total of two hours in the last 11 days. I don't care where you live, the AC shouldn't be running this close to Christmas at 3AM. In the last seven weeks we've had .3" of rain. 

This is really mind numbing...the Sabres have now gone 448 games since they were last above .500(with OT losses included). The last time they were above this was the 3rd game of the 2012-2013 season under Ron Rolston when they were 2-1...

Not sure if this is an NHL record but it very might well be...it really is hard to not go above .500 if even for a game at the beginning of the season for that long

Shouldn't someone start a 2017-2018 prospects thread?

So who are our top 10 prospects heading into camp and which prospects have a shot at making the team at some point this season?

Top 10
1. Mittelstud
2. Guhle
3. Nylander
4. Asplund
5. Bailey
6. Fasching
7. Baptiste
8. Pu
9. Borgen
10. Davidsson
Others to watch
Smith, and Malone. Читать дальше...

Well...

Preseason schedule is out.

2017-18 season schedules are coming out 3 o'clock this Thursday.

Did you here that Ott is now an Assistant Coach for the Blues?

Here we are with another game against the “elite” Toronto Leafs. As usual, there is another article from the Toronto media how great Toronto’s turnaround has been, how they are an elite team and the Sabres are regressing. As usual they ignore that the Leafs have stunk for 50 years. No Conference Championships, no Cups, no President’s Trophies and only one division championship in 50 years. They also ignore how this rebuilt Toronto team has it’s own decade of true ineptitude. JVR was 2nd overall in 2007. Читать дальше...

Kevin Porter named Rochester Captain. 

Rochester Americans‏Verified account @AmerksHockey  28m28 minutes ago

More

WATCH | HC Chris Taylor announces captain and assistant captains for the upcoming 2017-18 season.

Rip sucks, so he'll probably be like "you want 59?"

http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/17/sabres-young-trio-takes-big-step-against-blackhawks/

This article reminded me how much I've grown to like Evan Rodrigues this season. 18pts in 37 games in a utility role in an amazing accomplishment. Need more speed, plug in Erod. Need someone to play center or wing. Plug in ERod. Need someone to produce on Jack's wing. ERod. Need someone to produce and help some callups produce. Add ERod.

He is turning into what Girgensons and Larsson should have been. Читать дальше...

The bracket was released. As a Clarkson alumni I'm super excited they got an at-large bid despite losing the ECAC final to Princeton in OT. That put's 3 from the ECAC in the bracket too. Princeton beat Cornell in the ECAC semis, but Cornell was ranked 2 in the country coming in.

I think there is a thread for this already, but I could not find it.

A good friend and I watched *Tooth Fairy* last evening.

He got it for his kids to watch in 2010.  It was really good, surprisingly enough.  A hockey themed tooth fairy tale.  Two grown men with tears in their eyes at the happy ending.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/clint-malarchuk-bleeding-out