Crosby's also played some goal. They should just draft Crosby.
- jmatchett

For starters, he is the SAME (frank)ING SIZE as Drouin, 5'11 178 lbs. MacKinnon is the player with all the hype surrounding him. This is all because he came out of the same hometown, midget team, and path as Sidney Crosby. Ever since he was 15 years old, he has been compared to Crosby because of this.
- theblueandgold

Get the #3 overall pick. Draft Drouin.
Trade Miller for the #5 overall pick.
Trade Drouin for Miller.
Get high!

For starters, he is the SAME (frank)ING SIZE as Drouin, 5'11 178 lbs. MacKinnon is the player with all the hype surrounding him. This is all because he came out of the same hometown, midget team, and path as Sidney Crosby. Ever since he was 15 years old, he has been compared to Crosby because of this.
- theblueandgold

Well you can draft Drouin and I will draft MAckinnon and I will be better then you. Hopefully if the Sabres had to make that choice they'd take Mackinnon. Drouin doe shave some sick hands though.

Pillar telling us drouin sucks because hes an inch (or the same size, depending on what you trust) shorter than mackinnon.

thats really it.
- robz228

http://www.canada.com/spo...y+team/7696876/story.html

I trust my eyes-who looks taller to you?

Get the #3 overall pick. Draft Drouin.
Trade Miller for the #5 overall pick.
Trade Drouin for Miller.
Get high!
- jmatchett

more logical than some of the posts on here today

Pillar telling us drouin sucks because hes an inch (or the same size, depending on what you trust) shorter than mackinnon.

thats really it.
- robz228

i hope people understand that players can still grow

Trade the damn pick to San Jose for a 1st,2nd and Couture. He's a Bills fan

Well you can draft Drouin and I will draft MAckinnon and I will be better then you. Hopefully if the Sabres had to make that choice they'd take Mackinnon. Drouin doe shave some sick hands though.
- Pillar

That's probably what Ottawa said when they took He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named over Pronger #1.

http://www.canada.com/sports/MacKinnon+Drouin+beat+older+talent+make+Canadian+junior+hockey+team/7696876/story.html

I trust my eyes-who looks taller to you?
- Pillar

Drouin's head is a little bit bigger, he might be a concussion risk. We should stay away from him!

Well you can draft Drouin and I will draft MAckinnon and I will be better then you. Hopefully if the Sabres had to make that choice they'd take Mackinnon. Drouin doe shave some sick hands though.
- Pillar

We need talented scoring wingers. We are short of that. Dont have much of that in our pipeline. We are stocked with centers. Grigorenko. Girgensons. Catenacci. Hodgson and Ennis.

Drouin would compliment those players and make them better. Who is MacKinnon going to play with?

You wouldnt make this team better drafting MacKinnon, who in my opinion isnt as talented as Drouin.

http://www.canada.com/sports/MacKinnon+Drouin+beat+older+talent+make+Canadian+junior+hockey+team/7696876/story.html

I trust my eyes-who looks taller to you?
- Pillar

DROUIN IS

CHECKMATE

Get the #3 overall pick. Draft Drouin.
Trade Miller for the #5 overall pick.
Trade Drouin for Miller.
Get high!
- jmatchett

I honestly see CBJ pulling that off (as long as they snap their points streak) by getting a top 3, choosing Drouin, then trading their NYR and LAK picks to get another top 5 to get MacKinnon.

i hope people understand that players can still grow
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Whatever-Gerbe belongs in the Q. He would fit in just perfectly.

DROUIN IS

CHECKMATE
- robz228

Mackinnon is laying down getting some brain. Drouin is standing on his tip toes

Depending what the return is, no one should be untouchable...
But I would like to keep and build around...
Foligno-Hodgson-Armia
Ennis-Grigorenko-Ott
Catenacci
Kaleta
Tropp
Ehrhoff, Myers, McNabb, McCabe, Weber(6-7 guy)
Makarov

Girgensons, Pysyk, Leduc, Flynn.... are guys I'm willing to trade in the right deal for sure... Not that I particularly dislike any of them, but I see a higher ceiling with the guys I've listed above, and if we want quality in return we are gonna have to expect to part with pieces we don't really want to give up

Hopefully pick in the top3
Hopefully trade for Bernier
Trade our "big3" for young NHLers that can play ASAP, I don't really want "prospects" or picks that could take years to be productive for us...
We need to "blow it up" but I want the rebuild to be on as fast a track as possible
- jdfitz77

Girgensons you are out on already???

wow.

DROUIN IS

CHECKMATE
- robz228

http://www.canada.com/spo...y+team/7696876/story.html[img][/img]

i hope people understand that players can still grow
- GERBE!!!75PTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7YDx0M51WE

Drouin is quite the competitor and pretty strong for someone his size. Small but he wears his heart on his sleeve. While there may be no crosby in this draft Anyone of the guys slated to go in the top three are probably going to be franchise players. I'd even argue that Monahan/Barkov could be of that level as well. Getting anyone of these guys is a step in the right direction, which is all we should care about at this point.

Whatever-Gerbe belongs in the Q. He would fit in just perfectly.
- Pillar

because he's small got it

Girgensons you are out on already???

wow.
- JVince11

Yea I'm not sure I would do that either. I admit he's having a rough year in the AHL but the guy looks like Ryan Callahan/Dustin Brown 2.0. Isn't that the kind of guy that everyone here has been begging for all year long?

because he's small got it
- GERBE!!!75PTS

there is the prospect man!!!!

what is your feeling on Zadorov? the 6'5 240 lb D-man from London (OHL)

Depending what the return is, no one should be untouchable...
But I would like to keep and build around...
Foligno-Hodgson-Armia
Ennis-Grigorenko-Ott
Catenacci
Kaleta
Tropp
Ehrhoff, Myers, McNabb, McCabe, Weber(6-7 guy)
Makarov

Girgensons, Pysyk, Leduc, Flynn.... are guys I'm willing to trade in the right deal for sure... Not that I particularly dislike any of them, but I see a higher ceiling with the guys I've listed above, and if we want quality in return we are gonna have to expect to part with pieces we don't really want to give up

Hopefully pick in the top3
Hopefully trade for Bernier
Trade our "big3" for young NHLers that can play ASAP, I don't really want "prospects" or picks that could take years to be productive for us...
We need to "blow it up" but I want the rebuild to be on as fast a track as possible
- jdfitz77

My bad I forgot about Tropp and Catenacci I want them here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7YDx0M51WE

Drouin is quite the competitor and pretty strong for someone his size. Small but he wears his heart on his sleeve. While there may be no crosby in this draft Anyone of the guys slated to go in the top three are probably going to be franchise players. I'd even argue that Monahan/Barkov could be of that level as well. Getting anyone of these guys is a step in the right direction, which is all we should care about at this point.
- Sabresfan-365

In all seriousness, it reminds me a little bit of last year, with a strong top 3 (but no sure-fire superstars like Crosby/Stamkos) and a pretty solid field throughout the first round. If you need offense, you go for MacKinnon and Drouin. If you need defense or have a soul, you draft Jones. Luckily for the forwards, most NHL GMs traded their souls for 3rd round picks long ago.

I think it's pretty simple, if we have the #1 pick we will take Jones. I think he's the best talent in the draft. I really do think Jones, MacKinnon and Drouin are extremely solid prospects that will help whoever they go to. What is scary to me is that this team/trade deadline/off season should go through the biggest roster change in Sabres history and we have none other than Regier in charge. In my opinion Miller or Pominville will more likely to be moved at the draft.

Saskatoon goaltender Andrey Makarov made 39 saves Tuesday to guide the Blades to a 3-2 shootout victory over Edmonton. The 6-foot-1 backstop posted a 37-17-2-3 record, 2.62 GAA, and .919 save% en route to guiding the Blades to the East Division title and a second-place conference finish. The Blades begin the post-season at home on Thursday versus Medicine Hat.

From Sabres prospect update-thing. I like this.

Yea I'm not sure I would do that either. I admit he's having a rough year in the AHL but the guy looks like Ryan Callahan/Dustin Brown 2.0. Isn't that the kind of guy that everyone here has been begging for all year long?
- Sabresfan-365

I am hoping that in the next few years......

Armia - Mackinnon - ??
Foligno - Grigorenko - ??
Girgensons - Hodgson - Flynn
Tropp - ?? - ??

tough to say on Grigorenko and Hodgson in a few years?

Myers - McNabb
Ehrhoff - McCabe
Psysk - ??