Buffalo Sabres Weekly Prospects Roundup

by David Oleksy on Oct 13, 2011 10:00 AM EDT in Prospects

This year we want to focus more on the Sabres prospects than we have in the past. Because I have taken a step back with my involvement with the site and I have a bit of a connection to junior hockey, I have taken on the role of the prospects features for the site. I would love to hear your thoughts on what you want to know about Sabres prospects. What I am doing here will in no way replace the fantastic coverage from SabresProspects.com but this will be a teaser of sorts for folks that are mildly interested in what the prospects are doing.

After the jump is a chart with the statistics for all the prospects in the Sabres system. Luke Adam is still considered a Sabres prospect but if he continues to produce with the Sabres, he will be removed from the list and added to the long list of Sabres who have graduated to the NHL level.

Player	Pos	H	W	Age	Team	League	DOB	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
Zack Kassian	RW	6'3	226	20	Rochester	AHL	1/24/1991	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Marcus Foligno	C/LW	6'3	216	20	Rochester	AHL	8/10/1991	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Brayden McNabb	LHD	6'4	218	20	Rochester	AHL	1/21/1991	1	0	0	0	E	0
Luke Adam	LW	6'2	203	21	Rochester	AHL	6/18/1990	-	-	-	#VALUE!	-	-
					Buffalo	NHL		2	2	2	4	3	0
Kevin Sundher	C	6'0	188	19	Victoria	WHL	1/18/1992	9	3	12	15	-3	6
Jerome Gauthier-Leduc	RHD	6'2	194	19	Rimouski	QMJHL	7/30/1992	7	7	10	17	2	6
Steven Shipley	C	6'3	212	19	Niagara	OHL	4/22/1992	7	2	5	7	-6	0
Christian Isackson	RW	6'0	177	19	Minnesota	WCHA	1/20/1992	1	0	0	0	E	0
Cedrick Henley	LW	6'5	196	19	Val-d'Or	QMJHL	1/10/1992	8	0	5	5	-1	12
Mark Pysyk	RHD	6'1	188	19	Edmonton	WHL	1/11/1992	9	0	4	4	-2	14
Riley Boychuk	LW	6'5	220	20	Rochester	AHL	2/20/1991	1	0	0	0	E	0
T.J. Brennan	LHD	6'0	208	22	Rochester	AHL	4/3/1989	1	0	1	1	-1	2
Corey Tropp	RW	6'0	185	22	Rochester	AHL	7/25/1989	1	0	1	1	-1	5
Gregg Sutch	RW	6'2	201	19	Barrie	OHL	2/9/1992	7	1	1	2	E	19
Matt MacKenzie	RHD	6'2	194	19	Rochester	AHL	10/15/1991	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Schiestel	LHD	6'2	193	22	Rochester	AHL	3/9/1989	1	0	0	0	-2	0
Drew MacKenzie	LHD	6'2	203	22	Vermont	HE	12/17/1988	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Jokinen	RW	6'3	185	21	Minnesota State	WCHA	11/25/1989	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Nick Crawford	LHD	6'1	190	21	Rochester	AHL	2/23/1990	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxime Legault	RW	6'2	195	22	Rochester	AHL	3/28/1989	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Lagacé	RW	5'11	190	21	Rochester	AHL	1/9/1990	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Biega	RHD	5'11	205	23	Rochester	AHL	4/4/1988	1	0	0	0	E	0
Dennis Persson	LHD	6'1	187	23	Rochester	AHL	6/2/1988	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Corey Fienhage	RHD	6'4	221	21	Gwinnett	ECHL	5/4/1990	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Szydlowski	RW	6'0	208	21	Rochester	AHL	9/5/1990	1	0	0	0	E	0
Jonathan Parker	LW	5'10	195	20	Rochester	AHL	9/25/1991	1	1	0	1	-1	0
Colin Jacobs	C	6'1	215	18	Seatle	WHL	1/20/1993	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Navin	C	6'2	192	19	Wisconsin	WCHA	6/5/1992	1	0	0	0	E	0
Dan Catenacci	C	5'10	185	18	Owen Sound	OHL	3/9/1993	8	4	6	10	2	28
Alex Lepowski	LHD	6'4	204	18	Barrie	OHL	4/8/1993	5	0	2	2	1	2
Joel Armia	RW	6'3	193	18	Assat	SM-Liiga	5/31/1993	10	1	4	5	n/a	10
Mark Adams	RHD	6'3	210	20	Providence	HE	5/23/1991	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player	Pos	H	W	Age	Team	League	D.O.B.	GP	W	L	T/SOL	GAA	SV%
Connor Knapp	G	6'5	215	21	Miami	CCHA	5/1/1990	1	1	0	0	2.01	0.905
Nathan Lieuwen	G	6'5	191	20	Kootenay	WHL	8/8/1991	6	3	1	2	1.3	0.953
Brad Eidsness	G	6'0	177	22	North Dakota	WCHA	6/2/1989	1	0	0	0.	2.64	.875

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Age

What’s the upper age limit for a prospect? It looks like 23.

by drwho62 on Oct 13, 2011 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

Who would you like to see added to the list? I was thinking 25 would be the cut-off but couldn’t think of anyone else to add to the list. If I’m missing someone, please let me know so I can fix it.

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by David Oleksy on Oct 13, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Gauthier-Leduc has 17 points in 7 games? I know it is the QMJHL but he is a defenseman… my god!

by lassathrax on Oct 13, 2011 3:16 PM EDT reply actions

Pens 5 Amerks 1

Ouch…

The nice part was seeing Foligno’s first professional goal, although he did not uphold the family tradition with the jump. I doubt I would’ve either after wearing the same sweater as the rest of the players involved in that stinker.

I wont go into an over the top breakdown, but it wasnt good. Macintyre was left out to dry for most of them, and I was there for my first live 5v3 shorthanded goal against… It really was that kind of night.

2 of the best scoring chances were from Morrisonn, who I found myself feeling really bad for at times. One was a very nice 1 timer in the first, and I believe the 2nd was on a delayed penalty when he carried in to the crease in the 2nd.

Team did not apear to have organization in any zone and the play to move it from one zone to the next was even worse, pretty frustrating overall. Hopefully, this game and the first on the road were more a product of the team having only 1 true pre-season game which was against a college club.

by VFN FTW on Oct 13, 2011 10:19 PM EDT reply actions

sidenote

Wow Finley is a big guy, appeared to me that he moved well for someone that large. If they can get his game to come up to the next level and avoid freak injuries he might become the scariest played in the league.

by VFN FTW on Oct 13, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Finley has already had the freak injury of his career when he ruptured an artery in his hand back in 2009. He was a first round pick of the Capitals back in 2005. He has potential he’s just never fulfilled any of it.

"If we needed any more motivation to win a Cup sooner than later, we've got one now," Black said. "I really want to listen to the game that RJ calls when he finally gets to shout out, 'Buffalo wins the Stanley Cup.'"

by FloridaBuffalo on Oct 13, 2011 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s what I mean, if he can stay healthy and work back up, he might be a wow factor. He’s almost surprising in his size with how Myers or Pronger he doesn’t look liek the tall slim guy, maybe the 6’8 he’s listed at is a stretch so he fills it out better, but he is someone you notice on the ice. There’s no need to reference the player from the Bruins who is also tall, but… cross some fingers and Buffalo might home the rights to the next big

I’m not saying he played a great game, but if the great game comes to him it will be a game changer.

by VFN FTW on Oct 13, 2011 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s a long shot. I don’t see Finley ever making it to the show in Buffalo. But Can you imagine a Blueline with Myers and Finley though. HUGE.

by FloridaBuffalo on Oct 13, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Finley has already had the freak injury of his career when he ruptured an artery in his hand back in 2009.

That made me shiver…wow.

"We’re gonna win the Stanley Cup. Then, you know what, we’re gonna win it again,"
-Terry Pegula

by bgred105 on Oct 14, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I like the idea of analyzing prospects on a weekly basis.

Would you feel comfortable discussing who you think would able to project to the AHL and NHL levels? I know it is all speculation, but that would be an interesting read to me.

"We’re gonna win the Stanley Cup. Then, you know what, we’re gonna win it again,"
-Terry Pegula

by bgred105 on Oct 14, 2011 12:20 PM EDT reply actions