The Buffalo Sabres have been struggling as of late so with a couple of days off, let's take a look at what some of the future Sabres have done this past week. It's always fun to look at the ups and downs the youngsters have at every level whether that be the NHL, AHL, Junior or NCAA.
It seems that every week we are talking about Luke Adam and Corey Tropp and they both remain at the top of their respective squads point leaders but they have both cooled off considerably. The story this week has been the resurgence of the Portland Pirates, the play of Zack Kassian and what Jacob Lagace has done in the "Q".
J.P. Lamoureaux had three consecutive wins this week while top Sabres prospect Jhonas Enroth can do nothing more tha watch the teams success. Lamoureaux was signed in the off-season and after a slow start he has been really good as of late. He recieved some offensive help from Philip Gogulla and Nathan Gerbe to name a few.
Jacob Lagace has put up good numbers all season but he was especialy good this week. In three games Lagace had three goals and two assists and now has more goals than Luke Adam on the season. Lagace is not has highly touted as Adam but he is trying his best to turn some heads and move up the prospect rankings.
Follow the jump for complete prospect statistics.
| Buffalo Sabres Prospect Rankings | W | L | OTL/T | GAA | SV % | Weekly Notes | |||
| Rank | Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | |
| 1 | Tyler Myers | Buffalo Sabres | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 | no points, minus-2 |
| 2 | Tim Kennedy | Buffalo Sabres | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 26 | no points, minus-2 |
| 3 | Nathan Gerbe | Portland Pirates | 16 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 16 | 1 goal - 4 assists |
| 4 | Jhonas Enroth | Portland Pirates | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3.89 | 0.872 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.14 | 0.892 | |||
| 5 | Mike Weber | Portland Pirates | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 1 assist, plus-3 |
| 6 | Philip Gogulla | Portland Pirates | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 8 | goal and two assists |
| 7 | Luke Adam | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) | 26 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 36 | 3 assists |
| 8 | Tyler Ennis | Portland Pirates | 21 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 6 | 1 goal and 4 assists |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored first NHL goal | ||
| 9 | Drew Schiestel | Portland Pirates | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 | first professional goal |
| 10 | Zack Kassian | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | 17 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 41 | 2 goals and 3 assists |
| 11 | Paul Byron | Portland Pirates | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 | 2 assists |
| 12 | TJ Brennan | Portland Pirates | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 41 | minus-1 |
| 13 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | Portland Pirates | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Injured - Did not play |
| 14 | Felix Schutz | Portland Pirates | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 17 | goal and assist, plus-3 |
| 15 | Corey Tropp | Michigan State Spartans (NCAA) | 14 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 12 | assist, minus-2 |
| 16 | Alex Biega | Harvard Crimson (NCAA) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | assist, minus-2 |
| 17 | Dennis Persson | Portland Pirates | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 8 | minus-1 |
| 18 | Bradley Eidsness | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA) | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1.69 | 0.929 | 2 losses, 4 goals against, 62-of-66 shots |
| 19 | Marcus Foligno | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | 24 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 76 | minus-2 |
| 20 | Brayden McNabb | Kootenay Ice (WHL) | 18 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 42 | Did not Play - Injury |
| 21 | Corey Fienhage | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 games played |
| 22 | Drew Mackenzie | Vermont Catamounts (NCAA) | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 23 | Nick Crawford | Barrie Colts (OHL) | 24 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 8 | |
| 24 | Jacob Lagace | Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) | 22 | 16 | 18 | 34 | -2 | 18 | 3 goals and 2 assists |
| 25 | Mark Adams | Chicago Steel (USHL) | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 28 | minus-1 |
| - | Nick Eno | Bowling Green Falcons (NCAA) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.11 | 0.908 | 1-0-0, 2 goals against, 29-of-31 |
| - | Connor Knapp | Miami-OH Redhawks (NCAA) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.12 | 0.921 | 0-0-1, won in shootout, 1 goal against, 29-of-30 |
| - | Jordon Southorn | PEI Rocket (QMJHL) | 24 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 1 assist, plus-4 |
| - | Justin Jokinen | Minnesota State Mavericks (NCAA) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 8 | |
| - | Mike Kostka | Portland Pirates | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 | minus-1 |
| - | Derek Whitmore | Portland Pirates | 21 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 goal and 1 assist, plus-1 |
| - | Travis Turnbull | Portland Pirates | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 41 | plus-1 |
| - | Maxime Legault | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 goal and 1 assist |
| Portland Pirates | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | No longer with team | ||
| - | J.P. Lamoureaux | Portland Pirates | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.75 | 0.902 | 3-0-0 |
| - | Matt Generous | Portland Pirates | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 goal and 1 assist, plus-1 |