Player Comparables

#29 to #32 are interesting comparisons......not too often a team would be able to draft 4 likely future Hall of Fame players at the end of the draft.

Yakemchuk looks like a good Buffalo fit

Its play style, not potential

You are correct.

Yakemchuk would address a positional need for Buffalo for sure, but he's not really what Buffalo should be looking at. They more so need two-way defenders. Buium, Silayev, Dickinson are better options.

But if the Sabres go on a tear, then for sure Yakemchuk would be the pick.

Brady wasn’t the MBN comp I was expecting to see

We're just so desperate for right d more than anything so I, hoping yak and Emery this year and get w Roy/Demelo signing

Check out Will Scouch’s latest “data story so far”. He runs through a handful of picks…and presents pretty rough numbers for Yakemchuk and Parekh. He can often have some oddball takes, but is interesting to read.

Link

MBN and Brady are both power forwards with size and grit. High energy on the ice, booming shot, and can skate well.

No I know! That wasn’t mean to be a diss more like a comp I haven’t seen/thought of

Chernyshov is Malkin comparable? the same Malkin that is arguably as good as Ovechkin and top 5 player of his generation ?

Sorry about that, I didn't know you meant it like that.

All good brotha! I read Konecny one time somewhere. What do you think of that one?

I don't get exactly what you mean, but all my comparables aren't really based off ceiling. Its more so play style, Chernyshov and Malkin are both power forwards that are basically sandpaper. They use their size rather than feet to get around defenders and have all the offensive tools. For Chernyshov, the consistency and defensive prowess isn't there.

That is reasonable.

oh i thought you meant he was / could develop into Malkin... i was gonna say if thats true he would go 1st overall