Anyone know who the toughest guy in this upcomming draft might be or if thiers a Kassian type in this draft ?Love the kid whos name ive forgotten on the Canadians.

Any Idea who Codys linemates will be tonight?
- vancity787

Stafford and Ennis. Get ready for alot of post hitting.

I'd rather have Paul for 3 than Tim for 4.75. Some could argue that they would rather have neither...
- Full Throttle

I would like to have neither...

You guys got a stud for sure in Hodgson...but I'm pretty shocked you guys shipped out Gaustad if you were planning on shipping out Kassian. If just feels like in 2 years when you guys are ready to do something, you're not going have the grit, so you're going to have to trade for it...But for now, it's awesome.
Unless you'll resign Gaustad, I suppose.
- clarkysduster

Gaustad has played well the past two weeks leading up to the deadline. Before that he played with grit about every 20 games or so. In the past 10 days He has become one of the most over-hyped, overrated players in the league.

Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff is unsure if Zack Kassian's physical game can reach its full potential.
"I liked what he was doing on the offensive side of it for the most part," Ruff said referring to Kassian's work prior to being traded at the deadline to Vancouver. "Good puck protection and hanging onto pucks. I've got a curiosity on where his physical game is going to go, and that's it. But he's a young player. You never know with young players. It's a little bit of hit and miss. There's a lot of inconsistency usually, so in his case there's a lot there. It's whether he's going to get it to that full potential." Kassian notched three goals, seven points and 20 penalty minutes in 27 games with the Sabres. The 21-year-old made his Canucks' debut on Tuesday night. He had one shot and a two penalty minutes in 12:27 of ice time. Kassian has also been credited with a total of 44 hits this campaign.

Per Roto world

good I hope Kassian gets pissed and beats the crap out of Stafford, that's one way to get rid of him.

Its not like he wasn't on the Drury/Briere teams who had good playoff success. 0 playoff goals for a guy that wants that kind of coin is, well pretty much laughable. We are talking about a 38 game sample size.

Craig Adams can't score goals to save his life. In his last 224 regular season games he has 7 goals. He has 6 goals in 73 playoff games. Goose cant have a goose egg in that area if he wants the big coin for the role he plays.
- Gunner Staal

I honestly don't know that much about Craig Adams to say whether or not the 2 would be comparable at all.

All I do know, is that I'm wasn't really expecting Goose to go out there and score goals during the playoffs. I was expecting him to shut down guys like Carter, Richards, and whoever else have you is on the first line of the opposition. If he can do that, then I'm ok with it.

Unfortunately for us here in Buffalo, he's asking for a pretty hefty price tag. But, if you look at it, the price of all players keeps increasing so most guys seem to be making more than any of us think they should. If it was a 2 year deal, I'm cool with it. If it's a 5-6 year deal, I'm not.

Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff is unsure if Zack Kassian's physical game can reach its full potential.
"I liked what he was doing on the offensive side of it for the most part," Ruff said referring to Kassian's work prior to being traded at the deadline to Vancouver. "Good puck protection and hanging onto pucks. I've got a curiosity on where his physical game is going to go, and that's it. But he's a young player. You never know with young players. It's a little bit of hit and miss. There's a lot of inconsistency usually, so in his case there's a lot there. It's whether he's going to get it to that full potential." Kassian notched three goals, seven points and 20 penalty minutes in 27 games with the Sabres. The 21-year-old made his Canucks' debut on Tuesday night. He had one shot and a two penalty minutes in 12:27 of ice time. Kassian has also been credited with a total of 44 hits this campaign.

Per Roto world

good I hope Kassian gets pissed and beats the crap out of Stafford, that's one way to get rid of him.
- SABRES 89

Hodgson outshines Kassian when the teams meet.

Is there a clip of this somewhere? I'd be interested in checking it out
- HonkFortheGoose

Probably, saw it in reactions on the NHL network after the trade I belive.

Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff is unsure if Zack Kassian's physical game can reach its full potential.
"I liked what he was doing on the offensive side of it for the most part," Ruff said referring to Kassian's work prior to being traded at the deadline to Vancouver. "Good puck protection and hanging onto pucks. I've got a curiosity on where his physical game is going to go, and that's it. But he's a young player. You never know with young players. It's a little bit of hit and miss. There's a lot of inconsistency usually, so in his case there's a lot there. It's whether he's going to get it to that full potential." Kassian notched three goals, seven points and 20 penalty minutes in 27 games with the Sabres. The 21-year-old made his Canucks' debut on Tuesday night. He had one shot and a two penalty minutes in 12:27 of ice time. Kassian has also been credited with a total of 44 hits this campaign.

Per Roto world

good I hope Kassian gets pissed and beats the crap out of Stafford, that's one way to get rid of him.
- SABRES 89

I would like to have neither...
- jochfr

source?

Stafford and Ennis. Get ready for alot of post hitting.
- Full Throttle

hitting the post could be an improvement for Staff most nights

Hodgson outshines Kassian when the teams meet.
- theblueandgold

Going to be a tuff game, I hope we can pull it out.

Hodgson outshines Kassian when the teams meet.
- theblueandgold

I kinda hope that Hodgson has a fairly quiet game. Nothing overly spectacular, just a good solid game.

I feel like if he lights it up in some way too soon, the fan base is gonna go crazy and then when he has a few games where he doesn't score, everyone will be all over him.

hitting the post could be an improvement for Staff most nights
- SabresFaninIndiana

Yeah, usually he just full out misses the net. Even when it's wide open.

I kinda hope that Hodgson has a fairly quiet game. Nothing overly spectacular, just a good solid game.

I feel like if he lights it up in some way too soon, the fan base is gonna go crazy and then when he has a few games where he doesn't score, everyone will be all over him.
- HonkFortheGoose

Yeah all those folks with Bernier jerseys haven't had anything to overreact to in years

I feel like if he lights it up in some way too soon, the fan base is gonna go crazy and then when he has a few games where he doesn't score, everyone will be all over him.
- HonkFortheGoose

ala Big Bear.

Hodgson outshines Kassian when the teams meet.
- theblueandgold

Duh.

You have a penchant for obvious.

Yeah all those folks with Bernier jerseys haven't had anything to overreact to in years
- Bleed B&G

The guy sitting next to me at the Islanders game last week had one on. I should have asked him if he regretted buying it.

Is there a clip of this somewhere? I'd be interested in checking it out
- HonkFortheGoose

Kassians reactions

Kassians reactions
- buffalo 1

I saw Kassians reaction. I was wondering about Gragnani's reaction.

I saw Kassians reaction. I was wondering about Gragnani's reaction.
- HonkFortheGoose

When given the mic he dropped it and it rolled into a puddle of water.

I saw Kassians reaction. I was wondering about Gragnani's reaction.
- HonkFortheGoose

Couldnt find it but it was on the same network later.I doubt anyone took the trouble to You Tube him.Never know tho

When given the mic he dropped it and it rolled into a puddle of water.
- Gunner Staal

That would be pretty funny.

Couldnt find it but it was on the same network later.I doubt anyone took the trouble to You Tube him.Never know tho
- buffalo 1

Of course nothing good happened until right when I had to leave to go to work. It was really annoying. I missed all the good stuff.

Of course nothing good happened until right when I had to leave to go to work. It was really annoying. I missed all the good stuff.
- HonkFortheGoose

It was just one of those moments that says alot about a guy and what hes about.Reminds me of Miller in his first loss and how he avoided the media behind the locker room doors.One of those kind of moments.Oh well Im glad hes gone.