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Prospect Avenue Ep. 9: Savoie impresses; Ostlund begins World Junior ramp-up



Fall still sucks, and so do afternoon NHL games, but at least the Sabres earned a nice victory over Colorado thanks to a strong performance in between the pipes by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.

On the prospect front, Kris Baker gets on track and discusses a handful of topics including:

• Matthew Savoie joins a line with fellow young guns Jiri Kulich and Isak Rosen and impressively blends right into the attack as the Amerks cruise to three- straight victories
• Nikita Novikov’s nice rebound from a tough outing in Laval
• All was not great, though, as the Amerks lose rookie Viktor Neuchev to injury
• A well-earned shoutout goes to Lukas Rousek – the guy is just a dog (or is it dawg?)
• Noah Ostlund scores in variety of ways to get himself a three-game goal streak as he begins his World Junior ramp-up (along with Antin Wahlberg)
• Happy belated birthday to Joel Ratkovic-Berndtsson, who celebrates his 20th with his first goal of the year
• Stiven Sardarian responds to the challenge and helps UNH to victory
• Aaron Huglen improving at the dot while UConn’s Jake Richard gets a new centerman
• Vsevolod Komarov posts a big night as Kris again points out the QMJHL trade deadline later this winter…
• Ethan Miedema has a new bench boss in K-Town
• Quick hits on Prokhor Poltapov and Viljami Marjala

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14 Comments

  1. Question for you and everyone else…does Adams send Benson back to the WHL soon and sign Patrick Kane?
    I say NO THANKS , keep Benson here for the whole season . Im also all for trading Olofsson asap so when Savoie is done his conditioning stint in Rochester he stays with the Sabres too . Jost becomes the spare forward.
    Thanks for the video .

  2. The kids in Rochester are off to a great start, Savoie being on the number one line with Rosen and Kulich is clicking fairly well considering how little they have played together. They survived the game in Utica, what are your thoughts on Cooley in net?

  3. This is well-timed. With Comrie IR’d this past Saturday (the 28th), the Sabres have an open roster spot. Not sayin,’ jus’ sayin.’

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