Buffalo Sabres: ranking the top-ten prospects in the system
With rookie tournaments around the National Hockey League getting underway in less than four weeks, it's time to take a look at the top-ten prospects on each of the 32 teams.
Multiple different sources use different criteria for their rankings as to what players classify as a prospect. For my lists over the next couple of weeks, I will be using Corey Pronman's guide from 2019, as that's the most updated I could find. For Pronman's guide, he uses the following two requirements:
- A player is considered a prospect if he has played less than 25 games in one campaign.
- Less than 50 games total in their career.
Next team up is the Buffalo Sabres. Let's take a look at the ten best prospects in their system, starting with number ten and counting down to number one.
10. Mats Lindgren (D) - Drafted: 2022 (4/106).
2021-22 stats: Kamloops (WHL) - 68 GP - 5 G - 39 A - 44 PTS.
9. Olivier Nadeau (RW) - Drafted: 2021 (4/97).
2021-22 stats: Shawinigan (QMJHL) - 65 GP - 35 G - 43 A - 78 PTS.
8. Jiri Kulich (C) - Drafted: 2022 (1/28).
2021-22 stats: Karlovy Vary HC (Czech Extraliga) - 49 GP - 9 G - 5 A - 14 PTS.
7. Ukko-Pekka Luukonen (G) - Drafted: 2017 (2/54).
2021-22 stats: Buffalo (NHL) - 9 GP - 2 W - 5 L - 2 OTL, 2.74 GAA, .917 save percentage/Rochester (AHL) - 35 GP - 15 W - 14 L - 6 OTL, 3.28 GAA, .900 save percentage, one shutout.
6. J.J. Peterka (RW) - Drafted: 2020 (2/34).
2021-22 stats: Buffalo (NHL) - 2 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS/Rochester (AHL) - 70 GP - 28 G - 40 A - 68 PTS.
5. Jack Quinn (RW) - Drafted: 2020 (1/8).
2021-22 stats: Rochester (AHL) - 45 GP - 26 G - 35 A - 61 PTS.
4. Noah Ostlund (C) - Drafted: 2022 (1/16).
2021-22 stats: Djurgardens IF (SHL) - 11 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS/Djurgardens IF Jr. (SWE-Jr.) - 32 GP - 9 G - 33 A - 42 PTS.
3. Isak Rosen (LW) - Drafted: 2021 (1/14).
2021-22 stats: Leksands IF (SHL) - 28 GP - 2 G - 2 A - 4 PTS/Mora IK (HockeyAllsvenskan) - 3 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS/Leksands IF Jr. (SWE-Jr.) - 8 GP - 4 G - 5 A - 9 PTS.
2. Matthew Savoie (C) - Drafted: 2022 (1/9).
2021-22 stats: Winnipeg (WHL) - 65 GP - 35 G - 55 A - 90 PTS.
1. Owen Power (D) - Drafted: 2021 (1/1).
2021-22 stats: Buffalo (NHL) - 8 GP - 2 G - 1 A - 3 PTS/University of Michigan (NCAA) - 33 GP - 3 G - 29 A - 32 PTS.
Stay tuned to Markerzone.com for the rest of the prospect rankings over the next couple of weeks. Check out Anaheim's and Arizona's prospect rankings from Monday in the links below!
Anaheim's prospect rankings
Arizona's prospect rankings
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21 MAI 2026
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| B | P | PTS | ||
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nick Suzuki | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jake Evans | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kaiden Guhle | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| STATS COMPLÈTES | ||||