Draft Bio: TheTick
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TheTick
- Position: Out of position, usually.
- Shoots: Right.
- Height: 6′1″. Weight: 210lbs.
- Born: April 7, 1978, Virginia Beach, VA.
- Hometown: Buffalo, NY.
- Player Comparison: The fat guy in NES Ice Hockey.
While unskilled physically, TheTick is known for having an amazing hockey sense amongst his peers. Despite never having strapped on skates before the NHL Combine, still managed to best the time of current NHLer Derian Hatcher. Dives like a soccer superstar. Potential 25 goal scorer, if playing on the same line as Alexander Ovechkin.
Favorites
NHL TEAM: Buffalo Sabres
NHL PLAYER: Thomas Vanek
SHOOTOUT MOVE: drill it off the goalie’s mask
PRACTICE DRILL: pretending to go down when elbowed like I was just shot with a sniper rifle
VIDEO GAME: Final Fantasy IV, VI, Diablo II
MOVIE: Iron Man
TV SHOW: CSI (all of them), House, MXC (right you are Ken), Star Trek
ACTOR: Patrick Stewart
GROUP: Genesis
WEBSITE: Deadspin
BOOK: Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead
PUMP-UP SONG: Bodies, Drowning Pool
FOOD TO COOK: Grilled Cheese
ACTIVITY AWAY FROM THE RINK: reading, PC gaming, drawing
TOY GROWING UP: NES
PLACE TO SHOP: Best Buy (but I don’t buy anything)
PLACE TO VISIT: New Orleans, LA
Tags: buffalo, draft, Hockey, sabres, Thomas Vanek
Buffalo Sabres Draft Myers, Ennis
Jun 21, 2008 NHL
Buffalo took two players in the first round, trading down one spot to get Tyler Myers, a 6′7″ defenseman most recently with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL. He had 19 points (6 goals, 13 assists) and 97 penalty minutes last season. Tyler Ennis, a center most recently with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers. He’s a little guy, but check out what the NHL Director of Scouting had to say about him. I’ve put up some highlights from Sabres.com and the NHL Director of Scouting below.
On Tyler Myers:
He is not often burned by the small, quick players and because of the emphasis in today’s NHL on a lack of restraining type of play, I think Tyler has adjusted well to that and is more ready to play in the new NHL than a lot of the other smaller players.
Improvements can be made with his continued maturity. I don’t know that he needs to work on anything other than continuing to work on foot speed, continuing to work on coordination. He’s got a rocket shot from the point on the power-play and that is never going to leave him.
And Tyler Ennis:
Tyler is a quick, ‘water-bug’-type player. He scoots up and down the ice and can turn on a dime. He can drive wide on a defenseman who is unaware or a little slow. Tyler may be one of the best pure offensive players in the entire draft.
Getting bigger is not something within his control, he’s done everything as far as his quickness and offensive development and now I think that it is just ready for him to show it at the next level
The bold is from me. Some really sound choices here, I think. The rest of the draft picks are at that Sabres.com link. Three more defensemen were taken, along with a big, power forward type center and two wingers. I like what they did, though of course much depends on how the players develop. And there are still potential trades out there.
Throwing some youtube linkage below. Myers:
and Ennis:
Tags: buffalo, draft, ennis, Hockey, kelowna, medicine hat, myers, NHL, rockets, sabres, tigers, whl
NHL Draft Starts Tonight
Jun 20, 2008 NHL
The first round of the NHL draft is tonight, with Steve Stamkos as the consensus first pick (with the Lightning as of now). Buffalo has 2 picks in the first round (13th and 26th), and might be looking to move up. Rumors swirl involving Maxim Afinogenov being gone, and other trades are not ruled out. I’d like to see some moves made, as the glut at forward should be able to get us SOMETHING in return. Otherwise some NHL ready guys are going to languish in Portland this year.
Tags: buffalo, draft, Hockey, Maxim Afinogenov, NHL, pirates, portland, sabres, stamkos
Are the Bills Doing Well?
Apr 27, 2008 NFL
I freely admit I’m not a College Football guy, haven’t been for years. I have to say, it really seems like the Bills are making some solid picks in the draft this year, addressing needs that they have, and not letting what other teams are doing dictate what they need to do. What do you think?
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NHL Entry Draft…Local Boy Makes Good
Jun 22, 2007 NHL
South Buffalo native Patrick Kane is the likely first overall pick in this year’s NHL Draft. The Chicago Blackhawks have that pick, and if they pass on him the Flyers are very interested at number 2. Kane is generously listed at 5′10″ and 160 pounds, which was a concern for some teams. However, there are enough smaller players (such as the Sabres’ own Daniel Briere) that his stock hasn’t dropped.
Tags: B-Lo Sports, blackhawks, chicago, draft, Hockey, NHL
Mel Kiper thawed for NFL Draft coverage
Apr 20, 2007 NFL
Seriously, where does this guy go during the season? Kiper Jr. is out of suspended animation and prognosticating on the upcoming NFL Draft. Living in Buffalo, I’m hearing suprisingly little about it, thanks to the Sabres playoff run. I know they are looking at Patrick Willis with the first pick, which would be great since TKO and Fletcher-Baker are both outta here.
