[Fairburn] – Pensées des Sabres : Jiri Kulich et Isak Rosen font de grands progrès pour Amerks en séries éliminatoires de la LAH
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[Fairburn] – Pensées des Sabres : Jiri Kulich et Isak Rosen font de grands progrès pour Amerks en séries éliminatoires de la LAH
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> “The stage is not too big for him. The playoffs, the huge crowds, the pressure, you saw at the World Juniors, those moments don’t intimidate him from a mental standpoint.”
> This is a crucial development tool for a few Sabres prospects. Isak Rosen, a 2021 first-round pick, struggled through two games in this series but found his stride, getting a goal and an assist in game three and getting four shots on goal in game four. Appert praised Rosen’s ability to self-assess what was going wrong in his game.
> The Amerks have also been counting on 20-year-old Tyson Kozak to play a lot of minutes on the penalty kill. The Sabres made an intentional effort to get younger, and that trickled down to Rochester. When Kevyn Adams hired Appert he told him the organization would have an influx of prospects, but that doesn’t mean Rochester shouldn’t be winning.
> “Winning is part of development,” Appert said. “But we don’t want to win at the expense of our prospects. We want to win with our prospects being massive pieces of it. A lot of people say that can’t be done in the American League. We haven’t won it all. But we won two rounds last year, got to the third round, beat the best team in the league in Utica in the playoffs last year. Then we finished tied for second this year with probably a younger group. That’s something we’re proud of.”
> Appert was also quick to point out it’s not just the prospects. Veterans like Micahel Mersch, Sean Malone and Ethan Prow have been vital leaders on and off the ice for the younger players. Finding that balance between winning and development isn’t easy, but the Amerks have had it the last two seasons. The more you win, the more opportunities there are for players like Kulich and Rosen to go through the high-pressure moments in the postseason. They’ll get another one of those with game five against Syracuse Saturday night.
Anyone who has watched the Amerka live, is Jiri Kulich the real deal? I’ve been trying not to jump on the hype train for a while, but he seems like he’s that “star” factor.