This is my opinion about him getting picked by Buffalo. Buffalo was looking for size and grit rather than looking for any type of skill since most of this team is on the small side. Do I agree with it. I think you have to take the best player skill wise available and by that I mean a guy that looks like he can play at the NHL level. I would be looking at his skating and his total skill and what kind of upside this guy could have in a few years of development. It's really a crap shoot and isn't that easy to know if the guy is going to pan out but I would rather pick a guy with skill rather than base it on size and grit. Worst case scenario if the guy is on the smaller side but has the skill to make it you at least have some trade value there.

And what if the small skilled guy doesn't work out?

A bust is a bust is a bust.

When you are talking about a 4th round pick, the odds are about 1 in 5 that a 4th rounder turn into NHLers.

About the same goes for 5th rounders. So, for every Ryan Miller you have 4 or 5 busts that never make the show.

I have no problem whatsoever with the Foligno pick as the Sabres need to balance out their prospect portfolio with some more size & grit.

Teams need a balance between size & grit. I like the direction that the club went last year especially given how Kassian & McNabb are playing.

Miller was a different story really. He was taken in the 5th round and then after he was selected had amazing numbers at Michigan.

Foligno could make it. The odds are against him, but I think most 4th rounds their chance of being an NHL guy is close to the 1 in 8 people or so.

Also Phil, Nick Foligno was drafted at 28th overall in 2006, so he was a first round draft pick.

Welp, Brayden McNabb and the Ice are done for after losing to Medicine Hat 4-2 in game six.

This leaves only Nick Crawford as the only Sabres prospect in the CHL with something to play for.