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Buffalo Sabres 2022 Draft: Weaknesses for each draft pick

By Sion Fawkes

KITCHENER, ONTARIO - MARCH 23: Matthew Savoie #93 of Team Red skates against Team White in the 2022 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on March 23, 2022 in Kitchener, Ontario. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)
KITCHENER, ONTARIO - MARCH 23: Matthew Savoie #93 of Team Red skates against Team White in the 2022 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on March 23, 2022 in Kitchener, Ontario. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images) /
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QUEBEC CITY, QC – NOVEMBER 4: Olivier Picard #72 of the Saint John Sea Dogs fall on the ice after being hit against the Quebec Remparts during their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League hockey game at the Videotron Center on November 4, 2021 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Mathieu Belanger/Getty Images) /

Vsevolod Komarov, D/134th overall

While Komarov has shown flashes of becoming a two-way player during his first season with the Quebec Ramparts (19 points in 40 games), that may be a product of playing for a high-scoring team that logged 302 goals. Komarov scored just two of them.

His shot selection was one of the worst if not the worst on the Ramparts, as opponents blocked 28.5 percent (62) of his 217 shots. Want more fun? 70.9 percent (44) of those 62 blocks came near the blue line. So once again, he’s shown two-way flashes, but if his higher points total was a product of a high-scoring team, Komarov projects far better as a stay-at-home defenseman.

He also does not possess a good deal of explosiveness or acceleration when playing in front of the net in the defensive zone. Komarov has also never made it to international play, unlike many of his peers in the Buffalo Sabres 2022 class.

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