Recalled/Assigned: 1/19/20 - Asplund assigned to Rochester

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

 

[toomuchsauce]

Hooray! A non-masochistic reason to watch tonight's game!

 

[missingmika]

What's the NHL record for most Rasmusi on the ice at one time?

 

[sufferer]

Ottawa is a nice stepping stone between AHL and NHL competition. Excited to see how he’ll perform.

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

Interesting, I'm not high on him as alot are so I'm hoping to be surprised.

Give me a glimmer of light in all this darkness.

I agree, I’ve never seen enough of the kid to get optimistic. He’s looked pretty dull in my limited viewings. Hoping I’m wrong but realistically it’s probably a correct assumption.

 

[Club]

Love it.

 

[Intermission]

On the pre game they isolated him doing warm-ups on Hockey Fights Cancer night.
His grandfather fought off cancer long enough to see Rasmus get his Sabres jersey.
That was cool.
edit: Almost scored on a breakaway in the 2nd. Double shifts at the end. Great game.

 

[Panthaz89]

Feels like he's been with the organization for a while but its only been 3 years and he's 21(turns 22 soon). Hopefully he improves the PK unit enough.

 

[Dubi Doo]

The thing I like about Asplund is his versatility. He can play center in a checking line role or play on a scoring line and do the dirty work. Similar to Hyman for Matthews. I dont think he's going back down.

 

[Zman5778]

I dont think he's going back down.

He'll have to once everyone is healthy unless Botts does something about our cap situation before hand.

 

[Dubi Doo]

He'll have to once everyone is healthy unless Botts does something about our cap situation before hand.

This is true.

 

[dotcommunism]

He'll have to once everyone is healthy unless Botts does something about our cap situation before hand.

Here we go assuming absurd hypotheticals.

 

[valet]

I honestly think that once we're healthy he should go back down and finish the season in Rochester. He may seem ready now, but the reality is that we've only seen him play two games and the playoff experience down there will probably do him much more good than being on this dumpster fire of a team finishing bottom 10 with linemates that can't do anything.

Bring him in with Cozens and Tage next year when trash like sheary, sobotka, and vesey are out of the picture.

Then next year we go:

x-eichel-reinhart
skinner-johansson-x
mittelstadt-cozens-asplund
girgensons-larsson-thompson

 

[GrierIsGod123]

Three centers on the third line above? Also, I'm still a proponent of splitting Eichel and Reinhart. I don't think they're good together at all at even strength, and haven't been for quite a while.

How about?

Skinner Eichel X
Johansson Cozens Reinhart
Mitts Asplund Thompson
Girgs Larsson X

 

[darcyRegier]

Three centers on the third line above? Also, I'm still a proponent of splitting Eichel and Reinhart. I don't think they're good together at all at even strength, and haven't been for quite a while.

How about?

Skinner Eichel X
Johansson Cozens Reinhart
Mitts Asplund Thompson
Girgs Larsson X

The possibility of that 2nd line next year is gonna be the only reason why I don't quit on the Sabres. Give Jack and Jeff someone nasty who's gonna hit guys and go to the net (Kassian) and that's a really good top 6.

 

[Team Cozens]

Three centers on the third line above? Also, I'm still a proponent of splitting Eichel and Reinhart. I don't think they're good together at all at even strength, and haven't been for quite a while.

How about?

Skinner Eichel X
Johansson Cozens Reinhart
Mitts Asplund Thompson
Girgs Larsson X

^^
Where did Olofsson go ?
He is learning and progressing in his first season.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

^^
Where did Olofsson go ?
He is learning and progressing in his first season.

Traded for another RHD, of course.

 

[GrierIsGod123]

^^
Where did Olofsson go ?
He is learning and progressing in his first season.

I somehow left him off. I don't love him on the top line however. Maybe swap him and Mitts:

Skinner Eichel Mitts
Johansson Cozens Reinhart
Olofsson Asplund Thompson

I really don't know about the 4th line for next year. The more I think about it, I can't imagine both of Larsson and Girgensons re-signing as UFAs. I would think they'd likely both want a fresh start, especially Larsson. While they're both useful as 4th liners and PK'ers, I'm not sure we can continue to pay guys like that ~$2M per year anyway. Thoughts?

The better route might be finding another legit top 9 C, and move Asplund down to 4C. I'm sure we can find some wingers to play with him. I'd love to see a better player than Mitts at 1RW, but not sure we can fit that into our salary structure, unless it's a short term player.

All of this still points back to us trading away ROR for f***ing nothing. That would've allowed Cozens, Mitts, Asplund to develop in the proper roles. Jason Botterrill messed this organization so much more than I first thought when the trade was made. It had a major ripple effect on the team, because it removed a good player and added several bad players, all the while stunting the development of our Center pipeline. I truly think he needs to be fired, as he's not cut out to be an NHL GM IMO. It should not take this long to make progress in the league.

 

[Buffaloed]

Reassigned to Rochester
Rasmus Asplund, Lawrence Pilut, Scott Wilson assigned to Rochester

 

[Chainshot]

He's back due to the illness/injury situation.

 

[Zman5778]

Nice to see him get his customary 9 minutes of action.






God I'm salty tonight.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Club]

 

[Gabrielor]

He was incredible-looking in the summer of 2018 at dev camp / prospect tourney. Would love to see him translate his package into the NHL. A perfect 3C if he hit.

 

[Matt Ress]

Bjorkloven was my nickname in high school