Confirmed with Link: Benoit Pouliot signs with Sabres, 1 year $1.15M

[Husko]

Solid add. WOWY stats are very, very strong.

RNH
W/ Pouliot: 1.99 GF/60 - 1.45 GA/60
W/O Pouliot: 1.61 GF/60 - 2.54 GA/60

Kassian
W/ Pouliot: 2.72 GF/60 - 1.88 GA/60
W/O Pouliot: 1.22 GF/60 - 2.19 GA/60

Eberle
W/ Pouliot: 1.87 GF/60 - 1.87 GA/60
W/O Pouliot: 1.74 GF/60 - 2.14 GA/60

 

[TalkingProuder]

Great signing. Botterill continues to impress.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

They can use Fasching, nylander, baptisye, bailey, yo fill.

Has any of them played on the off wing so far? Also some of these would be needed on the RW cause we only have Pomers and Okposo pencilled there.

 

[CaseyMitts37]

So down the left we are looking at

Kane
Larsson/Girgs
Pouliot
Moulson

Need 1 more cause that's still kinda tragic depth haha

Good thing we have Nylander, Mittelstadt, and Davidsson coming up the pipeline

 

[Zman5778]

Has any of them played on the off wing so far? Also some of these would be needed on the RW cause we only have Pomers and Okposo pencilled there.

Fasching prefers LW if I remember correctly.

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

Just learning that he was bought out (missed that).

Great move.

I wouldn't pencil him in on the 4th line just yet (given LW depth).

Right now he's the LW for the O'Reilly-Okposo tandem, and it's very similar to the role he became an analytics darling in with Eberle/RNH.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

Good thing we have Nylander, Mittelstadt, and Davidsson coming up the pipeline

Yeah not worried for down the line but short term we can do with 1 more there.

 

[paulmm3]

Cheap 1 year deal at a position we need help at. If he makes us better, great. If he's no good, it's not a big deal.

 

[Sabre the Win]

He will play in our top 6 most likely and be on the 2nd PP unit.

 

[Deleted member 27798]

Doubt he plays 4th line.

I agree. Sounds like a guy how can move between the 2nd and 3rd lines.

 

[Husko]

I could really see him fitting on any line.

Pouloit-Reinhart-Pominville intrigues the hell out of me.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

This is a great pickup

 

[Zman5778]

He will play in our top 6 most likely and be on the 2nd PP unit.

Pouliot-X-Pominville
McCabe-Antipin

Is light years better than anything we put on PP 2 last year.

Or put Poms on point and Kane on wing. Still improved.

 

[Jame]

Right now he's the LW for the O'Reilly-Okposo tandem, and it's very similar to the role he became an analytics darling in with Eberle/RNH.

I could see him with Eichel

 

[Jame]

Pouliot definitely fills the role Carrier was penciled in for.

 

[Ace]

I'm excited to see who Pouliot and Pominville start with and even more excited that they won't be moved around to play with everyone within the first two periods.

 

[Husko]

Solid add. WOWY stats are very, very strong.

RNH
W/ Pouliot: 1.99 GF/60 - 1.45 GA/60
W/O Pouliot: 1.61 GF/60 - 2.54 GA/60

Kassian
W/ Pouliot: 2.72 GF/60 - 1.88 GA/60
W/O Pouliot: 1.22 GF/60 - 2.19 GA/60

Eberle
W/ Pouliot: 1.87 GF/60 - 1.87 GA/60
W/O Pouliot: 1.74 GF/60 - 2.14 GA/60

And, FTR, these aren't cherry-picked. These were far and away his three most common linemates.

 

[Rhett4]

Mentioned it in the other thread, but I'm a big fan of this. Best case scenario, you have yourself a third-line LW replacement for Foligno at less than half the cost (swapping toughness for good advanced stats). Worst case scenario, he sucks so bad you waive him, get him down to help Rochester, and his cap hit is virtually gone in the process. No negative here. And yet people on Twitter still find a way to complain...

 

[Husko]

Pouliot definitely fills the role Carrier was penciled in for.

Eerily similar advanced stats.

 

[Icicle]

If he does the stupid o zone penalties he just gets waived.

 

[pigpen65]

Seems weird how many different teams he has played on. Wonder what the deal is.

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

I could see him with Eichel

I'm not a big fan of the idea of Eichel with any of our low IQ or slow wingers until he proves himself at ES, but that's also gonna be super dependent on what type of scheme we're using.

If Housley lets both Pouliot/Kane and Eichel leak out of the play to create odd man-situations alongside a defensive specialist, that could be really fun.

 

[Zman5778]

Seems weird how many different teams he has played on. Wonder what the deal is.

From what i've read, complacency may be a thing with him. One year deals seem perfect for this guy.

 

[Deleted member 27798]

Pouliot's skating? Above average, average, below average?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Right now he's the LW for the O'Reilly-Okposo tandem, and it's very similar to the role he became an analytics darling in with Eberle/RNH.

The POO line!