Recalled/Assigned: Curtis Lazar recalled (12/27/2019)
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joshjull
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You’re not excited by the guy who can’t even match Sobotka offensively as his replacement? Why not?
This also seems to indicate they want Tage down for an extended length of time.
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Or that Tage still hasn't improved on the things that got him sent down in the first place. Which I hope is not the case.You’re not excited by the guy who can’t even match Sobotka offensively as his replacement? Why not?
This also seems to indicate they want Tage down for an extended length of time.
You’re not excited by the guy who can’t even match Sobotka offensively as his replacement? Why not?
This also seems to indicate they want Tage down for an extended length of time.
I know MJ is day-to-day so this might just be a practice body and a guy who has been around enough to know it, so it won't really bother him as much, but what REALLY would be the harm in calling up somone like Dea to see if he could provide a little offensive spark.
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Not really worried about how long he stays down as long as the end result is an effective NHL player when he comes up.
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Doug Prishpreed
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In a recent interview with the Amerks coach, he said nice things about Tage but qualified almost every one of them. Always “improving” and never really saying he’s doing well, period, at any of the elements of his game being asked about.
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Ralph was asked about why Lazar was the call up and he said that Lazar was the best fit to fill Sobotka's role in the team.
And he danced around the follow up about Tage.
joshjull
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You do understand it’s perfectly normal for a player needing to develop his game to be ..... well ..... developing his game.
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Not sure if its really a hot take, I thought Lazar played well enough to earn a roster spot over Sobotka in preseason.
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Lazar has put up points since he was sent down. Over 2 seasons he has 24G, 25A in his last 68 games including 4G, 5A in 11 games with the Amerks. I'd be surprised if the scoring translates to the NHL but grit is in short supply in Buffalo.
The problem isn't that Lazar was the call up, the problem is the lack of FW depth in the organization. Beyond injuries, the Sabres are down a couple NHL quality FWs. They are rumored to be shopping for a bottm-six and top-six guy, but I would argue they actually need two top-six guys to be able to slide Olofsson down. They don't have the trade assets to give up for that though, without unreasonably depleting futures.
Yeah I'm not unhappy at all with Lazar replacing Sobotka. Should be at least a break even scenario. Just too bad Sobotka will be returning in six weeks, so Botterill can't quite make the most out of the extra cap space while he's on LTIR.
Lazar is fine as a 13th forward type.
I prefer having him play that role on the Sabres instead of a guy like Thompson who is better off developing properly in the minors
It's incredible (but not all that surprising) to see the general attitude switch towards TT on this forums over the past six months or so. Hope it all works out for him & he comes back to the Sabres a different player - ready to contribute.
I prefer having him play that role on the Sabres instead of a guy like Thompson who is better off developing properly in the minors
It's incredible (but not all that surprising) to see the general attitude switch towards TT on this forums over the past six months or so. Hope it all works out for him & he comes back to the Sabres a different player - ready to contribute.
Thompson is putting in the work and getting results. Why wouldn’t there be an improvement in outlook on his future? What we wanted last year was for him to be a signed so that he could put in the work on his game it was clearly missing. Now that he’s done that and he’s done what is asked on the farm and during the off-season, it at least is a small glimmer of hope.
One possible upside to having Curtis play in the top nine would be shifting Casey’s line to more of the cycle unit. Lazar can play fetch as F1 and if they take a page out of the old LOG book, great.
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Lazar-us! Back from the dead, let's go boys!
Dude looked good in preseason, looks good in the NHL, and I think we can count on his grit more than we can Thompson's or Dea's scoring. We'll see, but I feel like checking out Lazar first makes some sense.
Dude looked good in preseason, looks good in the NHL, and I think we can count on his grit more than we can Thompson's or Dea's scoring. We'll see, but I feel like checking out Lazar first makes some sense.
Doug Prishpreed
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Who said otherwise? Seems like it’s going well...doesn’t mean he automatically has to be the first one up.
