Recalled/Assigned: Mark Pysyk called up

[vcv]

Has a stall in the locker room according to Kevin Snow. No official call up yet though.

If true, I see this as a huge admittance of giving up on the season.

edit: Confirmed by BuffaloSabres twitter and Ron Rolston: https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/313321564277985281

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[sabresandcanucks]

Has a stall in the locker room according to Kevin Snow. No official call up yet though.

If true, I see this as a huge admittance of giving up on the season.

Is Sekera injured?

 

[vcv]

Is Sekera injured?

Yes, not in the ice. Ron Rolston said yesterday he didn't expect sekera to play

 

[sabresandcanucks]

Yes, not in the ice. Ron Rolston said yesterday he didn't expect sekera to play

Thanks, this game is being televised in Canada on TSN2 tonight...I will get to watch MP play his first game...and if the boys suck I can switch over to the Walking Dead.

 

[Woodhouse]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres
Mark Pysyk did not take part in today's morning skate, but is at the Verizon Center and has a stall in the locker room. --^KS

Link: https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/313318021076766720

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Kevin Oklobzija ‏@kevinoDandC
Rookie #Amerks D-man Mark Pysyk has been playing exceptionally well for past 2 months. Great with stick, smart with puck, mobile, confident.

Link: https://twitter.com/kevinoDandC/status/313318979559108608

 

[Mit Yarrum]

Good for him

 

[Revelate]

Has a stall in the locker room according to Kevin Snow. No official call up yet though.

If true, I see this as a huge admittance of giving up on the season.

Not sure about that. He's the most obvious replacement for Sekera's skill set IMO.

 

[Woodhouse]

Ian Ott ‏@IanSabresPR
Recalled defenseman Mark Pysyk will become the first player in #Sabres history to wear jersey number 53 tonight.

Link: https://twitter.com/IanSabresPR/status/313322132149006337

 

[Jame]

hopefully Girgenson is next

 

[Zip15]

Pysyk over McNabb will raise eyebrows, but Pysyk plays the right side just as Sekera has been doing. It makes sense. Excited to see Pysyk.

 

[Afino]

hopefully Girgenson is next

Cue Bucky/Sully "WE'RE RUINING THESE GUYS BY PUTTING THEM WITH THIS GROUP OF LOSERS" article

 

[Zip15]

Ian Ott ‏@IanSabresPR
Recalled defenseman Mark Pysyk will become the first player in #Sabres history to wear jersey number 53 tonight.

Link: https://twitter.com/IanSabresPR/status/313322132149006337

I'm really getting tired of these unusual numbers for guys like McNabb, Foligno, Ennis, Adam, Pysyk, et al. Makes me think of the Habs, who always had guys wearing weird numbers.

 

[Afino]

53 isn't weird to me :shrug:

 

[sabrefan27]

Glad to see McNabb passed over. That's what happens when you're a -5 and play abysmal in your own end.

 

[1TuchAnd1NoTuch]

Darn, on tv in canada but I have a game of my own at 7:40. Hope the kid does well

 

[AmerksPuck]

hopefully Girgenson is next

ya, good call- you must watch the Rochester games. He is barely AHL ready at this point.

 

[couture23]

I'm really excited for this, hope he impresses.

 

[1TuchAnd1NoTuch]

hopefully Girgenson is next

Eager for grigorenko round 2? He's to young

 

[Squantosawuss]

Glad to see McNabb passed over. That's what happens when you're a -5 and play abysmal in your own end.

...but he hits!

 

[boots electric]

Can we have a "everyone in the Sabres organization is incompetent/stupid/terrible" thread to go a long with the "I hope we lose every game" thread?

 

[dire wolf]

Very excited to see how MP looks out there. To me, the only point if this season is to try to get excited about the future. And I'm trying.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Will be nice to get a look at Pysyk. See how close/far he is...we could have a couple open spots on the blue line next year.

But for our best defenseman of late to be out...our already porous defense is going to be a lot worse now

 

[Jacob582]

Not sure about that. He's the most obvious replacement for Sekera's skill set IMO.

I agree. They had to call someone up. It was either going to be Pardy or Pysyk.

Perspective from the Amerks beat writer:

Kevin Oklobzija‏@kevinoDandC
The right #Amerks defenseman will be playing for the #Sabres tonight. Why Mark Pysyk deserved to go up:
http://on.rocne.ws/Ry4fgv

 

[Shoey]

Glad to see McNabb passed over. That's what happens when you're a -5 and play abysmal in your own end.

It was 1 game, a game in which Pysyk went -3 as well.

 

[Jacob582]

It was 1 game, a game in which Pysyk went -3 as well.

Yep, the whole Rochester team played bad last night. Regier was at the 3 previous Amerks games before that. He has seen them play.