Confirmed with Link: Sabres re-sign D Jacob Bryson to 2 yr deal @ $1.85M AAV - Waived 12/18/23, Re-assigned 1/20/24

[Dingo44]

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Finally...

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Makes sense. Wish him the best. He seems like a well-liked guy

 

[SabresFan26]

Good for him to play again. Hopefully he does well in Rochester. No one will take him with his salary.

 

[sabregoat]

At his salary, most likely Rochester bound.

 

[allsilverdreams]

Are they clearing up money for a trade?

 

[Tatanka]

Are they clearing up money for a trade?

Don’t need to. They are flush with cap.

 

[Chainshot]

Are they clearing up money for a trade?

No, likely just clearing a roster spot for someone (Greenway) to come off of IR.

 

[DJN21]

I wish someone would just claim him and end this misery. Stillman, Clauge and Novikov or whatever cant be worse of an on ice product. This experiment needs to end.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

About damn time. Going 12-8-3 is just ridiculous, and he'll be a nice reinforcement for Rochester.

 

[Djp]

He’s not getting claimed.

 

[allsilverdreams]

What happens if he is not claimed?
Does all of his salary get removed from our cap?

 

[Mattilaus]

What happens if he is not claimed?
Does all of his salary get removed from our cap?

I believe it is a 1 way deal. If you could get out of bad cap hits by just burying them in the minors, every team would be doing it. I could be completely and absolutely wrong on his contract however.

EDIT: dotcommunism has corrected me below. Can always count on him when it comes to contracts.

 

[dotcommunism]

What happens if he is not claimed?
Does all of his salary get removed from our cap?

They'll only clear $1.15M of cap if he's sent down to Rochester (and, of course, this is all pro-rated and based on how long he's actually assigned to Rochester and so on)

 

[Chainshot]

Cap savings doesn't really matter for Buffalo since they are still in excess of $6.1 million in available cap space. Getting an extra $1.1M off the books doesn't really mean anything with that sort of chunk of useable space out there.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Ya just gotta shake your head after seeing how this situation - from the contract signing to waivers - has been managed.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Ya just gotta shake your head after seeing how this situation - from the contract signing to waivers - has been managed.

It was almost a completely wasted roster spot for 10 weeks.

 

[ForsbergMoDo21]

On the bright side I think Bryson’s good enough to be an impact player for Rochester. Seems to be well liked and professional. Just a tweener kind of player.

 

[Gras]

It was almost a completely wasted roster spot for 10 weeks.

Yea we should have had one of the prospects sitting in the press box instead

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Yea we should have had one of the prospects sitting in the press box instead

Yeah...that's EXACTLY what I meant...

 

[Gras]

Yeah...that's EXACTLY what I meant...

Its how it would have played out

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Its how it would have played out

How so? Replacing Bryson with a D-man prospect wasn't possible. KA has pretty much in no way tried to waste games for FW prospects by having them sit in the press box on the big club. They either stay in Rochester or play (up to four minutes by Granato's standards).

The LOGICAL move would have been to waive Bryson in October and trade for a guy like Sturm. Slot down both Jost and Krebs in starts and/or ice time, and never have to play the revolving door of Biro, Rousek, Rosen, Kulich, Savoie, and Murray for 21 games. Of course that means doing what a GM should have done, not what KA preferred.

 

[Gras]

How so? Replacing Bryson with a D-man prospect wasn't possible. KA has pretty much in no way tried to waste games for FW prospects by having them sit in the press box on the big club. They either stay in Rochester or play (up to four minutes by Granato's standards).

The LOGICAL move would have been to waive Bryson in October and trade for a guy like Sturm. Slot down both Jost and Krebs in starts and/or ice time, and never have to play the revolving door of Biro, Rousek, Rosen, Kulich, Savoie, and Murray for 21 games. Of course that means doing what a GM should have done, not what KA preferred.

Thats if Strum was available and it a price that KA would pay, the fact he wasnt in on Tatar means he probably wouldnt be in on Strum, you most likely have someone like Rousek or Rosen rotating in and out of the press box.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Thats if Strum was available and it a price that KA would pay, the fact he wasnt in on Tatar means he probably wouldnt be in on Strum, you most likely have someone like Rousek or Rosen rotating in and out of the press box.

Well we're talking a different language. The whole premise of waiving Bryson 10 weeks ago is based on a GM making the proper decisions. You're talking about an if this/then what scenario entirely based on what KA would do...which is probably another mistake based on the ultra-conservative and patient "plan" the organization has committed to.

 

[allsilverdreams]

I think having R.Johnson play well with the big boys was the end for Bryson