News: Botterill-Cal Petersen will probably not sign with Buffalo
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GoodNewfieBoy
We got a guy
Djp
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BUF 2013 5th round
played for Notre Dame as starter and this year for USA at World Cup
announced to turn pro at the beginning of the month.
Had he stayed at Notre Dame he could have played for USA in Olympics and started for them.
mouser
Business of Hockey
He can sign on the later of July 1st or 30 days after he notified the NHL he left school.
UnleashRasmus
Rasmus has gone Super Saiyan VI!
He's signing in Chicago, he's been at Notre Dame and is from that area. Moving on. Vesey and now him, though I don't fault Vesey per say.
I have no qualms with allowing college players this route to free agency. However I'd like to see a system where a handful of teams don't seem inordinately privileged in signing the same limited pool of re-entered talent.
It shouldn't be up to the league and PA to force teams to develop themselves into attractive destinations for college free agents. Teams are run by adults who at some point in their working lives have to do things for themselves.
huh? he's not signing because he's buried on their depth chart. He wants to play in at least the AHL.
Well Buffalo's goaltending is never secure it feels like. Would have made sense to go there and try and grab a seat on the depth chart working up.
But I suppose he doesn't want to hurt his future stock by going to a team with a defense made out of 50% swiss cheese and 50% fenceposts.
But I suppose he doesn't want to hurt his future stock by going to a team with a defense made out of 50% swiss cheese and 50% fenceposts.
Ace
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Like every other person...he'll sign with Chicago.
Buffalo did everything right with him. He attended all 4 dev camps after they drafted him, they had a big hand in his development and he loved his goalie coach liaison. They don't have a long term goalie answer that the GM believes in so the job is there.
He's leaving anyway. Likely to go to Chicago.
It's easier to stay good then get good.
Buffalo did everything right with him. He attended all 4 dev camps after they drafted him, they had a big hand in his development and he loved his goalie coach liaison. They don't have a long term goalie answer that the GM believes in so the job is there.
He's leaving anyway. Likely to go to Chicago.
It's easier to stay good then get good.
When some of those teams are attractive, in no small part due to this route, it creates a positive feedback loop. Generally positive feedback loops are ill conceived systems.
Buffalo could have easily bribed Vegas to take Ullmark over Carrier and then Petersen would have a shot at winning the backup job this year, (depending on who they brought up from free agency).
In terms of competition for future NHL playing time he's not going to find an abundance of opportunity better then Buffalo, a few maybe, but not most.
Yeah, never secure.
They had Ryan Miller forever and have had Lehner for the past two seasons and will continue moving forward along with Linus Ullmark coming up.
Maybe he'll want to go to a team where the window has closed for a championship.....like San Jose?
KingsOfCali25
Start up the Bandwagon!
He'll sign with LA. They have no goalies in the pipeline and are known to produce some NHL level talent.
If I were George McPhee, I would push hard to sign him for Vegas. He can stay in Chicago and play for 2 years and then when Vegas either lets Fluery or Picard go and he can move into the back-up roll and eventually take the number 1 spot.
john716
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This is a good idea. Vegas only has three goalies coming out of the expansion draft and anyone they draft this weekend is probably a long way from turning pro.
As a WNY native and Sabres fan and a Vegas Golden Knight season ticket holder and fan, this would lessen the blow of the Sabres losing him as well.
