News: Ristolainen playoffs or im out

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[DickSmehlik]

Okay - "bye".

Sabres won't make the playoffs regardless until he is out.

 

[Mike Jones]

He is a pending UFA in '22 so he can go wherever he wants if they don't make the playoffs next season.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

God what a disaster whats going on in Buffalo

 

[Bounces R Way]

Looks like it'll be somewhere else then Rasmus

 

[Big Empty]

Haha wow

 

[Davenport]

Surely - with the trade this Summer of Jack Eichel and Rasmus Ristolainen, possibly together - the brains trust in Buffalo can really bolster the roster for next season. In the great hockey lounge in the sky, Punch Imlach and the Knox brothers are bawling.

 

[McFlash97]

Still remember when Barzal took Rasmus for a walk one on one. What an embarrassment Ristolainen is.

Instead of being part of the solution... another lazy and low IQ prospect.

The Sabres are better off without Eichel and Ristolainen. Build the team around go getters and players with leadership.

 

[Drew311]

I don't blame him. I feel bad for the players who have been there for the past ~5 years. What a trainwreck.

I mean they are all millionaires and everything, but when your whole life is dedicated to one thing and that thing is miserable, life isn't fun...no matter how much money you make.

 

[Lunatik]

Okay - "bye".

Sabres won't make the playoffs regardless until he is out.

Because Risto is what ails that team

Sabres won't go anywhere as long as Pegula owns the team

 

[Breakers]

He absolutely has to be traded if Buffalo understands asset management.

 

[not a troll]

He absolutely has to be traded if Buffalo understands asset management.

After the ROR trade I don't think they do.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

I don't blame him. I feel bad for the players who have been there for the past ~5 years. What a trainwreck.

I mean they are all millionaires and everything, but when your whole life is dedicated to one thing and that thing is miserable, life isn't fun...no matter how much money you make.

Exactly. While it might sting Sabre fans, why would any player who has options want to stay there?

 

[Captain97]

I feel like Risto is actually a good player just misused. On a good team he is a 3/4 kinda guy, the problem is for most of his tenure with the Sabres he's been asked to be their 1/2 which is not his role. If he were on a second pairing with a defensive player (think Chiarot, Edmunson, Muzzin, etc) he would be a really valuable piece.


Please note I'm not saying Eddy or Chiarot is as good as Muzzin just noting the stylistic similarities in their games. Muzzin is more of a 2/3, Eddy is a solid 4, and Chiarot more of a 4/5.

 

[Bruce Granville]

This is not news, actually.
Every year Risto needs the whole summer to work through his frustration.
And then the Sabres break him before christmas.

 

[Zman5778]

If he were on a second pairing with a defensive player (think Chiarot, Edmunson, Muzzin, etc) he would be a really valuable piece.

Look at what Risto did when paired with McCabe the first half of the year -- they were a legit shutdown pair. The eye test matched with the advanced stats -- Risto and McCabe dominated on the ice. Then Risto got f***ed with COVID and McCabe broke his knee every which way.

Risto is a good-to-very-good player when played in the right role with the right partner.

 

[Ishad]

Because Risto is what ails that team

Sabres won't go anywhere as long as Pegula owns the team

I mean he’s not the source of all the problems, but he’s not a good hockey player.

 

[Lunatik]

I mean he’s not the source of all the problems, but he’s not a good hockey player.

He's a very good player, just a misused player on a garbage team.

 

[Mickey Marner]

This is looking like it'll be quite the mutiny.

 

[trick9]

I feel bad for him and Eichel being stuck there.

 

[SFKingshomer]

Walker and Kupari

 

[Fjordy]

Please go away

 

[Mike Jones]

Well, he'll probably be competing for a cup next year either way. If Buffalo isn't in the playoff race next year they can trade him to a contender (His contract is expiring in '22) at the deadline.

 

[Ishad]

He's a very good player, just a misused player on a garbage team.

He’s hot garbage. I still have no idea where the narrative that he’s a good player comes from.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

There's no one single factor as to why the Sabres keep missing, but how inept he his in his own end sure as shit isn't helping