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Looks like Moulson and Gorges are rotating in on the 4th line and 3rd pairing respectively.
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Nemeth?
If he lights it up in the AHL, I gotta think that he's going to get a look here. He has alot of work to do to get to that point though.Since Nylander didn't have a chance to show what he can do in camp I suspect he's going to have to show it in Rochester first. I think (read: hope) the days of experimenting to see if a player is ready by just trial and error are behind us now.
As for bailey/baptiste, no reason to pull the plug until you need the contract spots for better prospects/players. My guess is worst case they'll be worth keeping around for 2 more years at which point they'll both likely have reached the requirements to be considered an AHL vet and the decision will need to be made to keep them counting towards one of the limited AHL vet slots or let go for better options. If neither breaks out this year, they'll both sign their 1 year QO after this season.
When do we think Housley is going to name the C & A's??
It’s starting to look like the Sabres will begin the season without a captain.
Sabres coach Phil Housley said this morning, three days before the season opener, no announcement is set for “the immediate future.”
“We’re still evaluating that part of who’s going to wear a letter,” Housley said inside KeyBank Center. “We have a good leadership group in there. That’s something that the coaches will be talking (about) today and tomorrow.”
Instead of using a temporary captain during the preseason, Housley used three alternates each game, giving several players, including third-year center Jack Eichel, an ‘A.’
The Sabres didn’t re-sign former captain Brian Gionta.
One theory has the Sabres waiting a year to name a new captain and giving it to Eichel then.
If he lights it up in the AHL, I gotta think that he's going to get a look here. He has alot of work to do to get to that point though.
I'm happy for Griffith that he has earned his spot on the roster, but how frustrating is it that after 3 years of development nobody out of Baptiste, Bailey, or Fasching made the roster. Glad we have Mittelstadt and Nylander in the pipeline, and there's even still questions surrounding Nylander.
I think Nylander would have to be >ppg through ~30 games in the AHL at a minimum just based on the penguins history of calling up prospects (assuming botts has the same beliefs regarding development).If he lights it up in the AHL, I gotta think that he's going to get a look here. He has alot of work to do to get to that point though.
I'm happy for Griffith that he has earned his spot on the roster, but how frustrating is it that after 3 years of development nobody out of Baptiste, Bailey, or Fasching made the roster. Glad we have Mittelstadt and Nylander in the pipeline, and there's even still questions surrounding Nylander.
He's my #1 on that list, ahead of Rychel and Read. But I have no delusions that we're in the market for a 3rd pairing/spare LHD.
But it appears Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian, who’s day-to-day with a lower-body injury, won’t play Thursday. Bogosian, however, hasn’t been ruled out. Housley only said he would be reevaluated Wednesday.
Bogosian’s was hurt late in Friday’s exhibition finale.
In other injury news, Sabres defenseman Justin Falk missed today’s session (undisclosed) and is day-to-day, Housley said. Falk will be evaluated Wednesday. He practiced Sunday, the team’s last session before today.
Check back later for more, including defenseman Nathan Beaulieu’s take on playing his old team, the Montreal Canadiens, right away and skating beside Rasmus Ristolainen on the No. 1 pair.
Zolnierczyk is on waivers. Housley and Botts would be familiar. He'd sell jerseys..
I think he is a free agent after getting released from his PTO.
Looks like Moulson and Gorges are rotating in on the 4th line and 3rd pairing respectively.
Music to my years, quite possibly I won't have to see Gorges and Moulson skating on the first game. I love our management.
Looks like Moulson and Gorges are rotating in on the 4th line and 3rd pairing respectively.
I think they can find people to work at the Sabres store for less than $650k.Zolnierczyk is on waivers. Housley and Botts would be familiar. He'd sell jerseys..
Looks like Moulson and Gorges are rotating in on the 4th line and 3rd pairing respectively.
Yeah Kane and Eichel works so wellI don't have any complaints about the lines as written on Bove's Twitter.
I agree. Actually, I feel it's ideal for all of them in Rochester to be learning a new, up-tempo, 5-man unit system together. Ideally, they will all be on BUF in future, concurrently, replacing the Moulsons/Pouliots/Kanes/ etc., who are on the roster now. In other words, they'll play more together now, and later.Especially with a new system to learn, I'm not surprised at all (or necessarily disappointed) that BBF and Nylander are going to be in Rochester for a while. It won't be until 3 or so months that we can get a good idea of where these guys stand, both in Rochester and the guys in Buffalo. Hopefully by February and March we finally have some success stories to talk about prospect wise(Guhle and Ullmark included).
Whether on the ice, or behind the cash register, his $650k contract wouldn't count against the cap anyway. :sarcasmI think they can find people to work at the Sabres store for less than $650k.