Confirmed with Link: Sabres have signed Lawrence Pilut (LD, HV71)

[Husko]

Very easy decision. Cya Bogo.

Of course, if we ride it out one more year, a year where we probably don’t need the space and he will probably start the year injured, a buyout next offseason is just 2 million for 2 years

 

[Lumpjaw]

How long til we officially get word about Pilut? Not sure of the date.

Unless he somehow gets cut from Swedens WC roster before friday I think there will be nothing before the World Championships is over.

 

[Chainshot]

Upside to the WCs would be getting to watch him live.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

Hate doesn't lend itself to good cap management sometimes. I think some people dislike the player so much they want him gone if it doesn't make any sense financially. I agree with you - no sense extending cap usage years out just because you don't like someone.

Good thing GMs are acting like fans most of the time.

And I want Pilut on the roster over Bealieu please.

 

[Reddawg]

Good thing GMs are acting like fans most of the time.

And I want Pilut on the roster over Bealieu please.

I want Sabretooth on the roster over Beaulieu.

 

[HaNotsri]

How long til we officially get word about Pilut? Not sure of the date.

I think he will be a late cut. After that.

 

[brian_griffin]

What's the current approximate organizational depth ~5 deep on each side?

Left side:
Scandella
Pilut (assuming he is/will be signed)
Guhle
McCabe
Beaulieu

Right side:
Dahlin (LHD, plays mostly right side, & left-side PP, so can play either side)
Ristolainen
[Antipin, if re-signed, left handed but prefers right side]
Bogosian (Buyout Bogosian if he can get healthy in time.)
Nelson (if re-signed)

With potentially Dahlin, Pilut, Guhle seeing decent time in BUF next season, would be wonderful, as others have noted, to sign UFA Tobias Enstrom 4 years x $6M to help with the new Swedes.

In terms of depth, that would give something like:
Scandella-Risto
Enstrom-Dahlin
Pilut-Antipin (if Antipin resigned)
Guhle, McCabe, Bogosian,

they're thin on the right side, would really like to see Antipin re-signed.

Can you imagine the skating/puck handling from the back end in a couple years with Dahlin, Pilut, Antipin, Guhle, Ristolainen, with Scandella and Enstrom keeping it steady?

If Phil's going to stay as HC and "activate" that defense, they need an assistant coach to focus on in-game matchups, and Botterill needs to mandate Antipin is re-signed and plays.

 

[sabres4ever]

I just can't imagine Antipin staying with Buffalo this year. I'd like to see it, but the way he was treated makes me think he's decided to go elsewhere.

I'd love to add another established D. and get rid of (hopefully) both McCabe and Bogo.

By next season, we should have a very good backend.

 

[sabremike]

I want Sabretooth on the roster over Beaulieu.

I just want Sabretooth on the roster, would probably be an amazing shot blocker!

 

[Chainshot]

I think he will be a late cut. After that.

Once the rest of the NHL talent filters out after round two, right?

 

[HaNotsri]

Once the rest of the NHL talent filters out after round two, right?

Yes, my guess is that he won’t be named tothe roster but kept as a reserve until the second round is done.

 

[Icicle]

I just want Sabretooth on the roster, would probably be an amazing shot blocker!

We already had a goalie who relied on his footprint to make saves, and he spent half his time jumping so far out of the crease anyway that people skated around him.

 

[Reddawg]

We already had a goalie who relied on his footprint to make saves, and he spent half his time jumping so far out of the crease anyway that people skated around him.

So, you're saying we should make Sabretooth the goalie?

Actually, if he brought the t-shirt cannon out with him that could actually work. Especially on shootouts. Imagine how wild the crowd would go when he rappels in from the rafters for shootout time. Just that alone could seriously perk up a normally dead building.

 

[sabremike]

We already had a goalie who relied on his footprint to make saves, and he spent half his time jumping so far out of the crease anyway that people skated around him.

Don't want to use him as a goalie, want to use him as a defenseman as a shot blocker. My wild fantasy of Sabretooth winning the Norris will not be denied!!!

 

[Sabretooth]

wild fantasy of Sabretooth

 

[CatsforReinhart]

TSN has Pilut on the buffalo roster already

 

[Jim Bob]

TSN has Pilut on the buffalo roster already

Signings - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Cap Friendly doesn't have any Sabres signings since Olofsson.

 

[Chainshot]

It'll be official when it can be. I'm still just happy that he's going to be in the fold. Now for a forward and goalie to bolster the system...

 

[Paxon]

I just want Sabretooth on the roster, would probably be an amazing shot blocker!

From what I've seen, he can't even stop mites' 2 mph five hole shots

 

[Gabrielor]

It'll be official when it can be. I'm still just happy that he's going to be in the fold. Now for a forward and goalie to bolster the system...

Goalie being the key one.

Defense and forwards are important talk, but you wanna talk about a position bare of future talent, it’s goalie.

 

[Reddawg]

From what I've seen, he can't even stop mites' 2 mph five hole shots

From what I've seen, he can't even stop mites' 2 mph five hole shots

That's because it's considered rude to shoot the t-shirt cannon at 7yo's.

 

[Matt Ress]

Any chance McCabe bounces back? A couple years ago he had a bright future. Maybe he had some rough personal stuff this past year.

 

[Dingo44]

Edit: Didn't see these were posted before. Oh well - I missed them.

 

[Kyndig]

Any chance McCabe bounces back? A couple years ago he had a bright future. Maybe he had some rough personal stuff this past year.

3rd pairing role with the right partner maybe, he looked decent when he played with Guhle. I think the Sabres would do well to have Guhle, Pilut, and Dahlin on different lines so each defensive unit has a "quarterback." The biggest problem with McCabe was the grenades he tossed to the wrong team on our breakouts.

 

[Tsujimoto]

That's because it's considered rude to shoot the t-shirt cannon at 7yo's.

7 year-olds love free t-shirts.