Confirmed with Link: Sabres sign F Ryan MacInnis (1 yr, 2-way, $750/150K)

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[TheMistyStranger]

Filling out the Rochester roster

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

Played with Eichel, Malone, Bjork, Butcher on the '12-'13 USNDT.

 

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[WiHockeyGuy]

Most likely a Rochester body. For some reason I was surprised to see he was a 2nd round pick.

 

[Gabrielor]

I've finally been doing this long enough that I remember guys from drafts I watched prospects on.

2014 2nd rounder who was projected to go about that.

Pretty meh AHL player, but it's a big body for Roch, and one young enough with maybe something to prove still.

Like this signing.

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

I've finally been doing this long enough that I remember guys from drafts I watched prospects on.

2014 2nd rounder who was projected to go about that.

Pretty meh AHL player, but it's a big body for Roch, and one young enough with maybe something to prove still.

Like this signing.

His stats don't jump out at all, at any level, for sure. But I still agree he is worth taking a flyer on.

 

[brian_griffin]

Most likely a Rochester body. For some reason I was surprised to see he was a 2nd round pick.

From St. Louis. I suspect an NHL pedigree. Assume his father was Al MacInnis (played for the Blues, had the hardest slapper in the NHL).

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

From St. Louis. I suspect an NHL pedigree. Assume his father was Al MacInnis (played for the Blues, had the hardest slapper in the NHL).

Just wiki'ed him and right you are, he is indeed Al's boy.

Hopefully he has his dad's shot.

 

[jfb392]

A clever marketing move, since they have now probably gained a ton of new fans from Nova Scotia. At least half of the province claims to be related to Al in one way or another.

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

 

[Chainshot]

I've finally been doing this long enough that I remember guys from drafts I watched prospects on.

2014 2nd rounder who was projected to go about that.

Pretty meh AHL player, but it's a big body for Roch, and one young enough with maybe something to prove still.

Like this signing.

It gets sobering when you start noticing the sons of players you've followed for draft purposes in current draft.

 

[Zach716]

Plan the f*cking parade.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

It gets sobering when you start noticing the sons of players you've followed for draft purposes in current draft.

It’s even weirder when those players are nothing like their dads (Dakota Odgers, Keegan Hatcher).

 

[brian_griffin]

It’s even weirder when those players are nothing like their dads (Dakota Odgers, Keegan Hatcher).

And in some cases, that's probably a good thing.

 

[UnleashRasmus]

More trash.

 

[Buffaloed]

It gets sobering when you start noticing the sons of players you've followed for draft purposes in current draft.

I'm not switching to light beer because of this.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

And in some cases, that's probably a good thing.

Depends. Hatcher is an offensive minded dman that has very little skill, and isn’t a nasty dman (despite being a large human). If he was even 75% of the player his dad Derian was, he’d be an NHLer.

 

[elchud]

He has no future as a NHL center. Put him at LW, Quinn on the other wing, maybe he can make a living as a grinder. Big, fast, tough, compete blah blah blah but doesn't have the defensive awareness to play C. Or offensive awareness. Anyhow maybe he can remold his game in Rochester.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

In NHL 16, he was always a steal. He’d only top out as a 4C, but was always one of the better ones in the game.

That being said, he’s my “this year’s Fogarty”. I will not have any of you sully his name until next summer.

 

[majormajor]

I'm just seeing that no Jackets fans have stopped in to give you a report on Ryan MacInnis. He can be a useful fill-in that won't hurt you at all. He has a good head for the defensive side of the game, he's fast, rangy, and smart without the puck. Close to zero scoring touch. He has definitely improved his game over the last couple years in Cleveland, and can contribute at both ends at the AHL level. I still tend to think of MacInnis as a fill-in at the NHL level but he might be able to steal a 4C job from someone like Cody Eakin, if the coach just wants someone to play zero-zero hockey.

He has no future as a NHL center. Put him at LW, Quinn on the other wing, maybe he can make a living as a grinder. Big, fast, tough, compete blah blah blah but doesn't have the defensive awareness to play C. Or offensive awareness. Anyhow maybe he can remold his game in Rochester.

This is not quite right. MacInnis isn't a tough guy, he's pretty willowy. And his NHL selling point is as a strong defensive center.

 

[Jacob582]

MacInnis has played 3 games in 3 nights. Amerks play tonight. Will he play 4 games in 4 nights? What other players have done this?