Confirmed Signing with Link: Sabres sign Lawrence Pilut (LD, HV71)

[Chainshot]

Formal announcement:

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[Beerz]

Nice

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Sabres defense shaping up nicely for next season.

 

[logik47]

So, one of Beaulieu/McCabe/Bogosian on the block?

 

[Uberpecker]

So, one of Beaulieu/McCabe/Bogosian on the block?

All of them is fine by me. What would you offer?

 

[GellMann]

So, one of Beaulieu/McCabe/Bogosian on the block?

I'll give them all and a 3rd to you for a 5th.

 

[Sansbacon]

So, one of Beaulieu/McCabe/Bogosian on the block?

I'm willing to see what McCabe has to offer this year now that we know he needed all kinds of surgeries last year, and will have had plenty of time to recover. He was looking promising for a while and then just fell off a cliff. Hoping for a rebound.

Beaulieu and Bogo, however... even just typing out their names is irritating at this point.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

How does one pronounce his last name?

 

[Der Jaeger]

So, one of Beaulieu/McCabe/Bogosian on the block?

You may have them for some friction tape and some new hockey socks. All of them.

 

[Ace]

How does one pronounce his last name?

Pilot

 

[CupInSIX]

Decent 7th defenseman PP guy. Should help Dahlin feel at home.

Although he looked to have suffered a concussion in the SHL playoffs. He was absolutely destroyed.


Played alright in the friendlies for Team Sweden the past few weeks.

 

[Yatzhee]

Good depth signing. Wonder if he'll start in Rochester. No matter, any depth help, be it veteran for now, or a transitional player like this for a year or so down the road is good for Buffalo. They desperately need to build that back end out, including.......................goaltending.

 

[Uberpecker]

You may have them for some friction tape and some new hockey socks. All of them.

Yeah, ist's a bit like this:

 

[THall4]

How does one pronounce his last name?

Pill-oot ?

 

[THall4]

I'm willing to see what McCabe has to offer this year now that we know he needed all kinds of surgeries last year, and will have had plenty of time to recover. He was looking promising for a while and then just fell off a cliff. Hoping for a rebound.

Beaulieu and Bogo, however... even just typing out their names is irritating at this point.

Oilers will give you a 6th for Beaulieu ...

Edit: Wait nvm ..noticed he makes 2.4M next season...that can be spent better elsewhere.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Oilers will give you a 6th for Beaulieu ...

Edit: Wait nvm ..noticed he makes 2.4M next season...that can be spent better elsewhere.

We’ll keep half his salary and take a 7th.

 

[THall4]

We’ll keep half his salary and take a 7th.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Now that he's been signed, the next best international UFA is probably Alexei Byvaltsev. I wonder if an NHL team picks him up.

 

[HaNotsri]

The only reason for you to add Bealieu is if you want a Tank Commander. He's the worst player to represent Buffalo during the tank/botched rebuild era. He's so spectacularly bad that he will cause career ending injuries to your key players while scoring two own goals on every shift he takes if he gets any worse.

We'll put him in the minors and be done with him.

 

[tsujimoto74]

So, one of Beaulieu/McCabe/Bogosian on the block?

I doubt there's an NHL GM stupid enough to trade something for Beaulieu or Bogosian, but having a reason to at least not play them would sure be nice.

 

[tsujimoto74]

About his only redeeming quality is that he might be a decent passer if you could somehow manage to teach him which team he was supposed to be passing to.

 

[SundherDome]

I doubt there's an NHL GM stupid enough to trade something for Beaulieu or Bogosian, but having a reason to at least not play them would sure be nice.

Bogo probably not. Beaulieu could survive as a bottom pairing dman on a strong defensive team. Nashville and Carolina are a thought..what's Salomaki or Nordstrom's situation?

 

[Kamiccolo]

Sabres defense shaping up nicely for next season.

I mean the Leafs got Rosen and Borg last offseason who were in the same boat and neither made the team full time and their defense is not the best. So I am not sure this is anything more than a guy to compete for a bottom pairing spot / extra D.

 

[Chainshot]

The pronunciation is like a guy flying a plane, for those who asked.

About his only redeeming quality is that he might be a decent passer if you could somehow manage to teach him which team he was supposed to be passing to.

He did throw one good punch on Martin. That wasn't worth the money or aggravation of the rest of his season... so... yeah.

 

[Chainshot]

I mean the Leafs got Rosen and Borg last offseason who were in the same boat and neither made the team full time and their defense is not the best. So I am not sure this is anything more than a guy to compete for a bottom pairing spot / extra D.

They had no LHD depth to speak of. The only two farm hands under contract with the big club for the upcoming season spend all of last year being forgettable in the ECHL.