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

[DJN21]

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



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

Buckling Martin will hopefully be the only memory of Nathan I ever need to remember...mostly because last year is over and hopefully he's gone before our next trial of masochism begins...

 

[Seedling]

Nice signing.

 

[Shootica]

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

McCabe is a decent candidate to get dealt for a winger in a low-end hockey trade, especially if we make any other additions on defense before the season starts.

I can't imagine anyone is legiamitely interested in Bogosian and his buyout price really isn't worth it, so we'll just have to hope he stays relatively healthy and bounces back.

Beaulieu is useless, but I'm in favor of keeping him around just to sit in the press box and let Guhle and/or Pilut develop properly in Rochester. Wouldn't want to see him in a healthy top 6 though.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Their defense is definitely getting better at this point.

 

[krt88nc]

Their defense is definitely getting better at this point.

It couldnt get any worse! Seriously

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

It couldnt get any worse! Seriously

So, Dahlin makes their defense worse, too?

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Their defense is definitely getting better at this point.

1st D-Pair LD Scandella RD Ristolainen
2nd D-Pair LD Beaulieu RD Dahlin
3rd D-Pair LD Guhle RD Nelson

LD Pilut
LD McCabe +
RD Bogosian +
RD Antipin ~RFA

 

[HaNotsri]

1st D-Pair LD Scandella RD Ristolainen
2nd D-Pair LD Beaulieu RD Dahlin
3rd D-Pair LD Guhle RD Nelson

LD Pilut
LD McCabe +
RD Bogosian +
RD Antipin ~RFA

More like:

Scandella-Ristolainen
Guhle-Nelson
McCabe-Dahlin
Bogo
Pilut

Antipin won’t be around. Hopefully it transforms into:

Scandella-XXX(decent veteran free agent)
Guhle-Ristolainen
Dahlin-Nelson
McCabe

Depth:
Pilut
Bogo
Borgen
Falk
Beaulieu

 

[nilssont]

Pill-oot ?

Pie-lutt

 

[nilssont]

His nickname is Larry btw sabres fans

 

[Chainshot]

His nickname is Larry btw sabres fans

So is Johan Larsson's. It's better than giving him the usual NA nickname of "take last name or part of last name, and add -zee"."Pie-zee" would be embarrassing.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

1st D-Pair LD Scandella RD Ristolainen
2nd D-Pair LD Beaulieu RD Dahlin
3rd D-Pair LD Guhle RD Nelson

LD Pilut
LD McCabe +
RD Bogosian +
RD Antipin ~RFA

Much better, yes.

 

[nilssont]

So is Johan Larsson's. It's better than giving him the usual NA nickname of "take last name or part of last name, and add -zee"."Pie-zee" would be embarrassing.

Maybe just Pie? Im a blueberry guy myself.
He also has a big ass mouth if thats anything
I think he will do good in the NHL in a minor role. Big HV71 fan so ive watched him alot.

 

[Chainshot]

Maybe just Pie? Im a blueberry guy myself.
He also has a big ass mouth if thats anything
I think he will do good in the NHL in a minor role. Big HV71 fan so ive watched him alot.

I liked him in the HV71 games I saw this year. I'm hoping for a nice depth find who can give them some quality AHL minutes and push people in front of him. At this point, with what the Sabres still have, if he doesn't make the team out of camp, he should be the first recall on LD.

 

[lifeisruff]

Antipin has returned to Russia. CBS reported this two weeks ago and apparently NO ONE in the Buffalo media notice until about yesterday.

Victor Antipin, D, Buffalo Sabres.

Beaulieu is garbage. But he's waiveable garbage

Bogosian is a competent bottom pairing (right shot) defensemen on a horrible contract. When he's healthy, and he never is.

McCabe has no offensive upside but he's an NHL caliber defensemen on a cheap contract.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

13 points in 7 games so far in AHL... Apparently he has been playing unbelievably.

 

[NDiesel]

13 points in 7 games so far in AHL... Apparently he has been playing unbelievably.

Wow, pretty impressive numbers.

 

[TT1]

pretty crazy production so far

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

pretty crazy production so far

Ya crazy.. 2nd in whole AHL scoring too.. Point leader has only two more points in 2 more games played too

Also best +- amongst AHL dmen with a +10

 

[Yatzhee]

Watched the game last night on AHLTV. Kid is down right impressive. Sabres got a gem? Again? From the SHL......

3 assists, break out skating and passing is really phenomenal, transition back to D following possession lose is really very good. Plays the boards in the D zone hard nosed with a back for very good stick work.
Saw him clear the front of the net 2 times in the 3rd successfully. Has a real after burner going on the rush up ice.

Saw nothing in his game that struck me as negative. Looks like the complete package.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Looks like the Sabres might have a player here...

Good job by their scouting dept.

They were actually onto him and already having conversations with him before his breakout year in the SHL last season. He said that’s part of the reason why he chose to sign in Buffalo. I guess they were the only team to do so before his breakout year (which obviously led to numerous teams contacting him).

 

[coastal]

The only question is... how much time does he spend in the A?

 

[tsujimoto74]

The only question is... how much time does he spend in the A?

However long it takes for someone on the Sabres blue line to get injured, I guess. And I doubt the A sees him again after that.

 

[Sabres]

The only question is... how much time does he spend in the A?

Even though he’s been great I’d like for him to get a good amount of seasoning before we bring him up. But then again, Scandella is atrocious so I also would like to see Pilut get a chance.

 

[Djp]

The only question is... how much time does he spend in the A?

On buffalo right now...

Dahlin, Risto, McCabe, Bogosuan, Nelson, Beaulieu, Scandella

He is likely an injury call up. It’s only a matter of time before china doll is hurt.

I think beaulieu is likely traded at the deadline. As an RFA after the season he likely isn’t tenured.

Buffali has Pilut, Guhke, and Birgen in Rochester who woukd be in the Sabres by20 /21 season.

Scandella UFA in 20
Nelson a UFA in 20
Beaulieu RFA in 19 with I think 1 yr left till UFA
McCabe is an RFA in 19 with I think 2 yrs if team control left till ufa