Sabres suspend Zach Bogosian for failing to report to the AHL

[EdmFlyersfan]

Remember when Jeff Carter did something similar to an NHL club ...

What a loser. Seems like a dick move to everyone for refusing to accept you suck.

 

[Ray Mercer]

I remember when he was in Winnipeg Jets fans used to love him and rave about his ability. Now he’s out of the league 5 years later.

 

[DJN21]

Later skater

 

[Sonofamitch]

Can he still skate? He’s only 29 and a right handed shot. If they terminate his contract I can see a lot of teams being interested at the league minimum.

 

[StreetHawk]

Can he still skate? He’s only 29 and a right handed shot. If they terminate his contract I can see a lot of teams being interested at the league minimum.

Probably will be. I mean, players who get bought out, the majority end up with another team.

Shatty and Girardi found their way to TB after their buyout from the NYR. Perry to Dallas.

Could understand the Sabres waiting on termination until after the TDL if they are looking to trade Dmen off their roster.

 

[JerseyMike34]

Remember when Jeff Carter did something similar to an NHL club ...

Nope. Explain more.

 

[explore]

Can he still skate? He’s only 29 and a right handed shot. If they terminate his contract I can see a lot of teams being interested at the league minimum.

He’s a turnstile.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Can he still skate? He’s only 29 and a right handed shot. If they terminate his contract I can see a lot of teams being interested at the league minimum.

ya, he’s really bad. Someone will take a flier but I can’t imagine he’s worse than your average call up- he’s good at looking angry in front of the net, that’s pretty much it. I think he can still skate in largely straight lines, but the agility needed to keep up with today’s game.. dude is just constantly reaching and getting beat, then does dumb things with the puck and has to repeat the process.. can’t imagine your worst d is worse.

 

[Royal Thunder]

Can he still skate? He’s only 29 and a right handed shot. If they terminate his contract I can see a lot of teams being interested at the league minimum.

His skating has greatly deteriorated since we acquired him, seems all the injuries and games missed took its toll. His first step and quickness is not what it was

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Remember when Jeff Carter did something similar to an NHL club ...

He did? I guess Jeff Carter appearing in games in a Blue Jackets uniform is a figment of our imagination.

 

[Chainshot]

He’s a turnstile.

At least turnstiles have a use. Not so much Bogo.

 

[Chainshot]

Guessing this will head to mutual contract release?

Most likely. And then whatever team his agent has figured out is interested in him at league minimum will sign him to be their seven or eight.

 

[Ratatoskr]

Isn't he basically playing on an AHL team already?


*Remembers which team BUF beat last night

I salute your self-deprecating humor. Well done!

As for Bogosian, I second what others have said. This is probably best for both parties. Bogo wants to play. The Sabres couldn't trade him, and they couldn't give him away. Now he can sign with somebody else and try to salvage his career, while the Sabres save money and gain cap space. Win-Win.

 

[7even]

 

[Bronson]

I thought he'd be better than Doughty

 

[Henkka]

What a loser. Seems like a dick move to everyone for refusing to accept you suck.

Like, Jonathan Ericsson has been waived twice at Detroit, and he went to play and to mentor kid defencemen, helping the organization. Earning the paycheck.

Tells everything about Buffalo's asshole culture.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Like, Jonathan Ericsson has been waived twice at Detroit, and he went to play and to mentor kid defencemen, helping the organization. Earning the paycheck.

Tells everything about Buffalo's ******* culture.

ya man, if only we were the Detroit red wings right now.

 

[tsujimoto74]

2 million dollars the rest of the year isn't worth a risk to a team? Is he now that bad?

Yeah, he's terrible. Like, just about every decision he makes on the ice is the wrong one. I'm guessing once the contract termination is done, he signs somewhere for league minimum and spends the rest of the season trying to rehab his value.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

ya man, if only we were the Detroit red wings right now.

At least the Red Wings have 11 Stanley Cup banners hanging from the rafters.

 

[Channelcat]

Yeah, he's terrible. Like, just about every decision he makes on the ice is the wrong one. I'm guessing once the contract termination is done, he signs somewhere for league minimum and spends the rest of the season trying to rehab his value.

I think he would be wiser to play out his deal and take his 3M$ or whatever.

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

At least the Red Wings have 11 Stanley Cup banners hanging from the rafters.

You sound like a Yankees Fan, the key words from his post was “right now”. Right now the Red Wings suck.

 

[Ratatoskr]

I think he would be wiser to play out his deal and take his 3M$ or whatever.

Should be around half that by my calculation, but whatever.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

At least the Red Wings have 11 Stanley Cup banners hanging from the rafters.

and a historically bad level squad right now- and right now is what I said in my original post.

 

[tsujimoto74]

I think he would be wiser to play out his deal and take his 3M$ or whatever.

I think it's part pride and part an eye toward future earnings. From his post-game interviews, I really think Bogo has a poor sense of himself as a hockey player. He probably thinks he deserves to be a top 4 D on an NHL team. Even seeing that obviously no one running an NHL team agrees (if they did, his contract wouldn't be an issue, and he would've been traded or claimed), he's still not going to accept playing in the AHL. And, when it comes to his next contract, he'll be better off if he can rehab his value as an NHL player this spring than if he plays out the rest of the season in the AHL.

He seems like a good guy in the community, and I know a lot of his teammates in Buffalo really liked him, but he's just plain bad at hockey and actively cost the team points in the standings when he played. I wish him good luck, but good riddance.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Yeah, he's terrible. Like, just about every decision he makes on the ice is the wrong one. I'm guessing once the contract termination is done, he signs somewhere for league minimum and spends the rest of the season trying to rehab his value.

He was never a particularly smart player, got by on being a near elite skater and having great physical tools.

If those are gone he is basically done as an NHL player tbh.