Prospect Info: Vaclav Karabacek (2014, 49th) – '18-19: Clears unconditional waivers, ELC mutually terminated

[Husko]

Can't believe he ever got a contract.

 

[Gabrielor]

Can't believe he ever got a contract.

I’d say the same about almost everyone from 2014. Cornel....Brycen “Whodis” Martin...

 

[CatsforReinhart]

disaster of a draft and great prospects still on the board

 

[SundherDome]

Not surprising . He just never showed anything since being drafted. Time is running out for Cornel too in this organization.

You high

 

[SabresFan26]

You high

How can you justify eric cornel? What’s Kevin Sundher up to these days?

 

[CatsforReinhart]

You high

Cornel will never be a regular in the NHL. Maybe an injury call up.

 

[DJN21]

About time. So many wasted picks for several years in a row. Kid was a reach to begin with.

Imagine what a 2nd round pick could net this team in real time? Smh

 

[Djp]

About time. So many wasted picks for several years in a row. Kid was a reach to begin with.

Imagine what a 2nd round pick could net this team in real time? Smh

Rose colored glasses....the talent in that draft had just about all the 2nd round players having 3rd or 4th round grades.

 

[Icicle]

Cornel will never be a regular in the NHL. Maybe an injury call up.

Dude barely scratches top 6 in Rochester

 

[Ruckus007]

Rose colored glasses....the talent in that draft had just about all the 2nd round players having 3rd or 4th round grades.

True, but the Sabres had 5 picks between 31 and 74 and Lemieux is the only one who looks like he has a glimmer of an NHL career and as a depth guy at that. The rest are/were barely even AHLers. Even in a weaker draft that's pretty slim odds, IMO.



Couldn't they have just assigned Karabacek to a European team? I assume they get a contract slot back but is that they only advantage to doing this this way?

 

[Dex]

Do they actually get the contract spot back? I just never knew that they could just waive an ELC contract player and dump him. I just thought they were stuck until the ELC ended. I can't figure out why they included guys like Fienhage and Parker as contract dumps in previous years.

If they do get a contract spot back, that's great. Opens up possibilities for the deadline (or any trade for that matter) and college free agent period.

 

[Gras]

Do they actually get the contract spot back? I just never knew that they could just waive an ELC contract player and dump him. I just thought they were stuck until the ELC ended. I can't figure out why they included guys like Fienhage and Parker as contract dumps in previous years.

If they do get a contract spot back, that's great. Opens up possibilities for the deadline (or any trade for that matter) and college free agent period.

Probably because its a mutual termination.

 

[Dingo44]

Do they actually get the contract spot back? I just never knew that they could just waive an ELC contract player and dump him. I just thought they were stuck until the ELC ended. I can't figure out why they included guys like Fienhage and Parker as contract dumps in previous years.

If they do get a contract spot back, that's great. Opens up possibilities for the deadline (or any trade for that matter) and college free agent period.

Corey Fienhage still looks pretty bitter about Buffalo.

 

[SabresFan26]

Dude barely scratches the lineup in Rochester

Fixed

 

[SabresFan26]

Corey Fienhage still looks pretty bitter about Buffalo.

Tough for him to make that comment when he never was a Buffalo professional athlete. He never made it out of the minors.

 

[SundherDome]

How can you justify eric cornel? What’s Kevin Sundher up to these days?

He is chilling out maxing and relaxing all cool and shooting some bball outside of the school

 

[dotcommunism]

Couldn't they have just assigned Karabacek to a European team? I assume they get a contract slot back but is that they only advantage to doing this this way?

They get the contract slot back and don't have to pay his minor league salary. If Karabacek wants to go back to Europe, it makes far more sense from the Sabres perspective to just let him go like this than to loan him.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Rose colored glasses....the talent in that draft had just about all the 2nd round players having 3rd or 4th round grades.

That is just not true. Look at the defensive prospects still on the board and Murray was drafting garbage

 

[Yultron]

That is just not true. Look at the defensive prospects still on the board and Murray was drafting garbage

Yes and so many of Murray’s prospects that Botterill has gotten rid of outside of Olofsson, Asplund and Borgen have been he only ones Botts has signed so far. I loved Pu and he very likely would of got a contract but I will take Skinner any day of the week over Pu

 

[dire wolf]

He is chilling out maxing and relaxing all cool and shooting some bball outside of the school

Looks like he played a little in the Czech league last year. Kevin Sundher hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com Never had high expectations for him, but I thought he'd be better than he turned out. A good reminder of how hard it is to project these guys sometimes.

 

[Chainshot]

Corey Fienhage still looks pretty bitter about Buffalo.

It has more sting when it's a has-been rather than a never-was.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Not the NHL or even the NHL, but...

Vaclav Karabacek will get an opportunity to play in the Czech Extraliga in 2020-21 after two solid seasons with Ceske Budovice in the second league. The club earned elevation to the top league after finishing first.

Karabacek not only had a decent season but was also in the middle of some fireworks.

Resetovaný Václav Karabáček bral góly i jako pomstu. Proti Slavii ale nic nemám, zdůrazňuje