Archives for June 30, 2018

‘”It’s always easier when you have a couple guys you know from the country,” Pilut said. “You’ve got to get used to everything. It’s all new for me to come over here and play on the smaller ice surface.”‘

‘Most of these workouts are pretty mundane, simple skating and stickhandling drills. Things got much more interesting during a 3-on-3 drill played in the neutral zone. Dahlin didn’t do much on some shifts but he provided the highlight of the day in the middle. The victim was third-round pick Matej Pekar.’

‘”I got a little better every year,” Borgen said. “My freshman year, I got to be with a lot of older players. We had a really good team. We were No. 1, No. 2 in the standings all year so I got to play with a lot of really good players. … From there on I just got more confidence.”‘

‘It’s expected to be a three-year deal, pegged by NHL sources in the neighborhood of $10 million to $11 million.’

‘Carter Hutton was at UMass Lowell for four years after going undrafted, then spent three seasons in the American Hockey League before making his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2012-13 season. He became an NHL regular a year later with the Nashville Predators.’

‘But Botterill clearly doesn’t think much of the Canadian junior ranks, as no draft picks in two years would indicate. You wonder if the Sabres would be satisfied to simply keep Luukkonen playing in Finland, albeit on the bigger international sheet, so he can keep getting reps against older players rather than the 16-20 set in Ontario.’