bob_sauve28 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Alright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 From Michael Russo Wild Beat Reporter #Gophers forward Hudson Fasching is close to signing with the Buffalo #sabres, a source says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 From Michael Russo Wild Beat Reporter #Gophers forward Hudson Fasching is close to signing with the Buffalo #sabres, a source says And Russo is as good as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 I loiter around the bus depot a lot...keeping an eye out for Sabres related things, and stuff. Good job! I'm glad we have at least one doer on this board! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 From Michael Russo Wild Beat Reporter #Gophers forward Hudson Fasching is close to signing with the Buffalo #sabres, a source says Until the contract is announced, im still going to be nervous. Call it the "BabCock" effect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 NICE. as for graduating in May -- those pesky classes should not prevent him from playing a few games over the next few weeks. (Just read a Tweet indicating that he already has the credits he needs to graduate.) Not to mention that if they made the NCAA's he wouldn't have been going to classes anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Until the contract is announced, im still going to be nervous. Call it the "BabCock" effect!More like the BabCockBlock effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 he looks like Gary Busey, should be easy to spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Until the contract is announced, im still going to be nervous. Call it the "BabCock" effect! Every player worth a damn has signed with the Sabres. Let's not get our pannies in a bunch over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3putt Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Every player worth a damn has signed with the Sabres. Let's not get our pannies in a bunch over this. MODO pannies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 MODO pannies? Yes. A bunch of those will make you look like Dustin Buttfuglian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3putt Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 John Bucciogross(sic) reporting Fasching will sign tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Check out @BuffaloSabres's Tweet: https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/712077754582364160?s=09 Done deal Welcome to Buffalo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Bailey with Jack should, logically, mean Girgensons with ROR. Wouldn't it more likely mean Reinhart with ROR? Bailey is a RW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 #Sabres sign Minnesota State defenseman Casey Nelson to entry-level contract buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-sign-de… #Buffalo Some had him rated as the number one College FA One year ELC since he is 24 yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 #Sabres sign Minnesota State defenseman Casey Nelson to entry-level contract buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-sign-de… #Buffalo Some had him rated as the number one College FA One year ELC since he is 24 yo. I have been waiting for the Sabres to sign one of the top level guys. This is a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 And Russo is as good as it gets. Better than, say, the local Sabres reporters, none of whom seemed to be in the loop on this? Boom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Better than, say, the local Sabres reporters, none of whom seemed to be in the loop on this? Boom! Vogl was first report I saw saying that he would be signed by Monday morning and the fact that Russo is from Minnesota makes him as local as the Buffalo guys on this story but ok.However, I admit Russo is more connected then any of our local guys but he's more connected then 99% of the beat guys. Edited March 23, 2016 by tom webster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Annual Hockey News Future Watch has been out for a while and since no one has mentioned it, and it's not online, I'll do a recap here. For those who aren't familiar, it's one of the better prospect resources out there because of the source. Started by Bob McKenzie when he ran the Hockey News it still follows the same principles. Each NHL team provides its own list of top prospects, which the editors then run through a panel of NHL talent evaluators who give each team a letter grade and come up with a personal top 50 prospect list. Those lists are combined into a consensus top 75. For the first time I can remember, the Sabres failed to place a player in the top 50. At 69 overall, and our highest-ranked prospect: Brendan Guhle 2: Fasching 3: Borgen 4: Bailey 5: Baptiste 6: Petersen 7: Estephan 8: Stephens 9: Dupuy 10: Austin Notable absentees include recent second-rounders Cornel, Carrier, Karabacek and Hurley. I'm interested in how highly regarded last year's three young defence men are and shocked at the presence of Austin who I considered fringe at best. Ullmark did not qualify because of the time he spent in Buffalo this year. Also interesting: Colin White, the guy Ottawa took with the pick we traded for Lehner, is ranked 15th overall. Armia was 53. Compher, Lemieux, Roslovic, and Roy (the latter two being the guys taken with the picks we gave up in the ROR and Kane trades) did not make the top 75. The overall ranking takes into account 21-and-unders in the NHL and with two second overall picks on our roster, we finished second. Arizona was number one. Last year we finished fourth overall with Samson (1), Grigorenko (38), and Fasching (75) in the top 75. This year's five prospects overall, in order: Strome, Nylander, Marner, Provorov, Rantanen Edited March 23, 2016 by dudacek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 #Sabres sign Minnesota State defenseman Casey Nelson to entry-level contract buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-sign-de… #Buffalo Some had him rated as the number one College FA One year ELC since he is 24 yo. ANy chance he dresses Sat for Coliacovo? Or report directly to Roch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Thanks for that, dudacek. I suppose what matters is that we are ranked second in the overall rankings, and that us not having a guy in the top 50 of the list doesn't mean much, as most of our best prospects have progressed to the NHL, as the write-up lays out. I would think that Cornel should have been included in the top 100, with the season he is having. Edit: But I guess our top 10 list was put together by someone from the Sabres, so since Cornel wasn't listed, I suppose they wouldn't agree. Still think he is a decent prospect, wonder if we'll sign him this off season. If we don't this off season we lose him, and I believe he either re-enters the draft, or becomes a free agent. Not sure which. Edited March 23, 2016 by Thorny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassValleyGreg Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Peterson very impressive through the first two periods. First time I've seen a full game from him. Agile and quick when moving laterally. Quiet in his movement and very sound positionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassValleyGreg Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Wow and a breakaway save on Compher! Showcasing incredible flexibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Guhle's season is done in the WHL, is it worth bringing him in to Rochester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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