steveoath Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 What I don't understand is how can he be a free agent if he has a contract until 2022? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, steveoath said: What I don't understand is how can he be a free agent if he has a contract until 2022? He's an NHL free agent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, steveoath said: What I don't understand is how can he be a free agent if he has a contract until 2022? He's an NHL free agent; i.e., he's not tied to any NHL team. Beyond that, I'm not sure how all the contract rules work, but I don't think his current contract can prevent him from signing a contract in a higher level league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 9 hours ago, Doohickie said: Did he get released from the team or did he decide to leave? If he was sure he was signing he may want to come to North America sooner rather than later to train with real NHLers to give him his best shot of making the Sabres roster. He got cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 Source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, Doohickie said: Source? Ah you had to go there... so many inappropriate responses possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Briere48 said: He got cut. I somehow doubt that Ilves cut their leading scorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 I think they're referring to the national team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted May 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 The Sabres make it official Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 Next year's Tage has been identified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) Edited May 8, 2019 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 24 minutes ago, Doohickie said: Next year's Tage has been identified. Or maybe next year’s gOlofsson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Curtisp5286 said: Or maybe next year’s gOlofsson. That would be nice. Looks like he might spend another year in Finland from the tweets posted by WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted May 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 He’s not eligible for Rochester until his Finnish Season is over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Brawndo said: He’s not eligible for Rochester until his Finnish Season is over. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Doohickie said: That would be nice. Looks like he might spend another year in Finland from the tweets posted by WC. Yeah, saw that too. Just came back to correct myself. Nothing wrong with spending another season in Liiga if he doesn’t make the Sabres. It’s good organization depth no matter what. EDIT: Also, Liiga regular season does end in mid March, about 1 month before the AHL regular season ends, so he could play in Liiga, then come over to play in Rochester for the last 2-3 weeks of the regular season and the playoffs. Edited May 8, 2019 by Curtisp5286 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 3:41 PM, IKnowPhysics said: I usually use Vollman's numbers, which are a year or two old: Olofsson (63 points in 66 AHL games) is about 37 points. Asplund (41 points in 75 AHL games) is about 21 points. Olofsson looks like he is going to be well above 37 points 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, matter2003 said: Olofsson looks like he is going to be well above 37 points Just based on the "eye test"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 1 minute ago, inkman said: Just based on the "eye test"? Based on what he did in a few games at the NHL level...he looked like he belonged 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted May 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre1974 Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 what's everyone's thoughts on this. Does he make the roster out of camp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 27 minutes ago, Sabre1974 said: what's everyone's thoughts on this. Does he make the roster out of camp? It's like an extra mid-round draft pick for no cost. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 Doubt he makes it - ever, actually. Glad they signed him. They will strike gold with one of these at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 I listened to the interview that @WildCard mentioned above -- it was with Dobber Hockey's (which is a fantasy site) Finnish correspondent. FWIW, he raved about the FNG -- said he was a very gifted offensive player who plays a complete game -- e.g. he led his team in PK minutes in addition to the scoring categories. I agree with @dudacek that it makes sense to keep taking shots like these -- sooner or later one will hit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 (edited) Unless his development takes a significant uptick (one can hope) ... he’ll probably top off as a pretty good AHLer with some spot duty in the NHL from time to time. Very nice depth signing. Too many don’t pay attention to these type of signings because if they don’t make the Sabres, it’s off their radar and/or don’t care. These signings are important to an organization. And they all do it. Edited May 9, 2019 by Zamboni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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