Defenseman Zac Jones signed to a two way deal

[Brawndo]

 

[Second Line Center]

Interesting 

[dudacek]

 My god, how many Tweener defencemen can Kevyn Adams sign before he’s finally through?

Seriously. He seems to acquire 4 or 5 every ***** year.

[Ctaeth]

looks like a left handed puck mover/third pairing guy?  the kevyn adams specialty

[North Buffalo]

7 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

looks like a left handed puck mover/third pairing guy?  the kevyn adams specialty

Lost Docker... makes sense

[GASabresIUFAN]

More clearance bin shopping.  Congrats Kevyn.  

 

[Taro T]

17 minutes ago, Second Line Center said:

Interesting 

 

17 minutes ago, dudacek said:

 My god, how many Tweener defencemen can Kevyn Adams sign before he’s finally through?

Seriously. He seems to acquire 4 or 5 every ***** year.

Wow.  They're taking this no more no blocking the kids anymore seriously as even the 2 huge Russians might be fighting for playing time in Ra-cha-cha. 😉

Karmanos is in the running for AHL GM of the year by now, right?

[dudacek]

Jones, Metsa, Rathbone, Timmins, Docker, Brannstrom, Poolman, Clague, Bryson, Davies, Prow, Cecconi, Bartkowski, Priskie, Stillman, Davidson, Clifton, Hagg, Pysyk, Butcher, Wolanin, Lyubushkin, Fogarty and the immortal Matt Irwin.

24 of them!

In 5 years!

And most of them actually played for the Sabres!

I mean maybe it’s unfair to include Clifton and Lyubushkin, but none of these guys advanced to the 2nd pair and all of them were healthy scratches, if their NHL careers continued at all after Buffalo.

Finding an NHL defenceman on the border of an NHL career and ending it seems to be Kevyn’s signature move.

Edited yesterday at 03:26 AM by dudacek

[Thorny]

20 minutes ago, dudacek said:

 My god, how many Tweener defencemen can Kevyn Adams sign before he’s finally through?

Seriously. He seems to acquire 4 or 5 every ***** year.

It’s like he legitimately believes people will mistake quantity for quality when it comes to thoroughness in addressing the roster 

This is just busy work 

[PromoTheRobot]

3 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Jones, Metsa, Rathbone, Timmins, Docker, Brannstrom, Poolman, Clague, Bryson, Davies, Prow, Cecconi, Bartkowski, Priskie, Stillman, Davidson, Clifton, Hagg, Pysyk, Butcher, Wolanin, Lyubushkin, Fogarty and the immortal Matt Irwin.

24 of them!

In 5 years!

And most of them actually played for the Sabres!

I mean maybe it’s unfair to include Clifton and Lyubushkin, but none of these guys advanced to the 2nd pair and all of them were healthy scratches, if their NHL careers continued at all after Buffalo.

Finding an NHL defenceman on the border of an NHL career and ending it seems to be Kevyn’s signature move.

 

[dudacek]

In terms of the depth chart, it now sits at

• Dahlin
• Byram
• Power
• Kesselring
• Samuelson
• Timmins
•  
• Bryson
• Jones
•  
• Clague
• Johnson
• Rathbone
• Novikov
• Komarov
• Beliveau 
• (Metsa)

Edit: scratch Clague. Thought he was still under contract, but he signed a deal with the Jets.

So basically, Jones is replacing him.

Also not sure if Metsa got an AHL deal or an NHL deal.

Edited yesterday at 04:07 AM by dudacek

[PerreaultForever]

Who the F is Zac Jones???

[...]

[GASabresIUFAN]

29 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Jones, Metsa, Rathbone, Timmins, Docker, Brannstrom, Poolman, Clague, Bryson, Davies, Prow, Cecconi, Bartkowski, Priskie, Stillman, Davidson, Clifton, Hagg, Pysyk, Butcher, Wolanin, Lyubushkin, Fogarty and the immortal Matt Irwin.

24 of them!

In 5 years!

And most of them actually played for the Sabres!

I mean maybe it’s unfair to include Clifton and Lyubushkin, but none of these guys advanced to the 2nd pair and all of them were healthy scratches, if their NHL careers continued at all after Buffalo.

Finding an NHL defenceman on the border of an NHL career and ending it seems to be Kevyn’s signature move.

and people wonder why the defense and team suck.  You forget Rathbone, who played 28 games with Van, the immortal Brandon Davidson and Casey Fitzgerald.

[gilbert11]

Anybody else look at the title and think Zay Jones?

[Pimlach]

2 hours ago, North Buffalo said:

Lost Docker... makes sense

No it doesn’t since he didn’t have to lose Docker.  

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Who the F is Zac Jones???

The new 8th D.  Come on man. Keep track.  😂 

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

The new 8th D.  Come on man. Keep track.  😂 

lol, I've just never heard of him. It's beyond ridiculous this year. I'm starting to wonder if the conversation between Terry and Kevyn was: "So Terry, Dahlin says he wants out if we don't get it together and start building a winner". "Oh does he? Well screw him, let's tank and start over with McKenna. We can get it right this time."

[Justin C]

I bet Rangers fans found him untouchable in the Eichel trade talks.

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

11 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

More clearance bin shopping.  Congrats Kevyn. 

[LGR4GM]

12 hours ago, dudacek said:

 My god, how many Tweener defencemen can Kevyn Adams sign before he’s finally through?

Seriously. He seems to acquire 4 or 5 every ***** year.

Adams just said they were "surprised he was on the market" 

 

[DarthEbriate]

13 hours ago, dudacek said:

Edit: scratch Clague. Thought he was still under contract, but he signed a deal with the Jets.

So basically, Jones is replacing him.

This.

Clague was their best offensive defenseman in the playoffs last season and they'll need someone to be that player in Rochester.

[DarthEbriate]

13 hours ago, Taro T said:

Wow.  They're taking this no more no blocking the kids anymore seriously as even the 2 huge Russians might be fighting for playing time in Ra-cha-cha. 😉

Karmanos is in the running for AHL GM of the year by now, right?

Yup, Karmanos is doing fine. The AHL vets shuffle teams from year-to-year. There's plenty to be upset about with this franchise, a tweener D-man with NHL experience to go to help Rochester is not the issue.

 

At the conclusion of the playoffs last year, Rochester had the first lineup and everyone was healthy. With Johnson moving up to NHL 7/8 -- someone need to battle Bryson to get sent down. Jones is fine for that.

R.Johnson - Rathbone
Novikov - Metsa
Clague - Komarov
(Brännström, Prow, Laaouan)

2025-26 season:

Novikov - Metsa
Jones/Bryson - Rathbone
Laaouan - Komarov

[Two or less]

23 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Who the F is Zac Jones???

He was always linked in trade proposals by NYR fans for Eichel back in the day. lol

 

[Two or less]

10 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:

2025-26 season:

Novikov - Metsa
Jones/Bryson - Rathbone
Laaouan - Komarov

 

Johnson hasn't made the Sabres yet and as long as Byram is here i think we can still pencil him in for Rocheser:

 

Johnson - Rathbone

Novikov - Metsa

Geerstan - Komarov