Injury update, Sept 26, 2025: Samuelsson Week to Week

[Weave]

1 hour ago, Thorny said:

Mattias Bogosian 

A detriment to your roster 

Bogosian was a picture of health once he moved on from Buffalo, wasn’t he?

Ive theorized in the past that Mattias is following Bogo’s path.

[Thorny]

7 minutes ago, Weave said:

Bogosian was a picture of health once he moved on from Buffalo, wasn’t he?

Ive theorized in the past that Mattias is following Bogo’s path.

That’s a negatory

must have made a deal with the devil that last year 

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Thorny said:

That’s a negatory

must have made a deal with the devil that last year 

Do you know how much of that is injuries vs. being a 6th/7th defenseman? I can’t picture him being higher than that in a depth chart… but then again, there’s 2024-25. 

[GoPuckYourself]

[JP51]

Can we just assume he is hurt and have folks let us know when he is back... cause he is pretty invisible in the ice despite being a large dude

[Weave]

11 hours ago, Thorny said:

That’s a negatory

must have made a deal with the devil that last year 

 

10 hours ago, shrader said:

Do you know how much of that is injuries vs. being a 6th/7th defenseman? I can’t picture him being higher than that in a depth chart… but then again, there’s 2024-25. 

Shrader’s thought is what I was thinking too.  Then again, I’ll have to stop saying he was faking it if he missed so many games to actual injury after he left Buffalo.

[Wyldnwoody44]

This is yet another fine outcome for Adams. This was the off-season to get out from under that contract; but as usual, Adams is slow to act and too dense to decide. Now we're stuck with a sub par-injury prone player that has essentially turned his back on the team and tucked his tail when we needed him last season. 

 

Bravo, truly 

Turd 

[Thorny]

2 hours ago, Weave said:

 

Shrader’s thought is what I was thinking too.  Then again, I’ll have to stop saying he was faking it if he missed so many games to actual injury after he left Buffalo.

Good point by Shrader, I’m not sure. Still I don’t think picture of health would ever be an apt descriptor of the man 

I met him once at a club here, shook his hand (actually true).

He complained of a broken finger afterwords (not actually true) 

2 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

This is yet another fine outcome for Adams. This was the off-season to get out from under that contract; but as usual, Adams is slow to act and too dense to decide. Now we're stuck with a sub par-injury prone player that has essentially turned his back on the team and tucked his tail when we needed him last season. 

 

Bravo, truly 

Turd 

Can’t polish a turd

[That Aud Smell]

my pet theory - based on total speculation - is this: samuelsson doesn’t actually like being a pro hockey player.

son of a very good nhl’er. he was big. moved reasonably well. got on the pro hockey development train.

it’s a life that chose him, not the life he chose.

he just seems so uncommitted. so equivocal.

[LGR4GM]

15 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Huh? 

How is this in any way accurate?

Pretty straight forward really

19 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

my pet theory - based on total speculation - is this: samuelsson doesn’t actually like being a pro hockey player.

son of a very good nhl’er. he was big. moved reasonably well. got on the pro hockey development train.

it’s a life that chose him, not the life he chose.

he just seems so uncommitted. so equivocal.

Plays defense exactly how Power does, passively. 

[French Collection]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Plays defense exactly how Power does, passively. 

Well put, they watch things happen instead of making things happen.
Power has a bit of offensive skill, Mule has the skill and creativity of his pet name.

[Taro T]

15 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Pretty straight forward really

Plays defense exactly how Power does, passively. 

Which seems to be exactly how they're coached to do so.  (Not saying they necessarily would be more aggressive / better in their own end with actual coaching; but when the coaching is good with just trying to passively take away passing lanes, guys that are predisposed to that style won't be incentivized to adjust.)

[Mr Peabody]

Start him in Rochester on an injury rehab designation and see if he can jump start himself against AHL rewards. 

[SwampD]

I had high hopes for a bounce back from him this season, too.

Man, early on, he just made so many plays that seemed so effortless and understated I though he was going to be a great one,… and then he got signed.

He’s young enough for me to still have hope for him.

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Pretty straight forward really

Plays defense exactly how Power does, passively. 

Nope. Makes no sense. Two completely different players with different histories. 

[JohninMinn.]

On 9/26/2025 at 11:35 AM, Flashsabre said:

There are some athletes in all sports that just seem destined to always be injured

Not Matt Milano

[inkman]

4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Nope. Makes no sense. Two completely different players with different histories. 

But both are super easy to play against.  

[LGR4GM]

5 minutes ago, inkman said:

But both are super easy to play against.  

And aren't the physical presence they were claimed to be

[shrader]

30 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

And aren't the physical presence they were claimed to be

Power was claimed to be a physical presence?

[K-9]

22 hours ago, Thorny said:

That’s a negatory

must have made a deal with the devil that last year 

Must be much better coke in FLA. 

[LGR4GM]

24 minutes ago, shrader said:

Power was claimed to be a physical presence?

Samuelsson 

[Broken Ankles]

[PerreaultForever]

4 hours ago, inkman said:

But both are super easy to play against.  

I don't ever remember Kassian being referred to as hard to play against. Dropping the gloves doesn't equate to that. Samuelsson was simply over hyped because of size and name recognition. Will Borgen is actually better than him, and Will is mediocre. The failure to assess their talent properly is a Sabres thing. 

[Flashsabre]

I feel like Muel and Greenway are guys they could’ve moved on from.

They could’ve let Johnson and Jones battle it out for 3rd LD and a fourth line  combination of

Beck/Geertsen Krebs/Kozak.  Dunne

would suit Lindy’s needs.  Would save the team about $7 million to use elsewhere.

[Mustache of God]

It blows my mind that he still has an A on his jersey? captains don't need to be skill players, but I expect these guys to lead with their effort on the ice and I've never seen it from Mule.