Final Roster - Any Surprises ?

[Night Train]

 You guys know more than me.

List your forward lines, D pairs and G.

 Thanks in advance. 

[Flashsabre]

Geertsen and Dunne will have roles this season for the Sabres. Whether that means they are on the opening day roster or not I’m not sure. But Lindy has plans for both of them this season

[LGR4GM]

Benson-Norris-Thompson 
Zucker-McLeod-Tuch
Quinn-Kulich-Doan
Malenstyn-Krebs-Danforth

Dunne

Byram-Dahlin

Power-Kesselring
Samuelsson-Timmins
Bryson
Upl, Lyon, Georgiev

[pastajoe]

The D pairings are up in the air as Power has an undisclosed injury, Byram is recovering, and Samuelsson may be week to week. 🤷‍♂️

[msw2112]

Ryan Johnson might stick around, particularly given the injuries on D.  The fact that Zac Jones was waived and sent to Rochester seems to support the notion of Johnson getting some kind of shot, as Jones was expected to stay with the Sabres and possibly take the 7th spot from Bryson.  That Bryson contract, although not very old, is not aging well.  I think that most would prefer Johnson OR Jones over Bryson.  And don't get me started about Bernard-Docker.  And I don't dislike Bryson as much as many on this board, I just think that Johnson, Jones, and Bernard-Docker are better players.

Edited 13 hours ago by msw2112

[Taro T]

4 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

Ryan Johnson might stick around, particularly given the injuries on D.  The fact that Zac Jones was waived and sent to Rochester seems to support the notion of Johnson getting some kind of shot, as Jones was expected to stay with the Sabres and possibly take the 7th spot from Bryson.  That Bryson contract, although not very old, is not aging well.  I think that most would prefer Johnson OR Jones over Bryson.  And don't get me started about Bernard-Docker.  And I don't dislike Bryson as much as many on this board, I just think that Johnson, Jones, and Bernard-Docker are better players.

Jones over Bryson.  Heck, there's people that would prefer Metsa over Bryson.  😉 

[North Buffalo]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Jones over Bryson.  Heck, there's people that would prefer Metsa over Bryson.  😉 

Yup

[GASabresIUFAN]

Johnson and Mrtka start the season in Buffalo because two of Power, Byram and Samuelsson won't be available on opening night.  

[ponokasabre]

We will need Geertsen and Dunne in the line up when we play Rempe and Jeannot in Boston and Brady in Ottawa and the Xjeha brothers in Montreal 

 

[PerreaultForever]

Yes, I think they will keep Mrtka because of the injuries. He gets a trial run and then they will decide where he goes. 

[ponokasabre]

2 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Yes, I think they will keep Mrtka because of the injuries. He gets a trial run and then they will decide where he goes. 

If Byram and Power are out for a short period why not give Mrtka a couple games, he earned it 

[GoPuckYourself]

1.) Benson- Norris- Thompson

2.) Quinn- Kulich- Tuch

3.) Zucker- McLeod- Doan

4.) Malenstyn- Krebs- Greenway

1.) Dahlin- Byram

2.) Kesselring- Power

3.) Timmins- Samuelsson

1.) Lyon

Georgiev backup (Until UPL is back)

[SABRES 0311]

I don’t think there’s any surprises to be had. Since the offseason acquisitions, the only disagreements were on line combinations and pairings. Nothing really as far as the overall roster.

[pi2000]

Tuch - Norris - Thompson
Zucker - Kulich - Quinn
Benson - McLeod - Doan
Malenstyn - Krebs - Dunne

Dahlin - Byram
Power - Kesselring
Sammuelsson - Timbits
Johnson

UPL
Lyon

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, ponokasabre said:

If Byram and Power are out for a short period why not give Mrtka a couple games, he earned it 

Well they don't have a lot of depth so they have a bunch of games before they have to commit to a decision. 

[steveoath]

If Rempe is sticking with the rangers squad then you can guarantee Geertson will be lacing up the skates on opening night. 

[Taro T]

7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Yes, I think they will keep Mrtka because of the injuries. He gets a trial run and then they will decide where he goes. 

1 thing to remember is, if they send him back to Ra-cha-cha rather than Juniors before his 9 games is up, he can still get brought up again and also if he cumulatively doesn't get a 10th game this year won't burn a year of his ELC.  This is unlike loaning him back to Seattle which if they do that, he could only be brought back on an emergency basis or after their season is done.

So, if he's Ra-cha-cha bound, he might be the 1st guy sent down when somebody gets healthy enough to play after the season starts to save some of those 9 games for later in the year.

If he's Seattle bound, expect him to get all 9 games before going back.

[JohnC]

I don’t know how long Samuelsson will be out. This could turn out be a good opportunity for Ryan Johnson to show that he belongs with the big club. 
 

I don’t know how Mrtka is going to be handled. One can make a good case for a variety of options. This will be an interesting situation to follow.

[inkman]

9 hours ago, North Buffalo said:

Yup

Aren’t Metsa and Bryson essentially the same player? 

[Pimlach]

9 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Yes, I think they will keep Mrtka because of the injuries. He gets a trial run and then they will decide where he goes. 

Scary.  He needs to go back down and get his trial run next year.  I’ve seen this before.  

[Mustache of God]

I caught a partial segment last night on WGR with PH saying that, despite Ruff not liking it, and despite Adam's acknowledging it doesn't work, they're going to be running back the 3 goalie rotation. 

Absolutely mind boggling. You picked Georgiov up off the street 2 weeks ago, you can waive him.

[LGR4GM]

5 minutes ago, Mustache of God said:

I caught a partial segment last night on WGR with PH saying that, despite Ruff not liking it, and despite Adam's acknowledging it doesn't work, they're going to be running back the 3 goalie rotation. 

Absolutely mind boggling. You picked Georgiov up off the street 2 weeks ago, you can waive him.

Idk why they picked up Georgiev. They had enough goalies even with UPL injured. You just run Lyon and Levi and let whoever hold down Rochester. Now they're backed into the standard Kevyn Adams 3 goalie corner like short sighted bumpkins

[Drag0nDan]

21 minutes ago, Mustache of God said:

I caught a partial segment last night on WGR with PH saying that, despite Ruff not liking it, and despite Adam's acknowledging it doesn't work, they're going to be running back the 3 goalie rotation. 

Absolutely mind boggling. You picked Georgiov up off the street 2 weeks ago, you can waive him.

If you got 3 goalies, you don't have any goalies.