Sabres waive Mason Geertsen

[Brawndo]

Per Reports

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Brawndo

[DarthEbriate]

Watch Boston claim him. They like his compete level. 😇

[Taro T]

14 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Per Reports

 

 

Seems like a no brainer move.  But with this organization, you never know.

[ponokasabre]

This is good, it is the right move. 

Now solve the 3 headed goalie monster next

 

Too bad its not 2 moves, as we still likely dont see Benson till sunday

[Doohickie]

So I guess I'll never use this meme during a game...

 

[msw2112]

I believe the organization has finally turned the corner.

Edited 6 hours ago by msw2112

[inkman]

53 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Watch Boston claim him. They like his compete level. 😇

Hope they do. He’s an ECHL level player. 

[bob_sauve28]

Adam’s needs to be held accountable for this! 

[Bangarang]

A move that makes sense is a nice chance of pace for this organization 

[#freejame]

I’m being told Lindy is sulking in his office. 

[DarthEbriate]

2 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

A move that makes sense is a nice chance of pace for this organization 

It made sense in preseason when it was obvious that Dunne was 3x the player Geertsen was. Though the Amerks would much rather have Dunne in their top 6 than Geertsen as a 4W with less upside than Jagger Joshua.

[shrader]

Nooooooooooooooo!

 

Seriously though, congratulations to this guy. He almost doubled his salary for the month or so he was sitting in the press box. 

Edited 5 hours ago by shrader

[DarthEbriate]

10 minutes ago, shrader said:

Nooooooooooooooo!

 

Seriously though, congratulations to this guy. He almost doubled his salary for the month or so he was sitting in the press box. 

And he's got an NHL contract for next season, too.

[pastajoe]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

Watch Boston claim him. They like his compete level. 😇

And then he’ll run the Sabres goalie and everyone will just watch.

[shrader]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

And he's got an NHL contract for next season, too.

It’s two way and I doubt that he’ll ever see the NHL roster ever again. I hope he enjoyed the little bonus. 

[Stads]

He was holding them back against Calgary 

[Pimlach]

Some funny comments, but I have nothing against this guy.  
 

The problem is not Geertsen, it’s the people who thought he could help.  

[K-9]

Somewhere, @LGR4GMweeps.

[Big Guava]

Wonder if they handed him a case of Molson Golson on the way out.

[PromoTheRobot]

Our long national nightmare is over.

[K-9]

Interesting that neither Rosen or Östlund weren’t sent back down instead.

[Taro T]

27 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Interesting that neither Rosen or Östlund weren’t sent back down instead.

To a degree.  Even Ruff has to acknowledge that Geertsen doesn't gjve them their best chance of winning any given game when he hasn't put him in the lineup in what, 2, 3 weeks?  So, this one should've been, and turned out to be a no brainer.

The NEXT move is going to be the really interesting one, because don't believe they want to send any of the guys currently in the lineup down to Ra-cha-cha and they don't want to give up on any of the goalies just yet.  But something has to give.

[Ctaeth]

 

[DarthEbriate]

2 hours ago, shrader said:

It’s two way and I doubt that he’ll ever see the NHL roster ever again. I hope he enjoyed the little bonus. 

Yes, and it's fortunate for him he found a team willing to give him the 2-way deal this season. I still think it's odd that he got 2 years when Ruff only has 1 remaining on his contract, but whatever. 

I don't fault Geertsen for anything except maybe playing too nice. It's not his fault that when he tried to mix it up and start something the opponents pointed to the scoreboard and said, "We're not taking any penalties." Geertsen could've forced the issue (he obviously tried to and got a misconduct for it), but maybe he could've shut up and then gone in with his elbows up later and started a ruckus that way. But... he never seemed to play over the line, or even on the edge. 

18 minutes ago, Taro T said:

The NEXT move is going to be the really interesting one, because don't believe they want to send any of the guys currently in the lineup down to Ra-cha-cha and they don't want to give up on any of the goalies just yet.  But something has to give.

For me, Dunne is next (and Rochester could use him). I'd say he's 85% likely to clear waivers.

Zucker --> Greenway bumps down to 4W --> Dunne is out
Benson --> Rosén down
Norris --> Östlund down
Danforth --> new 13 since Kozak has been good (or in for Quinn or any underperforming/low-effort forward)