THE CAT Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I know this may sound insane, but with the injuries on D his experience could be useful for 5-10 minutes a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayers21 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I assume so since he has no active contract, he played in Europe this year, an interesting idea but I don't think they'll go that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundy249 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Why not just suit up Lindy...are they not about the same age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilia Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Roster's Lock at a certain point. Otherwise I'm sure a team would take a risk with a ringer from the Western European or Russian leagues and you've never seen that happen. Only players that are available, unless Bettman grants a special exemption (which wouldn't happen, I doubt, until the Sabres can't dress 5 defensemen or if two goalies both went down), are from Rochester and Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I know that players that are actively holding out or in negotiations with a team that aren't signed by the end of December are not allowed to play until the following season as a part of the CBA. I would assume that players that aren't in junior / college that aren't signed (such as Patrick) would fall into that same category, but don't know that for certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabresFanInTexas Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I think that this is the current roster. The Sabres could pull any of the players listed (per ESPN.com). You'll see a lot of players who didn't play a single game in Buffalo. Centers NUM NAME AGE HT WT SHOT BORN* BIRTHDATE 48 Daniel Briere 28 5-10 178 R Gatineau, Quebec 10/6/77 19 Tim Connolly 25 6-1 186 R Syracuse, New York 5/7/81 23 Chris Drury 29 5-10 180 R Trumbull, Connecticut 8/20/76 28 Paul Gaustad 24 6-4 217 L Fargo, North Dakota 2/3/82 55 Jochen Hecht 28 6-1 200 L Mannheim, West Germany 6/21/77 22 Adam Mair 27 6-2 215 R Hamilton, Ontario 2/15/79 13 Jiri Novotny 22 6-4 194 R Pelhrimov, Czechoslovakia 8/12/83 9 Derek Roy 23 5-9 187 L Ottawa, Ontario 5/4/83 18 Michael Ryan 26 6-1 191 L Milton, Massachusetts 5/16/80 Left Wings NUM NAME AGE HT WT SHOT BORN* BIRTHDATE 41 Clarke MacArthur 21 6-1 191 L Lloydminster, Alberta 4/6/85 20 Daniel Paille 22 6-1 195 L Welland, Ontario 4/15/84 76 Andrew Peters 26 6-4 247 L St. Catharines, Ontario 5/5/80 24 Taylor Pyatt 24 6-4 220 L Thunder Bay, Ontario 8/19/81 26 Thomas Vanek 22 6-2 207 R Graz, Austria 1/19/84 Right Wings NUM NAME AGE HT WT SHOT BORN* BIRTHDATE 61 Maxim Afinogenov 26 6-0 195 L Moscow, USSR 9/4/79 17 J.P. Dumont 28 6-1 203 L Montreal, Quebec 4/1/78 25 Mike Grier 31 6-1 220 R Detroit, Michigan 1/5/75 12 Ales Kotalik 27 6-1 217 R Jindrichuv Hradec, Czechoslovakia 12/23/78 81 Mark Mancari 20 6-3 225 R London, Ontario 7/11/85 29 Jason Pominville 23 6-0 178 R Repentigny, Quebec 11/30/82 Defense NUM NAME AGE HT WT SHOT BORN* BIRTHDATE 51 Brian Campbell 27 6-0 190 L Strathroy, Ontario 5/23/79 8 Rory Fitzpatrick 31 6-2 205 R Rochester, New York 1/11/75 33 Doug Janik 26 6-2 209 L Agawam, Massachusetts 3/26/80 34 Jeff Jillson 25 6-3 220 R North Smithfield, Rhode Island 7/24/80 45 Dmitri Kalinin 25 6-2 206 L Chelyabinsk, USSR 7/22/80 5 Toni Lydman 28 6-1 204 L Lahti, Finland 9/25/77 74 Jay McKee 28 6-4 201 L Kingston, Ontario 9/8/77 27 Teppo Numminen 37 6-2 198 R Tampere, Finland 7/3/68 38 Nathan Paetsch 23 6-1 196 L LeRoy, Saskatchewan 3/30/83 10 Henrik Tallinder 27 6-3 210 L Stockholm, Sweden 1/10/79 Goalies NUM NAME AGE HT WT SHOT BORN* BIRTHDATE 43 Martin Biron 28 6-3 163 L Lac St. Charles, Quebec 8/15/77 49 Michael Leighton 25 6-3 186 L Petrolia, Ontario 5/19/81 30 Ryan Miller 25 6-3 160 L East Lansing, Michigan 7/17/80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The rules are rather vague. I do believe Patrick is an exemption to the rules and could suit up for the Sabres since he's still technically Sabres property. Do the Sabres have any stud defensemen in college or juniors? If they did, they could bring them up as well. Brett Hull was brought up out of no where by the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The rules are rather vague. I do believe Patrick is an exemption to the rules and could suit up for the Sabres since he's still technically Sabres property. Do the Sabres have any stud defensemen in college or juniors? If they did, they could bring them up as well. Brett Hull was brought up out of no where by the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals way back when. I do not believe he is Sabres property as he was an UFA this past off season and did not sign a PLAYER contract with the Sabres. He was slated to be a coach, but not a player coach, and he backed out of that to play in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 On a side note, since scott arniel is virtually gone after this season, it'd be nice to bring in patrick as an asst. coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Do the Sabres have any stud defensemen in college or juniors? Tom Morrow, Boston University. Oh wait, you want someone who actually knows how to play hockey. Nevermind. I know no one gets it, but any Hockey East fan would be laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frisky Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Basically, I think we are stuck with what we got. Although I thought the Ruff idea was good :P . Just suit him up and shove him out there. As for next year, would they bring up Cunneyworth to the be the assistant? We could slap some equipment on him and shove him out there too :P . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan in MD Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Why not just suit up Lindy...are they not about the same age? Exactly what I was about to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Larry Playfair still works for the organization. Suit 'em up Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Larry Playfair still works for the organization. Suit 'em up Larry. He also plays occasionally in some of the Alumni games I believe so he might not be that rusty, LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregkash Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I think that this is the current roster. The Sabres could pull any of the players listed (per ESPN.com). You'll see a lot of players who didn't play a single game in Buffalo. Defense NUM NAME AGE HT WT SHOT BORN* BIRTHDATE 51 Brian Campbell 27 6-0 190 L Strathroy, Ontario 5/23/79 8 Rory Fitzpatrick 31 6-2 205 R Rochester, New York 1/11/75 33 Doug Janik 26 6-2 209 L Agawam, Massachusetts 3/26/80 34 Jeff Jillson 25 6-3 220 R North Smithfield, Rhode Island 7/24/80 45 Dmitri Kalinin 25 6-2 206 L Chelyabinsk, USSR 7/22/80 5 Toni Lydman 28 6-1 204 L Lahti, Finland 9/25/77 74 Jay McKee 28 6-4 201 L Kingston, Ontario 9/8/77 27 Teppo Numminen 37 6-2 198 R Tampere, Finland 7/3/68 38 Nathan Paetsch 23 6-1 196 L LeRoy, Saskatchewan 3/30/83 10 Henrik Tallinder 27 6-3 210 L Stockholm, Sweden 1/10/79 uh oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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