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Amerks just signed Nathan Paetsch. The defense looks very promising on paper.

Genesee is releasing a bourbon barrel aged old ale. Looking forward to that one.

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At best he'd be 8 on the depth chart, more likely 9.

A lot of great beers on tap. Heard their own milk stout is really good but they had limited quantities and it may have kicked by now.

This is a great signing. The Amerks are looking good. I'd like one more solid bottom 6 forward and they should be set. Or one more NHL forward signed for Buffalo.

Defensively, this means Stephens, Florentino and Martin are in the ECHL

Murray signed a few good players on July 1st and ignored the Amerks and organizational depth otherwise. Here's a great example. Casey Nelson made the Sabres out of camp last season. Right now? He's the Amerks 5th defenseman.

They had those on July 1st though. The veteran rule is a pain. They can't really make anymore high profile signings as they're at the veteran limit right now.

This isn't a Penguins connection, it's a Rochester connection.

Botterill has spoken repeatedly about making Rochester a competitive team again. Fedun is a part of that. If he's seeing significant time in Buffalo, there will be several injuries leading to it.

I think I'll take his sample size in Rochester versus what he briefly showed in Buffalo.

Brady Austin is slow and, despite his size, plays a soft and timid game.

Fedun is definitely starting with the Amerks. 8th or 9th D on the depth chart likely. Falk ahead of him and I expect the Sabres to bring in at least 1 more NHL defenseman.

As a long time Amerks STH this is by far the most optimistic I've been in a long time. Maybe since 2009. I love what Botterill is saying and he has a track record of actually backing it up.