pi2000

It will be interesting to see if his production drops playing against 23-24 years olds. Will all these kids transferring from the CHL to the NCAA see their draft stock drop as a result?

It's better for Johnson's development to play heavy minutes in Rochester vs the spot duty Bryson is getting in Buffalo.

I expect somebody will break out in Rochester and get some extended looks in Buffalo this season. Impossible for us to predict who that might be, but the "older" guys like Rosen and Kozak are running out of time.

Agreed. Johnson needs the heavy minutes in Rochester at this stage of his development.

prepare the banner

reminds me a lot of Parayko

Chara

ironic to see Mrtka wearing #25 on stage

I've arm wrestled him and lost tho

Love the pick! Kid is a stud has grown man strength already. Probably needs only one more year of junior... or maybe starts the season in Rochester since he's a Euro like Helenius last season.

they've added over 13 feet of defensemen this week

On the Sabres he fits squarely on the 3rd line maybe 2nd line if he takes another step? Seems to play a similar game to Tyson Kozak... but with better hands and shot. Has the ability to score from the outside, accurate shooter with a quick release and velocity. Saw some time on the powerplay last season.

Everyone ripping Peterka for not being defensively sound just blows my mind. He's a 23 year old goal scoring winger. You pay him to score goals and create scoring chances, his ability to defend will improve as he matures but that's not his role. You now have 27..likely future 30-40 less goal production in your lineup moving forward. You have to replace that hole or you've made your team appreciably worse.

This is rock bottom for me. Just an absolute gut punch. They hit on JJ in the draft, spent years developing him, then he's gone. Who the ***** cares if he wants to be here, he's an RFA and was supposed to be a core guy moving forward. This smells like a salary dump. This franchise took a step backwards today, sad times for fans.