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It's on the Buffalo News now too. He's taking the place of Rob Niedermayer who's wife is having a baby.

 

While I like what Luke can bring to the table for the future, I wouldn't expect much from him.

 

Also, on some level I really feel bad for Mancari. He's leading Portland in points, has some NHL experience and still can't get a shot over a rookie. Unless this is just a center for center move...

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Interesting. Something like this happened last year when we went to Philly and Ennis scored his first NHL goal. haha

 

Havn't been too big on Niedermayer this year so i don't think they will miss him too much tonight, essp. since Philly played last night and have been struggling.

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It's a we all know that Mancari suck at an NHL level and everyone is well aware of it.

I'm not advocating bringing him up, it just has to suck to be him at times like these.

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It's on the Buffalo News now too. He's taking the place of Rob Niedermayer who's wife is having a baby.

 

While I like what Luke can bring to the table for the future, I wouldn't expect much from him.

 

Also, on some level I really feel bad for Mancari. He's leading Portland in points, has some NHL experience and still can't get a shot over a rookie. Unless this is just a center for center move...

 

Bingo, I'm pretty sure thats the thinking behind this move.

 

Besides like some other posters here center is the one position on this teams forwarsds that I think needs the most help. Good time to test the kids mettle for later in the season.

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It's on the Buffalo News now too. He's taking the place of Rob Niedermayer who's wife is having a baby.

 

While I like what Luke can bring to the table for the future, I wouldn't expect much from him.

 

Also, on some level I really feel bad for Mancari. He's leading Portland in points, has some NHL experience and still can't get a shot over a rookie. Unless this is just a center for center move...

 

The WGR site refers to Niedermayer as being on "maternity leave"--- is it still considered maternity leave for the dude?

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The WGR site refers to Niedermayer as being on "maternity leave"--- is it still considered maternity leave for the dude?

 

Not without some elective surgery, it isn't.

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It's on the Buffalo News now too. He's taking the place of Rob Niedermayer who's wife is having a baby.

 

While I like what Luke can bring to the table for the future, I wouldn't expect much from him.

 

Also, on some level I really feel bad for Mancari. He's leading Portland in points, has some NHL experience and still can't get a shot over a rookie. Unless this is just a center for center move...

 

Problem is, some guys have more than enough to be successful in the AHL, but are just not talented enough to consistantly play at an NHL level. Mancari is a perfect example.

 

An even better example is Alexandre Giroux. 253 AHL goals since 04/05, and can't sniff an NHL roster. His NHL line in the same time period: 31 games, 4 G, 5 A.

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Luke Adam heading to Buffalo

Published on: 26th October, 2010 by Chris Roy

 

The leading scorer among AHL rookies is getting the call to the NHL.

 

Luke Adam was recalled by the Buffalo Sabres this morning and will make his NHL debut tonight in Philadelphia as Sabres’ forward Rob Niedermayer didn’t travel with the team due to his wife giving birth to a baby girl on Monday.

 

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Problem is, some guys have more than enough to be successful in the AHL, but are just not talented enough to consistantly play at an NHL level. Mancari is a perfect example.

 

An even better example is Alexandre Giroux. 253 AHL goals since 04/05, and can't sniff an NHL roster. His NHL line in the same time period: 31 games, 4 G, 5 A.

I did a little looking into Giroux and it seems as though the issue is the same with Mancari. Skating. If you can't keep up then you won't score. Although coincidentally Luke Adam's biggest knock is in fact his skating.

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And since it hasn't been said yet, congratulations to both Adam and Niedermayer.

 

Looks like someone switched back to milk with the Cheerios.

 

Yup, congrats. Although I still think of Nied's as someone too old to be having babies.

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I did a little looking into Giroux and it seems as though the issue is the same with Mancari. Skating. If you can't keep up then you won't score. Although coincidentally Luke Adam's biggest knock is in fact his skating.

 

Exactly. As someone who has watched Giroux live for the last 3 or 4 years, he scores a lot, but is a horrible skater, and his main game is cherry-picking. I would like to know how many of the 250 goals were on breakaways or odd-man rushes. I would venture to say quite a bunch of them.

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Looks like someone switched back to milk with the Cheerios.

 

Maybe it'll be a subject for complaint thursday at some point. Then again, we might need something new like "shrader smash sunday" for this one.

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