What to do with Moulson?

[dudacek]

I know the consensus here is he's done, but that doesn't chance the fact he's signed for three more years at $15 million. If you are Murray and Bylsma, what do you do?

 

http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2016/09/24/sabres-notebook-moulson-lot-prove-scrimmage-results-shorter-muse-stands-tall/

[TrueBlueGED]

I know the consensus here is he's done, but that doesn't chance the fact he's signed for three more years at $15 million. If you are Murray and Bylsma, what do you do?

 

http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2016/09/24/sabres-notebook-moulson-lot-prove-scrimmage-results-shorter-muse-stands-tall/

Give him every opportunity to win a job in camp and preseason, and if (when) he fails, to Rochester he goes. Hope he retires in a year.

[Wyldnwoody44]

Give him every opportunity to win a job in camp and preseason, and if (when) he fails, to Rochester he goes. Hope he retires in a year.

Agree, these guys need to be inserted based on production and evaluation.... Not $$ or seniority, etc, etc.

[Randall Flagg]

I spend most of my time pretending he's not on the Sabres. 

I'm not familiar with how buying him out would affect our cap, but I assume it's not a good thing.

[nfreeman]

Give him every opportunity to win a job in camp and preseason, and if (when) he fails, to Rochester he goes. Hope he retires in a year.

I generally agree, but I think there is zero possibility he retires with $10 million left on the table.

 

Does anyone know the cap consequences if the Sabres buy him out after this season?

[TrueBlueGED]

There is essentially zero reason to ever buy out his contract. It saves at most like a million on the cap, but extending the hit 2 years when we'll need cap space more is a pretty poor tradeoff IMO.

I generally agree, but I think there is zero possibility he retires with $10 million left on the table.

I think there's a better chance he retires than Brandon gets fired :p Edited September 25, 2016 by TrueBlueGED

[dudacek]

I remember thinking around this time last year that Moulson would be the sidekick to Jack, the same way he was to Tavares.

And I still think the old Moulson could have been - he got to the right places and had the hands to finish what Jack created.

 

I don't recall that combo ever getting much of a look, and Matt's lack of speed being the most obvious reason why.

He just seems to be an incredibly poor fit for the fast game Bylsma preaches.

Edited September 25, 2016 by dudacek

[Randall Flagg]

I remember thinking around this time last year that Moulson would be the sidekick to Jack, the same way he was to Tavares.

And I still think the old Moulson could have been - he got to the right places and had the hands to finish what Jack created.

 

I don't recall that combo ever getting much of a look, and Matt's lack of speed being the most obvious reason why.

He just seems to be an incredibly poor fit for the fast game Bylsma preaches.

This concerns me on a higher level than just Moulson. We're not a very fast team right now.

[dudacek]

This concerns me on a higher level than just Moulson. We're not a very fast team right now.

Eichel, Kane, Girgensons, Ennis...we're OK, but not great.

This is where Bailey, Baptise and Nylander blossoming can change the identity.

[TrueBlueGED]

I remember thinking around this time last year that Moulson would be the sidekick to Jack, the same way he was to Tavares.

And I still think the old Moulson could have been - he got to the right places and had the hands to finish what Jack created.

 

I don't recall that combo ever getting much of a look, and Matt's lack of speed being the most obvious reason why.

He just seems to be an incredibly poor fit for the fast game Bylsma preaches.

Total hindsight, but maybe not. Tavares isn't a speed player, and he sure as heck wasn't his first couple years. He may never have been a good fit next to Jack.

[LGR4GM]

I believe in Matt Moulson

[Huckleberry]

I believe in Matt Moulson

 

Me to, he'll have a 20 + goal season for sure.

[nfreeman]

I think there's a better chance he retires than Brandon gets fired :P

 

Now that sounds like a SabreSpace wager.

[Thorner]

I believe in Matt Moulson

Tell that to Harvey Dent.

[Wyldnwoody44]

If there's a Moulson in front of me.... I typically drink it.

[Doohicksie]

Play him.

[ubkev]

I believe in Matt Moulson

Great slogan, Harvey.

 

 

Damn it, Thorny. That's what I get for not reading ahead.

Edited September 26, 2016 by ubkev

[LGR4GM]

lol a couple people picked up on the reference

 

 

in all seriousness I expect 15goals and 20 assists from Matty Mo this season. I think he knows what he has to do. Also last year, he was snakebitten with some of the worst puck luck I have ever witnessed.

[woods-racer]

Hard for me to believe that the man just went to crap in one season. He's got skills that got him this contract. If Ted Nolan got more out of Matty Mo than DD, not convinced Matty just flamed out.

[That Aud Smell]

I think Hot Daniel should arrange for a movie night during training camp - a private screening of Old Yeller.

 

Moulson will get the message.

[TrueBlueGED]

Now that sounds like a SabreSpace wager.

 

Pretty sure it would turn into the Kassian-Hodgson of Sabrespace wagers, however :lol:

[Doohicksie]

I think Hot Daniel should arrange for a movie night during training camp - a private screening of Old Yeller.

 

Moulson will get the message.

 

Harsh.

Pretty sure it would turn into the Kassian-Hodgson of Sabrespace wagers, however :lol:

 

I was thinking more of the Matt Ellis of Sabrespace Wagers.

[That Aud Smell]

Harsh.

 

Yeah - maybe a little too much there. Besides: Old Yeller isn't exactly apt -- Moulson's just the old gray mare; he isn't rabid.

[Thorner]

Great slogan, Harvey.

 

 

Damn it, Thorny. That's what I get for not reading ahead.

 

  :P

[wjag]

Maybe a reunite with KO will improve his game...