Samson's Flow Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 I think it's just they would prefer to have the option for it to be longer than 14 days, and don't want that deadline of having to call him up with no room on the NHL club force them to waiver him then. There's a bigger chance that once he proves healthy a team would take a chance on him than now with 0 games played for the year. 1 Quote
nfreeman Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 I've generally had a meh view of Wilson, so I think the most logical conclusion is LTS' -- i.e. they want to see him play in Rochester to evaluate whether he's good enough for the NHL team and aren't too concerned about losing him. 1 Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 5:50 PM, GASabresIUFAN said: But keeping Elie. Why? Expand This is perplexing to me. Elie's..... okay, but nothing more than another Jordan Nolan (a little faster perhaps, but less experience). I've seen Wilson play and I just think he'd help us win much more than Elie. Quote
darksabre Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 7:25 PM, Doohickie said: This is perplexing to me. Elie's..... okay, but nothing more than another Jordan Nolan (a little faster perhaps, but less experience). I've seen Wilson play and I just think he'd help us win much more than Elie. Expand Why is it perplexing? Elie is capable of suiting up for NHL games right now. Wilson isn't. Nothing to be perplexed about. Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 Die By the Blade said it's for a conditioning stint. Not sure why he needs to clear waivers for that. Sounds like they want to stash him away for now. Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 7:27 PM, darksabre said: Why is it perplexing? Elie is capable of suiting up for NHL games right now. Wilson isn't. Nothing to be perplexed about. Expand Eh, if it was that simple, Wilson would have just been assigned for a conditioning stint. That he wasn't points to them preferring Elie to a healthy Wilson. On 1/8/2019 at 9:19 PM, Doohickie said: Die By the Blade said it's for a conditioning stint. Not sure why he needs to clear waivers for that. Sounds like they want to stash him away for now. Expand If they're right, that makes plenty of sense. Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 I think Elie has stunk recently, but he is young and can get better, so maybe he just showed some potential. A lot of players don't do great after sitting. Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 9:20 PM, TrueBlueGED said: If they're right, that makes plenty of sense. Expand But why expose him to waivers? If it's for a conditioning stint, he shouldn't have to clear waivers. Sounds more like they just don't want him on the Sabres for now. Quote
darksabre Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 9:22 PM, Doohickie said: But why expose him to waivers? If it's for a conditioning stint, he shouldn't have to clear waivers. Sounds more like they just don't want him on the Sabres for now. Expand Did you read the thread at all? 1 Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 9:23 PM, darksabre said: Did you read the thread at all? Expand Just saw Samson's Flow's post... that kind of explains it. Yeah, I'm st00pid. Quote
Taro T Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 5:15 PM, Brawndo said: Per Friedman Expand Makes sense. NOBODY is making a claim on a guy with a 2 year contract making a smidge over $1MM/ who hasn't played a single minute 1/2 way through the season. Now, he can be brought back up whenever they want (provided he wouldn't be the 24th healthy player, a seriously low bar to clear) & get almost 10 games &/or 30 days to see where he fits onto the big club before he'd have to clear waivers again. Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 7:00 PM, Samson's Flow said: I think it's just they would prefer to have the option for it to be longer than 14 days, and don't want that deadline of having to call him up with no room on the NHL club force them to waiver him then. There's a bigger chance that once he proves healthy a team would take a chance on him than now with 0 games played for the year. Expand Makes sense. This is why I should read, rather than skim, as I missed this post the first time through. 1 Quote
Taro T Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 7:00 PM, Samson's Flow said: I think it's just they would prefer to have the option for it to be longer than 14 days, and don't want that deadline of having to call him up with no room on the NHL club force them to waiver him then. There's a bigger chance that once he proves healthy a team would take a chance on him than now with 0 games played for the year. Expand You expect they want a rehab assignment to be longer than 14 days? Why? He's been practicing with the club for at least 2 weeks now on a fairly regular basis. If he needs more than 2 weeks to rehab, seems he probably shouldn't have been skating with the team for the past bit. This IMHO is about gaining flexibilty with him and gaining that when there is NO legit interest in claiming him. 1 Quote
dudacek Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 He may not even go to Rochester. They could just be buying waiver flexibility with a calculated risk Quote
Taro T Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 9:58 PM, dudacek said: He may not even go to Rochester. They could just be buying waiver flexibility with a calculated risk Expand True. That is a possibility. Would be a little surprised If he doesn't play at least a game or 2 in Ra-cha-cha, but it could happen. Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 2:49 AM, Eleven said: Who? Expand Quote
Thorner Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 2:49 AM, Eleven said: Who? Expand Quote
Eleven Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 For hopefully the last time, I don't speak meme. So @Doohickie's post makes sense and @Thorny's does not. I have no idea what that kid is doing or who Mr. Wilson is. Quote
Thorner Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) On 1/9/2019 at 3:22 AM, Eleven said: For hopefully the last time, I don't speak meme. So @Doohickie's post makes sense and @Thorny's does not. I have no idea what that kid is doing or who Mr. Wilson is. Expand I feel so sorry for you. But in seriousness there's not much to get. At the end of the day it's a kid saying the name of the guy you were referring to, thus answering your initial question. Edited January 9, 2019 by Thorny Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 3:22 AM, Eleven said: I have no idea what that kid is doing or who Mr. Wilson is. Expand You don't recognize a little blonde kid calling out to Mr. Wilson as Dennis the Menace? Come on, Santa. He's at the top of your naughty list! ? Quote
Thorner Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 3:25 AM, Doohickie said: You don't recognize a little blonde kid calling out to Mr. Wilson as Dennis the Menace? Come on, Santa. He's at the top of your naughty list! ? Expand It's a brilliant film. Especially when that guy farts on the fire after eating all those beans. Classic cinema. Criterion level stuff. Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 I've never seen the movie, but it didn't take much to put 2 and 2 together. Quote
Thorner Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 3:41 AM, Doohickie said: I've never seen the movie, but it didn't take much to put 2 and 2 together. Expand But I made Eleven mad so maybe it wasn't worth it. I feel sorry for you too, then. Watch it, probably still holds up ? Quote
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