Lawrence Pilut wants to return to the Sabres

[DarthEbriate]

21 hours ago, Taro T said:

Thought that he left for the KHL because Botterill was jerking him around on the new contract & that by the time Adams was brought in he'd already agreed to the KHL deal.

Is that misremembering?

Nope, you're  correct. To @Brawndo you must listen, not me.

For timeline: Leading ROC D-scorer Redmond left 4/26/20 for the DEL. It was reported Pilut signed in KHL on 5/27 and it was confirmed he was gone 6/9/20. Now, you could argue that Pilut could've easily been given a 1-way contract as our 7D because the 7th D that 2020 season was Matt Irwin.

Down in ROC, Samuelsson had signed his 3-yr ELC earlier in the spring. JBott signed Laaksonen to his 3-yr ELC on 6/15. JBott was fired the next day as part of the great purge.

[FogBat]

On 6/2/2022 at 11:54 AM, Weave said:

He wasn’t good enough then.  He sure as hell won’t be good enough now.

 

On 6/2/2022 at 1:56 PM, Taro T said:

Wouldn't say he avoided it like the plague, but he didn't initiate it after returning from injury either.

 

On 6/2/2022 at 6:07 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

Can you trust any player development from the bad old days?

He may want to come back, but KA and DG may not think that he’s a good fit - especially with how things started to gel in the last 2 months of the regular season and with a blue line corps that is already getting better now that Power Play is in the lineup.

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, FogBat said:

 

 

He may want to come back, but KA and DG may not think that he’s a good fit - especially with how things started to gel in the last 2 months of the regular season and with a blue line corps that is already getting better now that Power Play is in the lineup.

Doubt they don't see him as a good fit.  More expect that they have at least 3 other LHD & arguably 4 when including Bryson that are better at what they ask than Pilut is.  They have 3 REALLY good LHD & 1-2 others waiting in the wings .  Not everybody does.

It may end up a #'s game.

[FogBat]

4 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Doubt they don't see him as a good fit.  More expect that they have at least 3 other LHD & arguably 4 when including Bryson that are better at what they ask than Pilut is.  They have 3 REALLY good LHD & 1-2 others waiting in the wings .  Not everybody does.

It may end up a #'s game.

Agreed - especially if the goal (no pun intended) is to break the playoff drought. Much like Herb Brooks being the last man cut from the 1960 squad for Squaw Valley.

[Claude Balls]

Does John Deere sponsor the Traktor team?? Runs like a deer, smells like a john.

[Contempt]

On 6/11/2022 at 6:35 PM, Claude Balls said:

Does John Deere sponsor the Traktor team?? Runs like a deer, smells like a john.

It's called that because originally it was the hockey team of the tractor plant in town. If they are going to be sponsored by any modern tractor company I'd expect International Harvester....they're red.

[MattPie]

3 hours ago, Contempt said:

It's called that because originally it was the hockey team of the tractor plant in town. If they are going to be sponsored by any modern tractor company I'd expect International Harvester....they're red.

Probably sponsored by ChTZ, I'd guess.