Pilut terminated his KHL contract

[Buffalonill]

 

[K-9]

Uh oh, Lawrence is gonna get conscripted into the Russian army now. 

[Doohicksie]

14 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Uh oh, Lawrence is gonna get conscripted into the Russian army now. 

Not if he's already crossed over into Finland....

[Eleven]

5 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Not if he's already crossed over into Finland....

And given what's going on with Fedotov, let's hope he has.

[Taro T]

Think the Hawks would be interested in his rights as part of a package for Kane?

[Marvin]

1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

 

Congratulations on beating @Brawndo. 

[Buffalonill]

7 minutes ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

Congratulations on beating @Brawndo. 

 Looks like it's a good day to scratch a lottery ticket.

[GASabresIUFAN]

He’s probably a very KA option for a 7/8 D next season.

[Marvin]

Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:

He’s probably a very KA option for a 7/8 D next season.

 

36 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Think the Hawks would be interested in his rights as part of a package for Kane?

This is what I am looking at: trade fodder.

[Flashsabre]

Move him or Bryson to Vegas for Hague. They need to move out money and will be looking for cheap options that can play minutes.

[Turbo44]

4 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

Move him or Bryson to Vegas for Hague. They need to move out money and will be looking for cheap options that can play minutes.

Solid idea

[Doohicksie]

Just about every trade scenario I read about involves moving Bryson...

[Brawndo]

5 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

Congratulations on beating @Brawndo. 

 

5 hours ago, Buffalonill said:

 Looks like it's a good day to scratch a lottery ticket.

[Buffalonill]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

Just about every trade scenario I read about involves moving Bryson...

new ristolainen ha

[Doohicksie]

Except he's the anti-Risto:  Good skater, good puck mover, small size, not dumb as a brick.

It makes sense to use him as a trade chip.  He's a 2nd/3rd pair dman just coming into his own but he's a lefty on a left-heavy D corps.  He did pretty well playing the right side with a LH shot, but finding a situation where he can play his natural side may be the best spot for him.  I think he's a good player and if another team is looking for a puck moving LHD, we might be able to get something good back that fills one of the Sabres' needs.

Edited July 4, 2022 by Doohickie

[Huckleberry]

18 hours ago, Eleven said:

And given what's going on with Fedotov, let's hope he has.

Isn't there a WNBA player in prison in Russia for some made up drug smuggling charges ? 

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

Isn't there a WNBA player in prison in Russia for some made up drug smuggling charges ? 

I don't know whether that's made up.  No one--including her wife--has come out with the usual stuff that we'd hear if it were made up, like "she doesn't even use marijuana" or "Britney would never do that," etc.  On the other hand, I have complete distrust for USSR-lite, so there's that, too.

[Curt]

2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Isn't there a WNBA player in prison in Russia for some made up drug smuggling charges ? 

Brittney Griner is in prison in Russia on drug charges.  I honestly would not be surprised at all if she did in fact have some sort of marijuana on her, but quantity and seriousness of the situation is being grossly exaggerated in order to use the case for international political leverage and domestic PR.

[JohnC]

18 minutes ago, Curt said:

Brittney Griner is in prison in Russia on drug charges.  I honestly would not be surprised at all if she did in fact have some sort of marijuana on her, but quantity and seriousness of the situation is being grossly exaggerated in order to use the case for international political leverage and domestic PR.

There has been speculation that eventually she will be exchanged for a notorious Russian arms dealer. Like you, I wouldn't be surprised if she had a small amount of drugs with her. But this was a staged arrest with the higher authorities involved in this hostage taking. The end result of this hostage taking is going to be no foreign players in any sport are going to play in Russia. Russia has become a mafia-like gangster government running a criminal operation. 

 

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Brittney-Griner-Russia-prisoner-exchange-merchant-17279763.php

[Brawndo]

Pilut can become a UFA on December 30, 2022 when He turns 27. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

19 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Pilut can become a UFA on December 30, 2022 when He turns 27. 

Woof!!

We better trade his rights now before he hits the open market.

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, Brawndo said:

Pilut can become a UFA on December 30, 2022 when He turns 27. 

You sure about that?  Unless something changed with the MOU, pretty sure guys need to be 27 by June 30 to become a UFA with the next league year.  Even those that RFAs that weren't playing.

[The Jokeman]

Yay more left handed defensemen!!!

[Brawndo]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

You sure about that?  Unless something changed with the MOU, pretty sure guys need to be 27 by June 30 to become a UFA with the next league year.  Even those that RFAs that weren't playing.

That makes more sense, Cap Friendly has Him listed as a UFA on His 27th Birthday 

[Brawndo]