Annual expectations thread 2022/23: #20 Lawrence Pilut

[RochesterExpat]

My guess is he slides in after the first injury, plays well and is traded at the trade deadline.

[inkman]

22 hours ago, RochesterExpat said:

My guess is he slides in after the first injury, plays well and is traded at the trade deadline.

[Weave]

Lol

[DarthEbriate]

Pilut + Dahlin? Showcase!

Pilut plays 24+ min/game, unleashes a 10-35-45 in 70% o-zone starts, and then is traded for an unprotected 2023 1st at the deadline.

[LabattBlue]

I think Pilut ends up #8 behind Fitzy as #7, and hopefully they don’t need to go beyond that as the cupboard is pretty bare after that.  

[Thorner]

On 9/22/2022 at 12:11 PM, DarthEbriate said:

Pilut + Dahlin? Showcase!

Pilut plays 24+ min/game, unleashes a 10-35-45 in 70% o-zone starts, and then is traded for an unprotected 2023 1st at the deadline.

I really hope their primary goal in assembling our first pair isn’t to showcase someone. 

And if Pilut did those numbers, we shouldn’t trade him.

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Regardless, I think what we are starting to see is Dahlin’s ability to elevate his partner, regardless of who lines up next to him. He might even be more successful doing that while lined up on the right, for some reason. 

His transition to the right has been a revelation to me. Even as a long-time champion of Dahlin on this board, its been happily surprising (“My dear Rasmus. Dahlins really are amazing creatures. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you.”). Our MVP last season. Which we saw mentioned over the course of the year in GDTs quite often but that seems to have gone back to being quietly whispered, if mentioned at all. 

[Doohicksie]

Lawrence Pilut?

[Doohicksie]

 

[RochesterExpat]

Pilut is a decent enough defenseman unless his game regressed playing in Europe. I’m not surprised he’s doing well so far.

His departure was due to a disagreement on a one-way vs two-way contract with the old regime and then a lack of communication that led to him leaving for the KHL. His agent told the Sabres he would leave for Europe if they didn’t send him a contract and the Sabres didn’t believe him. Just poor management.

[PerreaultForever]

On 8/24/2022 at 10:55 PM, triumph_communes said:

Better than Fitz 

Different, not better. 

I don't think he's even as good as Bryson. He will be in Rochester, probably do quite well at that level, and will be a call up if we have injury issues on D. Nothing more, nothing less.