Ryan Johnson called up; Mattias Samuelsson placed on IR

[Brawndo]

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Edited November 4, 2023 by Brawndo

[Huckleberry]

was expecting this put him next to EJ on 3rd pair.

[Buffalonill]

Good move 

[LabattBlue]

Unless another dman is hurt in addition to Mule, I’d be shocked if DG favorite(Bryson) is benched in favor of Johnson. 

[Brawndo]

5 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Unless another dman is hurt in addition to Mule, I’d be shocked if DG favorite(Bryson) is benched in favor of Johnson. 

Bryson played 8 minutes versus Philly on Wednesday and why call Johnson up to sit him especially with Rochester playing tonight. 

[Thorner]

Just now, Brawndo said:

Bryson played 8 minutes versus Philly on Wednesday and why call Johnson up to sit him especially with Rochester playing tonight. 

Why is their 7th D to start the season someone they are afraid of playing 

[Taro T]

9 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Unless another dman is hurt in addition to Mule, I’d be shocked if DG favorite(Bryson) is benched in favor of Johnson. 

Absolutely no way they brought him up just to watch an NHL game from the press box.  Bryson may have FINALLY entered Olofsson territory in the grand scheme of things.  So, maybe something good came out of this H&H set.

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

Why is their 7th D to start the season someone they are afraid of playing 

Rhetorical, right?

[Curt]

2 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Why is their 7th D to start the season someone they are afraid of playing 

Because, they think it’s better for R Johnson to play games in Rochester until needed versus sitting on the bench in Buffalo?  Just guessing.

[Thorner]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Absolutely no way they brought him up just to watch an NHL game from the press box.  Bryson may have FINALLY entered Olofsson territory in the grand scheme of things.  So, maybe something good came out of this H&H set.

Rhetorical, right?

In the sense there’s no adequate answer

3 minutes ago, Curt said:

Because, they think it’s better for R Johnson to play games in Rochester until needed versus sitting on the bench in Buffalo?  Just guessing.

To the detriment of the team when Bryson has to fill the gap until that guy gets here. Sacrifice a bit of the now for the long term development. Checks out, you are probably right 

[French Collection]

8 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Absolutely no way they brought him up just to watch an NHL game from the press box.  Bryson may have FINALLY entered Olofsson territory in the grand scheme of things.  So, maybe something good came out of this H&H set.

This helps take some of the sting out of last night’s game.

Doesnt mean a win but a step in the right direction.

[Brawndo]

 

[Buffalonill]

Contract is going to Brutal soon hes already falling apart and hes young in Another 2 years it's going to get worse If this continues 

[Brawndo]

30 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Why is their 7th D to start the season someone they are afraid of playing 

As mentioned Johnson was better served by playing in Rochester. The 7th spot came down to Bryson vs Stillman. They mentioned on Sabres Live that Stillman needed to play games and that’s why he was sent down, even Stillman mentioned he appreciated the chance to work certain aspects of his game with the Amerks 

[nfreeman]

I think IR is something like a 3-game minimum — does anyone know the rule?

[Brawndo]

Just now, Buffalonill said:

Contract is going to Brutal soon hes already falling apart and hes young in Another 2 years it's going to get worse If this continues 

Samuelsson??

You are kidding right? 

[Crusader1969]

32 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Why is their 7th D to start the season someone they are afraid of playing 

Remember he was great in the preseason?  lol.  
the one thing I know about Bryson is that he didn’t magically grow over the sUmmer 

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

Samuelsson??

You are kidding right? 

He never kids… always is a bundle of joy 

[Buffalonill]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

Samuelsson??

You are kidding right? 

No I'm not kidding his body is already Getting Torn up at a young age. 

 It could be brutal when he gets older 

[Brawndo]

2 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

I think IR is something like a 3-game minimum — does anyone know the rule?

It’s seven days minimum, I do not believe it’s a certain number of games 

[bob_sauve28]

2 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

It’s seven days minimum, I do not believe it’s a certain number of games 

Was there any word on how long he would be out? 

[Brawndo]

4 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Was there any word on how long he would be out? 

Nothing yet

 

[Thorner]

22 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

Contract is going to Brutal soon hes already falling apart and hes young in Another 2 years it's going to get worse If this continues 

Samuelsson will be worth exactly what we paid him, for every year of his contract. And he could have been signed for that amount during any given year. You know exactly what you are going to get from him, he just is. Which is exactly what I said when we signed him

 

His contract was never like the others 

[PerreaultForever]

25 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

As mentioned Johnson was better served by playing in Rochester. The 7th spot came down to Bryson vs Stillman. They mentioned on Sabres Live that Stillman needed to play games and that’s why he was sent down, even Stillman mentioned he appreciated the chance to work certain aspects of his game with the Amerks 

imo Stillman (as flawed as he is) is the most like Samuelsson from that group and thus should be the guy in the line up. We should have a system in place where players of a similar style/type replace injured players for the sake of continuity and building a proper team structure instead of just the most "talented" guy. But whatever. I'm starting to not care. Team is idiotic. 

[Brawndo]

33 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

No I'm not kidding his body is already Getting Torn up at a young age. 

 It could be brutal when he gets older 

His style of play makes him more susceptible to injuries, besides He makes 4.375 Million and has zero trade protection. That’s an easy deal to move if it gets to that point. Even a buyout would be a maximum of 1.475 cap hit as he signed the deal at an early age. 

[Buffalonill]

14 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

His style of play makes him more susceptible to injuries, besides He makes 4.375 Million and has zero trade protection. That’s an easy deal to move if it gets to that point. Even a buyout would be a maximum of 1.475 cap hit as he signed the deal at an early age. 

He's a good player when healthy it stinks he's already at injury risk every game though.. but like you said it's the style of play 

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, nfreeman said:

I think IR is something like a 3-game minimum — does anyone know the rule?

7 days minimum.