Brad Lohr: Sabres are Happy to Have a Big Johnson Problem…

Happy Veteran's Day.

Sabres 4
Punguins 1

Both RyJo and Savoie get their 1st NHL goals, assuming they both play.

Solid Brad! Happy to see R. Johnson take off like he has, gives us a solid 5 of 6 on the backend if Samuelsson can stay Healthy.

Sabres projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Dylan Cozens

Jordan Greenway -- Casey Mittelstadt -- JJ Peterka

Lukas Rousek -- Peyton Krebs -- Matt Savoie

Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo

Rasmus Dahlin -- Ryan Johnson

Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju

Connor Clifton -- Erik Johnson

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devon Levi

Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Victor Olofsson

Injured: Alex Tuch (upper body), Mattias Samuelsson (lower body), Brandon Biro (upper body), Zach Benson (lower body), Eric Comrie (lower body), Jack Quinn (Achilles)

Looks like only change from last night is UPL in

Looks like only change from last night is UPL in
- lulags

Sabres projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Dylan Cozens

Jordan Greenway -- Casey Mittelstadt -- JJ Peterka

Lukas Rousek -- Peyton Krebs -- Matt Savoie

Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo

Rasmus Dahlin -- Ryan Johnson

Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju

Connor Clifton -- Erik Johnson

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devon Levi

Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Victor Olofsson

Injured: Alex Tuch (upper body), Mattias Samuelsson (lower body), Brandon Biro (upper body), Zach Benson (lower body), Eric Comrie (lower body), Jack Quinn (Achilles)
- lulags

So I get to see Savoie for 6 minutes tonight

Savoie sent to juniors.

Looks like Sammy’s roster spot

Savoie sent to juniors.

Looks like Sammy’s roster spot
- Shadman306

Gotta get the void back in the lineup 😖

Hopefully Tuchs ready to draw back in

So I get to see Savoie for 6 minutes tonight
- Buff36

They just 'played' him for a game to not get in trouble for the conditioning assingment.

Savoie sent to juniors.

Looks like Sammy’s roster spot
- Shadman306

Thought they would send Rousek down!

They just played him for a game to not get in trouble for the conditioning assingment.
- Lunaion

Yep

When do we get to send Girgensons or Okposo packing ?

They just 'played' him for a game to not get in trouble for the conditioning assingment.
- Lunaion

Why bother sending him to Rochester for a conditioning stint if they were never going to give him a real look in the NHL?

Thought the issue with his Junior team was resolved a few weeks ago.

I don't get it.

When do we get to send Girgensons or Okposo packing ?
- Buff36

1 year too late.

Savoie sent to juniors.

Looks like Sammy’s roster spot
- Shadman306

Interesting

Why bother sending him to Rochester for a conditioning stint if they were never going to give him a real look in the NHL?

Thought the issue with his Junior team was resolved a few weeks ago.

I don't get it.
- kingcong39

His Juniors team is holding its own to being without Savoie and Benson. Think there in 2nd or 3rd place in there division. It was the easy decision for Adams

They did Savoie dirty damn.

Should have least given the kid a fair shake and a few more games before sending him down.

Why bother sending him to Rochester for a conditioning stint if they were never going to give him a real look in the NHL?

Thought the issue with his Junior team was resolved a few weeks ago.

I don't get it.
- kingcong39

Aren't some AHL games more beneficial to him?

Why bother sending him to Rochester for a conditioning stint if they were never going to give him a real look in the NHL?

Thought the issue with his Junior team was resolved a few weeks ago.

I don't get it.
- kingcong39

I mean Savoie has dropped 90+ points 2 seasons in a row in the WHL.

I’m sure being around NHL players and the conditioning stint will benefit him to an extent moving forward but 4 minutes in a game then sent down is wowza

Why bother sending him to Rochester for a conditioning stint if they were never going to give him a real look in the NHL?

Thought the issue with his Junior team was resolved a few weeks ago.

I don't get it.
- kingcong39

Rehab in the pros. Probably already thought he needed another year but might as well get him what they can in Roch. Didn't want him to get hurt last night maybe?

Welp. Didn't see that one coming. Rousek lives another day.

Adams just made the Easy decision

Interesting
- Theguywiththething

At least bryson remains a sabre, don't want to risk a claim by sending him to Rochester. He's a very hot commodity.

Stupid Roster management. It's like why sign one of Jost, Okposo and Girgs when you can get all 3. One would have been more than enough. Now we have 2 lines incaple of scoring - the Okposo line and the 4th line, which Granato refuses to play.

Okposo and Krebs on PP2 is also brilliant. Got to prevent those SH goals.

A lof of what KA has done looks very good, but a lot of what they do with the roster, lines and playing time makes no sense

They did Savoie dirty damn.

Should have least given the kid a fair shake and a few more games before sending him down.
- Swedish_Jesus

it's like they want to hold the rebuild back another year