Sabres Trim Another 14 Players Off The Roster

by Zachary Zielonka on Sep 29, 2010 8:31 PM EDT

After sending nine players back to their junior teams on Tuesday, the Sabres have sent another 12 players to Portland. From the Portland website:

Heading to Portland are: forwards Jacob Lagace, Maxime Legault, Dennis McCauley, Brian Roloff, Felix Schutz, Colin Stuart (pending waivers), Corey Tropp, Travis Turnbull and Derek Whitmore (pending waivers); defensemen Alex Biega, Tim Conboy (pending waivers) and Nick Crawford.

Along with the 12 players that were sent to Portland, Brayden McNabb was sent back to Kootenay and Marcus Foligno was sent back to Sudbury.

The players sent to Portland aren't much of a surprise as those players really didn't stand out and still need some grooming in the minor leagues. There are still some players like Mark Mancari and Luke Adam that will get some more time in the next few preseason games before most likely heading back to Portland.

Unfortunately the Pirates only officially have those fourteen players on the roster and do not currently have any goaltenders. That is why the team had to announce that their preseason game this weekend had to be cancelled.

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That is why the team had to announce that their preseason game this weekend had to be cancelled.

Are you kidding me? What the hell is Darcy doing?

by Traver on Sep 29, 2010 8:38 PM EDT reply actions

Keeping players for a longer look. With six preseason games in eight days, its not a bad idea for the big club but it wreaks havoc on the affliate.

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by Zachary Zielonka on Sep 30, 2010 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Exactly what he should be doing?

Jesus. People will find anything they possibly can to bitch out Darcy.

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by twoeightnine on Sep 30, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Portland fans have a right to be angry

How callous of the NHL – or who ever set the preseason schedule – to schedule all of the Sabres’ preseason games in the last 10 days. Other teams started their preseason games much earlier and were able evaluate personnel that much sooner. It is because of this scheduling SNAFU that Portland has been denied personnel with which to start their preseason.

Regier and the NHL should be more considerate of their minor league affilliates.

by Geolover on Sep 30, 2010 9:23 AM EDT reply actions

Regier is not the Innocent

Regier terminated the contract of goalie recently. Could that goalie could have been sent to Portland and then released later in the preseason?

by BobDH on Sep 30, 2010 9:47 AM EDT reply actions

Current Roster

Where can I find an updated camp roster?

by BobDH on Sep 30, 2010 9:47 AM EDT reply actions

Vogl just mentioned this on the Sabres Edge blog:

…failed to mention the Pirates could have brought in players from the East Coast Hockey League to fill the roster. Portland would have had to pay those players itself, however, and apparently decided it didn’t find players of a high enough quality or didn’t want to make the expense.

So, I guess you don’t have to blame the Sabres, but where is the fun in that.

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by Zachary Zielonka on Sep 30, 2010 12:20 PM EDT reply actions