Zemgus Girgensons and Victor Olofsson appear to be headed to Free Agency

Zemgus Girgensons and Victor Olofsson appear to be headed to Free Agency

so a little bit of news here or I guess I’ll put in the rumor mill because it is the fourth period and they can be a little hit oriss with some of their Savers reports but according to David Pagoda of the fourth period Victor Olson will be hitting free agency I will pass it off to JP from here no I’ll pass it to Christian I in the past yes I had some critical things but last year I I was I actually felt bad for him so I’ll pass it off to Christian who might be his biggest fan my king where did it all go wrong man seems like the end of an era you know you kind of clo you’re closing another another chapter of the uh three Kevin Adams Buffalo Sabers um I wish Olaf in the best um but you know he was dimensional that was it he could score and when he wasn’t that like when he wasn’t on a good power play or he wasn’t scoring he was a ghost out there so $4.75 million it’s money well spent elsewhere but you know I hope he finds his his game somewhere on another team because another team could definitely play to his strengths more he might not be an everynight kind of player but if you need a little offensive jolt here and there maybe you could you know put him on the top line somewhere and I’m sure he I’m sure he’ll score but yeah it’s uh you know end of an era again I mean people are already talking about Jeff Skinner on his way out too so um also interesting note I think Victor Olson is the last saber to go through arbitration and that had to be like four years ago because they were talking about Lucan and going through arbitration this year but well I heard I I was listening to this morning and they were talking about a scenario of him going to arbitration but I he go with was it this this contract that he was on I don’t remember I’m almost certain it was I’m because I know he went through artion I know that he because I think he signed a one-year deal oh maybe it was he he signed a one-year deal in Adams first season I don’t I forget if so if if this current contract was the one he went through arbitration on I think it’s the only time Adams has gone through that process I don’t think he ever did saber signed Victor Olson avoid arbitration hearing October 29 2020 well it’s probably well I guess they they’re probably gearing up for it well I’m sure they were but it looks like they did avoid it well the interest the interesting thing Victor Olson has been a part of the Sabers organization since 2014 it’s only two years less than zus gurgenson I didn’t even realize he was drafted that early I thought he was drafted in like 2016 or something 181st overall in the seventh round of the 2014 draft that is a darc gear master class right there Tim Murray master class that was a Tim Murray draft that was a Tim that was a gift from the horse breeder himself I thought rir was still draft in 2014 oh no that was a Reinhardt draft yeah you’re right it is Tim Murray and funny how GMS they just they just blur together at this at this point H yeah when they’re when they all suck yeah yeah that is it’s great value for a guy you found in the seventh round you know you wish your past GMS would have found more of those guys too bad they can’t draft outside the first round hey I think that’s if you take a step back look Victor Olson very frustrating player very one tool player we all know that this is a guy who’s been in the NHL for now what five seasons five six seasons yeah he he was a seventh round pick 181st overall tore up the shl had a great rookie season with the Rochester Americans which it’s funny because I don’t know I just have funny memories of everybody calling him a rookie back then he was he was like 23 but first season in AHL great season 30 goals comes up gets placed with Jack LEL onto his wing I think he wasn’t he a cder finalist that year that’s funny to look back on and you know is his his uh his time with the Savers just ran out especially with this core he uh I don’t know he carved out a nice career for himself I think given where he was drafted this is basically as much of a home run as it can be he was our Brock pie I have so I’m actually I’m looking at all of Sab seventh round picks so actually a few notable ones I didn’t realize there was can you guys do you guys know any of them what’s the what’s the draft here JP’s dropping in he he’s bringing back Sabers trivia 2000 2000 picked 220 and he he played a long time long very good player for us uh years he was he was with us and our our best teams okay he had 231 points nope he’s he was us he had a nice nickname Paul gos Dad yeah yeah wow he was seventh round wasn’t seventh also two years later or where is it three years later Nathan PES Nathan PA Nathan oh man leg himself yeah there’s any other ones I was going to say that Olson was our best seventh pick ever but obviously goed definely that I mean it was probably like the more well-rounded player but I don’t know Olson had more of a a spark to his game when when when he had it that too I’m gonna miss Abba so much oh here’s another seven round pick Christian’s favorite am player has been for years now lenus weissbach was seven pick seventh round pick pretty good value pick good AHL guy Tyson kak I forgot about kak man what happened to the hype train around him stay tuned n he just he doing good down there they kept him in the AHL when he was what 18 I don’t think he was physically well I shouldn’t say he wasn’t physically ready but it’s a slower path so I think that from what I from what I’ve watched and from what I’ve read about him he uh I think it’s just a slower process all right on to the other UFA which is it’s very funny how how Peg Nota structured this he sends out the Tweet like breaking Victor Olson will be hitting UFA and then he just drops it in a subsequent article that oh yeah Genson is expecting to hit the market too it’s like dude where have you been olon has been gone like he’s he was on the Sabers roster he was not hard he was hardly a buffalo saber I don’t think anybody who he was on the way out breaking years ago Victor Olson’s leaving no no this can’t be happening no not even halfway through the first year of his contract he was on his way out yeah yeah the bigger news he got the bigger news he got it backwards man the bigger news is garson’s possibly leaving which it from everything I’ve seen it looks like it’s true that he I think his time is done here yeah so according to Peg Nota gurgenson who is 30 is expected to test the free agent Market this July he is made he made 2.5 million on his last deal is unclear what type of contract he is looking for next future Pittsburgh Penguin calling it right now he will be a Pittsburgh Penguin yeah it’s um we’ve talked a little bit about this it sort of feels weird it would be weird if they brought him back um coming out of those Locker cleanout interviews where all they talked was accountability it kind of shined a negative light on where I think the leadership was at that time and I think even fredman’s talked about it at points where like guys who have left the Savers including vets thought that they needed more of a a push back voice in the locker room and it it just kind of seemed like the leadership core it got them to a certain place it couldn’t take them any further and as much as gurgenson has been you know silent lead by example type player it’s just not what the Sabers needed uh anymore so it’s possibly looking like this is the last we will see of zamus gurgenson the last Darcy regar guy to fall y it it makes sense um I mean it could have made sense last year it’s this just goes against everything that Adams was talking about after the trade trade deadline I he was talking about extending him and now he’s gone a few months later so I’ll believe it when I see it um it just it just feels weird with how much Adams is talking about him I agree with that I just think what before the trade deadline you know they get buum then they go on that quick hot streak people think they have a chance to get in and then they completely fumble the ball and they just they didn’t torpedo to the bottom of the standings but it was it was a very painful end uh SL it was a slow death kind of I think maybe he just realized especially coming out of those Locker cleanouts that you know what as much as I love him as much as there’s nothing literally zero wrong with him like he there’s nothing wrong if people don’t like him it’s probably because he didn’t live up to his draft pedigree but for what he is he is a perfectly fine player a perfectly fine leader they just need something fresh I think yeah and and Terry loves him so that’s going to be for him does does he get a video tribute when he comes back he has to right he’s top 10 Sabers All Time games played I’m fairly certain yeah he’s he is one of I will say like you know you talk about guys like lafon you know like the greatest Buffalo Sabers of all time based on tenure he is a he’s a great Buffalo saber he’s been here for over a decade based on that he is one of the greatest Sabers of all time yes I I would agree with that no no that’s not what I was trying to say if we go by minimum eight years played on the Sabers he is up there yes he’s he’s 10th 688 adding sort of adding on to that we’ve had a few people reach out or it there’s like there’s Whispers that he maybe sold his house in Buffalo and you know obviously it’s not a great indicator but hey who knows he maybe he’s just buying another house in Buffalo you never know you don’t want to run with these things and even with this report it’s the fourth period you know always take with a grain of salt but I think Olson gurgenson they’re two guys that I think you can very very easily see moving on from the Sabers he’s upgrading he’s getting a bigger house because he’s getting a Payday

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