[Chad DeDominicis] Adams said they’ve communicated to Jost’s agent they’d like to have him back. So I guess that answers that question. Run back the forwards. Improve on defense and hopefully in goal.
Adams said they’ve communicated to Jost’s agent they’d like to have him back. So I guess that answers that question.
Run back the forwards. Improve on defense and hopefully in goal.
— Chad DeDominicis (@CMDeDominicis) June 21, 2023
by seeldoger47
3 Comments
Hot take: I don’t care that they run back mostly the same forwards. A lot of them will be better than last year and they were already good.
It seems the emphasis is on improving defense which is what it should be
Good, there’s no reason to handicap your depth when you have a useful forward who wants to be here as an RFA.
Run it back with the forwards, maybe rotate Rousek in with Okposo to keep him fresh throughout the year. Kulich can start the year in Rochester, he’ll still probably get a majority of games later in the year as injuries start piling up.
It seems like everybody is hellbent on getting one of Savoie or Kulich in the lineup, but I’m not sure they would even be better than Jost right away anyways — especially defensively.
Cozens cracked the lineup in his D+1 year, but really struggled for stretches and only put up 13 points in 41 games as a rookie.
Quinn and Peterka didn’t crack the roster full time until their D+2 seasons. They already had 1.36 PPG and .97 PPG seasons in the AHL under their respective belts and put up solid, but not earth shattering rookie years.
I know shiny new toy syndrome is real. Trust me, I would love for one of the kids to blow the doors off at camp and force their way onto this roster, but the best thing for the 2023 Sabres as well as the young guys long term might be another year of development.