Prospect Info: Arttu Ruotsalainen (Signed with Frolunda, SHL)

[Chainshot]

yes they can do rolling call ups.

i think if they sign Johnson/ Power to contracts and they play this year, they may send down Samuelson or/and Fitzgerald which then opens some other call ups.

They also would like Rochester to make the playoffs. if they were safely 8n or eliminated you might see rotating call ups.

They've already used three of the four free roster recalls. Sending people down doesn't make those slots available again, it's not a token system.

 

[dire wolf]

yes they can do rolling call ups.

i think if they sign Johnson/ Power to contracts and they play this year, they may send down Samuelson or/and Fitzgerald which then opens some other call ups.

They also would like Rochester to make the playoffs. if they were safely 8n or eliminated you might see rotating call ups.

Oh - thanks. I misunderstood that rule.

 

[Chainshot]

Oh - thanks. I misunderstood that rule.

They can not do rotating recalls.

 

[Buffaloed]

R2 is going to get Piluted. They might be able to keep him by offering a $200K minor league salary but there's no way he gets a 1 way contract or signing bonus.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Vukotal Recall]

I haven't read 20 pages of this thread, but if his nickname isn't D2, something's wrong.

 

[Chainshot]

I haven't read 20 pages of this thread, but if his nickname isn't D2, something's wrong.

He is the Rooster.

 

[Paxon]

yes they can do rolling call ups.

i think if they sign Johnson/ Power to contracts and they play this year, they may send down Samuelson or/and Fitzgerald which then opens some other call ups.

They also would like Rochester to make the playoffs. if they were safely 8n or eliminated you might see rotating call ups.

Fitz maybe, but they aren sending Mattias down (until after the NHL season). He is a crucial part of the team now.

 

[Fjordy]

Bjork and Eakin got way more chances than him, unfair.

 

[old kummelweck]

R2 is going to get Piluted. They might be able to keep him by offering a $200K minor league salary but there's no way he gets a 1 way contract or signing bonus.

Both got long looks so I'm not sure what the Sabres should be doing differently. The time in Roch has been good for his development, so he certainly deserves another look, but he also needs to make it hard for them to not send him down.

 

[Lloydchristmas138]

I forget about this guy sometimes, unfairly. Maybe he’s the answer to the 4C next year.

 

[old kummelweck]

I forget about this guy sometimes, unfairly. Maybe he’s the answer to the 4C next year.

It's hard to look at this roster and figure out how all these guys fit together.

Is he playing C in roch? Does the AHL track FO%?

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I forget about this guy sometimes, unfairly. Maybe he’s the answer to the 4C next year.

I don’t think he is. But he definitely should be in Victor’s spot on PP2. His one-timer is nearly identical.

 

[Chainshot]

It's hard to look at this roster and figure out how all these guys fit together.

Is he playing C in roch? Does the AHL track FO%?

Yes to center, don't know on FO's (not really seeing him dominate the dot but that's just anecdotal). Could still slot in as a depth guy and is earning it with how his game has progressed. He's getting inside on teams and scoring from some ugly areas AND he still has that release that allow him to whip pucks from medium range.

 

[WhereAreTheCookies]

Yes to center, don't know on FO's (not really seeing him dominate the dot but that's just anecdotal). Could still slot in as a depth guy and is earning it with how his game has progressed. He's getting inside on teams and scoring from some ugly areas AND he still has that release that allow him to whip pucks from medium range.

He gives me Nathan Gerbe vibes. Smaller guy (though not as small as Gerbe was), tenacious on the puck, willing to go into the dirty areas, and will camp out or drive the net which a lot of guys seem to shy away from. His small sample size this season he also seemed to be decent defensively and i wonder if long term both him and Asplund could eventually become bottom 6 wings who play some of the more difficult match-ups in place of Gus and Okposo.

 

[old kummelweck]

He gives me Nathan Gerbe vibes. Smaller guy (though not as small as Gerbe was), tenacious on the puck, willing to go into the dirty areas, and will camp out or drive the net which a lot of guys seem to shy away from. His small sample size this season he also seemed to be decent defensively and i wonder if long term both him and Asplund could eventually become bottom 6 wings who play some of the more difficult match-ups in place of Gus and Okposo.

Yes to center, don't know on FO's (not really seeing him dominate the dot but that's just anecdotal). Could still slot in as a depth guy and is earning it with how his game has progressed. He's getting inside on teams and scoring from some ugly areas AND he still has that release that allow him to whip pucks from medium range.

I really haven't seen much of him outside his stints with the Sabres. Gerbe was a fireplug, I don't see that comparison. Maybe Paul Byron?

 

[Chainshot]

I really haven't seen much of him outside his stints with the Sabres. Gerbe was a fireplug, I don't see that comparison. Maybe Paul Byron?

I may be jaded because I saw Byron in the Q and he just outworked people. He was a rabid chihuahua - tiny and just would not stop. Arttu does remind me of a center version of Victor in a lot of ways.

 

[old kummelweck]

I may be jaded because I saw Byron in the Q and he just outworked people. He was a rabid chihuahua - tiny and just would not stop. Arttu does remind me of a center version of Victor in a lot of ways.

yeah, f*** tim murray.

 

[Chainshot]

That he has an agreement to play in Switzerland next season.

 

[Ace]

lookin on R2 seeing Power’s jersey number

 

[The Blunder Years]

Not the biggest fan of R2 but I think he shoulda been given another call up this year. Maybe Adam’s knew the whole year he wasn’t going to stick around?

 

[Fjordy]

Good luck in Switzerland

 

[Reddawg]

I mean, facts are facts and there isn't enough roster space for everyone. R2 would be utterly wasted and inefficient on the 4th line, and who does he beat out for top 9?

 

[Buffaloed]

It's hard to look at this roster and figure out how all these guys fit together.

Is he playing C in roch? Does the AHL track FO%?

I see him making $150K in Rochester and possibly getting called up for enough games to make $300K total. He'll make that easily in the Swiss league without the uncertainty.

 

[joshjull]

I think R2 would be up here if the Amerks weren’t hanging on for dear life in the playoff race. They’d use the last call up on him.