C Jiri Kulich - Rochester Americans, AHL (2022, 28th, BUF)

[GettingYourMoms]

Jiri Kulich in AHL rn

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

2 top-6 forwards are injured (Tage, Quinn). Bottom-6 has too many old, slow, marginal players.

Kulich has to be getting close to a callup. Loads of top-9 opportunities for him right now. Sabres could use a spark.

 

[Ace]

 

[MOGlLNY]

 

[start winnin]

It's about damn time, so excited to see him and Rosen together, keep em on a line together

 

[MOGlLNY]

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

 

[cg98]

So much young talent.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Antonche]

Bad debut. Dissapointed performance. Slow feet, bad forecheck, low motor. It's not that Kulich, which shining in AHL.

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Bad debut. Dissapointed performance. Slow feet, bad forecheck, low motor. It's not that Kulich, which shining in AHL.

If you don’t like that, then you don’t like Buffalo Sabres hockey!

 

[martygod12]

Bad debut. Dissapointed performance. Slow feet, bad forecheck, low motor. It's not that Kulich, which shining in AHL.

yeah kinda hard to have a good debut when your team gets thrashed 7:2 lol

 

[Antonche]

yeah kinda hard to have a good debut when your team gets thrashed 7:2 lol

Ok, team may play bad, but Kulich don't showed even diligence and dedication.

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Ok, team may play bad, but Kulich don't showed even diligence and dedication.

Great, hope he gets traded somewhere else then. This franchise is so cursed even Hasek wouldn't save this mess.

 

[My3Sons]

Ok, team may play bad, but Kulich don't showed even diligence and dedication.

It’s his first game. I’m sure he was nervous and thr team as a whole didn’t show up. Let him get acclimated and I’m sure you will start to see the player he should be.

 

[Ralonzo]

Ok, team may play bad, but Kulich don't showed even diligence and dedication.

Disagree. Don't think he was overwhelmed, but he may have been whelmed. Still, last 10 minutes of the 3rd Kulich was one of the few that was moving his feet and trying to generate chances for that team while being on a line with bottom-of-the-lineup types. Once he learned that he needed to do it himself like in the AHL he got a nice shot from the middle above the circles that clanged off the goalies glove. The shot surprises goalies even at the NHL level, gets on them in a hurry.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Disagree. Don't think he was overwhelmed, but he may have been whelmed. Still, last 10 minutes of the 3rd Kulich was one of the few that was moving his feet and trying to generate chances for that team while being on a line with a JAG and a bum. Once he learned that he needed to do it himself like in the AHL he got a nice shot from the middle above the circles that clanged off the goalies glove. The shot surprises goalies even at the NHL level, gets on them in a hurry.

Who's a JAG?

 

[MOGlLNY]

Great, hope he gets traded somewhere else then. This franchise is so cursed even Hasek wouldn't save this mess.

We know

 

[Czechboy]

Ok, team may play bad, but Kulich don't showed even diligence and dedication.

I agree he didn't play great.. who did? You're talking about a teenager in his first ever NHL game.

Not many of those in the NHL this year

He is keeping absolutely fantastic company.

That's his draft class.

However, I agree.. give him a look... let him taste the NHL life with some practices. Then ship him back to AHL with some 'to do's'. Send him to Juniors and then bring him back in a role he might succeed in.

Brining up an elite scorer and asking him to defend in bottom 6 rarely works.

 

[Guadana]

Its just false, as a Devils fan I mostly saw only Kulich in the game as a Sabres player who tried to create something dangerous and use wheels. For a very very bad team performance he was interesting and visible.

 

[Ralonzo]

Who's a JAG?

jost but i might have mixed it up with Rosen's line

 

[Czechboy]

Got the nacho duty tonight. Rosen got in the game. Happy for him at least. I don't think it's a bad idea to healthy scratch him tbh. He gets paid a lot more, he can watch the game and he can learn at practice till getting sent back.

 

[martygod12]

Got the nacho duty tonight. Rosen got in the game. Happy for him at least. I don't think it's a bad idea to healthy scratch him tbh. He gets paid a lot more, he can watch the game and he can learn at practice till getting sent back.

Idk seems like unecessary wasting his season tempo. Either send him down or give him space and properly play him. But sitting in the stands Its the worst move they could do.

 

[Chainshot]

Given him being scratched and the timeline for Greenway's return, I wouldn't be surprised if he's re-assigned today.

 

[DiglettDangles]

Sooner is always better than later. And Miitsladt's emergence complicates things

You aren't moving Tage, cozens, mitts, Quinn, peterka, Skinner or tuch.

That leaves two spots for 4+ guys who are ready as soon as next year. Not maybe guys. Benson, savoie, kulich and rosen. With other fine forward prospects behind them.

Decisions are behind schedule

So who gets traded in your opinion?
I see the same inefficiency but it's hard for me to get a good read.

Montreal will be listening, and they'll have plenty of young defensemen to offer.