Well he has been practicing with the team for quite some time now. Not getting back until now was purely a PT thing. They smartly decided to not bring him back until his hand strength and range of motion was 100%. Pretty important for a faceoff specialist. I suspect the last 5 regular season games will be enough to get his wheels rolling.
Hay now has 4 short handed goals, I'd say the PK is working well. For a Rookie that is pretty good, he is 5th overall in the league for shorties.
For a 3rd round rookie that’s fabulous. The kid impresses me every night with multiple aspects of his game. His progression this year has been remarkable. Nathaniel Day looks like the real deal in his limited time too. Dent has no fear pairing up Bertucci and Petrovski and playing them against top 6 forwards either. Pitters probably deserves ice time but he’s 16yo #5 so they can’t slot him in often. It’s a really good core of youth on this team. I’m not sure one of them develops into a absolute superstar Drysdale/McTavish type but I’m not concerned about talent in the near future.
So what the Burkes said is not the exact same league policy violation as what Christenson said? Because the leagues own statement says it is, yet the punishments are not the same. Considering player paying scandal of a few short years ago you would have to even view the organization as chronic offenders. It certainly smacks of special treatment on the leagues part. So much for zero tolerance.
So here is what the league said about Christenson when he was banned from the league. "Terry Christensen has been expelled from the League for conduct that is prejudicial to the welfare of the League. This comes as a result of remarks he made that violated the OHL Harassment & Abuse / Diversity Policy." here is what the league said about the Burkes when they were fined 150k and suspended indefinitely until at least June of 2024. “it is the position of the league that their conduct is prejudicial to the welfare of the OHL as it violates the harassment, abuse and diversity policy.” Does it seem that the Firebird GM got a far harsher punishment than The Burkes for essentially the same offense?
No it wasn’t Flint remark were a racist remark about a player. Niagara was harassment against a female collegue not know what exactly was said.
I can see where it sure looks like the same thing but no idea in each case what was said. I'm also wondering out loud if part of the closed door meetings with the league was an agreement to sell the team so they won't return either way? Hence what seems like a lighter sentence but both will end in the same outcome? This is just speculation on my part but so much never comes to light that we all just end up guessing.
"respect for women through actions and words" So disparaging sexist remarks directed towards a woman is not a violation of the same policy as a racial slur directed toward a minority player? it was in a transcript of a Whatsapp group chat so yea it was definitely words so for purposes of discipline the same thing.
The handling of the whole thing was different. Would like the league to explain that.
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Well the first game of the suspension vs the Soo they lost because of goaltending. Then when he returned Cavallin had a couple poor games too. He’s let in a few soft ones since the suspension and its cost them. Missing Deline, Giroux, Pitre, Piercey in addition to Kressler at various times over that span didn’t help either but they’ve also just looked flat. I only caught part of the Saginaw game on tv but stuff like that just cannot happen. The Conference and the Division was on the line at that point vs your biggest rival on home ice and they lost to a team that shouldn’t be able to beat them very often. There’s just times this year (mostly at the beginning of the season and a bit recently too) where they blow their chances and make a rookie goalie/poor goalie look like a stud instead of coming out of the gate just salivating at the opportunity to get on a goalie and in his head. Yet they’ll beat Brochu and chase Gaudreau from the net? Almost every team in the West has been inconsistent this year and has issues. I could see Cavallin getting back to form the team getting healthy and skating into the Finals or I could see them getting bounced in the first round in 6 or 7. I keep trying to remind myself either way it’s been a fun season where they’ve exceeded expectations but after seeing them play to their potential it gives you hope and belief in them achieving so much more.
Barclay’s biggest miss and one that is costing them right now. Just imagine if he had picked the next D drafted in Jack Thompson instead and he was on the roster right now.Sabres sign first-overall pick Power to three-year, entry-level contract - TSN.ca
The Buffalo Sabres announced Friday they have signed defenceman Owen Power to a three-year contract.
