I’m sure Bears/Caps will try to resign him. But at this point, he is probably a call-up at best. If he finds a better path to NHL maybe he goes for it. But don’t think that will bother the caps a whole lot. Finding a 14-16F is easy. And that is what he is.Random note from Puckpedia: Riley Sutter is going to be a Group 6 UFA after the season. (Unless signed to an extension of course.)
Have no idea how much that will matter to the Bears. Long ways away, relatively.
This is his 6th year in Hershey. I’m sure the player will want to move on next year if he thinks he has a better shot elsewhere. He’s also on track to reach exempt vet status, barring any injuries this year, so that diminishes his value a little bit if he does return.Random note from Puckpedia: Riley Sutter is going to be a Group 6 UFA after the season. (Unless signed to an extension of course.)
Have no idea how much that will matter to the Bears. Long ways away, relatively.
Feels to me like Rybinski would have the inside track on 4C over Sutter. Would you agree or disagree with that?This is his 6th year in Hershey. I’m sure the player will want to move on next year if he thinks he has a better shot elsewhere. He’s also on track to reach exempt vet status, barring any injuries this year, so that diminishes his value a little bit if he does return.
My guess would be that he moves on next year unless he’s told he has a strong chance at taking over Dowd’s spot next year.
Makes more sense now
Absolutely. Rybinski’s rise the last 6-8 months can’t be ignored. He’s showed a lot of promise. Love his game.Feels to me like Rybinski would have the inside track on 4C over Sutter. Would you agree or disagree with that?
FWIW, I see a number of Hershey forwards potentially pursuing greener pastures this upcoming offseason including Limoges and Sgarbossa (two-way UFAs) and Vecchione (AHL deal). I also suspect HHA will head back to Europe unless he finds another organization that gets him closer to the NHL.
Agree with all of this. We had a transition period where there just weren’t a lot of people graduating to the NHL either because the skill was lacking or they couldn’t unseat the incumbent vets. That is changing now but we aren’t going to replace with 25-28 year olds. I think that is part of the rationale in being comfortable letting Beck Malenstyn go at 27.Absolutely. Rybinski’s rise the last 6-8 months can’t be ignored. He’s showed a lot of promise. Love his game.
Limoges and Sgarbossa are AHL guys at this point. It all depends on how they play the rest of the year and whether or not they want to try to pursue some more money overseas.