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[haseoke39]

Hasek looks back at trade to Sabres that changed NHL career, life | NHL.com

30 years later, Hall of Fame goalie discusses emergence in 'my second home'

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Hasek has some good quotes on Buffalo in that article. He basically implies at the end that if the Czech Republic were threatened by Russia next, he'd move back to Buffalo. Love to see him in the sweater, with a painting of the french connection.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

 

[michaelsaas]

wait that can't be right, can it? That would make him two years younger than me and I remember him playing when I was in high school.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

wait that can't be right, can it? That would make him two years younger than me and I remember him playing when I was in high school.

Typo. Shoulda said 1969. Damn fat thumbs

 

[elchud]

15 years off on Yuri

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I finally get to post this. Damn Dominik Hasek and Robb Stauber

 

[MarkusKetterer]

The man himself has a few words about his time in the Sabres organization

 

[MarkusKetterer]

This is what listening to too much Rob Ray does to you

 

[Jacob582]

Sheng Peng

It is a surprise that Rodrigues is available this late in the offseason, but a team executive intimated to SJHN: “E-Rod rubs people the wrong way"

I'm not sure what to make of this. I didn't know of any issues with Evan Rodrigues character.

 

[Gras]

 

[MarkusKetterer]

So doing my Sabres history Twitter feed, does anybody remember Dennis Vial being with the Sabres for training camp in 1999?

 

[brian_griffin]

So doing my Sabres history Twitter feed, does anybody remember Dennis Vial being with the Sabres for training camp in 1999?

With apologies to his family and him, Does anybody remember Dennis Vial, period?

 

[VaporTrail]

So doing my Sabres history Twitter feed, does anybody remember Dennis Vial being with the Sabres for training camp in 1999?

No I never knew of him being in a Sabres training camp

 

[MarkusKetterer]

With apologies to his family and him, Does anybody remember Dennis Vial, period?

Fans of enforcers do. And Sens fans of their starting out period

 

[joshjull]

And now he posts on here

 

[MarkusKetterer]

And now he posts on here

No he doesn’t!

 

[MarkusKetterer]

This was interesting…

 

[joshjull]

No he doesn’t!

Yes you do!

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Yes you do!

I do. But I’m not the dude that sat on the bench for 34 games (an NHL record for games without ever appearing in a game, btw).

 

[Jim Bob]

Flames invite Eakin to camp on pro tryout deal

The Calgary Flames are bringing in veteran forward Cody Eakin on a professional tryout agreement.Eakin, who was an unrestricted free agent, played the last two seasons with the Buffalo Sabres. The 31-year-old previously suited up for the Winnipeg Jets, Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, and the...

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[Thorton02]

Flames invite Eakin to camp on pro tryout deal

The Calgary Flames are bringing in veteran forward Cody Eakin on a professional tryout agreement.Eakin, who was an unrestricted free agent, played the last two seasons with the Buffalo Sabres. The 31-year-old previously suited up for the Winnipeg Jets, Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, and the...

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Good for Eakin.


........good for Buffalo.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

Slightly OT: (though this is the go-to thread for Sabres history)

Did the Sabres and/or Amerks have some sort of agreement with the Detroit Vipers of the IHL in late 90s? Looking at their rosters I see a lot of Amerk players of the time (Todd Simon, Patrice Tardif, etc) and their coaches seemed to have Buffalo ties pretty consistently: Rick Dudley, Steve Ludzik, etc.

I don't recall them being part of the org. but I was fairly young at the time.

Apologies for the potential hijack of the thread, I just wasn't sure if the above questioned warranted its own thread.

 

[brian_griffin]

Slightly OT: (though this is the go-to thread for Sabres history)

Did the Sabres and/or Amerks have some sort of agreement with the Detroit Vipers of the IHL in late 90s? Looking at their rosters I see a lot of Amerk players of the time (Todd Simon, Patrice Tardif, etc) and their coaches seemed to have Buffalo ties pretty consistently: Rick Dudley, Steve Ludzik, etc.

I don't recall them being part of the org. but I was fairly young at the time.

Apologies for the potential hijack of the thread, I just wasn't sure if the above questioned warranted its own thread.

Clubs are allowed to loan players, there is a league process for doing so. I'm pretty sure the contract financial responsibility transfers to the other club. Typically done for one of two reasons:
1. Club A has "too much depth" at a given position and club B has a dearth, so it allows playing time and continued development for the affected players, albeit with the other organization.
2. Personal / family reasons (uniting siblings, in-laws, getting a player closer to ailing family, etc). The Sabres were loaned Don Luce's brother in law several decades ago (Luce's wife's brother), Mike Boland. They then acquired him.

As to whether it happened in the situation you mentioned, I have no idea.

 

[WhereAreTheCookies]

Clubs are allowed to loan players, there is a league process for doing so. I'm pretty sure the contract financial responsibility transfers to the other club. Typically done for one of two reasons:
1. Club A has "too much depth" at a given position and club B has a dearth, so it allows playing time and continued development for the affected players, albeit with the other organization.
2. Personal / family reasons (uniting siblings, in-laws, getting a player closer to ailing family, etc). The Sabres were loaned Don Luce's brother in law several decades ago (Luce's wife's brother).

As to whether it happened in the situation you mentioned, I have no idea.

You still see that from time to time in the AHL. I think it happens most often with goalies where they'll get loaned to other teams because of logjams.