Confirmed with Link: Will Butcher: 1 year, 2-way deal

[Empoleon8771]

 

[Malkinstheman]

Decent LD depth

 

[tom_servo]

Interesting reclamation project.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Decent LD depth

Yeah I imagine he's a Smith replacement in WBS.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Wilkes is definitely gonna get better under Dubas.

 

[eXile3]

I remember him being the big college free agent and looked promising. What a fall.

 

[ColePens]

Dude DID have a wicked wrister... and fell off the face of the earth.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Should be nice in WBS.

 

[MrBurghundy]

 

[66-30-33]

He still a PP specialist?

 

[Epic Neal Time]

Oh my god, I never realized his name is literally Billy Butcher.

 

[SEALBound]

Solid depth piece. I liked Will in NJ, hopefully he can get back to that level.

 

[Peat]

Will he count as an AHL veteran?

 

[Andy99]

uh, wasnt Ty Smith a Hextall acquisition? Lol

 

[tom_servo]

Why's he including Ty Smith? Just because he's still here?

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Ole billy butcher

 

[Pens x]

Wilkes is definitely gonna get better under Dubas.

It’s a shame the Pens will be about the same, as of today.

 

[vodeni]

I remember him being the big college free agent and looked promising. What a fall.

Yeah, I remember being mad that we did not get him, but since we got another college superstar sweepstakes in ZAR I figured can’t get them all

 

[orby]

Butcher could be a good depth defenseman. Worth a shot IMO.

 

[Gold Diamond]

Wasn't he highly touted out of college? What caused him to fall so hard?

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Wasn't he highly touted out of college? What caused him to fall so hard?

He didn't fall hard. He played parts of six, now seven seasons. Very few drafted players do that.

He is a solid two way player that scores on around 6 percent of his unblocked shots.

Cheap as dirt at three quarters of a million dollars and can be sent down.

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In other words, solid but dime a dozen depth.

You need players like yes in your system. But they don't move the needle.

 

[PensandCaps]

Interesting reclamation project.

He can certainly provide offense, even his 5v5 scoring is pretty decent.

Must be terrible defensively to be only getting a 2 way deal.

 

[Peat]

Wasn't he highly touted out of college? What caused him to fall so hard?

Not a great skater, not great defensively iirc. He caught on quickly with NJD as a power play guy but as they got better and got better players, he got shuffled around.

 

[Gurglesons]

Hard to be mad about this signing for the AHL team.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Butcher could be a good depth defenseman. Worth a shot IMO.

It'll be fantastic when we need an LD after an injury and Mike Sullivan still uses Chud Ruhwedel there instead.