News Article: Zach Bogosian - Signs with Tampa

[Dirty Dog]

Thank you. It is still frustrating watching Botts work at the speed of a turtle.

 

[sabrebuild]

Sure, pretty much everything is pro-rated. Sending him down, if they do send him down, lowers his cap hit from $5.143M to $4.068M, which means his daily cap hit goes from $27.6K to $21.9K (all of these numbers are rounded, by the way) for every day that he's actually assigned to the minors.

Of course any cap hits a team adds are pro-rated too, so it still would give them an extra $1M or so to work with.

All that said, there's no guarantee they assign him to the minors. Not that he'll get claimed on waivers, any team that wanted him would presumably only take him if the Sabres retained salary and/or took salary back.

Thanks!!!

 

[Dirty Dog]

Has anyone made a joke on Bogo getting hurt while waiving goodbye?

 

[SundherDome]

I can't imagine him going to Rochester, at all.

 

[Beerz]

Gotta admit, I liked the idea of bringing him in as part of the Myers trade.

I really like him that first season and a half.

But the injuries really ruined this guy.

There better be a move incoming which lead to him hitting waivers now, otherwise Botts has no excuse why he waited so long to do this.

Same. I held out hope he'd return to the guy he was when we first got him. Silly me.

I wish him all the best tho..

 

[HaNotsri]

I can't imagine him going to Rochester, at all.

Would save us plenty of money then.

 

[SundherDome]

Would save us plenty of money then.

I meant he will be traded or sit out.

 

[1TuchAnd1NoTuch]

I meant he will be traded or sit out.

If he sits out it will save us plenty of money

 

[slip]

This should’ve happened in October

Of 2018.

 

[HaNotsri]

I meant he will be traded or sit out.

We’d Berglund him.

 

[SundherDome]

We’d Berglund him.

Has to be mutual.. he would just sit in the press box or be suspended, he ain't coughing up 2.5 mill.

 

[slip]

Has to be mutual.. he would just sit in the press box or be suspended, he ain't coughing up 2.5 mill.

That’s more money than he’ll make the rest of his life DJing bar-mitzvahs and sweet 16s. Hopefully he can boost the Amerks and finally do something positive for hockey in WNY.

 

[Chainshot]

He'll be around as the spare defenseman for the next game, won't he?

 

[HaNotsri]

Has to be mutual.. he would just sit in the press box or be suspended, he ain't coughing up 2.5 mill.

You have to report to practice as well as games. Why on earth would you be payed otherwize? You can’t just refuse to do your job because of an AHL assignment. If we told him to dress up as Sabretooth he could refuse though.

 

[Ace]

Of 2018.

Of 2016.

I got tired of GM's relying on him despite his injuries and the fact that he was never provably any good when he was healthy anyway. But years of...well if Bogo is healthy... if Bogo is healthy what? We have a below average defender more often? WOO!

But Botterill made it even worse somehow. He wasn't needed. At all. They had people in Rochester and the pressbox constantly that should have been playing...and then he flat out asked to leave...and he was still here. Madness. While the fanbase begs for anything to show there is a pulse over there. He just...stayed.

Good riddance.

...

Of course he'll still be here after he clears. This is Jason NOTHING EVER CHANGES Botterill.

 

[Chainshot]

Murray's Poison Pill: a cautionary tale of obsession with the NHL combine and the woe it reaps. Coming to PBS.

It's great that his teammates love him and he's good in the community. Wonderful. As a hockey player, I can't think of one on-ice moment that involved the actual playing of hockey that ever made me think he came anywhere near justifying that contract Winnipeg gave him. Ever.

 

[jBuds]

Murray's Poison Pill: a cautionary tale of obsession with the NHL combine and the woe it reaps. Coming to PBS.

It's great that his teammates love him and he's good in the community. Wonderful. As a hockey player, I can't think of one on-ice moment that involved the actual playing of hockey that ever made me think he came anywhere near justifying that contract Winnipeg gave him. Ever.

But he carries himself - especially off the ice - as if he lived up to every bit of the billing that comes with the slot at which he was drafted.

 

[Not Sure]

But he carries himself - especially off the ice - as if he lived up to every bit of the billing that comes with the slot at which he was drafted.

I just imagine Bogosian storming into Botterill's office asking why he hasn't been traded yet, Botts telling him no one wants him, and him in his best valley girl impression saying "psst, yeah right, no one wants a big physical right shot 29 year old defenseman who killed the combine and went 3rd OA? You guys just holding out for an unprotected 1st. Trade me now, you owe me!" Followed by laughter and Bogo clearing waivers to ride the bus in Rochester.

It's a good day

 

[dotcommunism]

Has to be mutual.. he would just sit in the press box or be suspended, he ain't coughing up 2.5 mill.

I don't believe there is actually any mention of "mutual" contract termination in the CBA. Refusing to report, however, is grounds for contract termination.

Even if they decided to just suspend him if he didn't report, he still wouldn't get paid. He only gets paid if he actually fulfills his contractual obligations.

 

[explore]

Ain’t no way Bogo is throwing away $2.5 mm or whatever he’s owed for the rest of the season so he can play in the NHL. He’s going to be counting on a vet minimum contract at most next year, if he gets picked up at all.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Edit: question answered.

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

I just imagine Bogosian storming into Botterill's office asking why he hasn't been traded yet, Botts telling him no one wants him, and him in his best valley girl impression saying "psst, yeah right, no one wants a big physical right shot 29 year old defenseman who killed the combine and went 3rd OA? You guys just holding out for an unprotected 1st. Trade me now, you owe me!" Followed by laughter and Bogo clearing waivers to ride the bus in Rochester.

It's a good day

Post of the day

 

[Der Jaeger]

Toronto has 3 6th round picks in this coming draft. The anticipation of which one Buffalo is getting for Bogosian is killing me!

 

[Dirty Dog]

Toronto has 3 6th round picks in this coming draft. The anticipation of which one Buffalo is getting for Bogosian is killing me!

We might even throw in a 5th!

 

[jBuds]

We might even throw in a 5th!

We’d actually just give them our higher pick for a later one in the same round, if I have it right...