Quoting: BuFfaLOFaN
They all definitely made a case, but yea I bet they are the top AHL line this year
The team wants to be bad this year.
Ristolainen was pushed into the NHL during the middle of 2013-14, the first year of "THE TANK".
He never played on a winning professional team, and the Sabres burned the first year of his ELC.
Let Murray, Quinn, Peterka, Weissbach, Bryson, Samuelsson, Laaksonen, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and maybe even Ruotsalainen develop chemistry and maybe make some noise in the Calder Cup.
It would be a huge mistake for the Sabres and more important for the players to rush them.
Four forwards, three defensemen and a GK all entering the NHL together after spending a year in Rochester, that is how one builds a winning team.
They replace Butcher, Hagg, Miller, Hinostroza, Eakin, Okposo, Caggiula and Anderson.
Expose the young players to a winning atmosphere, not this losing merry go round of the last decade.
Maybe the team would not have any all stars, but rather depth with 3 scoring lines, solid defense and GK.
Let me close Granato was a coach when Caggiula, Davidson, Hayden and Hinostroza played with the Hawks (Hinostroza also played with Granato).
I would imagine he plans to use them in some role.