Meh. Offensive guy who can chip in points on the special teams (about 50% of points at 5v4). VERY mediocre in his own zone and doesn't really help get the puck out despite being a decent skater. I'd say he tops out as being a 3/4D though will get 1PP time.
Let's put this another way - Jake Gardiner >>> Ristoleinen in his own zone.
~A Leafs Fan
- ImThatGuy
Not surprising. Anyway it takes a while for defensemen to develop usually. Took Hedman about 5 years or so before he was a bona-fide top line defenseman. Ristolainen will be fine in his own zone, especially when he starts playing with a better d partner.
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Oct 11 @ 3:51 PM ET
Sabres will have 4.55 mil in cap space with 21 man roster. If you add one of Fasching or Nylander it will be 3.6 mil to start season. I don't see them keeping 14 forwards. - StaziakAttack
General fanager has us at $2.5M in cap space with the Risto signing. Take away COR and you have 3.2, add in Fasching for example and you're at 2.3. That's what I was going with.
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Oct 11 @ 3:58 PM ET
General fanager has us at $2.5M in cap space with the Risto signing. Take away COR and you have 3.2, add in Fasching for example and you're at 2.3. That's what I was going with. - mhp
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Oct 11 @ 4:06 PM ET
15 forwards
7 defenseman
with 1,987,976 of cap space.
We could end up with about 5m - cabin
I guess we'll see very soon. My guess is it could still be between 2.5-3.
edit- looking at it if they go with 13F and 7 D and put Cody on ir they then would have around 4.7m in cap space. Just enough to do something if they wish.
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Oct 11 @ 4:12 PM ET
I guess we'll see very soon. My guess is it could still be between 2.5-3.
edit- looking at it if they go with 13F and 7 D and put Cody on ir they then would have around 4.7m in cap space. Just enough to do something if they wish. - mhp
Gionta and Franson alone will give us 7M more in cap space. Murray has done a decent job not getting us stuck before the kids need to be signed. Let's see how he does when they do
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Oct 11 @ 4:18 PM ET
Gionta and Franson alone will give us 7M more in cap space. Murray has done a decent job not getting us stuck before the kids need to be signed. Let's see how he does when they do - Zschalberg
Lehner and a backup will take a chunk next year. Specially if we make the playoffs.
Lehner and a backup will take a chunk next year. Specially if we make the playoffs.
Lehner is Arb eligible - cabin
Backup could/should be the same amount. Ullmark could/should do it. Starter, yeah we'll see how the ball rolls.
For today, I'm in a good place. Bills have a winning record, Sabres start in 2 days, NHL starts tomorrow, my fantasy team had no one get hurt before the season started, and now Risto is signed to a favorable deal. For one day, Buffalo, everything went as we hoped.
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Oct 11 @ 4:26 PM ET
Backup could/should be the same amount. Ullmark could/should do it. Starter, yeah we'll see how the ball rolls.
For today, I'm in a good place. Bills have a winning record, Sabres start in 2 days, NHL starts tomorrow, my fantasy team had no one get hurt before the season started, and now Risto is signed to a favorable deal. For one day, Buffalo, everything went as we hoped. - Zschalberg
