Thread: [Rumour] Chad Johnson to the Sabres
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Old 06-28-2017, 01:01 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by jlh2640 View Post
Meh, its time for Gillies or Rittich to backup
From what perspective? From Gillies' perspective he really needs to play games after missing almost the entire season 2 years ago. Rittich may be ready but wouldn't be hurt playing more in the minors. From a depth perspective it makes little to no sense to be one injury away from a tandem who has 1.3 games of NHL experience to their credit.

Seems like its impatient fan sentiment more than anything pushing for these kids to make the NHL. Not convinced Treliving thinks its time based on his interviews. I think he'll want proper depth in case of injuries and not roll the dice that Smith will never get injured.
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