Confirmed with Link: Sabres players playing during the lockout

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Figured it would be a good idea to have a list of all of the Sabres who will be playing elsewhere during the lockout.

Amerks

Forwards	Defensemen	Goaltenders
Luke Adam	Alex Biega	Connor Knapp
Riley Boychuk	Nick Crawford	Nathan Lieuwen
Brian Flynn	Jerome Gauthier-Leduc
Zemgus Girgensons	Matt MacKenzie
Marcus Foligno	Brayden McNabb
Cody Hodgson	Mark Pysyk
Jacob Lagace	Nick Tarnasky
Jonathan Parker
Kevin Porter
Kevin Sundher
Shawn Szydlowski
Corey Tropp
Phil Varone

Juniors

Player	Position	Team	League
Daniel Catenacci	C	Owen Sound Attack	OHL
Mikhail Grigorenko	C	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
Andrey Makarov	G	Saskatoon Blades	WHL

Europe

Player	Position	Team	League
Joel Armia	RW	Ässät	SM-liiga (Finland)
Christian Ehrhoff	D	Krefeld Penguins	DEL (Germany)
Tyler Ennis	C	SCL Tigers	NLA (Switzerland)
Tyler Myers	D	Klagenfurter AC	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (Austria)
Andrej Sekera	D	HC Slovan Bratislava	KHL
Alexander Sulzer	D	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL (Germany)
Thomas Vanek	LW	Graz 99ers	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (Austria)

Source for Ehrhoff: https://twitter.com/reporterchris/st...75574372409345
Source for Ennis: http://twitter.com/Guggti/status/249094819513769984
Source for Myers: http://www.kac.at/ec-kac/neuverpflic...mt-zum-ec-kac/
Source for Sekera: https://twitter.com/MaStrozyk/status/251282668065542144
Source for Sulzer: http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/...rman-team.html
Source for Vanek: http://sport.orf.at/stories/2143750/2143751/
Source for all others: http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=607

Eligible to play in the KHL (have played in at least 150 NHL games)

Forwards	Defensemen	Goaltenders
Matt Ellis	Christian Ehrhoff	Ryan Miller
Tyler Ennis	Jordan Leopold
Patrick Kaleta	Tyler Myers
Ville Leino	Adam Pardy
Cody McCormick	Robyn Regehr
Steve Ott	Andrej Sekera
Jason Pominville	Alexander Sulzer
Drew Stafford
Thomas Vanek

Strikethrough denotes player has signed with a team.

Source: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/GARTH...Av81Tc.twitter

[sabrefan27]

Hodgson, Porter and Varone. Amerks looking good at center during the lockout.

[1970]

You forgot David Leggio.

[kirby11]

if there's one good thing about the lockout, it's that guys like adam, girgs, and mcnabb will get a full ahl season to grow/improve. same with grigs in juniors (physically speaking, he definitely needs to improve his conditioning and get bigger). sabres could have the perfect storm brewing after the lockout again, a la 05-06.

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Originally Posted by 1970

You forgot David Leggio.

He wasn't listed in the news article on the Amerks' site.

[sabrefan27]

Leggio can't just be assigned, that's why. They need to sign him to an AHL deal.

[missingmika]

Also KHL eligible:

Steve Ott - more than 150 games
Jhonas Enroth - played in last WC

[enrothorne]

Lockout = one less season of watching Leino fumble around as a Sabre?

[TheyAreGoodScaryGood]

Originally Posted by enrothorne

Lockout = one less season of watching Leino fumble around as a Sabre?

Does it burn a year of his contract

[Salzig]

Ehrhoff is going to play for his hometown team Krefeld if they're able to pay his insurance rate:

http://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt...h-Krefeld.html (German)

[SackTastic]

Originally Posted by TheyAreGoodScaryGood

Does it burn a year of his contract

Probably not.

Last lockout, the missed year counted as a year of service, but did not burn a year of contract.

[couture23]

Originally Posted by TheyAreGoodScaryGood

Does it burn a year of his contract

As far as I know it doesn't.

Such a shame.

[Guess What]

Is it a list of who will? Or who is able to? BTW if this is the case, anyone want to hit up Amerks games?

[Duddy]

Vanek said he'd want to play in austria, but insurance is the biggest questionmark right now.

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Originally Posted by ThatCrazyRangerFan

Is it a list of who will? Or who is able to? BTW if this is the case, anyone want to hit up Amerks games?

Amerks, Juniors, and Europe are those who are going to play during the lockout. KHL-eligible just means that they can play there, not that they've decided to.

[Blue n Gold Forever]

Mancari

[Corto]

Originally Posted by Duddy

Vanek said he'd want to play in austria, but insurance is the biggest questionmark right now.

Ohhh, I'd get to see him play in Zagreb when he visits.

Woohoo!

[Snargitz]

Originally Posted by Beechsack

Probably not.

Last lockout, the missed year counted as a year of service, but did not burn a year of contract.

Pretty sure last lockout did burn a year off the contracts. Drury had a 4 year contract with us yet only played 3 years here.

"Even if the lockout causes the cancellation of the 2012-13 season, a year will be burned from every player contract"

http://www.startribune.com/sports/wi...6.html?refer=y

[VaporTrail]

Heard Sabretooth going to be toothing it up for the Buff State Bengals now

[Duddy]

Originally Posted by Corto

Ohhh, I'd get to see him play in Zagreb when he visits.

Woohoo!

Chances are high you might get to see all Austrian NHLer in the EBEL, depending on insurance.

[HiddenInLight]

WGR reported this morning that a KHL team has an offer on the table for Myers.

[sk8haggard9]

Originally Posted by HiddenInLight

WGR reported this morning that a KHL team has an offer on the table for Myers.

Does he meet the list of stipulations the KHL just put out for NHL players though?

[LegomyLeggio]

Enroth's new mask.

[SackTastic]

Originally Posted by Snargitz

Pretty sure last lockout did burn a year off the contracts. Drury had a 4 year contract with us yet only played 3 years here.

"Even if the lockout causes the cancellation of the 2012-13 season, a year will be burned from every player contract"

http://www.startribune.com/sports/wi...6.html?refer=y

Well I stand corrected then. Could have sworn it was the other way.

Thanks for finding the reference.

[mechaphil]

From Canadian Press reporter Chris Johnston:

"German Christian Ehrhoff is expected to arrive in his hometown today, where he'll play for the Krefeld Penguins."

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/st...75574372409345

Looks like everything worked out for Krefeld re: insurance