Sabres load up the Amerks

[ckg927]

As per Amerks.com , here's who will be making Rochester their home:

Forwards:

Luke Adam
Riley Boychuk
Brian Flynn
Marcus Foligno
Zemgus Girgensons
Cody Hodgson
Jacob Lagace
Jonathan Parker
Kevin Porter
Kevin Sundher
Shawn Szydlowski
Corey Tropp
Phil Varone

Defense:

Alex Biega
Nick Crawford
Jerome Gauthier-Leduc
Matt McKenzie
Brayden McNabb
Mark Pysyk
Nick Tarnasky

Goalies:

Connor Knapp
Nathan Lieuwen

Also: Joel Armia has been loaned to Assat(SM-Iliga), while Daniel Catenacci and Mikhail Grigorenko were sent back to their junior teams(Owen Sound and Quebec, respectively). GK Andrey Makarov was signed to a 3 year entry level deal, and has been sent back to Saskatoon of the WHL.

[Mouldsie]

Re: Sabres load up the Amerks

So........ pretty much Hodgson?

[ckg927]

Re: Sabres load up the Amerks

Someone on HFBoards.com put up what he thinks the opening night lines will look like....

Foligno-Hodgson-Tropp
Adam-Porter-Mancari
Girgensons-Varone-Rankin
Tarnasky-Schofield-Legault
(with Sundher, Flynn, Parker, Szydlowski, Lagace and Boychuk as back ups)

As for the defensive parings...

McNabb-Pysyk
Brennan-Finley
Biega/Gauthier-Leduc
(Schiestel, Crawdford, MacKenzie and Finehage as back ups)

Goalies:

Leggio and Knapp(Lieuwen as the third goalie)