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[sabres1970]

John Scott?

[Eleven]

Bill Hoppe ‏@BillHoppeNHL
#Sabres sign John Scott.

1970 beat me to it.

That has to be a Rochester signing.

[nobody]

Great Scott!
I knew there was a reason I was still hanging out here.


Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres
Forward John Scott has agreed to germs with the Buffalo Sabres. - Check out http://bit.ly/MN78ZG for more info.

Edited by nobody, 01 July 2012 - 08:25 PM.

[sabres1970]

[HopefulFuture]

http://sabres.nhl.co...s.htm?id=636880

Guy is a monster at 6' 8" tall and 270 lbs.

I'm guessing there will be a couple of d-men moving via trade.

[sabres1970]

Gotta be honest, I'm actually kinda pleased with this signing. He's Andrew Peters reincarnated. Only four inches taller haha.

[Cupsneeded]

Eleven, on 01 July 2012 - 08:22 PM, said:

Bill Hoppe ‏@BillHoppeNHL
#Sabres sign John Scott.

1970 beat me to it.

That has to be a Rochester signing.

You mean a Lucic signing?  Scott is a monster.

[BoldBlueandGold]

ok,,,,,,,,

[stenbaro]

sabres1970, on 01 July 2012 - 08:20 PM, said:

John Scott?

6ft 8 270 lbs...Sweet....If the trend of Darcy just getting giant players continues opposing teams will have to implement the "Just messing with Sasquatch" defense

[CallawaySabres]

Never heard of him. Will he actually dress and kill people or is this just for emergencies like Lucic?

[BoldBlueandGold]

Seriously, where are we going to put this guy?


And is he a d-man or forward? I'm getting conflicting sources.

Edited by BoldBlueandGold, 01 July 2012 - 08:32 PM.

[Rico7]

Scott > Corkum

[nobody]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie
John Scott's deal with BUF is one year at $600K.

[sabres1970]

Go on youtube. The guy's a world beater.

[BoldBlueandGold]

sabres1970, on 01 July 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

Go on youtube. The guy's a world beater.

Take the word "beater" literally

[CallawaySabres]

Are we sure this guy is not in jail - good lord look at this pic

Heeeeeeere's Johnny!

http://www.tsn.ca/nh...rs/bio/?id=6011

[26CornerBlitz]

Ouch!!!

[nobody]

BoldBlueandGold, on 01 July 2012 - 08:31 PM, said:

Seriously, where are we going to put this guy?

Anywhere he wants to go.

BoldBlueandGold, on 01 July 2012 - 08:31 PM, said:

And is he a d-man or forward? I'm getting conflicting sources.

D in Chi, LW in NY.  He'll only be on the ice for 20 seconds before he is beating someone up so it doesn't matter.

[sabres1970]

I'm almost worried that he's so big and good at fighting that opponents will shy away from him!

[shrader]

He'll be the ahl callup whenever they need someplace. And they will be bringing up some serious muscle when they do that.

[26CornerBlitz]

sabres1970, on 01 July 2012 - 08:43 PM, said:

I'm almost worried that he's so big and good at fighting that opponents will shy away from him!

Scott's presence should create room for the skilled players and prevent opponents (ala Lucic) from taking liberties.

[Areola 51]

is this the guy the movie 'Goon' is based on?

[BoldBlueandGold]

Are we sure it's a two way contract?

[carpandean]

BoldBlueandGold, on 01 July 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

Are we sure it's a two way contract?

Does it matter?  Two-way only has to do with the AHL salary being different than the NHL one, not anything to do with waiver status.

If you want an enforcer, John Scott is a good choice.  If you want him to do anything else, I'm not sure that he's qualified.

[Taro T]

Are we sure that the Sabres signed him; according to their Facebook post (courtesy of my wife, I've never been on Facebook in my life) the Sabres agreed to germs with him.

I'm thinking that puts him on Roy's line.

[Eleven]

Cupsneeded, on 01 July 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

You mean a Lucic signing?  Scott is a monster.

The day the Sabres decide to build against one opponent's specific player is the day they concede defeat.

Hey, if Scott is the next Peters (i.e., sitting in the 200s for many games), cool.  If he's regularly in the lineup, there are problems.

That said, welcome John Scott!  Grab a last name, pull on a blue-and-gold sweater, and let's kick some ass as a Sabre, K?

[sabres1970]

I can only dream of Scott squaring off against Lucic at the FNC en route to a beat down of those Boston punks.

[LGR4GM]

sabres1970, on 01 July 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

I can only dream of Scott squaring off against Lucic at the FNC en route to a beat down of those Boston punks.

really? wtf cares anymore? it was a season ago responding now makes u look weak.  it was then or never. See Feb 2007 to see how the situation should have been handled:

[sabres1970]

LGR4GM, on 01 July 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

really? wtf cares anymore? it was a season ago responding now makes u look weak.  it was then or never. See Feb 2007 to see how the situation should have been handled:

Not talking about one game in particular. Lucic and the gang are a bunch of punks all the time, not just when they take cheap shots at Miller.

[Eleven]

Taro T, on 01 July 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

Are we sure that the Sabres signed him; according to their Facebook post (courtesy of my wife, I've never been on Facebook in my life) the Sabres agreed to germs with him.

I'm thinking that puts him on Roy's line.

1)  Hilarious.

2)  Get with 2006.

[mudberry]

has a slight resemblance to  Dr. Hook

[sizzlemeister]

So, this dude has taken Joe Finely's job, or are they planning on bringing both up to clear the benches?

Edited by sizzlemeister, 01 July 2012 - 09:15 PM.

[LaFontaineToMogilny]

Well well, I guess Parros wasn't though enough for the 'new look Sabres'? They went and got a straight enforcer. Perhaps there murmurs of Miller not being overly impressed with his protection are true? I'm not sure how useful John Scott will be for an NHL team, but in my minds eye I take great pleasure in seeing Scott fists pounding into the face of Chara.

[thesportsbuff]

Good signing. Haven't seen the $$ yet but I imagine he's a much cheaper alternative to Brandon Prust, who many on twitter were apparently heartbroken that we didn't sign. Not sure how many games he'll play with the Sabres (~30 would be my guess) but it was a necessary move with many other teams adding muscle this afternoon.

I expect we play him in a LW role on the 4th line -- I see no benefit to dressing him as a defenseman unless Joe Finley is his partner and the Boston Bruins are the opponent.

[Captain Caveman]

[TrueBluePhD]

LaFontaineToMogilny, on 01 July 2012 - 09:15 PM, said:

Well well, I guess Parros wasn't though enough for the 'new look Sabres'? They went and got a straight enforcer. Perhaps there murmurs of Miller not being overly impressed with his protection are true? I'm not sure how useful John Scott will be for an NHL team, but in my minds eye I take great pleasure in seeing Scott fists pounding into the face of Chara.

If I may:  completely and totally useless.  He's terrible at everything related to hockey other than fighting....and why would Chara or Lucic fight him?  They're smarter players than to be taken off the ice 5 minutes by a worthless goon.

[sizzlemeister]

sabres1970, on 01 July 2012 - 08:26 PM, said:

OMG. I busted a gut watching that boy. He's a monster...love it! Too bad he probably doesn't have the skill to be on the regular roster.

[nobody]

thesportsbuff, on 01 July 2012 - 09:22 PM, said:

Good signing. Haven't seen the $$ yet but I imagine he's a much cheaper alternative to Brandon Prust,

1 year at $600K

[dudacek]

See, when Uncle Terry says it's hands off on Jessie and the girls during team barbecues, he means business.

[Taro T]

TrueBluePhD, on 01 July 2012 - 09:23 PM, said:

If I may:  completely and totally useless.  He's terrible at everything related to hockey other than fighting....and why would Chara or Lucic fight him?  They're smarter players than to be taken off the ice 5 minutes by a worthless goon.

Did Val James play against anyone other than the Bruins?

O'Reilly was dumb enough to fight him.  Here's to hoping Lucic is that dumb.