The Buffalo Sabres roster is about to get even younger, and—we hope—a little more talented.
Monday afternoon, the Sabres posted this photo to their Twitter feed:
Armia nameplate / stall added to locker room. #Sabres pic.twitter.com/tk0XHyTQg8
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) November 11, 2013
The veiled announcement brings questions, as the most recent news the Sabres organization has officially released about Armia is that he would be assigned to the Rochester Americans once his injured hand healed.
“We’ll probably send him down, he’s got to play some games." Sabres coach Ron Rolston told WGR 550 last week. "It would be tough throwing him right into this league.”
Armia suffered a broken hand during the preseason. He was officially sent to Rochester on Nov. 5, but has yet to play for the Amerks.
The Sabres' first-round draft pick (16th overall) in 2011, the 20-year-old Armia has a lot of offensive upside. Playing for Assat in the Finnish Elite League for the past three seasons, Armia scored 55 goals in 1 ...
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