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Metsa loaned to Rochester

What's his GSAx for his NHL career and his AHL career? My guess is that those numbers are piss poor as well.

He was hurt in camp, no? They may enter him into the lineup on 3rd pair until they are comfortable he’s got his game legs.

A lot of people thought our starting goalie tandem this year was going to be UPL and Levi. Wouldn’t it be funny if we waived UPL, he clears, and reports to Rochester? There would be the starting duo…. Just not in Buffalo.

Things I think most of us would agree on: 1) UPL is injury prone, and we will need to always have a solid 1b option if UPL is on the roster 2) Non-elite goalies (outside the top 10) are streaky from season to season, and even within seasons, so it's still a bit early to move on from UPL as he is only 26 has shown he can win in this league even though he's never had a good team in front of him 3) $4.75M AAV is tied for 24th in the league (https://puckpedia.com/players/search?s=162&r=0&ss=162), and this contract only gets better as the cap and salaries continue to rise, even as a 1B, as Maybe more contentious: 4) UPL was overused last year due to unreliable backups, which led to a drastic falloff in perfomance 5) This was UPLs first game of the season and is still unlikely 100% because Ruff confirmed the plan was to use Ellis but Ellis wasn't 100% and wasn't ready to go for Satruday's game 6) UPL's contract will be easy to trade to a non-playoff or bubble team looking to shore up goaltending without having to package the deal or retain salary because he only has a 5 team no trade clause that starts next year and the contract is low-risk to anyone struggling to find a goaltender

Waive him

Yup ...the answers in the room ya know! 😂

My sources say he saw UPL slipping money to the hotel’s busboy the day before and saying something along the lines of “…find the worse mattress you guys still have…”

No idea. But it seems a fairly common practice under Ruff. Guys coming back from injury seem to get a lighter workout than those that have been healthy even when the plan is to play them in the next game. Could be as simple as letting the coaches make sure that they're getting worked into the rotation no more than the pitch count they'd decided for that guy.

I should also not stare at my coworkers monstrous jumblies but here we are.

I noticed they played a lot of shifts together during Friday's Leaf game. I didn't pay close attention to Saturday's game so I'm not sure what the defensive pairings were.

This is the opposite of under promise and over deliver. This is more like make promises we aren't sure we can keep with no expectation of delivery. Just let us know when he's ready.

Do we actually know what his injury was?

I am convinced that the team doesn't play the same in front of UPL. I think he has let them down too many times. The team is just starting to play the right way. I don't want to see them slip back into how they played last year. Which is what happens when UPL let's in a soft goal. I was surprised they even made it to OT. I really don't want UPL playing any games. Play Lyon, Ellis and Lev. It's all on ka that we are in this "hope our goalies keep us in it" crap. I am so tired of ka's too little too late mentality.

Surprised, why not let him practice with Power then.

Monday blues? The Bills won. The sun is out. The sesame seed in my partial just let loose. Life is good. I don't need Kesselring.

In hindsight, most here agree that the Sabres overreacted to UPL's great half-season in 2024 when they gave him the big contract and made him the unquestioned starter. Would it also be an overreaction to dump UPL after Lyon has played well for 3 weeks? And Ellis played well in ONE start? UPL was bad last year, and I just had a feeling that he would not be able to step up and hold the lead in the last Toronto game. Sadly, he proved me right. The Toronto tying goal could have/should have been stopped and, while it's true that stopping a Hall of Fame forward on a breakaway in OT is a lot to ask, sometimes your goalie has to make a big play for the team to win the game, and UPL did not have it in him. So what I'm saying is that I'm not super high on UPL right now, but getting rid of him at this point because Lyon has played well for 3 weeks and Ellis for 1 game would be an overreaction. They need to roll with 3, as bad as that might be, and see how things shake out. UPL is STILL only 25, and many goalies don't hit their prime until closer to 30 (and some after 30).

I know, was more just saying 1 game doesn't really mean much.

Also said Greenway should be good by Boston

I do think that the social media team gets clearance from hockey ops before posting stuff like the thing they put up today.

Ruff confirmed Kesselring should take his debut tomorrow. Also

Lindy Ruff says Kesselring should be good to go for tomorrow night

The team's social media team seems to think Kesselring is close.

We need speed on the outside, speed in the slot, speed up the middle. We need speed. With the way Josh has been throwing lately we need speed to get to the ball.

Dunne is just not an NHL player. My foot speed is comparable and I can’t skate. We need Greenway back ASAP. I know Lindy likes the heavies but at what cost? Geertsen is close to playing his way out of the league (again) and Dunne isn’t far behind.