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If anyone cares: Charlotte smoked Laval in Game 1. I guess the Rocket blew their wad on the Amerks. https://theahl.com/news/checkers-barrage-grounds-rocket-in-game-1

Gotta destroy academia, only way for authoritarians to maintain control.

He did. This is quite old. The good thing is he recognized Zito had ability, he made it to the final two. Probably picked Bots due to Pittsburgh connect and former Sabre, etc.

RFK Jr is a fascist piece of *****. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5322269-robert-kennedy-jr-bans-medical-journals/ "We are probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and those other journals because they are all corrupt,” Kennedy said during an episode of “The Ultimate Human” podcast. And this is a lie. Kennedy is going to build junk journals full of his junk science because he's a piece of ***** human being. Thxs conservatives. This anti science lying sack of monkey puss. A human being that's such a dumb, lying, fake, stupid, irresponsible, shitbag that Americans will die because of his incompetence. If conservatives think DEI stands for "didn't earn it" then what the ***** is JFK Jr but a factless anti vaxxing trash monger who didn't earn anything. "Kennedy said agencies within the HHS will create their own “in-house” journals that will become the preeminent journals in their field. “They are going to become the preeminent journals, because if you get NIH [National Institutes of Health] funding it is anointing you as a good, legitimate scientist,” he said." Make America Great Again is short hand for "to stupid to know better"

Yuck. That’s gross. I really hope we didn’t choose Botts over him.

What should happen in goal? Something else, that's for sure.

Has Terry spent to the cap since 2020, yes or no?

I don't know bro, there's a lot of speculation in there. I heard this crazy stat, I think from an Andrew Santino reel. A million seconds is 11 days, a billion seconds is 31 years. I promise you 10 mil to TP is absolutely nothing. We can't comprehend Billionaire.

I agree except I don't know that it has to come entirely from different players. We often find out players have it, it just needed to be brought out of them. I think it may be the singular most disappointing thing this year, for me, that Ruff didn't change this. I thought he could/would.

From what I understand Bear might have better offensive upside than Martin. But I think I’d rather a 50 point Martin than a 60 point Bear. Just give me one of those two.

We win the cup 10 years after my funeral.

We'll never know unless Sabres give him a shot. I pay zero attention to chatter.

Trade for Demko a possibility?

The puck should stay out for the other team and go in for our team.

Sign Reimer, it's only a million dollars and hopefully the other two play well enough so they don't have to turn to him. Sure, try to trade, get in Free Agency or whatever, but that probably isn't happening. Maybe UPL just couldn't handle all the work being number 1 and with more breaks he is better.

What happened to Levi? He was supposed to be good. I guess not NHL level good.

Best on the free agent market are probably Rittich, Samsonov, Georgiev, Vaneczek, and Vladar. Don't see any of those guys wanting to come here. Next option is trade. Do you want to use assets like JJP, Byram( I would rather trade Power), Quinn , and Muel to try and bring a goalie in. Past practice with this team I would bet it's UPL, Levi, and a guy like Reimer. My choice would be Rittich or Samsonov with UPL backing up and Levi in Roch. Or offer sheet Ottenger

This could work very well. Id be down for something like this. Cant expect it to be UPL/Levi

Love this! If we can add 2 players off this list I would be ecstatic, if we keep 9 we have to get Bear or Martin

Hear me out... UFA 32 years old, 6'3". Experienced. .926 sv % last year in the NHL. Louis Domingue. Sign him on July 1st to a 1-year $1.5M contract. Get through camp and start the season with Luukkonen, Domingue, and Levi on the roster. Then, waive Domingue. Boom. Playoffs, here we come.

Add a starting NHL goalie. UPL is backup (or possibly traded) and then someone like Reimer is backup. Keep Levi in Rochester and give him a few shots at the NHL to see where he is at. Adams and goaltending has always been an issue for me.

Karmanos addressed the strength and grit factor by talking about how Sam Bennett couldn’t do a pull-up and doesn’t play for the team that drafted him ”If people think it’s going to be easy to detect who is going to be a tough and physical player at the age of 17 at the NHL level, they haven’t been too involved in the NHL draft. We try.” ”Sometimes in the draft, you’re just trying to identify NHL players. The success rates will tell you that’s what you should focus on and not focus on player types, especially when it takes so long to develop them.” Draft talk starts just after the 25 minute mark.

Unless the Sabres bring in another goalie to be our #1 goalie, or at least compete for it, whatever else is done to improve the roster will be wasted. A reasonable argument could be made that if the Sabres had consistent good (not exceptional) netminding last year, the Sabres could have made the playoffs. Counting on UPL and Levi to assume the role of our primary netminder next season is a recipe for another failed season. I don't know who will be available in the trade market or free agent market. I would be very interested at the suggested of goalies who could be available, and the follow-up question is what is the cost? At least for me, addressing this position is our biggest priority.

We haven’t chewed on the goalie question much; I think most people are uncomfortable with a Levi/Luukkonen combo, but expect that is exactly what they will do. However, Jason Karmanos gave us a hint that may not be written in stone when he made a point of saying how Devon Levi can be stashed safely in Rochester without having to clear waivers In his year-end Amerks presser, he (paraphrasing) said Levi starting next season in Rochester “is going to depend on what options are available to the Sabres.” I read that to mean Levi in Buffalo may not be Plan A, and they are at least considering adding a goalie. What does Sabrespace think should be the plan in net?