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Mucky Waders Hate to be a Debbie downer, but we are one point from being in last place in the Eastern conference 😀 Get after it boys. Get the two points GO SABRES

Columbus smartly extended him, because he can also play hockey (unlike say... Geertsen).

Awful human

Hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey...

This was the right call. Center spine still going to be a major issue against any team with a legitimate 1C for the next.... 3 years? At least? Maybe if Helenius exceeds all expectations and becomes a Barkov?

Boom. KoZhaq. (BoShek + Shaq) The pilot who met with Obi-Wan first in the cantina, but couldn't make the trip, and passed him off to Chewbacca. The behind-the-scenes backbone hero of the story. Serendipitous Kozhaq. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/BoShek/Legends

I don't like that Dahlin-Samuelsson combo. They haven't been together a lot, but I haven't liked what I am seeing (especially from Dahlin). You would think 'on paper' it would work (Dahlin with a 'stat at home' guy) but I don't see it yet. Actually, I don't like any of those D-combos. I hope Lindy sees what he wants (or doesn't want) and goes back to Dahlin-Bryram, Power-Kessering, and Samuelsson-Timmons.

Trade request or no, I want Levi to be upset by the precedings. He got to play 2 third periods in the preseason. He had the tougher scoring chances against and he gave up 0 goals. But Lyon and Georgiev and then Luukkonen got the starts. Is Levi better than any of them... right now... yes. Yes he is. I personally think his ceiling is higher than them because of his anticipation -- though he probably is only a 1B kind of guy if he reaches his peak. And then he got sent down first because of his waiver status. It's good to be frustrated. That said: patience, padawan. Hone the craft and prove them all wrong when finally given the opportunity (once he has the requisite experience and game -- because his previous opportunities have been rushed garbage with non-performing defensive structures, playoff chases where the GM got Greenway and nothing else, and, most importantly not ready for the burden was he).

What is better for Levi’s development? Playing twice a week in Rochester or watching Lyon play in Buffalo? Ellis was injury insurance for UPL so Levi doesn’t have to be recalled to sit and watch Lyon as an NHL backup (during his last year as a waiver exempt player).

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I would expect Levi to just keep working on his game, knowing his time will come, and knowing that the Sabres invested in him. If that is not what he is doing then I would be disappointed. Compare the AHL records of Levi and Ellis. They both look good on paper and they look pretty even. Unless you covered the AHL last year you won't have a legit opinion on who is better, and better in the AHL might not transfer to the NHL anyway. Ellis was an opportunity to pick up an AHL goalie/NHL prospect that was free. Smart move and good insurance. Ellis is on the NHL club because UPL was hurt and Georgiev failed, so Ellis became backup. They would have to waive him to send him down so they kept him. To me this was all about business and risk management and nothing about thinking Ellis is better than Levi, although maybe some people in the organization do think that. The team wants Levi to be play as the #1 right now in Rochester - which is the best thing for him. Things change fast sometimes, he needs to sit tight and keep working on his game.

True, he may not be ready for the show, but he didn’t embarrass himself while he was here, either. You can see the talent is there. Let him cook in the A. I’d have liked to have seen Helenius replace Kozak for a look-see, but I fully understand why they decided not to.

If I'm Levi I'd be pretty pissed about the Ellis situation. He sees the organization go out and picks a goalie up on the waiver wire to fill in while UPL was injured for what, two weeks(?), that tells me that the organization doesn't have faith that Levi could fill in as the back-up at any point in the season. And now that UPL is healthy they're running this ridiculous 3-headed goalie rotation which effectively means Levi's chances of coming up into the NHL to fill in for an injury have completely evaporated, unless of course 2 goalies go down at the same time. I want to know why GMKA decided to get Ellis in the first place.

Yahoo dropped my wrong kicker. That's annoying.

Good god

22 Team M-NTC, unfortunately. He would be someone to target if they ever even thought of moving Power.

I believe Levi will be nothing more than a career nhl backup, if that. I just don’t see him being a nhl caliber starter. He quite possibly could be a career ahl goalie or go overseas.

If they're keeping it a secret, we just don't want to know.

No word on who is in the crease?

How about Benny giving him 3 assists.

Good opportunity for him to know what he needs to work on at the NHL level and hone those skills in the AHL. I'd be lying if I said I've been watching him closely in the games he's been playing, but it seemed like he's not quite ready yet.

I don’t know what he is actually thinking or if his trade request is real. But if he believed that he was sliding down the positional rankings, then it wouldn’t be a surprise that he would want to seek a better opportunity. You might find it odd, but I don’t.

The problem is the swing of having 2 points in your back pocket, then blowing it while giving a team you're fighting for position with the extra. That's a huge swing. It's one thing if you do that against WC teams, but they really had a chance to put some distance behind them in the standings and instead we're bottom feeding again. Our schedule is about to get tougher and we simply didn't bank enough points against several terrible/mediocre teams (Boston, NYR, TOR, CBJ). My thought, if they want to take the next step they need to get 12-14 points out of a stretch like their first 10. It was a pretty soft schedule with more home games than road.

Yes its very early in the year but if you look at the November schedule some tough matchups on the horizon. 2 points is a must tonight