All Activity

Can someone explain to me what the expected setup is in net? Actually asking. All of these guys apart from UPL and Levi look like the made-up guys perennially sitting in “free agents” in the EA sports games and I stopped paying attention to goalie ads after several years because of proven incompetence when addressing position being thoroughly stamped in as a Rushmore staple of Adams’ tenure

https://thehockeywriters.com/blues-ahl-goalie-colten-ellis-provides-team-with-a-future-option-in-net/ The only thing for me is he basically sounds like Levi Now with him getting claimed he will have to be on the NHL roster or we have to waive him, and if he clears then St Louis can take him back

I don’t see how locking doors would make people feel like they don’t want to live somewhere. People lock their cars, put their money in a bank. Then again not everyone locks their guns up which is a separate but similar issue. I don’t disagree about FUD. Even if everything was peachy I’d still lock my house at night and when I leave. We can disagree on that because to me it’s a simple thing to do that yields a measure of security but does not intrude on my quality of life. Rather it helps protect my quality of life.

Ellis is basically at the point in his career where Levi will be a year from now. He spent a couple of years in the ECHL, in part, because the Blues had Lindgren and Hofer in the AHL. He has not been considered at Levi's level as a prospect, but I still prefer giving him a chance to going with Georgiev. Also, at the risk of dumping on Adams for everything, just looking at all of the goalies who have hit waivers in the last 48 hours (Ellis, DiPietro, Sogaard, Primeau), it seems like Georgiev was a panic move.

now 4 ... Colton Ellis baby LOL... nothing surprises me with these incompetents... like literally nothing...

Makes sense. I’m assuming he’s a guy the scouting department was high on and they don’t think Georgiev is the answer.

Entirely possible. But he'd still have been far and away their best goalie since Miller (and briefly, strictly by the numbers, Lehner -- if he'd been able to keep himself healthy off the ice). 40 healthy games of Ullmark, with ....Anderson?... as a backup and hot Levi to finish, gets them in 2022-23.

It's estimated that Brady gave up at least $60 million with some sources estimating it at over $100 million versus what he could have demanded with NE.

Is there another team with 7 goalies on NHL contracts? Seriously asking. I think most teams run with 4 or 5.

and now Matt Ellis... er Colton Ellis... we have Solid AHL tenders...

He has eyes and saw Georgiev’s preseason, so I bet he expected it. In all seriousness, I think Darth nailed it that he will backup Lyon while UPL is out and hit waivers again. The perfect spot for Ellis is in the AHL owning a crease like Levi is doing. Ellis only 64 AHL starts in his career. Good for his wallet that he isn’t and I hope his fresh start turns him into Dom reincarnated.

Does it help, maybe in setting a number range... but does it really with Kaprizov and McD off the market does this make him one of the if not the Premium FA out there in 2026.... I think he tests the market... just my guess...

I think it’s an attempt at an insurance policy for both UPL and Levi. UPL cannot stay healthy and Levi and Ellis are unproven

The ultimate goal of winning the cup isn’t naive, but acting like you don’t have to achieve a multitude of smaller building blocks of success in the immediate term, first, is utter hubris. The sabres have sacrificed the now with the goal of a dynasty. Which is backwards - they’ve always needed to prioritize and achieve success in the now so as to facilitate the future they want They’ve literally ingrained the idea that “this season was never about winning anyway” - they’ve made that the standard.

McJesus doesn’t want to be the bad guy and leave next summer but he is preparing the Edmonton fans for a farewell. Crosby has been making $8.7M for the last 10 years.

This is exactly what I think... we dont have an NHL caliber starter, we arent gonna go get one, lets go buy 50 pull tabs and hope we hit a 2 dollar winner...

Frankly I'll always believe Ullmark would of just continued to get hurt in Buffalo; completely unscientific but just a gut feeling.

Frankly I also thought they needed scoring help and that was before moving JJ. The moves definitely made with an eye towards, “if all goes right, we can scratch 8th” rather than, “things would have to torpedo for us to miss” I personally believe a team that’s missed for one and a half decades straight deserved the latter approach

The Adams approach to goaltending... ...for a franchise that had Hasek and Miller for 20 seasons. And Ullmark ready to go for five more.

TP is gonna be p****d if Georgiev and Bryson are waived after signing NHL contracts. KA foolishly throwing his money in the toilet.

I wonder what Levi thinks of this move.

If/when the Sabres switch GMs, they claim/act like it’s a multi-year process, they’ll have already lost. That’s what happened when Adams took over. Didn’t even need hindsight back when he did to claim that - with the next guy it should be blindingly obvious

Gotta have an Ellis in the organization at all times

I hope it means Georgiev never sees the light of day in blue and gold. It probably means that they are absolutely desperate and they just hope something sticks.