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Eklund is just something hey. There is no way we go after Kempe with his UFA status and the current ask of contract. Byfield, now there is a possibility, LA was apprently quietly shopping him in the off season for defensive help, and with the struggles of the Vet defensmen they picked up in Doumalin and Ceci, maybe they are willing to discuss that again Byram for Byfield? Maybe we need to kick in a bit more but that could be something Byfield for Power.....boy I just don't know how to feel here, I probably would still say yes as long as it was one for one Either of those would be eerily similar to the Seth Jones for Ryan Johnason swap! Hello Jarmo We just would then be needing to add another defensman

The 2 goals he was responsible for at the time the post was made for 1 thing. What does Ruff and management have against them? They're the ones that sent your boy back to the A.

Runnin' around robbin' banks all whacked off of Scooby snacks. ba-dum ba-dum Runnin' around robbin' banks all whacked off of Scooby snacks. ba-dum ba-dum

...and what did it get him?

From Good Ol Eklund: ”Major Move Coming to Buffalo...(e4) This might be the most interesting thing happening this week. The Sabres are dangling some "very game-changing players, including 2 top 4 D, in their attempt to bring in "speed, skill, and scoring" to their top 6. The team they are talking the most to is LA and it is believed Adrian Kempe is VERY much part of these discussions...The Kings have been one of the best defensive teams in the past few seasons, but losing Gavrikov has turned into a much bigger deal than anticipated. They currently sit middle of the pack defensively, and they simply don't have the firepower to outscore teams...”

For reasons I cannot disclose, I now feel the Sabres should give Alex Tuch what ever AAV he wants

Yes, this is most likely true. It might be time for him to switch attitude though. He's skittish and afraid and doesn't want to make a mistake now and he didn't know what he was doing in goal so he just got guys available and hoped something would work. Now's the time to just become resolute and announce this is it. This is who we are going with and it's win time. Send that message to the team too. Cut bait, cut losers, be bold. Make a move for someone available if it's there. Buyer not seller. Forget Norris, forget Greenway, forget UPL. Ditch the mistakes and roll with what's working. I'm just rambling here but the idea is at some point you have to just get BOLD.

That's quite possible. But they were practicing Metsa with Byram. Kesselring was working on the 4th pairing with Bryson.

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.