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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

I have a hard time blaming him for those early games. Literally everyone was playing like absolute *****. I still think he's a good hockey player and has a history of decent analytics for a 4th line guy. I think he could be a better player than Krebs with the right linemates. When healthy I could see a 4th line with Greenway-Kozak-Danforth working well. Maybe I'm crazy.

Bassitt and Lauer have really strengthened the bullpen for the World Series.

As per Sabres PR

I loved this show as a kid.

It would only be mansplaining if you called him a "big dummie", or something like that. Like so ...

What're you laughing at, Punch?

I didn't like the Reinhart trade because he was 26 - like this IS his prime. But for whatever reason, he was bridged by Botterill. While also trying to navigate the ullmark situation that looked to be going down like the hindenberg. Just terrible roster and asset management that lead to the goalie situation i outlined above. The reinhart compensation felt like it was missing a player moreso than anything else. Player-prospect-pick. I forgot he was here 🙂

Interesting take. I wonder if one or more of Ellis, Levi, Leinonen, Ratzlaff, Leenders, and Prokhorov will develop into a quality NHL starting goalie. Ellis and Levi are much further along, so we'll probably have answers on them sooner. If given a shot, Ellis could do so this season. Lyon looks good right now, but is likely to regress to his average, and UPL, people forget, is still only 26 himself, has flashed in spots, and many goalies bloom in their late 20s/early 30s, so he might still have a future. The problem the Sabres have is that they need to get to the playoffs now, or risk their stars wanting to be traded and starting a rebuild all over AGAIN, as has happened with the last couple rounds of stars they've had. They may not have time to wait and see what UPL might develop into, which means that if Lyon doesn't continue his stellar play and/or Ellis doesn't emerge, it could spell trouble.

I was going to post something like this. I'll also add that while they blew 2 third period leads in the last 2 games, they at least got a point out of both, something they didn't do in recent seasons, when an extra point here or there would have playoff implications. I think hanging onto third period leads is the next thing to work on, but hey, at least they're getting third period leads. They're not for real, not yet. But my sense is they're moving in the right direction.

That is not understandable, that is actually a ridiculous thought. What teams are going to have an easier path for him? Are the Sabres supposed to trade him to a team that will play him and then take whatever they can get? This guy was the key part of the Reinhart trade, he needs to clear his head, work hard, and get ready for when the next chance comes. IF Levi is unwilling to compete with the other 3 goalies then he truly is entitled. The Sabre are doing him right by making him the #1 in Rochester rather than getting lost in a 3 headed rotation. Good god, I hope the players don't think like some of the fans here.

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Lubes the colon straight up I did, I spoke with the security guy and said I've been coming in for years with my coffee because there was a partnership with Tim Hortons. He wasn't a dick, he felt bad for us I think lol. I think the new security screening may have been a part of it. But he said only a clear bottled water is what he was directed to allowed in.