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Idk, they have more info. They may have thought there was going to be a chance of a longer issue and wanted insurance. Seriously they should waive Georgiev and keep Ellis.

Yikes. Will 85 points be considered an overachievement?

To a dark place this line of thought will carry us.

Yes, though if you waive Ellis I'm suspecting STL takes him right back to Springfield where they intended him to go. Which makes it even worse that they knew he was day-to-day and was going to be ready to play in the preseason.

You're making a leap that they didn't know about UPL just because they didn't report it.

Is that some Eastern thing? 😁

I'd waive Georgiev and keep Ellis.

It's not in hindsight. The timeline is: 9/11 - Sabres sign Georgiev. Luukkonen is reported to have an undisclosed injury and unknown recovery timeline. They signed the goalie before they had the information. 9/13 - Within 48 hours, it is reported that Luukkonen has a "tweak" and is considered day-to-day. That's no reason to have already signed another backup goalie. You already have Lyon -- whose career numbers are better than Luukkonen's anyway. And you still have Levi who can clear waivers and should be ready to take in some NHL games this season with any injuries to UPL/Lyon because that's his job as #3 in the franchise. And you can see if he's made the progress you want to see. You still have a week to go before your first preseason game. Shortly after that, it's known that Luukkonen won't miss the beginning of the season and is already ramping up to play in the preseason. So -- you wait until 9/13-14 when you have an actual diagnosis on Luukkonen, and then offer Georgiev (or Reimer - who didn't sign with his PTO with Toronto until 9/26, or another random guy, ... Houser!... ) a PTO to help you with the camp workload. If he shines, great, then offer him the 1-year deal knowing he's destined for Rochester. And no, it doesn't matter that Luukkonen either re-aggravated the same injury or got a new injury during the preseason game. They still didn't need to do anything beyond a PTO (of Georgiev/Reimer) because they had Lyon, Levi, and the waivers claim windows of this week. Or trade for a real #1.

Damn, listening to Lindy’s presser (which happened before Ellis became official) he is not happy with Lyon or Georgiev. After listening, I’m convinced this pickup is a clear indictment of the camp Georgiev and Lyon have had and the team’s lack of faith in them. They must have really been committed to Levi starting in the AHL.

I put this together in US$ (sorry, local currency here): I found the % of league average to be interesting. Note that Curry's number includes some of him owning a stake in some company.

Map of players.

This roster is a joke. 14 forwards? 3 bad goalies. Only 6 D highlighted by Bryson and Johnson.

In the Tage line.

14 Forwards, 6 D, 3 goalies

To show the difference between sports....

A quick search with results from sportrac claims McDavid makes/made $6m per year in endorsements, Matthews $5m

6 defensemen and 3 goalies. Take a wild guess where the space is made for the 7th defenseman.

Shayna Goldman called this almost exactly Friday on WGR.

There is only 6 defensemen listed on the roster so ya my thought is likely Power is good to go soon. And they will just kick the can down the road for sending someone down Likely they get Ellis in to practice on Wednesday, Power tests it and is G2G, then they make a corresponding move then. Likely Georgiev on waivers I will say its insane we didnt claim Thrun or Middleton just to come in and take a spot for a week or two

Yay, Bryson is back in the lineup. I know we're down two d men but still. And we have a silly goalie rotation yet again. How anyone can take ka seriously is beyond me

We should ask Josh? Im thinking he's gotta be raking it in with enforcement deals, as he seems to appear in approx 10% of the TV commercials that I'm seeing of late?

That was the Botterill staff at that point.

Power on IR is unexpected. Gotta think he and/or Kesselring have to be close and this is prudent paperwork. Or are they really OK with being one undercooked piece of chicken from starting Mason Geertsen on D?

I bet Kozak goes down when Greenway is back Johnson/Bryson goes down when Power comes back likely Georgiev goes on waivers when Kesserling is back. Then when UPL comes back it will be a tough call, so many will say Geertsen goes down, but I dont think they do that. I do assume UPL is a long term thing here