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THIS!!! 1,000,000,000,000,000²% THIS!!!!

NOT if you believe in momentum (per, you're response to dumping UPL being an "overreaction") They're playing like a team that's finding a new, and different identity when either Lyon, or Ellis is in net. And that identity is a VERY enjoyable/likeable one, IMO UPL starts and you can see the warts start to come out, after he lets in his obligatory softies. It's Groundhog Day in Hell We've seen PLENTY of what this team is like when Mega Meh is the starting goaltender, and by plenty I mean plenty ENOUGH!!! Plenty enough to know I DON'T EVER want/need to see that version of my beloved Sabres, again. It's a mission that should have been aborted last off-season IMO Only because GM Adams is a gimp, and is generally sucky at his assignment, are we threatened with the "stylings" of mr moody blue, and his deflating/demoralizing influence. He's a total DOWNER, and it's contagious AF!!! It's like a bad relationship that's gone on for FAAAAARRRRR too long!!! The bad FAR outweighs ANY good that may come from continuing the relationship. IDK about any of the potential negative consequences that come with the UPL-less option. I'll take the chaos, as that is, at the very least, entertaining, and at best, it is something that we've not seen around these parts for a VERY, VERY, VERY long time! Something, that has a near ZERO percent chance of happening if Adams chooses the "safe"/"comfortable" option. He's not in any position to play it safe. He's found a spark in the two, new guys. Now is the time to hope that spark becomes a big bright burning fire!!! Saturday made all of this, sooooo painfully obvious. The frigging UPL-led outcome was as predictable as it was aggravating. BOTH sides are going to be MUCH better off, when their relationship is permanently severed. NOTHING good has come from playing this bum, and I'm extremely confident in saying that ANY future involving UPL as a Sabre = NOTHING good coming!!! For the sake of his teammates, the tortured fans of this franchise, AND the entirety of Western NY; GET THIS SIEVE AS FAR TF AWAY FROM THIS FRANCHISE AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE!!!! That was the literature version of Viagra, my dude!!! 😃 If only there was a possibility of it becoming reality!!!

So, he'd only cost THAT number against the cap??? Why TF aren't they doing it, RIGHT NOW!!!

Can you honestly say UPL, sans being "ready" looked any different vs. UPL being "ready" ? He looked like the same, $hite goalie he's ever been; minus, that fluke 20 game period of yesteryear...

With UPL's body of work, you'll either get a skilled/fringe player, OR a banger with marginal skills UPLs history (injuries/$hitty play), combined with that contract, is not going to command anything significant in return..... unless, Adams is somehow the GM for the team that is trading for UPL 😁 The team taking UPL will be doing us a favor, so ANYTHING coming back would be considered a bonus

Make him the most overpaid BACKUP AHL goalie in history, while adding ANOTHER mark of embarrassment to Shevyn's already dreadful resumé

What those stats AREN'T showing, is the real problem with playing Mega Meh (aka UPL) It's an "eye test" thing, though I'm sure the stats nerds could provide the analytical/empirical evidence to support what I'm seeing, and have been seeing since he's become the heir apparent netminder... The WHOLE TEAM plays a different game when old sloe hands is in net, and it's not a game with a winning brand, IMO It's as if they do not trust him to make certain, stock saves and they respond in kind, by playing tight/nervous. His $hitty play has a "cascade effect" on the team, and IF they begin to rely on this bum for multiple games this season, I can almost guarantee that the team warts that we've been plagued with witnessing in the recent past, will present themselves, again.... He's just a cloud of meh, and his downer vibes are contagious

Barely above a taco Tuesday fart

Sooooo he was himself?

The kinds of bargains a team with UPL has to make I effing HATE the guy Fire him into the Sun... NOW!!!!

Ellis made TWO breakaway saves, just the other night UPL dreams of becoming Ellis

Never Want To see This Tomato can In crossed sabres EVER AGAIN!!!!

To be fair Conditioning, or not Softies are his milieu See.... FU Mega Meh!!!!

Should have been ALL the points If only we had a capable goalie 🤬🤬🤬

Wow UPL, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, again 🙄 What a d!ck 🕳

Minus, one player I guess if Lookieloo has ANY positive attribute, he IS young 😃

Thanks Mega Meh Now, we get to hear the, "Blow, Leaves, BLOW!!!" chant, again 🙄

I see the ONLY return being "future considerations" If there's ANY GM, dumber than our own...

Nice softie, Mega Meh 🤮🤮🤮

Even his body language is off-putting IMO No more UPL after this game, PLLLLEEEEEEAAAASSSSEEEEE???!!!!

Well, that was sloppy 😃

Thompson may not be a good pairing for Benson Not a quick-responding sort of fella Benson needs quick, twitchy linemates to feed off of, and take advantage of his play

Aka, the UPL factor

It's eerie, that an old face returns and it's as if the whole frigging team reverts to how they play when said old face was last in a game 🤔

I swear It's UPL magic 🤮🤮🤮 He's the inverse Midas