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Still don’t believe Adams refused to offer Ullmark a fair contract. Presently he is overpaid by the Bruins. I don’t accept Vogl’s claims over the multiple differing reports of 3x5mil which was a very fair offer. He was a solid goalie whom was injured at least twice a year. Paying a guy 5 to 6 mil per year to play about 25 to 30 games is honestly bonkers. In my opinion our goaltending situation would be about the same with Ullmark still here when you add his typical injuries. We would have a better ceiling goaltending level but if he played 12 games before getting hurt; we still be in the crisis we are in now since Anderson isn’t coming out of nigh-retirement to backup. Thus we’d still be left with Tokarski, Dell and UPL. (I doubt we would of acquired Subban if Ullmark were still here.) Our record would be a tad better but we’d also be paying our goalie 5+ mil for about 30 to 40 games max. I don’t disagree we need a goalie desperately but who’s to say many goalies were even interested in coming to Buffalo. The longer this goes the less likely we will be capable of acquiring a competent goalie for a reasonable rate. And I’m not interested in trading a 2nd for a rental goalie.

Rough night all around. We are truly cursed with terrible luck. Murray hexed us by trading all those goalies who kept playing well in 2014. Now we can't find one for the life of us or they get hurt constantly (Anderson, Ullmark, etc)

Maneuvering Wood

Hopefully Subban gets his first start; always love goalies when they play with oddly colored equipment

Guessing the concussion rumor might be true in that case. If Tokarski actually has COVID and isn’t just a contact then he could be out a couple weeks as well. I’d hope Adams will go get Holtby from Dallas if he’s available for a reasonable price because I never wish to see Dell play another game here.

Now that one team took the risk the rest feel fine with it. Granted there's no saying it won't still backfire on them.

I'm sick of people crucifying Dahlin; he had an ok game. Just because he makes a couple errors doesn't mean he's worthless. Miller quite literally gave the puck to the Panthers 10 times; Dahlin has some rough spots and likely needs a skating coach but it wasn't anywhere near his fault for us blowing this game to a hot Panthers team that just did the same to the Capitals the other night. Dell was well, Dell. We were inches away from a 5-4 lead if it weren't for a Panther having a golden horseshoe up his ass and Olofsson almost tied it twice.

We are honestly a cursed franchise

Florida certainly has become a dirty team haven't they?

Refs are doing everything they can to kill this lead; they’ve let Florida get away with everything

I’d start UPL or just forfeit the game

Vogl was the only one who said 1 or 2 years, most of the other reporters said it was 3x5mil

Well he had a great run in Vegas during their inaugural season.

I doubt they'll win based on their overall performance in Florida over the years regardless of the respective team's strengths. However I'd much rather hope for a grand return of Mitts. Buffalo wins 4-3 on a late goal by Mitts. Manchester Windows

He was to become a UFA at the end of the year due to his lack of usage. (He had to play a certain amount of games and at the time of the trade even playing him every game would of fallen short of the required game count.) As mentioned he was a UFA to be, just like Ullmark. We thought we could sign Ullmark, and felt JJ wasn't worth fighting in the UFA market over to be our AHL backup. Ullmark chose to wait and then not sign; in a way handcuffing us as he may have taken us signing another goalie as us moving on from him. (Effectively I feel Adams tried to be friendly and show confidence in Ullmark only for him to burn us with it)

If Tokarski isn't good or is questionable, health wise, I'd suspect Houser will get the start and UPL will back up in case he's needed for Florida tomorrow.

Make it a 2nd + if they can't retain a mil or 2

Again it comes down to Bales; if he thinks he can fix him then why not throw a bone, especially if we are incentivized, at the guy. He was a solid goalie for 2 years prior to falling off a cliff.

8x8 for Hughes isn’t bad for either side; as long as Jack can stay healthy he should produce at a rate at least worth 8mil

Portillo might need a contract to protect us from a Peterson situation again. If Levi keeps this up he needs to be in with Rochester or an European men’s league; he’s quite literally making Northeastern relevant almost alone. We neither want his challenge to wear him down/make him cocky/stunt his growth. After all he has 5 shutouts within 20 games.

I wonder how much that could be construed by their team and their respective D partner? Karlsson had Methot while Hedman had Stralman as d savvy partners.

Let them, and have him fall in our laps at 8 🙂

My idea was to sign Letang in the offseason for 2x7.5 to 9 mil per.

UPL & Dell would likely go Thursday

Defensively he's better than Hamilton at this age; the other three weren't exactly seen as defensive stalwarts either at 21.