Brawndo

I’d bring UPL for Friday as well On an emergency recall

Per Amerks

Jason Nightengale’s Brother is the HC of one of the USNTDP Teams. Prior to that He was an Asst Coach on Josh Bloom’s OHL Team. He recommended Bloom to the Sabres during the draft

It’s His Brother. His Brother is the reason Josh Bloom was drafted by Buffalo

He has spent time with Dahlin, Bryson, Samuelsson and Fitzgerald

What LGR said, both Power and Dahlin have much better numbers away from Jokiharju.

This is the exact reason He should have been up in the NHL, the team in front of Him in Rochester was/is Hot Garbage on Defense. Marty also mentioned in one of His Radio Hits on WGR550, that part of the problem with UPL could be that He is attempting to do much and is overcompensating for The Problems on the Amerks. Despite the supposed interest in keeping Anderson for another season, there is zero chance He is part of the Sabres Long Term Plans. Given that Adams put a higher priority on development than Amerks Making the Playoffs, UPL should have gotten those games in Buffalo over Tokarski and Anderson. The Sabres have gotten much better defensively and UPL would have benefited playing behind this team. The Sabres should have seen if UPL could improve on the team’s sub .900 Save Percentage, if He couldn’t back to the Amerks for Him. The Biggest Concern for UPL going back to the Amerks next season, He is going to be playing behind a Defense with zero bonafide NHL Prospects and Appert’s High Event System. And I agree, Adams Three Biggest Priorities this Offseason 1. Goaltending ( By far the Biggest Concern) 2. RHD Partner for Power 3. 4th Line Center

He was drafted with the Sabres Original Pick in the second round that they traded for Peterka, now that’s thinking ahead by Adams

I’m not sure how they could make an accurate assessment of His NHL Ability. Sure He was 2-5-2 in His Appearances with the Sabres this season, but that was before the team started improving. He also had the best analytics, albeit in a small sample size, of the three main Sabres Goalies this season. Since January He has been playing behind an ECHL Level Defense for a Team that gives up a lot of scoring chances. Rochester is going to have minimal legitimate NHL Prospects on Defense next season even if Ryan Johnson signs, so it will probably be a heavy amount of AHL Veteran Defenseman next season, not the best situation for a NHL Prospect to be in next year.

The one complaint I have, is that UPL should have been brought back up to get at least an additional 20 starts with the Sabres. That way the organization would have a better idea of what the goaltending needs are at the NHL Level and if UPL is truly an option

I believe that was an emergency recall, so they still have the one non emergency remaining call up left.

Dallas is down 2-0 after the first to Seattle, who is playing their 3 game in four nights and traveled after last nights game

The amazing part is Vinnie is the only UFA Forward playing right now.

SKINNER

FFS

VINNIE

No Anderson today, Dell called up

Very small sample size, but Power is more productive away from Jokiharju, this should be further investigated for next season

Not so fast