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Bertuzzi is the only unvaccinated player in the NHL

I know it's because it's hard to evaluate defensemen but Power deserves so much more love by this fanbase. He's the first jersey I've been tempted by in years ... I just need his number.

I posted this with little fanfare but it deserve much more love.

I guarantee that guy has some name brand sneakers on down there.

Someone needs to tell this guy to ditch the sports coat over a hoodie look.

They’re not bad because they’re an expansion team, they’re bad because they’re an expansion team that chose not to pick the best players available to them in favor of long-term flexibility. They SHOULD be better. What has his overall game looked like since the call up? I’ve only been able to watch a few minutes here and there.

Bergevin was probably going to get fired if they didn’t make the unlikely run to the finals and everyone knew that run wasn’t exactly … legit.

I think the Blackhawks, Canucks and Isles are all definitively better. But I also think none of it matters because the Sabres are obviously winning the lottery regardless of where they finish.

A lot of teams were hot after him so this is a bit of a surprise but I’m also curious what it means for Ray. Gausman was fantastic for the Giants last year but his career numbers aren’t anything to be impressed by.

He’s a career .886 in the AHL. That’s not bad, that’s putrid. It’s that simple.

The Bills are opening as 3/3.5 point favorites which means Vegas views the teams are equals.

There’s a full chance UPL puts up numbers in the NHL he never came close to in the AHL. Not only because the two leagues very different, but also because goalies are ***** weird.

Absolutely! That’s a layup. And I’m not saying there isn’t good NHL goaltending on that list but none of them are long-term studs to this point except Binnington but, again, there’s a wide gap between .886 and .907. The conversation started before the last eight games and eight games isn’t a big enough sample size to entirely dissuade the conversation about his struggles. It’s not a narrative.

I want UPL to succeed. I’m a Sabres fan. Nobody wants him to fail, it’s just important to note how far off he is from playing meaningful pro hockey.

New England is clearly a good team but they also smashed a Titans team that is missing just about every key player.

Aside from Thomas none of those names inspire me. And there’s a huge gap between suv-.890 and .904/.907.

I wonder how frequently successful NHL goalies play 40 games of sub .890 sv% hockey in the AHL. Oof. So much he was the 10th best goalie in a terrible league. Not great and certainly doesn’t add much confidence.

Didn’t realize goalie numbers are that bad in the ECHL so duly noted. He was also bad in Liiga when on loan there last season.

I don’t think we can call what UPL has been going through “inconsistency.” He’s been consistently bad in the ECHL, AHL and NHL for a few years now. Whether this recent trend is a sign of a “new” UPL remains to be seen. I’m not burying him but I also don’t think he factors much into plans right now.

I think it wouldn’t be the worst idea to get him in for a couple games during the week at home when the Amerks have several days off surrounding a home game. Get him in to Buffalo to play a game or two and then get him back to Rochester. This strategy gives him a peak of the NHL game to take back to Rochester with some knowledge on what to work on. It also avoids bringing all the kids up at the end of the year in the thick of a playoff race in Rochester.

It’s a reasonable approach to goaltending projections. Portillo and Levi are years and years away from consistently getting time on NHL ice. There is so much that can happen between now and then in their development that’s it’s impossible to project them higher than players that are not only closer to NHL ice but showcasing high-end skill sets at this time. UPL being “tied” at 10th is a cop out and a lie, though. He’s nowhere near the top ten for this team because he’s at a time where he should be ready for NHL ice but has yet to prove he’s ready for AHl ice.

Tkachuk responding to the Lemieux incident. I mean let’s not go overboard. It’s disgusting and gutless but not a lifelong suspension kind of thing. Guys have bit and been bitten before. It should be a really long suspension but not lifelong. The lifelong suspension for Lemieux should be the fact that he’s just not a good hockey player and appears to be someone who doesn’t play well in the locker room either.

Anything Tokarski did prior to tonight is completely irrelevant to the conversation because it’s about what happened tonight (well, last night). Dell is also irrelevant because he didn’t even play. Tokarski played a good game that should’ve resulted in a win but the team didn’t give him the needed goal support. As I’ve already stated - the team needs goaltending but last night wasn’t an example of that. Great goalies let in soft ones, too. But if you keep the other team to two goals in regulation you can’t be asked to do much more. This loss wasn’t on Tokarski.