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What was Levi 21 or 22 when he was given games and a bunch more the next season? At least Ellis is 25 and right around the time when a rookie goalie should be given a decent chance. It comes down to who we think is the better player, UPL or Ellis. The catcher is we can’t answer this, and this is probably more of a negative on UPL. Come to think of it, his only really good stretch was at the end of 2023-24 season. Besides that, fairly mediocre.

Sabres are in a pickle with regards to Ellis and UPL. I don’t think his performance last night was a fluke. He has shown excellent ability, better than UPL in fact, in the AHL. We know what we get with UPL. I wonder if we roll the dice on Ellis. Between Ellis, the lion, and Levi, I think we would be fine.

It’s different, but I don’t even see it as shadier than regular gambling, which is a way of extracting money from the unsuspecting. The lottery is a tax on the mathematically challenged. Gambling in casinos is heavily weighted towards the house - yet it is legal. Sports gambling (Draftkings, etc) plays on people’s hometown emotions. This is no different. Just a new way of taking people’s money.

I’d be fine with KA trading OP. Maybe he overpaid for Malenstyn and the Cozens trade looks like a bust, but he has handlers guiding him now. Recently, he did pretty well with the McLeod trade and the Peterka trade looks like it’s going to be decent.

Not sure we would get a “haul” for him. Even if another GM believes he can polish a turd into a diamond, he’s not going to pay much when Power is at his lowest value. Maybe we get a top 6 forward, but in reality we’d get a bunch of spare part cap dumps.

You called me out. Adam Nightingale played in the ECHL and was a college HC coach. Sam Ventura is still a computer nerd and Karmanos was a banker. I’m not on the Geertsen is the difference bandwagon, but you can’t deny the team has become a bit tougher over the past 2 years. And the Amerks is suddenly full of veteran bruisers after perennially getting bounced from the playoffs by bigger, tougher teams.

And yet it took Ruff coming to Buffalo for our FO to figure this out. Granted, it is run by a few computer nerds and a “Banker” (Google “Karmanos Sabres” and Google identifies him as a “Banker”), our GM who is a former NHL player should’ve been able to figure this out.

I find this very odd. Sign him up for 3 years and everyone will be happy. Maybe 4 years. I don’t understand why we would want him under contract at the age of 35+.

What I really think he tried to impress on his players is how not to run an NHL PP. Really got his hands dirty to make it as horrible as possible. Once the players understood the ins and outs of truly sucking, he then told them to do the exact opposite. It became very clear to the players what they shouldn’t be doing.

I think the refs are afraid of Marchand. There’s no other way of explaining it. The league too. This guy has been getting away with murder for a very long time.

For this team, nothing would make me happier than a winning streak. Wins are more important than Kevyn getting fired (even if they are not mutual exclusive).

I just don’t want them putting Ellis out there if this team has already quit. He deserves better than that.

Guess it’s not too early for this thread to hold interest.

The issue is Tage doesn’t know any better. He could be that leader, but he developed in this mess and what he sees is normal to him. Same for Dahlin. We need a leader to come from the outside. Preferably with the coach and GM that made him a leader.

Couldn’t agree any more. It doesn’t matter the industry, we’ve all worked for upper management that were clueless or don’t act like they care. It can be incredibly demotivating.

Don’t worry, Kevyn is going to trade for a top 6 winger last summer.

I‘m not in favor of signing Tuch. Get what you can get for him and blow it up. Wipe the slate clean. Let the new HC/GM what to do with Tage and Rasmus. At this rate, I would’ve been better to just waive Cozens with the hope someone else kee would pick up his contract. Now we are stuck with one that’s just as high.

It’s a sign!

This is a real thing in the Corporate world. People who are killing it will get raises, but are usually kept at what they excel at. The ones who suck, get promoted.

It’s not shocking. Good decision.

I wonder why we didn’t just trade for this guy. Seems like a decent prospect, but it’s an all (succeeds in NHL by some miracle) or nothing (sinks because he came up too early, is waived, and goes back to STL) situation. Maybe they didn’t want to hurt Devon’s feelings? Maybe it’s best to give him as much time as possible and we make the decision in the later half of the year. Another wasted season though.

Kasparov got $17M and McJeaus gets $12.5M?

It’s a gripe be can bring to the NFLPA. They are the ones that pushed for guaranteed contracts. The reason he can’t rip up that contact is because it is 100% guaranteed. Players can’t have it both ways. If this was the NFL, that contract would’ve been reworked already.

So, the question becomes, which will come first: the day of alien disclosure by our government or the Sabres making the playoffs?

So basically they are being used as a tool for his agent (and Tuch) to get a better contract.