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It’s not semantics, because in my original post I made a caveat for trade deadline and you still issued the greenway correction The correction doesn’t apply because I already thought of him and had him under the deadline designation already mentioned I forgot about Jost

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Board was certainly stunningly off on this. I’m not making a point it’s just inarguably true. 53 people of 54, a stunning margin, said he’d be a full time starter with 40/50 games

Much of the optimism re: Levi in college was that his team was giving up a lot of shots ie he wasn’t being buoyed by his defence. Considering the amount “Miller” “Price” and “Hasek” are thrown around with him, I think it’s going to be ok for people to expect him to be good even while his team needs to lean on him. Maybe not right away, but the point with Levi was that he wasn’t going to be one of these “what could he even have done? Short of prime Hasek..” guys. He should get to the point in Rochester where he’s simply good, no matter what, if we are looking for him to become a Miller If he’s another guy that needs ideal defence or he’s just “not the problem” rather than an active solution, he’ll look more of the same as UPL/Comrie have at the NHL level until he presumably gets a bit of a jump some years on like UPL Honestly I expect a pretty good AHL performance after he settles in

As long as goalie 2 plays poorly his offseason approach towards the goaltending won’t sit well with me. I already gave him the benefit of the doubt with Levi, ie having one guy, and maybe that’s now UPL. But under the scenario where we “had” Levi we all wanted a capable 2: we still don’t have the capable 2 im good with giving Adams credit specifically for sticking with UPL. But I’ll reiterate, entering in with 3 unknowns and one emerging, after a time, and after precious standings ground has been lost, still isn’t a great plan. I’m good with not torching it but it’s not a “wow great job.”. Entering into the season with a more stable duo would have been far superior The reason we couldn’t was still the result of Adams overall approach to the position in now 4 seasons results results results

Ya Greenway to me was a deadline deal Edit: yes, it was on deadline day like I mentioned

I wonder what made him think they weren’t serious

"You're a much wiser man than I am. I foresee you will become a great Jedi knight.“ Levi will still be a really good goalie. It’s just going to take some time.

I think he’ll add by trade but rarely, and only during offseason and at the deadline, that’s all I am saying

I just…. I find this to be retroactive spin. Even if that was the case, it’s not like that proves he was smart to do it that way: that still wouldn’t be a very good way to enter a season. With 3 unknowns so you waste valuable points while you wait for one to eventually get on a hot streak. Not in a season where playoffs are the goal. It would still be better to say, have a more established unit going in. And also because, and I keep saying this, we’ve always needed 2 guys. If the plan was for one capable guy to emerge and 2 below average guys, that’s not a good plan! He’s only doing “ok” by the terms of an already questionable plan, by scoring 1 out of 3 on a test that cost us standings ground

Ya, Jost was a waiver claim. So I was wrong about him. But I still maintain we won’t see a trade in season before the deadline. Likely ever. You have to think, there’s few trades league wide in general during that time. Not until deadline usually. You DO see some moves and you CAN make them but their rarity illustrates even the more neutral GMs (patient vs aggressive wise) aren’t generally making trades during the time period. And I think it’s fair to say our GM leans a little bit away from neutral on that scale

I thought they were deadline additions If not I stand corrected

No wonder I hate them, it’s generational Damn zoomers

Adams is A) aware these things are out there and B) almost undoubtedly feeds it with his own sources

No, nothing has changed. He banked on one starter, and had a prayer for a backup. He got the one starter (maybe) and his prayer wasn’t answered for the second guy The point of adding a competent 2nd guy was to have 2, including Levi. Since Levi is in Roch, the plan is a wash. He got half of what we needed

Yep sigh Resolve, apart from the other injuries we and every team will be faced with by then. But resolved in the GM’s mind, yes. Adding someone isn’t/wasn’t an option Quinn going down with plenty of time to replace him and the GM neglecting to do anything at all is just a frankly solid outline for the type of proactiveness we can expect. Adams isn’t a creative solutions GM he has hard line principles and evaluations he doesn’t move on from, the rest call fall where it may

I think this is probably true. The only thing important was that the fans were made aware there was “effort”. Best of both worlds in the GM’s mind imo

We always needed 2 though lol he kept 3 because he wanted one of UPL or Comrie to establish as a backup behind the guy he anointed number 1 one did, but Levi bombed, so he’s at square one with only half the goaltending addressed if the plan WAS to only get 1/3 to emerge, the plan sucked He miscalculated. He got lucky. And i guarantee you he’ll settle for a half-fix and we’ll all be told we have to be ok with it because after 4 years of doing crap all for the position, heck, at least we have sort of ok goaltending now, maybe

I think they do have an approach that fits young players. I think it’s also fair to say that we could have tailored the roster to be in a position to be receptive to other approaches. That is to say, not nearly exclusively field a team of young players, and by so doing necessitating the approach you outlined

The Sabres aren’t going to add anyone in-season before the trade deadline, and never will, as long as Adams is the GM Not saying this to make a point about Adams or anything, it’s just true. He’s not proactive. He’s barely active. He’s “in discussions” with a fair few players, and social media is sure to make sure the fans know this, but that knowledge is the endgame, in itself The Kevyn Adams Buffalo Sabres are very much, distinctly that. The Kevyn Adams Buffalo Sabres. They are their own distinct version of this franchise and have hardline rules notably different from before

I try to give the benefit of the doubt. It’s why I said for the sake of argument in the offseason I was ok with Levi as the starter if we brought in a capable number 2. Well, it still looks like we are at square 1 where we’ve got one guy I’ll give the benefit of the doubt to (UPL), and we are lacking the second guy

He’s just lucky one of his 3 unlikely bets placed landed. Imagine how his decision to anoint levi the starter would look without UPL stringing together some good games. It’s still not great but at least improved over last season