Thorny

We are sort of sitting at where we thought we’d be on the goaltending front coming into the season, too, just with the personnel switched up a bit. I think most gave Levi the benefit of the doubt in locking down a roll, but the backup was a huge question mark as we knew, even best case scenario with Levi, we’d need a second guy. Well we sort of got that good scenario, after a while, just with UPL instead. But we’re still lacking the second guy we assumed we would, to the detriment of the goaltending output overall.

I agree that making the playoffs isn’t a huge part of my consideration here. It doesn’t look like we will. But if the priority is winning, I don’t think that’s something you can be wishy-washy with once you’ve committed to it, to backtrack would potentially be disastrous and is at least playing with fire on the other hand, even good teams sell at deadline sometimes..teams that committed to winning at start of year. So maybe I’m being too naive and it’s just something that happens..but my gut says there’s no reason to think a team that’s proven themselves constantly to be the anomaly would do so otherwise here: we might be THAT team where it’s just too dangerous for us to take our foot off the gas. Climbing such a steep slope, hesitation on that front could be costly I dunno

I get you are saying “yes” (we do suck with Comrie) and “it’s better to help Levi out and send him down, though” and I see the argument if UPL truly is going to play 3/4 (which never seems to actually transpire so I’m not sold yet), but it would still feel icky to actively send down the better goalie the fact it might be the correct option is just a sad commentary on how the goaltending situation was configured for this season

Maybe UPL plays better when he knows the other guy can actually put on pads facing the correct direction I dunno. Whenever Comrie is here we suck.

I still think what’s best for the Sabres long term is to spend every ounce of energy necessary in breaking the “losses are ok” mindset Play your best contributors this year.

I hear you, I just happen to think that that a big key to the development of the team, overall, is the prioritization of winning in the now term. I’d hate to back down from that as Focus and think it sends entirely the wrong message You may disenfranchise the somewhat older players in the name of prioritizing development yet again

Funnily enough, statistical prime nowadays is more so around 23 for forwards

Comrie is terrible though. Unless we are giving up on the season, I’d keep the two best goalies The putrid approach to GT by Adams already has a hand in our likely 4th straight playoff miss (under his term), I’d rather it not cost us even more points if it’s finally coming together. Better late than never

Gotta catch ‘em all

I’m not sure what we should do. What do you do if giving all of your core fair long term contracts will result in a team that sits in 26th place? They seem to all be “good” contracts yet the sum total result…not we definitely don’t need to be trading for prospects. But draft, develop, sign LT isn’t working, either. Will keep saying it, the GM has to actually GM and build a team

It’s going to be pretty interesting what they do. He’s one of the final pieces of the “core” to lock up, he seemingly deserves individually to be locked up, yet if we do so, we’ll have put the finishing touches on locking up a core, long term, that’s going to be finishing like…bottom 10 likely. it’s a bit of a puzzle

I always thought you paid for the 10 seconds ahead of live action upgrade

We are so back

Stop the count!

Winning!

Second breakfast reservations

So I was correct

We’re gonna need a bigger offensive output

lol this is my best post ever, I’m sorry. Destined for nothing like all my best (terrible) tweets

2 defensive stalwarts refusing to give

We only want radio coverage that wants to be here

There’s always a little back-pocket trick that makes these zany stats possible

I’m just stupid, no need to assign credit

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