JoeSchmoe

Love this one! I think we can all relate... Right now my wife is talking about her work. 😉

Like Inky, I used to listen to quite a bit of WGR, but now I've pretty much given up. Even in the car, I can do about 1 hour total per week of listening to Bills coverage, then it just gets too exhausting. I don't know how anyone can listen to so much football talk and still be entertained. There's only 1 game a week. That's not a lot of material to talk about. At least with hockey there's usually a game every 2 or 3 days. Then there's the gambling and fantasy talk... NO THANKS!

15 years or so ago when the Sabres were good and the Bills were bad, the Sabres were the primary topic of conversation on the morning and afternoon shows.

I voted YES, but then I think about the goaltending and then I feel shame.

Is Tokarski (or someone like him) really that funny as a #3? Or did you confuse my 3 with a 1 or 2?

Adams' good as far outweighed his bad, but I think most of us saw his one mistake coming a mile away. That mistake was that UPL should NOT have been counted on as the #3 goalie in the organization... He still hasn't had just an average season in the AHL let alone a good one. UPL was not a good plan with a 41 year old in as the #2... Strangely, it was our #1 going down that got him in the NHL lineup, which is even worse, since Anderson's seemingly too frail to be shouldering the load. He had he gotten a proven AHL vet like Tokarski back as the #3, we'd likely have another 2 wins right now, and UPL would have had to fight tooth and nail for his NHL existence, rather than looking like the sloppy mess he's been so far. Maybe someone with more time on their hands than me can suggest a trade to Adams that brings us in a reliable NHL netminder, while sticking to our long term vision. I know many won't agree, but I'd personally even be willing to part with Levi at this point (given he's still a crapshoot), if him and maybe another pick could bring us in some proven long term help in net.

In another thread I mentioned he's 30-something in PPG in the WHL. As much as we don't want to believe it, the reason is likely that he's just not playing well enough right now. Let's hope that it's just a short term injury holding him back.

There may come a day where we can't afford all the talent we've got in the hopper. Considering our young offense is going to get even better by the end of the year (than the 2nd in the league for GF), I'd say the future starts now. Let's get a goalie and get ready for a playoff run #1 this season before we can't afford all these potential future stars.

Disagree, he's way too far on the short side of the net, and somehow looking way smaller than his 6'5 height suggests. At his size the angle could have been completely cut off.

Savoie is 33rd in WHL points per game right now. Is he playing hurt? Seems like a cause for concern.

I'm calling this a sample size anomaly. He is what his AHL stats say he is- not an NHL caliber goalie.

We still need a viable #3 goalie, especially with a 41 year old #2 and a #1 that's missed significant time. UPL has proven that's not him.

Agreed, but given we're not getting a number 1 or number 2 goalie, it'd be nice to at least improve our number 3.

Another major bone of contention with Adams' goalie plan for this year... If your backup is too old to shoulder 2/3 of the starts if your starter goes down, he is not a true viable backup goalie.

As I type this the Sabres are tied for 1st in the league with NJ for goals scored with 90 a piece.

I mentioned a guy we should make a grab at as a number 3 in another thread and got roasted for it. That guy has an AHL .939 save percentage vs kkkkkk's .898 in Roch.

The season is still young. It's human nature to get demoralized by constant blown games.

Get some goaltending.

Almost the 3rd. If KA cares about these fragile young players, he should do something.

Anyone else getting frustrated watching all the running plays? 🙈

At those lower levels, his size must have compensated for his lack of skill.

He's had all the time in the world to develop and hasn't. Cut him.

The worst part is we knew this going into the season and KA was banking on him as a #3 / prospect anyways.

We still have UPL in net.

Classic kkkkkk small net coverage goal.