JoeSchmoe

That looks more like a 26 to me.

Leafs. 🤮 The only other team I'll realistically root for is the Habs only because my enemy's enemy is my friend.

If the team gets good it'll happen fast... Especially if season ticket holders can start counting on Canadians again to subsidize they're tickets.

Correction: .910!

Is there a goalie prospect anywhere in the world right now that looks as good as Levi? If I'm Adams, I'm not spending a single pick or prospect on a goalie with him waiting in the wings. In fact, if he plays out the season at the pace he's doing right now, I'm signing him to play THIS year at the end of the season. Even if he lets in DOUBLE the number of goals he's letting in now, he'd still be at a .906 save percentage. Given the garbage we've seen otherwise, I'd take it.

Sorry... I meant first rounder.

Remember all those prospects we had in the system before KA was hired... Neither do I. At no point was KA trying to win this year. This is a grow the prospects year... both ones that are on the team, and the ones that aren't here yet. Maybe they should fire Adams and bring in a guy that would trade a 1st round pick for a 3rd string goalie and a salary dump. That'll get this rebuild kickstarted, eh?

Malcolm Subban ladies and gentlemen.

As much as anything, I'm excited for the addition by subtraction with the rookies.

I thought Power looked good enough at the WC at the end of the 20-21 season to slot into the NHL back then. By the beginning of 22-23 he'll be fine. Of course he's not your number 1 shut down guy, but he will be good enough to learn every day and not be overwhelmed. I think sending him to Rochester might just delay his development.

The difference would be the 3 rookies... plus Tuch... plus Power... plus Murray... plus Mitts and Olofsson not being hurt. Add in the potential for median level goaltending instead of the train wreck we have now... And last but not least, NOT trotting out the likes of Bjork, Eakin, Cagiula, and Hayden every night. Did I mention Samuelsson? Keep in mind they're already 16th in the league in GF.

Shoot, you're right on the year. Time to edit.

Man, is it too early to start the 2022-23 forwards thread? Mitts, Cozens, Thompson, Aspland, Olofsson, Tuch, Murray Skinner and Okposo who both look really rejuvenated. Plus Quinn, Krebs, and Peterka!!! If Levi can take his .953 save percentage from college and translate that to the .910 ballpark in the NHL, they might be playoff bound! Hell, I haven't even mentioned Power. They might even be good... Scary good?

I'd happily fly around for no reason for an NHL minimum salary. 💰

Obviously, our 💩 goaltending is a tank attempt. An agonizing one for sure, but a smarter one. If you suck badly with a bad goalie, one trade, FA acquisition, or prospect panning out can turn your team around. If you burn your F's and D to the ground, it can take many years to recover. It's just so much harder to watch your team lose games they could potentially win.

Has this been verified? I find it hard to believe that an NHL player would be okay with a close friend posting on here with the rest of us schlebs. I know if my 46 year old, bum knee, overweight fat a** ever makes the bigs, I'm not letting my friends anywhere near this cesspool! 🤣 🤣 Are we sure he's just not some sort of superfan that thinks he knows Ullmark better than he does?

I'm not there behind the bench to know any better, but everything I know about Ellis is he's the right guy for the job.

I like it better with him gone. Who follows and un-follows a team based on a mediocre goalie like Ullmark? This place is for real Sabres fans only.

I brought it up to raise morale for the people that are still down about the Reinhart trade. I should have known better though... Once people have their minds made up about a trade they don't like, they'd rather see the trade go bad and be right, then be wrong and have the trade look good.

But it's a redraft!

True, but this is a redraft. So little is known about 17 or 18 goalies, so it's hard to blow a first rounder on them. Now that Levi is 20, and is looking like the best goalie in the NCAA... the body of evidence is much better.

Where does Levi go today in a 2020 redraft? He has to be first round, no? How high?

Is there any reason to keep Hayden in the lineup over Murray?

Worst player in the NHL. Him and Eakin on one line and we expect to win?!???!