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10 seconds. Nope 13 seconds.

5-2

clock is now moving again. 50 seconds Shots 34 - 25 Toronto

1:15 still 4-2

2 minutes and all is well. Now 4-2

I guess there was a GA Tech player worth drafting after all - Packers take Tariq Carpenter in the 7th rd.

4:00 minutes and counting.

AHL gamecenter keeps changing the shots from Empty net to on Hutchinson. Weird. Much more dramatic if they had pulled the goalie.

Marlies pull their goalie with 7 minutes left?

Toronto 0-5 on the PP

15 Georgia Bulldawgs drafted. Crazy. I guess UGA's team was pretty good last year.

I’m surprised no OL yet.

I don’t think he needed to be a leader here. We have KO, Pysyk, Z, Anderson and then Tuch. Sam could have just been Sam. This is the one major trade I don’t think KA got full value.

Need certainly, but also getting guys he really likes based on their draft board.

@Taro T Sam is the only player I miss. He would have been a real asset this season and beyond. Oh well.

Playing our the string is one thing. Going 16-9-3 since March including 22 games (10-9-3 record) against teams in the playoffs or trying to make the playoffs is quite another

I think most thought that the goaltending would cost us victories and it did.

Can’t wait to hear Jack’s comments.

So any loss by the Marlies puts the Amerks in the playoffs or just a regulation loss?

Let the off-season begin. Off-season title - Kevyn Adams and the Quest For Good Goaltending. This has been a great final two months of the season, but KA's mission this off-season, besides getting real goaltending, is what other moves shrink the gap between our young squad and the best in the NHL. The Sabres went 16-9-3 in the last two month. However the 9 loses were all against playoffs teams. The final score in those 9 games were 45-13 with 3 shutouts, including 3 losses to Fla and getting blown out by Bos and TB. Goaltending certainly played a role, but all aspects of the team were lacking. This is the gap that must be closed. Closing that gap is Ka's mission this summer. He has the money to do it.

the guys should have spelled R J at center ice after the win.

Thank G-d they didn’t blow RJ’s Last Call.

Why draft any Swedish players after the first rd? What a stupid agreement.

I’m shocked.

https://moneypuck.com/goalies.htm According to moneypuck.com Ullmark’s numbers are solid to above average of goalies who have played 30 games + this season. There are 44 goalies that have played 30+ games this year and Ullmark’s numbers are top 14-18 in every category. That’s good goaltending. Not elite, but good goaltending. You keep saying the above, but show me the available better than Ullmark goalie willing to come here or who is available in trade without restriction? There are 3 listed above Ullmark who are in theory available. They are Quick, Kuemper, and Husso. That’s it. Quick isn’t leaving LA as they have the cap room to keep him and he outperformed Petersen. Kuemper will have his pick of jobs if not re-signed by Cup contender Colorado and I doubt Colorado lets him walk. That leaves Husso who just had a break out year. He’s certain to want the biggest and longest deal he can get. KA is unlikely to pay the price, but at least there is a chance. “Strive for better” is a great slogan, but sometimes a reality check is needed. The reality is there in next to nothing in better than Ullmark available goaltending who we can acquire. As to when Ullmark should have been re-signed, the best opportunity was not last off-season after the team cratered, but the one prior, when he gave us playoff quality goaltending in RK’s first season. Instead KA took Ullmark to arbitration and signed a 2.6 mill deal for one season. This lack of foresight cost us this season and will probably cost us again next season if KA’s goaltender search fails again.