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is it me, but does his name sound like some Oxford educated Mi6 operative from a bad spy novel.

If we could put Murray's heart in Tage's body and skill level we'd really have something. Until Tage learns to use his body size to his advantage he's a JAG at the NHL level.

I respect that and I hope I'm wrong. Seeing this team this way breaks my heart. Seeing KA claim another JAG and not try to improve the goaltending is heart breaking as well. When I look at Bjork, Caggiula, Hagg and Butcher, I see guys that their former teams, all better team then we were, wanted gone. That doesn't mean there isn't a little something in these guys. They are NHL players after all, but to expect them to go from castoff to stardom is highly unlikely. What we have to hope for is that the whole is greater then the sum of the parts. I have hope long-term, but I'm also trying to be realistic for this season.

I expect people to at least get his first name correct. His name is Axel not Alex.

Add Spencer Martin and Phoenix Copley to the list. I don't either is a step up from Tokarski.

I remember when I used to think the JAG meant the Judge Advocate General's office. Now it's nearly an entire hockey team of Just Another Guys. The latest claim of Axel Foley (or whatever his name is) is just another log on the JAG fire. Anderson, Dell, Pysyk, Hagg, Hayden, Girgensons, Eakin, Fjallby, MacInnis (sent down), Caggiula, Bjork, Hinostroza, KO (now), Miller, and probably Thompson, Asplund and Butcher are JAGs or worse. Skinner is also trending that way. That's approx 16/17 guys of a 22 man roster. The only guys who really move the needle are Dahlin, Jokiharju (potentially), Mitts, VO, R2 (who I really like) and Cozens (potentially). What a sorry state of affairs for our beloved franchise. I've been a Sabres fan since day 1. My first game was the Sabres 1st game. I don't think I've been this down on the club. Honestly this maybe the worst non-expansion NHL team in history.

I was going to start this thread, but then thought better of it. LOL! I do think he has more to give offensively then Hayden but what does that get us. Welcome to the JAG corp.

Geez I'm shocked. Who would have thought that Buffalo fans would be smart enough to re-allocate their entertainment $ from the sorry Sabres to the successful Bills.

UPL sent down. .....and there was much rejoicing. I believe in this kid. He just isn't ready and I'd rather him backstop a decent to good team in Rochester then get slaughtered in Buffalo. I believe he can make the jump in his development this season to good AHL starter and then maybe ready late in the year to see some NHL action. Good on KA for making the right decision. I like Weissbach also and think he is very much in the mold of R2 but more of a playmaker then scorer. I expect him to have a very good AHL season and get injury callups throughout the year. Tony Granato said he made a huge jump last year at Wisconsin, lets see if he continues that growth here.

Dear Axel, Welcome to the Pit of Despair

Dear KA, please do UPL a favor and send him to Rochester. Dear KA, please do the Sabres a favor and either acquire a real NHL goalie or quit and let someone else find us a real NHL goalie.

Axel Foley

I expect solid play for 10-15 games and then for him to get injured and struggle to get back for the rest of the year. I then expect him to be traded at the deadline if healthy to a team that has injuries in goal for a 3rd rd pick in 2023.

I expect Cozens to have some good moments and some terrible ones and score about 35 pts. During his bad moments, I expect people here to call him a bust and say he was rushed to the NHL, especially when Mitts takes off this year.

Tim Connolly pre-concussion?

Are you referencing the Greek ferryman over the river Styx?

Max Lagace Garrett Sparks Alex Lyon Any interest? I have some interest in Sparks and Lyon, but they are more of the same, except Lyon is 24 and has a chance of developing into something still. He was good at Yale.

from the Hockey Writers https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-waiver-rules/

I don't think waivers works like that in a pro sports (unlike fantasy sports). We are the worst team in the NHL and we stay No.1 for waivers until the season begins I believe. I was looking at the recent waivers. Former Sabres abound. Guhle, O'Regan, Griffith, Dea, and Flynn all waived. The Bruins also waiver 2015 1st rd bust Zach Senyshyn

Also if we claimed a guy like this what does that tell us about the JAGs that are already here?

I went with option 1 to be optimistic.

It's very exciting to see a reboot of something that died 40 years ago. Hopefully it's as good as Coming to America 2

Did we claim Axel Foley? So what do we expect from Axel Foley? Please also correct the spelling in the thread title.

So not a goalie.

I do, but I was responding to two posts about hockey in the Bills thread. I hope and pray that the Bills defense of the last 3 weeks can shred the Chiefs revamped OL. Getting pressure on Mahomes is the key to beating them. I am in a quandary for next week fantasy wise. I have Mahomes in one league and Allen in the other. Who do you start or do I bench both in favor of their backups Burrows and Stafford?