Porous Five Hole

I’m one of those UPL nonbelievers who saw him come up short too many times in his tenure as a Rochester resident. The Sabres outscored their problems last year and I will rehash that UPL’s career NHL save percentage is .898. Can he get hot? Sure, he has proven he can string together a few starts of competent goaltending…just like almost any other goalie. I’m happy with the 2-0 start, but I don’t expect him to be reliable over a season. I hope I am wrong.

Well that’s confusing because he’s only played two games all year 🤔

I’m drinking from the cup of beetle right now!

VO’s camp said out loud that they expected a trade. No team wanted him at his salary. If there was ANY market for him, he would have been moved already.

Tough break for Rousek as he did not look out of place during his two game look last year.

401k isn’t good. The Sabres took good care of him yesterday since the middle of the first period. The Aves were trash yesterday.

Bill isn’t going anywhere https://www.nfl.com/news/bill-belichick-signed-lucrative-multiyear-extension-patriots-offseason

Late entry, but this is the betting favorite for worst thread title of the year 🏆 The goal is to discuss a particular topic versus a catch all with a player’s name.

By all means, please continue the UPL discussion with a new topic. This was about the fact that UPL got none of the first five starts. Things have obviously changed.

Well, injury insurance has paid off for now

A local hockey reporter told me he’s in FL and leisurely working in the horse racing industry.

It’s because Benson isn’t producing.

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Impossible to answer, but what is the drop off between Benson right now and a Jiri Kulich call up? Kulich is sporting 6G 3A, +4 in seven games played in the AHL this year. I realize your point is about the development of Benson, but in terms of what makes the most sense for the Sabres in 2023…I think it’s Benson back to juniors to gain some weight and Kulich (or Rosen if more defensively responsible than Jiri) into the lineup.

Hard to argue against this, but Linus had been injury prone to that point AND I believe he wanted to get outta town. This was the factory of sadness for his entire tenure. Even if GMKA chose to overpay, there’s no guarantee he would have stayed once the Bruins came calling.

VO scratched for Jost and Josty scores and was solid all day. VO may never see the ice again.

Man, Casey has been a different guy the last 60 games. I think I need to reevaluate my stance on trading him.

The save where it hit the goat head and it was still hard for UPL to control it?

Goat heads on and UPL in goal means they’ll prolly score six. 🤞

I also posted this in the wagon thread: the Amerks are 5-1-1 to start the season & all without their number one goalie.

To get five wins out of seven games and points in six out of seven, it means they got blown out one night. Their goaltending hasn’t been great, but they’re outscoring their problems. A healthy toker will help. Offense is generally ahead of defense in the first month. The Amerks are tied for the best record in the AHL, so hard to be mad at anything.

I haven’t seen that so far with his ROC starts, but anyone could get hot. I mean, UPL has some believers and his stats don’t support it.

Much love to you and yours.

The Amerks are now 5-1-1