HumanSlinky39

I am now ready to concede we won the O'Reilly trade.

KREBSIE!

CAN WE ***** NOT?

If you would have told me this two years ago I would have said WHAT ARE YOU ON DOPE???

I'm not so sure that's any kind of upgrade. Elvis has been brutal and his contract is a baaaaad one.

Cozens does like to scrap. SICK 'EM, DYLAN!

My thoughts on the first period?

Zemgus?

TNT FOUR!!!!

TNT HAT TRICK! in 12:22 of game time.

Getting sloppy. Helluva save by UPL

They aren't going to bring anybody else in. Andy should be good for 30-35 starts and they have Comrie. I know a lot of people are down on Comrie, but the defense hung him out to dry A LOT when Joki and Muel were out. I'm betting KA is gonna ride them. I'm not crazy about the idea of throwing Levi out there straight out of college without some AHL time, but maybe they do? I don't know who is out there and I'm too lazy to go look at this hour, but I wouldn't mind to see them go get a passable vet on an expiring contract via trade for the right price. Don't think they will, though.

With tonight's dynamic performance, UPL has saved 99/117 shots on the season, giving him and .846 save percentage. Other than the outlier against STL, he has saved .783, .760, and tonight's .846. He hasn't just been bad, he has been abysmal and his poor play has cost the Sabres the last two games he started. Coming into this season, I actually had some hope for him. He played quite well last year before getting hurt, tallying an strong .917 save percentage and 2.74 gaa in 9 starts. He was actually >.900 in his first 7 starts. He played well against some pretty good teams. He can play well. Now, he's just a total mess. He looks timid and just horribly out of position too frequently. He seems to have little confidence. If he had a track record of strong AHL play, I'd be more apt to say he can still come around. But, that stretch of good play last year looks more like a fluke than anything else. He's only 23 years old, so in theory he could still develop into an NHL goalie. The Sabres don't have time to wait, though. He's going to be passed by Levi and probably Portillo (provided he signs) in the pecking order. I don't have a problem with KA and Granato giving him a run for a few games to see what he has, but I don't know how much more they need to see. He's bad and is a long way from being anything more than an emergency call up as an NHL goalie. This is a young team and losing these kinds of games isn't good for their development. They need to learn how to WIN. UPL has directly cost them the last two games he's started. Enough is enough. Jettison him to Rochester and give Subban a run. He can't be much worse. At least he provides you a backup anthem singer to boot.

At least we're not Edmonton paying Jack Campbell 5x5 for UPL production.

UPL in net.

It's extremely rare. I thought Oettinger did, but he went AHL first. MOTHER-TUCHER!

I really wanted him to work out, too, because dammit it's fun to say Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

FIRE HIM INTO THE SUN

This needs to be UPL's last game. He is absolutely terrible.

Cozens is on a heater... Or Subban. I've seen enough of UPL. He's brutally bad.

Is it weird that I actually feel better about our chances trailing by 1?

Cozens up to 20 points in our 24th game. Pretty good first period.