Sabres sign UFA Goaltender Alex Lyon to 2 year 1.5 million dollar contract

[DarthEbriate]

11 minutes ago, Taro T said:

???

Essentially, by the time Levi reaches his potential, he'll be on the brink of UFA. Tuch may already be gone. TNT and Dahlin could be demanding trades. And then Levi walks, just as Ullmark did, because there's no money in the organization that had Hasek to pay a proven starting goalie. (Under this current GM/owner combination.)

[Taro T]

16 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Essentially, by the time Levi reaches his potential, he'll be on the brink of UFA. Tuch may already be gone. TNT and Dahlin could be demanding trades. And then Levi walks, just as Ullmark did, because there's no money in the organization that had Hasek to pay a proven starting goalie. (Under this current GM/owner combination.)

Not necessarily.  Expect he should be ready next year & possibly this year.

[thewookie1]

5 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:

Essentially, by the time Levi reaches his potential, he'll be on the brink of UFA. Tuch may already be gone. TNT and Dahlin could be demanding trades. And then Levi walks, just as Ullmark did, because there's no money in the organization that had Hasek to pay a proven starting goalie. (Under this current GM/owner combination.)

Levi needs to be able to take the time he needs to reach his peak; goalies are also complete voodoo in terms of scouting.

Aside Allen who got a rough contract for what he is, Lyon was the best on the UFA market arguably. They all have their warts but Lyon has successfully gone nuts for 2 months and took a team to the playoffs. 

The only goalie worth inquiring about in trades was Demko but he got re-signed and I guess Silvovs whom might anger Levi and be the new Robin Lehner of Calder Trophy winning caliber goalies.

[Turbo44]

11 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

Levi needs to be able to take the time he needs to reach his peak; goalies are also complete voodoo in terms of scouting.

Aside Allen who got a rough contract for what he is, Lyon was the best on the UFA market arguably. They all have their warts but Lyon has successfully gone nuts for 2 months and took a team to the playoffs. 

The only goalie worth inquiring about in trades was Demko but he got re-signed and I guess Silvovs whom might anger Levi and be the new Robin Lehner of Calder Trophy winning caliber goalies.

Allen should fire his agent for the contract he accepted - he should have gotten twice of what he did