Sabres sign goalie Alexandar Georgiev one year deal; UPL has undisclosed injury

[Brawndo]

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Brawndo

[LGR4GM]

[triumph_communes]

Why

[JoeSchmoe]

Please tell me UPL is going to be dealt.

[Taro T]

Umm, are they really rolling the dice on him regaining his form from several years ago?

Don't understand this one at all.

[Mr. MVP]

Backup in Rochester?  

[Taro T]

Well, we DID want Adams to address GT.  Not sure which multiverse we have to be in for THIS move to meet THAT definition.  And, what are the odds of OUR luck placing us in that 1 in every 14 million or so variants that this does meet that definition?

[Pimlach]

Isn't he a guy we beat with regularity? 

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, Pimlach said:

Isn't he a guy we beat with regularity? 

He's the guy who's last sighting in an Avs uni gave the Sabres a 4-1 lead in the Dahlin breaks to start the 3rd, there goes the season game.

He was pretty much on the next plane to SJ after that little debacle.

[GASabresIUFAN]

This is a very interesting signing.  This guy has played great in the NHL on occasion but also terrible. 
 

What does this say about their faith in Levi, Lyon and UPL?  Not sure.  
 

Last season UPL played 55, Georgiev 49 and Lyons 30.  Should be an interesting camp battle. 

Edited Thursday at 11:22 PM by GASabresIUFAN

[Brawndo]

UPL Lyon in Buffalo

Levi Georgiev in Rochester 

Leinonen Cameron Rowe in Jacksonville 

Ratzlaff back to the WHL

 

[Pimlach]

5 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

This is a very interesting signing.  This guy has played great in the NHL on occasion but also terrible. 
 

What does this say about their faith in Levi, Lyon and UPL?  Not sure.  
 

Last season UPL played 55, Georgiev 49 and Lyons 30.  Should be an interesting camp battle. 

It doesn't matter, just as long as we have Doan. 

 

 

[Taro T]

5 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

UPL Lyon in Buffalo

Levi Georgiev in Rochester 

Leinonen Cameron Rowe in Jacksonville 

Ratzlaff back to the WHL

 

Makes the most sense at this point.  

 

And guess the signing makes sense to a degree from a well, having another cheap lottery ticket never hurts point of view.

 

But, not sure that a day old cheap lottery ticket purchase makes any sense.  Yes, it only has 1 less chance of winning than that "fresh" lottery ticket has, but that 1 additional chance makes a huge difference in the value of each.

[Weave]

9 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

UPL Lyon in Buffalo

Levi Georgiev in Rochester 

Leinonen Cameron Rowe in Jacksonville 

Ratzlaff back to the WHL

 

Pushing Levi for net time in Roc?

Or a top tier AHL #2 cuz they are going for it?

[Brawndo]

1 minute ago, Weave said:

Pushing Levi for net time in Roc?

Or a top tier AHL #2 cuz they are going for it?

Stable backup for Levi in Rochester and hopefully going for it 

[dudacek]

I mean, I guess it makes sense from the perspective of we now have 4 “NHL” goalies, which can’t be a bad thing in terms of depth.

It gives us the flexibility to trade somebody if need be, and less concern in Rochester if someone gets hurt.

And the depth chart works the way @Brawndo spells it out.

 

[Ctaeth]

Trying to avoid the initial reimer situation from last year I would imagine

[pastajoe]

There was a time when I wanted the Sabres to acquire him from the Rangers to be their starter. But his game has really fell off over the past couple of years.

[dudacek]

Doesn’t change the fact that Georgiev isn’t good and doesn’t really have the temperament of an AHL backup.

I also kinda wonder why he signed here to be a #4?

Best contract offer?

Thinks the other 3 don’t offer much competition?

This was definitely the last news I thought I’d be reading today.

Edited Thursday at 11:49 PM by dudacek

[Palm Trees And Taxes]

Gavin McKenna come on down

[Carmel Corn]

Can he also play as a RHD?  🙃

Edited Thursday at 11:55 PM by Carmel Corn

[shrader]

27 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Trying to avoid the initial reimer situation from last year I would imagine

The way to avoid that is to not keep Levi up. They didn’t have to waive anyone in that scenario. Now they are essentially guaranteed to be waiving a veteran… unless they carry UPL, Lyon, and Georgiev, which is clearly not happening. 
 

I’m a bit surprised it didn’t happen as a PTO, but I’m really not all that concerned about it. 

[dudacek]

I suspect the market showed no one else was signing Georgiev to an NHL contract to be a backup, so chances are good he will clear.

[nfreeman]

Kinda seems like an insurance policy against Lyon being a complete washout, understanding that Lyon himself is an insurance policy against a 2nd year of UPL crashing and burning.

[Taro T]

23 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Kinda seems like an insurance policy against Lyon being a complete washout, understanding that Lyon himself is an insurance policy against a 2nd year of UPL crashing and burning.

Yeah, still not fully getting this move.

 

Guess Adams is thinking what better way to clear up 3 ???'s at G than by adding a 4th?