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

[GoPuckYourself]

Either way we aren’t going anywhere with our goaltending unless Levi turns into a legit top tier player this season. 

[Thorny]

5 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:

Either way we aren’t going anywhere with our goaltending unless Levi turns into a legit top tier player this season. 

Have to agree:

On 7/13/2022 at 1:18 PM, Thorny said:

Only improvement from the internal. 

Don’t think we see any big swings at outside additions, GT or otherwise, until Levi’s arrival. I do think we are on the Levi timeline 

 

We been here 

[Drag0nDan]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

I'm guessing this as well.

Georgiev had a good age 26 season, but it's otherwise been a downward spiral for him. He gets a chance to get a mini resurrection to his career --- but he is not blocking Levi if Luukkonen is out for a longer term. No timetable seems... either like normal Ruffspeak or a bit alarming. 

If UPL misses extended time, its very likely levi.  I think Georgiev would clear waivers, or you keep 3 (because you have none).

[PerreaultForever]

and so it begins. 

UPL has "tweaked" something and camp hasn't even started. 

Injuries will be the 25/26 excuse. Start a thread now. This is the first. There will be many more. 

[bg17]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Start a thread now.

Do it. YOLO 

[Andrew Amerk]

5 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

and so it begins. 

UPL has "tweaked" something and camp hasn't even started. 

Injuries will be the 25/26 excuse. Start a thread now. This is the first. There will be many more. 

How does it feel to live with a noose and a chair already prepared?

[LGR4GM]

17 hours ago, Drag0nDan said:

If UPL misses extended time, its very likely levi.  I think Georgiev would clear waivers, or you keep 3 (because you have none).

You start Lyon and backup with Georgiev. You want Levi getting starts unless he proves he's better than Lyon.

[Broken Ankles]

On 9/11/2025 at 7:45 PM, Indabuff said:

Even though the move was validated by news of a potential injury to UPL - he's still a Lou-who-Zer-her.

The Loser - Sabres style 

In the time of J BriseBois He was donkey,

Analytics on my brains, and I'm out to sign a goalie

With season ticket calls, suck down the edibles

Old Fashioned brawls with the cheesecake embryos.

 

Kill the PK and put it in the neutral zone

Francise is flamin with a  loser in the GM suite

Eichel in Vegas  with a name on the cup,

Got a couple of draft picks, still off the hot seat.

 

Someone came, saying I'm insane to complain

About,  New York State taxes and the lack of a palm tree.

Don't believe everything that you read

You get a play-off hibernation  and a fanbase left to grieve

So ask us to brace, with some grace and a snark

Saving all your Sabres cheques and hoping just to catch a spark

Yo, quit it.(please)

 

eres un perdedor

You’re a loser baby, so why don't we fire you!

eres un perdedor

You’re a loser baby, so why don't we fire you!

[shrader]

Out of curiosity, what would people expect Florida to do if Bob showed up for camp with an injury that was going to keep him out?

[PerreaultForever]

16 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

How does it feel to live with a noose and a chair already prepared?

Go Mammoth? 

[Andrew Amerk]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Go Mammoth? 

The saying is, go big or go home. 

[Big Guava]

On 9/11/2025 at 9:28 PM, Flashsabre said:

So Adams has gone from years of pencilling Levi in as the NHL goalie to now putting guys in place to keep Levi from the NHL.

And I have no problem with Levi starting in the AHL again but this was not Adam’s plan 2 years ago. Shows how clueless he is.

I agree with some others that this probably means someone is injured in net right now and this is an insurance plan.

How is it his fault that Levi has regressed every chance he has gotten to show what he can do in the NHL?

 

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, Big Guava said:

How is it his fault that Levi has regressed every chance he has gotten to show what he can do in the NHL?

 

So did he "win the trade"?

[sabremike]

Imagine combining the awfulness of Carter Hutton with the temperament/attitude/being a bad teammate of Tony D'Angelo.

That's Georgiev.

I was OK with this move until I read about the mountain of character issues from Avs fans/media. He is the absolute worst type of guy for this organization.

[Big Guava]

7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

So did he "win the trade"?

Haha, hard to win a trade when the guy you traded has scored 50+ and been a perennial high level contributor to a back to back Stanley Cup winning team.

[PerreaultForever]

9 hours ago, sabremike said:

Imagine combining the awfulness of Carter Hutton with the temperament/attitude/being a bad teammate of Tony D'Angelo.

That's Georgiev.

I was OK with this move until I read about the mountain of character issues from Avs fans/media. He is the absolute worst type of guy for this organization.

Just be glad they didn't trade for Fedotov. 

[DarthEbriate]

9 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Just be glad they didn't trade for Fedotov. 

For a 2nd.

[GoPuckYourself]

Sweet we have 3 backups as our starters unless it’s Levi’s job to lose.

[Drag0nDan]

On 9/13/2025 at 8:24 AM, LGR4GM said:

You start Lyon and backup with Georgiev. You want Levi getting starts unless he proves he's better than Lyon.

Yeah, or if that combo struggles out of the gate.  What a mess this team is.  

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, Drag0nDan said:

Yeah, or if that combo struggles out of the gate.  What a mess this team is.  

This team is fubar unless several players simply will them to victory. I have no faith in UPL. None in Wilford. A smidgen in Ruff. Deck is stacked against them. 

[PASabreFan]

On 9/11/2025 at 7:14 PM, Taro T said:

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?

We live in a simulation.

[That Aud Smell]

47 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

This team is fubar unless several players simply will them to victory. I have no faith in UPL. None in Wilford. A smidgen in Ruff. Deck is stacked against them. 

[DarthEbriate]

Baker Fairburn Hockey Show podcast pointed out that the contract pays the same $825k in the AHL as well. That this isn't a PTO or a "reboot your career" 2-way contract is an interesting choice. I'm now curious as to what Adams has to say about Luukkonen's injury in the preseason press conference tomorrow.

Speculation:

I'm mildly shocked Georgiev didn't somehow get a No Movement Clause out of it to control where he's traded to in the event Luukkonen recovers quickly. Signing another backup at full price, when you already have the backup (Lyon) and the future/understudy (Levi), for a starter who has no timetable for return and the injury is undisclosed instead of a UBI/LBI distinction is... odd. I don't want to learn that our starting goalie is suffering from a case of idontwannabeinbuffalitis. That stuff's contagious.

[dudacek]

Pretty sure Georgiev was waiting for a one-way offer to surface.

The Sabres were worried enough about UPL not being ready to give him one.

I doubt he cares overly much about where; And if he’s traded or waived he’d probably welcome it over the AHL.

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, dudacek said:

Pretty sure Georgiev was waiting for a one-way offer to surface.

The Sabres were worried enough about UPL not being ready to give him one.

I doubt he cares overly much about where; And if he’s traded or waived he’d probably welcome it over the AHL.

Yup.  He found a team desperate enough to pay him like he's an NHLer regardless of where he plays.

And, if somebody trades for him or snags him when he gets waived to Ra-cha-cha, well then he gets to ride on planes to the next rink he'll sit at the end of the bench and watch the guy ahead of him play rather than ride a bus to the next rink he'll sit at the end of the bench and watch the guy ahead of him play.