UPL 🗑️ Thread

[PerreaultForever]

4 hours ago, LTS said:

He can be traded, but I am sure they are trying to get more than future considerations or a 7th round pick in 2028 for him.  Is he worth more than that?  Not to me.

UPL doesn't improve Buffalo or have the potential to improve Buffalo in the future. Having him on the roster is pointless. If the Sabres had a run on goalie injuries they could sign anyone or bring in anyone and I would have just as much confidence in them as I do UPL and frankly I think the outcome would be the same either way. He's Just Another Goalie.

Well I'd trade him for anything/nothing just to get rid of the contract but I don't think it's that easy. Name me the teams who would want to add that contract for an AHL level goalie? I see nobody goalie desperate so you'd need to add to get them to take the contract. Just send him to Rochester and if somebody claims him all the better. 

[LTS]

21 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:

If I’m the opposition GM I’m not sending Adams anything. This is cap unloading. Adams is the one who has to sweeten the deal. 

Example: the Leafs had Marleau under contract and needed space for Marner. They sent Marleau + 7th and a conditional 1st to Carolina. That was for only one season of Marleau’s cap hit.

(That 1st became Jarvis.)

What are you requiring from Adams to take 4.75 for this year and 3 more seasons? For an AHL goalie / buyout / trade for nothing with future retention?

I want a lottery-protected 1st.

I get your point... and I will address below.  However, UPL is not Marleau and would never command a 1st round pick.

18 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Well I'd trade him for anything/nothing just to get rid of the contract but I don't think it's that easy. Name me the teams who would want to add that contract for an AHL level goalie? I see nobody goalie desperate so you'd need to add to get them to take the contract. Just send him to Rochester and if somebody claims him all the better. 

Naturally I cannot name the teams who would add that contract. 

But let's look at the threads about the players the Sabres have traded away who have become successful. We all talk about it on here and yet when we talk about trading someone like UPL people flip to the opposite argument. He's useless, why would anyone want him?

Well, the answers lie in looking at other former Sabres having success and GMs believing (and players saying it, etc.) that the Buffalo Sabres organization is trash even at the levels we, as fans, don't see. It's easy to believe there's a chance that some GM who needs a goalie is willing to take the chance because:

1. Goalies are quite unpredictable. A lot depends on what is in front of them, the goalie coaching, etc.

2. Buffalo is seen as a place that destroys players.

I would also be fine sending him to Rochester.  Then again, any team who acquired him could do that as long as they are good paying him for AHL time. There is always the "refusal to report" option as well.