Look at the defense that will be in front of U.P.L. this coming season compared to last season. With an almost brand new bottom six forwards who are much more physical and defensively inclined, the shots that U.P.L. will have to face should be dramatically lower, plus a healthy Samuelsson will help in that regard. A healthy Jack Quinn should bring Cozens back to his previous-season form, especially if Peterka can continue to develop. The future is looking brighter, if they can avoid the injury bug!
@@bjarczyk they can’t even make the playoffs with the core they have now dude, no elite franchise players on offense you need to win a cup and a retread coach’s that’s made the playoffs once the last 5 years, shitty team shitty city shitty results 14 years incoming !!!!!!
Serevalli reports that the Sabres had a deal for Necas but he wouldn’t sign here, so people really can’t accuse Adams of not trying as much as it sucks to admit. Zegras/Farabee/Laine all make sense for us now preferably Farabee as the #1 choice, and I think Laine would waive his NTC to get out of of Columbus so we’ll see what else he has up his sleeve
One option I see for UPL in a trade in the future could be to the Islanders if Patrick Roy is still coaching there. With Roy coaching UPL in Juniors, he may try and get the team to bring him in. Also, Varlomov is 36 now and will be gone by then and Sorokin will be 32 and may or may not see his game time decreasing, that is if he doesn’t want out of there by then.
I have a feeling that if UPL gets hurt this year and is out for more than 2 weeks.. Levi could supplant him quickly. Levi might also take another year and UPL would be expendable. time will tell. I'm not a fan of 5 years.. but if UPL keeps up his play from last year, he will have value in a trade.
Levi needs to be in Rochester this whole season other than a few call ups. That 1 year. Moved up as #2 year 2. Year 3 he will be competing with UPL for starts and he will earn 50/50 starts with UPL. Year 4 you have 2 studs who split games. Year five is the same and if levi is what we think then you can trade upl at the deadline year five. Five years is perfect. Levi gets to develop and work into his game. UPL holds it down and they become an insane combo for a little while.
I was very surprised how UPL got thrown away by yourself and many fans last year with goalies being slow developing generally.I do get why everyone was loving Levi as do I but he too is young and really unproven and was more so last year . Remember Theodore of Montreal? I like the look of our goaltending and defence and the bottom six but we have big questions marks on some of our top six .
I’m also cool with UPL becoming that star goalie and he’s our goaltender long term. While I still believe in Levi, I’m not just betting that everything works out the way it should with him
I hate this narrative of upl can't be the guy and Levi is gonna take over what if Levi isn't this insanely good goalie we all thought it hasn't happened yet upl is our guy
You missed out on Liverpool in Ann Arbor 5 years ago, Joe. 100 k fans at the big house for Man U vs the Reds, even tho it was only friendlies - they had the champions league trophy and were showing it off.
Commenting as im watching. I hope you bring up that UPL had double hip surgery in april of 2019. Played a few AHL games and like 20 with Cincinnati. So from 2020-2021 season to last season he has won starter in the AHL, moves up and won starter in the NHL. Thats 4 seasons!!
Something that seems likely is that in 3 years Levi takes over as the starter and we let go of UPL in a cap dump and get a good return on him for a trade.
Levi needs to be in Rochester this whole season other than a few call ups. That 1 year. Moved up as #2 year 2. Year 3 he will be competing with UPL for starts and he will earn 50/50 starts with UPL. Year 4 you have 2 studs who split games. Year five is the same and if levi is what we think then you can trade upl at the deadline year five. Five years is perfect. Levi gets to develop and work into his game. UPL holds it down and they become an insane combo for a little while.
@@brianvanwyk9425 do you understand what goalie development is? Do you get that goalie is extremely mental. Playing 3 goalies is the worst idea! One doesn't get much time. So that guy doesn't play great when called on and it gets in their head which then can destroy a young goalie.
@@brianvanwyk9425 UPL and the other guy will be in buffalo with Levi in Rochester. Called up when needed. Don't waste another goalie prospect because the fans are impatient. You wanna run 3 goalies? How did they perform last year when doing that? The development of this team has been decent now that they aren't bailing on guys right away. Goalies take the longest to be NHL ready and people are already trying to chase our 25 year old out. What will you do if Levi doesn't play well... Chase him too?
@@aarongriffin4901 he put a .927 in the ahl last year. And similar in the playoffs. How much more can he learn there? He has graduated from that level of competition.
UPL plays the way he did after January 1st ....We are a playoff team. All year with Bo & Power & Sammy being healthy and goes without saying Dahlin. 3rd pairing isn't an issue for us as well.
The ONLY upside to Laine is that we need a LW’er after buying out Skinner, and with him being much more talented than Olofsson was, we don’t need him to be a two-way player as much with the players we brought in. Down side is, without knowing why he was the Assistance Program, I always get nervous when a player that’s as crazy Talented as Laine is, moves around the league as often as he has. Probably too much of a Red Flag for a team that’s trying to end a drought.
@@C-JVerified I’m glad he was able to get help. My father passed when I was a teen and had to cope with it on my own and that was tough. Now that that’s cleared up, I’m still nervous about how he’s moved around several times and always seems to be involved in trade rumors.
So in the future we will need to sign; Quinn, Peterka, Byrum, Benson in a couple years, Tuch in a couple years, and Levi. All those guys are going to cost a good chunk of cash, and with that Byrum contract and what he will be expecting - too much of the cap is spent on the top 4 defense. That’s 32.5M out of the 88M cap. Too much I think
Joe- Laine is more than a “supped-up” Olofsson ….he is a younger, much more talented NHL caliber point per game player. Generational goal scorer and still hasn’t hit his prime and has been on awful teams. If you put him on a line with McDavid he would probably have 70 goals.
Jmo, but you need to be thrown out with the trash of the last decade of Sabres play. We’d lose your intense overall NHL insight but likely gain a good neighbor.. You reference Joe Marino. Adopt some of that for your next gig. Oh, and it’s just a hunch, but give the nose candy a rest..
90 percent of goaltending is mental. I do not believe UPL has the mental toughness to win a Stanley Cup. It doesn't matter if your big you have to play goal you have to stop the puck. UPL is still a shot blocker and it will catch up to him maybe even this year.
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Look at the defense that will be in front of U.P.L. this coming season compared to last season. With an almost brand new bottom six forwards who are much more physical and defensively inclined, the shots that U.P.L. will have to face should be dramatically lower, plus a healthy Samuelsson will help in that regard. A healthy Jack Quinn should bring Cozens back to his previous-season form, especially if Peterka can continue to develop. The future is looking brighter, if they can avoid the injury bug!
Highly doubt all that happens, this core ain’t it
Totally agree
Well said David. The improvements in team defense alone make up for Skinners one dimensional goal scoring.
@mike what a completely irrational statement to say about a young and upcoming team stacked with talent.
@@bjarczyk they can’t even make the playoffs with the core they have now dude, no elite franchise players on offense you need to win a cup and a retread coach’s that’s made the playoffs once the last 5 years, shitty team shitty city shitty results 14 years incoming !!!!!!
Serevalli reports that the Sabres had a deal for Necas but he wouldn’t sign here, so people really can’t accuse Adams of not trying as much as it sucks to admit. Zegras/Farabee/Laine all make sense for us now preferably Farabee as the #1 choice, and I think Laine would waive his NTC to get out of of Columbus so we’ll see what else he has up his sleeve
One option I see for UPL in a trade in the future could be to the Islanders if Patrick Roy is still coaching there.
With Roy coaching UPL in Juniors, he may try and get the team to bring him in.
Also, Varlomov is 36 now and will be gone by then and Sorokin will be 32 and may or may not see his game time decreasing, that is if he doesn’t want out of there by then.
I have a feeling that if UPL gets hurt this year and is out for more than 2 weeks.. Levi could supplant him quickly. Levi might also take another year and UPL would be expendable. time will tell. I'm not a fan of 5 years.. but if UPL keeps up his play from last year, he will have value in a trade.
Levi needs to be in Rochester this whole season other than a few call ups. That 1 year. Moved up as #2 year 2. Year 3 he will be competing with UPL for starts and he will earn 50/50 starts with UPL. Year 4 you have 2 studs who split games. Year five is the same and if levi is what we think then you can trade upl at the deadline year five. Five years is perfect. Levi gets to develop and work into his game. UPL holds it down and they become an insane combo for a little while.
I was very surprised how UPL got thrown away by yourself and many fans last year with goalies being slow developing generally.I do get why everyone was loving Levi as do I but he too is young and really unproven and was more so last year . Remember Theodore of Montreal?
I like the look of our goaltending and defence and the bottom six but we have big questions marks on some of our top six .
He had a tremendous half season
How did he not name Krebs when talking about players he hates?
Because Krebs is forgettable at best
I love here we are finally with goaltending. UPL gets the crease and Levi gets his pro experience both AHL/NHL.
I’m also cool with UPL becoming that star goalie and he’s our goaltender long term. While I still believe in Levi, I’m not just betting that everything works out the way it should with him
I hate this narrative of upl can't be the guy and Levi is gonna take over what if Levi isn't this insanely good goalie we all thought it hasn't happened yet upl is our guy
You missed out on Liverpool in Ann Arbor 5 years ago, Joe. 100 k fans at the big house for Man U vs the Reds, even tho it was only friendlies - they had the champions league trophy and were showing it off.
Commenting as im watching. I hope you bring up that UPL had double hip surgery in april of 2019. Played a few AHL games and like 20 with Cincinnati. So from 2020-2021 season to last season he has won starter in the AHL, moves up and won starter in the NHL. Thats 4 seasons!!
Something that seems likely is that in 3 years Levi takes over as the starter and we let go of UPL in a cap dump and get a good return on him for a trade.
Levi needs to be in Rochester this whole season other than a few call ups. That 1 year. Moved up as #2 year 2. Year 3 he will be competing with UPL for starts and he will earn 50/50 starts with UPL. Year 4 you have 2 studs who split games. Year five is the same and if levi is what we think then you can trade upl at the deadline year five. Five years is perfect. Levi gets to develop and work into his game. UPL holds it down and they become an insane combo for a little while.
Why? He dominated the ahl, I don’t see that as anything other than a waste of time. Buffalo should go with a rotation
@@brianvanwyk9425 do you understand what goalie development is? Do you get that goalie is extremely mental. Playing 3 goalies is the worst idea! One doesn't get much time. So that guy doesn't play great when called on and it gets in their head which then can destroy a young goalie.
@@brianvanwyk9425 UPL and the other guy will be in buffalo with Levi in Rochester. Called up when needed. Don't waste another goalie prospect because the fans are impatient.
You wanna run 3 goalies? How did they perform last year when doing that? The development of this team has been decent now that they aren't bailing on guys right away. Goalies take the longest to be NHL ready and people are already trying to chase our 25 year old out. What will you do if Levi doesn't play well... Chase him too?
@@aarongriffin4901 he put a .927 in the ahl last year. And similar in the playoffs. How much more can he learn there? He has graduated from that level of competition.
@@aarongriffin4901 so can leaving him to rot in the ahl too long.
don’t u dare b mean to my greenway😂
UPL plays the way he did after January 1st ....We are a playoff team. All year with Bo & Power & Sammy being healthy and goes without saying Dahlin. 3rd pairing isn't an issue for us as well.
Did anybody sign Ollofson??
Vegas signed him a little while ago
He's going to play on a line with Eichel
The ONLY upside to Laine is that we need a LW’er after buying out Skinner, and with him being much more talented than Olofsson was, we don’t need him to be a two-way player as much with the players we brought in.
Down side is, without knowing why he was the Assistance Program, I always get nervous when a player that’s as crazy Talented as Laine is, moves around the league as often as he has. Probably too much of a Red Flag for a team that’s trying to end a drought.
God NOOOO!!!! Just got rid of a minus 130 career player. Why would we want a younger version at minus 58.
@@daniellowe8074 we don’t. And if you read the “Down side” section carefully, you’d see that I don’t think the risk outweighs the reward.
His father passed away and was struggling with his mental health so he entered that program
As well as dealing with a nagging injury
@@C-JVerified I’m glad he was able to get help. My father passed when I was a teen and had to cope with it on my own and that was tough.
Now that that’s cleared up, I’m still nervous about how he’s moved around several times and always seems to be involved in trade rumors.
Zegras is punk. Stay away.
This is the worst podcast you've ever done!
...Also, it's Opposite Day.
So in the future we will need to sign; Quinn, Peterka, Byrum, Benson in a couple years, Tuch in a couple years, and Levi.
All those guys are going to cost a good chunk of cash, and with that Byrum contract and what he will be expecting - too much of the cap is spent on the top 4 defense. That’s 32.5M out of the 88M cap. Too much I think
Joe- Laine is more than a “supped-up” Olofsson ….he is a younger, much more talented NHL caliber point per game player. Generational goal scorer and still hasn’t hit his prime and has been on awful teams. If you put him on a line with McDavid he would probably have 70 goals.
Last 2 mins. Krebs. Everyone seems out on Krebs
Jmo, but you need to be thrown out with the trash of the last decade of Sabres play. We’d lose your intense overall NHL insight but likely gain a good neighbor.. You reference Joe Marino. Adopt some of that for your next gig. Oh, and it’s just a hunch, but give the nose candy a rest..
you are anti krebs 😂 WE LOVE SOME KREBS
90 percent of goaltending is mental. I do not believe UPL has the mental toughness to win a Stanley Cup. It doesn't matter if your big you have to play goal you have to stop the puck. UPL is still a shot blocker and it will catch up to him maybe even this year.
Goaltending is 90% mental and 30% physical.
-John Elway
@@warrenmiller198 Elway played hockey ?
@@captainahab4325Elway played every sport
@@danevertt3210 nah that is untrue
@@captainahab4325 haha no shit bro
you are anti krebs 😂 WE LOVE SOME KREBS