Skinnyjimmy08
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In assuming he’s going to get ~70% of the games? I have no clue why Hutton played so much this season.
Ullmark seems to be in that middle ground where you’re not sure if he’s a #1, or even if he’s a #1a vs #1b. You don’t lock up a #1b for three years when you don’t know if and when you’ll have a #1a on the team.
And maybe you end up a year or two from now and have a clear cut #1, and only need a cheaper #2 backup instead of a #1b.
1 or 2 year deal makes the most sense to me. 3 or more years don’t.
I think it's fair to say that this is a season that Buffalo needs to make the playoffs. Is the Ullmark-Hutton tandem a confident bet to get there? I would have thought they were going to upgrade one of them.
Ullmark isn’t the one that needs to be upgraded though. Buffalo can’t go into next season with Hutton if playoffs are the goal.
Right, I think Ullmark at this point is a good backup.
What they really need is a legit starting that can be counted oon foor 50-55 games, and Ullmark can pick up the rest. Maybe by season after next year, he would have grown enough to be in a 1A/1B role. Don't see anything on the market that really fits the bill that can take the senior role to Ullmark.
So I see them still as a team that will more likely than not miss the playoffs this coming season. Maybe they can make a move early on in the season.
Raanta or Keumper would be a good pick up, Arizona won’t want to go into next season with $8M+ locked up in two goalies. There’s plenty of time left to make moves, I think we’ll see more activity once the RFA’s arbitration’s are out of the way.
Why are people so high on UPL and no mention of jonas johansson? He had better numbers in AHL than UPL did in ECHL.
JJ is 25 while UPL is 21. JJ just made his NHL debut in 5th season in the states. UPL made his AHL debut last season.
UPL's 1st season in the ECHL blew the doors off of JJ's 1st season in the ECHL.
UPL has undeniable upside while JJ......he has been a slow and steady riser. Most Buffalo/Rochester observers will tell you that JJ's ceiling right now appears to be a 1B NHL guy at absolute best but more likely a #3 organizational goalie. UPL on the other hand has legit NHL starter potential.
Thanks for the info. I was just confused as JJ just got an opportunity with a team that wasn't a good fit for most new goalies last season. Do you think JJ will get more of a chance this season? 2014 had a few goalies just now getting their opportunity in kahkonen, nedeljkovic, husso, and last year with Demko, shesty, merzlikins.
Why are people so high on UPL and no mention of jonas johansson? He had better numbers in AHL than UPL did in ECHL.
Thanks for the info. I was just confused as JJ just got an opportunity with a team that wasn't a good fit for most new goalies last season. Do you think JJ will get more of a chance this season? 2014 had a few goalies just now getting their opportunity in kahkonen, nedeljkovic, husso, and last year with Demko, shesty, merzlikins.
There's a chance Ullmark turns some heads. He's betting on himself, and the Sabre upgrades. He wasn't bad on a bad team. BUF and LU were sneaky good on some stats. Don't be shocked if every prediction on here about him being meh is wrong.