Value of: Sabres need an NHL-calibre goalie

[Dr Quincy]

Nedelovic (no one can spell it) is as NHL ready as he can be. He won the calder in charlotte and is on an ELC so no cap problems.

Buff 2nd for Needaspellcheck + car 3rd.

That doesn't solve anything.

 

[Cogburn]

Demko or Holtby, Sabres choice.

Whatcha got?

 

[tunaboy]

fleury should be the man to take us to the playoffs ,how to get it done is another thing

 

[HaNotsri]

fleury should be the man to take us to the playoffs ,how to get it done is another thing

50% retained. They couldn't dump his deal with picks. At 3.5 and just two years it's ok.

The other option is smaller retention and Miller going the other way.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Is it really the goalie or Buffalo having a shallow Blueline? Curious.

 

[explore]

Is it really the goalie or Buffalo having a shallow Blueline? Curious.

Blue line is weak, but goalie is worse

 

[tsujimoto74]

Is it really the goalie or Buffalo having a shallow Blueline? Curious.

It's the goalies. Under Kreuger, Buffalo was solidly above average last season across the board at every team defensive metric (and top 10 in a number of categories).

 

[My3Sons]

This isn't the season to expect a team to move an NHL caliber goalie for an extra fourth rounder BUF may have lying around.

 

[Mick Jagr]

Whatever happened to Ukko Pekka Luukkonen and why was he in the ECHL last year when the Sabres have no real goaltending depth whatsoever?

 

[bernmeister]

Georgiev + return of BUF 2021 3RD + OTT 2021 4TH
for
Sabes next two 2nds [presum 2021 + 2022] + acceptable prospect

 

[DJN21]

Mitts, Miller
for
Raanta

Replace Miller with Borgen in our lineup and Yotes hope they find a steal in Mitts. Yotes get a recent top 10 pick and can probably move Miller for a mid round pick at the deadline to replace their lost pick(s)

**(unless we find out hutton or ullmark will be back shortly of course)**

Can't send in another year on Jack and risk him quitting on us and can't send in a year trying to keep Hall long term. Just bite the bullet.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Whatever happened to Ukko Pekka Luukkonen and why was he in the ECHL last year when the Sabres have no real goaltending depth whatsoever?

Nothing, he's 21 and developing? He was in the ECHL because he was coming off a double hip surgery and because he was 20 and developing. He's been doing good in Finland this season.

 

[nickdawg95]

Hutton Mittlestadt 2nd for Crouse + Raanta

 

[soliak]

Koskinen + 3rd for Sam Reinhart

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Bernier?

 

[Double Dion]

Rittich for Ullmark and 2nd.

 

[Flyer lurker]

Is it really the goalie or Buffalo having a shallow Blueline? Curious.

Blue line isn't perfect but they are competent. Montour, Risto, and Miller we can debate how good or not good but i wouldn't call them stiffs by any means. Rather have a true 2 with Dahlin and Risto to second pair but there are about 12-15 teams may something similar on their team.

Goalie is the issue. I can make a real case Buffalo 18 have outplayed NJD's 18. But the goalie issue is what make one team with a good record and one with a lousy record.

 

[DJN21]

Hutton Mittlestadt 2nd for Crouse + Raanta

done

 

[DJN21]

Rittich for Ullmark and 2nd.

not close

 

[DJN21]

Koskinen + 3rd for Sam Reinhart

even further off

 

[explore]

Koskinen + 3rd for Sam Reinhart

Read the damn OP, it's literally in bold: The Sabres are willing to trade draft picks (up to top-15 protected first, or multiple seconds), but not core roster players

Also, lmao no

 

[HabsAddict]

NHL caliber and starting goalie are two different things.

We got Lindgren. Played 24 NHL games. He's available for picks.

We got Allen, not tradeable right now but why on earth would we trade him for a mid round first.

Saying NHL caliber means little. Asking for a very good starter is going to cost more then a pick.

 

[explore]

NHL caliber and starting goalie are two different things.

We got Lindgren. Played 24 NHL games. He's available for picks.

We got Allen, not tradeable right now but why on earth would we trade him for a mid round first.

Saying NHL caliber means little. Asking for a very good starter is going to cost more then a pick.

Again it's literally in the OP, read the last sentence:

The Sabres are willing to trade draft picks (up to top-15 protected first, or multiple seconds), but not core roster players, so we aren't looking for superstar-calibre goalies, just goalies who are around the NHL average.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Koskinen + 3rd for Sam Reinhart

Can Reinhart play goal? Besides being horrible value for Buffalo that’s about as bad as it could get needs wise for Edmonton. We’d be left without an NHL caliber goalie. Who’s the solution, Howard?

 

[Djp]

Is it really the goalie or Buffalo having a shallow Blueline? Curious.

the issue right now is concern around Hutton getting hit in the 2nd and being replaced in the 3rd along with Ullmark apparent leave of absence for unknown reasons leaving buffalo with a goalie issue.

Whatever happened to Ukko Pekka Luukkonen and why was he in the ECHL last year when the Sabres have no real goaltending depth whatsoever?

UPL is in yr 2 of his ELC. He was loaned to Finland team to start the season. He’s their future starter in 23/24. He likely stays over there till their season is over. He’s Likely playing back up in 21-22 and 22-23. They drafted Portillo in 2019 who is playing foruniversity of Michigan.

the goalie playing the 3rd is Jonas Johansson a 2014 pick.

unlike others, .I think JJ can play a backup goalie role in the nhl and could play games but hasn’t gotten much of a chance.

this off season buffalo has to decide on a short term goalie to bridge to UPL. Both Hutton and Ullmark are UFAs this summer. JJ can be a group 6 UFA this summer if he doesn’t play enough.

I see them looking to sign a goalie to a 3-4 yr extension for next year. It could be Ullmark.

I disagree on the goalies being the problem.

I think the Sabres biggestproblem us actually getting more offense. Last season in regulation when the team scored 2 or less regulation goals they had an awful record. When they scored 4+ they had a very good record. Scoring 3 they were slightly about 500.

the Sabres D is decent. They have 2 UFAs this year in Mccabe and Montour. They have a strong prospect D pool.Dahlin and Jokiharju start their 3rd nhl season so there shoukd be growth in their game.

if they were to acquire a vet goalie it likely involves Montour or Miller going the other way.