The Sabres may have found themselves a Goalie

[Weltschmerz]

I love saying his name.

Poetry must sound great in Finnish.

Perkele

 

[Jared Dunn]

Levi was not as bad as some are saying. He was still above .500, just inconsistent.

It's not like he was Comrie...

No because he's super talented but he was in over his head nonetheless

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

Next year will be a breakout year for the Sabres. This year too far back.

If I had a nickel...

 

[Jared Dunn]

What kind of contract does this guy get? 1 year to make sure he's the real deal or will they try to lock him down long term this summer?

 

[MOGlLNY]

Has really come a long way in just one year.

2.44 GA. And .914 SV% And these numbers are after having a very rough start.

I think we have a legitimate #1 Goalie for the first time in forever.

He deserves his props.

What the hell are you doing Beerz? Delete this

 

[dortt]

What kind of contract does this guy get? 1 year to make sure he's the real deal or will they try to lock him down long term this summer?

I'd like to see a 2 year show me deal around 2 for 4M. If he backs it up next year (and by backing it up, I mean playing like his Jan 1 through today Hart trophy level of play), then something like 6 for 8M

 

[BTP]

They wont win another game this season now.

 

[Beerz]

What the hell are you doing Beerz? Delete this

The boy deserves some props

 

[Jeremy2020]

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

The boy deserves some props

lol I kinda wanna start a “Sabres on the warpath?” thread but.. I don’t want that smoke.

UPL has been fantastic, though, and does deserve props!

 

[Schennanigans]

Pulling for the Sabres to get in. I believe they can if they keep going.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

The NHL is so crazy, a year ago we thought Levi was the franchise guy and now it's back to UPL. Goalies are voodoo man

 

[Jared Dunn]

I'd like to see a 2 year show me deal around 2 for 4M. If he backs it up next year (and by backing it up, I mean playing like his Jan 1 through today Hart trophy level of play), then something like 6 for 8M

2 years walks him right to UFA is the only thing

 

[BB79]

The NHL is so crazy, a year ago we thought Levi was the franchise guy and now it's back to UPL. Goalies are voodoo man

LOL none of us thought Levi was the franchise guy. He's a college kid, who had a good run. Now he needs to develop in Rochester for a while before coming back up. Eventually he'll be a franchise goalie, just not yet. He's still far too young

 

[Chainshot]

The NHL is so crazy, a year ago we thought Levi was the franchise guy and now it's back to UPL. Goalies are voodoo man

It's such a volatile position.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

LOL none of us thought Levi was the franchise guy. He's a college kid, who had a good run. Now he needs to develop in Rochester for a while before coming back up. Eventually he'll be a franchise goalie, just not yet. He's still far too young

I mean that's fair, I'm just saying the outside view looking in. There was a lot of hype with the kid and UPL was having a trash year last year, just saying how volatile the position is

 

[Ace]

The really good b plot to UPL’s out of nowhere emergence is that Levi is where he should be. There was a month this year where he barely played…just sat on the bench as UPL began to take over the net. Now he’s getting a ton of games behind a team that gives up a ton of shots and can be developed correctly instead of thrown in the deep end because they don’t trust any of the goalies.

Which was a legit thing tbf. But this UPL looks so different from his confidence to how he moves to how he reads plays to how he positions himself. It really is night and day. Who knows what happens next year. Goalies are goalies. But it’s as big a 180 as I’ve seen in a while. And it isn’t fluke performances. He’s on it right now.

 

[dortt]

I mean that's fair, I'm just saying the outside view looking in. There was a lot of hype with the kid and UPL was having a trash year last year, just saying how volatile the position is

UPL had a very good run last year when he was the starter. Was rookie of the month last January

Then Comrie (who I call Comweasel) came back and UPL got jerked around quite a bit, which killed his momentum

 

[Chainshot]

UPL had a very good run last year when he was the starter. Was rookie of the month last January

Then Comrie (who I call Comweasel) came back and UPL got jerked around quite a bit, which killed his momentum

Luukkonen also had a bad ankle that required surgery last spring. It's not on Comrie, that was them having a hurt player and going with Levi who was healthy.

 

[dire wolf]

Not sure how to embed this video, but come on!
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen - Come on!!

 

[Siludin]

Still think Levi is the guy long-term. Buffalo needs to be careful with this next contract to UPL.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Won't be impressed until that shutout # matches the number of Ks in his name.

 

[CanadienShark]

If I had a nickel...

Well...? Don't leave us hanging.

 

[Yatzhee]

Yikes, make it stop already, I have 3 12 hrs shifts this weekend with that now

 

[Artorius Horus T]

If I had a nickel...

you would have about 10 nickel's..