The Sabres may have found themselves a Goalie

[Asymmetric Solution]

What the hell are you doing Beerz? Delete this

It was nice while it lasted.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

He was overhyped in the way that people expected him to come in at 21 years old and be a quality NHL starter immediately. He was discussed as a can't miss prospect coming into this year and a likely favourite for the Calder trophy

By who? Not a single person I saw or heard. Almost every single hockey talking head was very leery of him being given the starting role and their goaltending was a huge area of concern for the team by analysts and fans alike. Most everybody knows that goalies take a lot longer to develop, and need at least a year or two as back up once done in the AHL. Thats why you just don't see 18-22 year old goalies as starters in the league. As for the Calder trophy, I don't know of a single person who had him as a favourite in a year with a ton of high end young talent entering the league (you hear of this Bedard kid?)

Levi is a great young goalie prospect who will only continue to get better as he gains more experience. As you said, he is a top 3 goalie prospect. I just don't see how he can be a top 3 prospect yet over rated at the same time.

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

Thanks for the jinx thread, Wings fans needed this for tomorrow.

Probably an 8-1 Detroit win.

 

[KiwiGriff]

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

So one more shutout? Shouldn’t take long.
6K with 6SO.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

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.

Who deserves his props?

I had to read that tweet 3 times because I was under the impression that Demko played for the Sabres.

UPL?

Jesus. Would it hurt to type out his full name?

Buffalo, his agent, the fans, and the player could really use you.

Try Ukko-Pekka-Luukkonen next time.

 

[abo9]

Ryan Miller was a sabres before the 2013 lockout or maybe during the lockout

He was still very good then

Lehner was also good statistically in 2 or 3 years there too

Sabres have sucked offensively and defensively relatively more than goaltending during their playoff drought

You forgot Ullmark! He was very good on a trash buffalo team

 

[Bijelo]

Luukkonen and Demko quite good goalies for them.

 

[KiwiGriff]

You forgot Ullmark! He was very good on a trash buffalo team

Wellllll … we kept him through all his inconsistent development years then let him go just as he was working it out. I wouldn’t have said he was a great goalie for Buffalo. That was only starting to show in his last season.

 

[Mr Positive]

Idk. They had a similar tone to finish the season last year with Levi.

It would be cool if they could get that playoff spot this time. It's been too long

 

[Dubi Doo]

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

Levi is currently killing it in the minors. .926 save % down in Rochester. The Sabres have a very good problem developing in their hands.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Just how long would you consider "forever"?

When did Ullmark leave?

 

[DJB]

Loved this kid going back to his junior days. Saw him in person and I knew he would be a good one

I’m happy for him

 

[Dubi Doo]

That statline is missing his latest shutout. In this calender year he leads the league in shutouts (4), save percentage .932 and GAA 1.87.

The Sabres allowed 2 high danger scoring chances against at 5 v 5 against the Isles. If they're defense is really starting to take off due to the addition of Byram, then the playoff race is really going to get interesting.

Also, @Chainshot is my source for the data I posted, hehe.

 

[Chainshot]

The Sabres allowed 2 high danger scoring chances against at 5 v 5 against the Isles. If they're defense is really starting to take off due to the addition of Byram, then the playoff race is really going to get interesting.

Also, @Chainshot is my source for the data I posted, hehe.

That was from NaturalStatTrick's info after the game ended FYI. https://naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20232024&game=21045

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Idk. They had a similar tone to finish the season last year with Levi.

It would be cool if they could get that playoff spot this time. It's been too long

Levi played very few games to close out last year. UPL has been steady since the new year.

 

[BB79]

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

Very true, goalies take more time to develop, it's a unique position

 

[dortt]

Goalies generally should now have either a 50/50 or 60/40 split. Not a problem to have two good goalies imo.

Upl needs the net every night to do well. Hes a 90s work horse

 

[Tob]

This just another like last season when the Sabres thought their rebuild is finally over after Levi won them a few games.

 

[summer tooth]

UPL's been solid for a while now

 

[abo9]

Wellllll … we kept him through all his inconsistent development years then let him go just as he was working it out. I wouldn’t have said he was a great goalie for Buffalo. That was only starting to show in his last season.

I mean, the 3 years leading to Boston he was at or above 0.915 SV%. Over the 3 years he was 14th in sv%, on a mess of a Buffalo team.

Thats pretty solid goaltending

 

[Jay26]

Given Ullmark's success as well the Sabres are kinda sneaky good at developing goaltenders. Ironic since goaltending has been a problem for them for so long, but the issue was they could never settle on one before now. Or nobody really grabbed the reins, but Luukkonen has now.

Happy for him and the Sabres. I always love seeing teams develop their #1 goalie through their system.

 

[BB79]

"None of us thought he was the franchise guy"

"Let him develop and then he'll be a franchise guy"

Umm right. He needs to develop into a franchise goalie. He isn't one yet. No one in Buffalo said trade away all of our other goalies, Levi now owns the crease like the next coming of Hasek. We all knew he was too young, and *hope* he becomes the future franchise goalie.

Having trouble with comprehension?

 

[pekka55]

Umm right. He needs to develop into a franchise goalie. He isn't one yet. No one in Buffalo said trade away all of our other goalies, Levi now owns the crease like the next coming of Hasek. We all knew he was too young, and *hope* he becomes the future franchise goalie.

Having trouble with comprehension?

So he's 100% sure to become a franchise goalie then?

A lot of people were pretty sure Levi was going to be the answer going forward. He's a long way from even being a back up in the NHL let alone a franchise goalie.

We've heard all this multiple times after Miller left. "So and so is going to be the goalie that takes us into the playoffs". Well, here we are.

 

[HaNotsri]

Just how long would you consider "forever"?

The time it takes to forget what the playoffs feels like.

 

[wunderpanda]

Just how long would you consider "forever"?

since pegula. most sabres fans grew up with during parts of miller, hasek, fuhr, puppa, barrasso/sauve, edwards/sauve, desjardins, crozier. sabres only missed the playoffs 3 years in a row during the rigas/stewardship/golisano mess in early 2000s until the never ending rebuild. a sabres kid under 12 never saw a playoff game, a sabres kid under 18 wouldn't remember a playoff game.