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I don’t think they should move him. At least not this year. Ellis likely doesn’t clear waivers when the 3 headed monster is resolved. Levi is important for Rochester whether he likes it or not.

While the accuracy of the claim can be questioned, It’s certainly plausible. I have no way of knowing if Peters has valid inside info, or if he’s chasing clicks. I like to give someone the benefit of the benefit of the doubt until shown otherwise. While I do think Levi has been given every opportunity and has failed to grasp the chance, I can def see where Levi might think he hasn’t been given a fair chance. Levi’s AHL numbers are really solid. UPL has been disappointing in general. Signing Lyon, a journeyman, had to feel like Levi wasn’t going to be considered. I can’t imagine there would be much value in Levi around the league. It sure would suck if the primary target in the Reinhart trade turns out to be worth a mid round pick or something.

Statistically, we’ll know by American Thanksgiving.

This is about as good a descriptor as I have seen for why I don’t have confidence in Tage Thompson as a featured player. He just doesn’t strike me as a guy that is as good as the other guys that are around him, points-wise.

Go Blue!

He was hurt in camp, no? They may enter him into the lineup on 3rd pair until they are comfortable he’s got his game legs.

Run the theee headed monster long enough to be sure of the top 2, then make a trade. Might take a few weeks for the top 2 to really become clear. I don’t trust Ellis any more than I trust UPL. We need to verify which is going to be last man standing.

Boy scouts, eh?

Im waiting for when Geertsen is sent down. Wanna see some amerks violence

So, what’s the story behind the story?

Everyone wins a trade!

Over a rather small sample size. It remains to be seen if the situation is better than the last couple of years. The past history of these three is either inconsistent or nonexistent.

I just can’t get a jersey of a player younger than I am. It just feels….. weird. Id have to go with a legacy name.

Here we go again.

2 observations. 1. This is what goalie purgatory looks like. 2. Shiny new toy syndrome strikes again. We have two goalies with performance we can use to predict outcome. Unfortunately, the data for both is mixed. Lyon seems to be the one most likely to succeed, but his past doesn’t seem to be great predictor of it. UPL has had flashes, but his consistency and injury history makes it all but impossible to rely upon. Yet he is the one with textbook size and reflexes. And the shiny new toy that everyone wants to cheer for has no past to speak of. He is the definition of using hope as a plan. i think there is no choice but to run a 3 headed monster again. Gat dam is this team badly mismanaged.

Wait….. is Dudacek taking a conditional nap?

There are studies regarding this. It is a topic that is discussed at the youth sports level. I remember becoming aware of it when I was coaching youth baseball over 15yrs ago.

I thought conditioning stints were CBA limited to 2 weeks or a small number of games? Is that a mistaken assumption?

Matt Savoie with his first NHL point last night.

I imagine he speaks with a Steve Martin version of a French accent.

So, if Adams is Pegula’s long term choice, we do nothing from here on out? This is it? Run what ya got?

I very specifically said I was not a proponent of a teardown. Any small number of players can be moved without calling it a teardown, although moving your best player starts to move the needle. Nonetheless, as unlikely it is to have a trade for Dahlin that improves the team, if it gets offered to me, Dahlin is as good as gone in my eyes. Obviously, moving on from Dahlin is a lot lower on the priority list than moving on from 22 other players on the team, but it is a non 0 number.

If it were me, it would all be on the table. Thats not suggesting that we need to burn it down. It is suggesting that, for the right deal, noone is safe. I don’t know that I particularly like how the team is set up, skillset-wise and personality-wise. This collection of players doesn’t strike me as having the right overall makeup to expect success. But I don’t know that I could expand further on that opinion if pressed to do so. It’s a feeling, nothing objective. Do I think there are some players that do have some of the personality and skillset I think matters? Yes, but just a few. If I count fingers on a hand , I’d have fingers left over. They would be way down on my list of priority in a retool of the roster, but noone is off limits on a team that struggles to reach 90pts season after season.

If I have to limit myself to only the outcomes a severely flawed GM would obtain, I’ll just go back to my usual snark and half witted humor.

I’m tired of losing. I don’t give a ***** about developing players for other teams. I would trade literally anyone on the roster or in the system to make the team better. And that would not be a good trade to make.