Brawndo

Sometimes, the goalies aren’t buying what Essensa’s selling. It was that way at first with Ullmark as he transitioned from Buffalo to Boston in 2021. Ullmark had been a push-stop goalie who powered to his spots and squared up to pucks. Essensa believed that by incorporating backflow, Ullmark could stay healthier and get to the rebounds he left behind. Ullmark did not initially agree. “We’ve butted heads — not just a couple times,” Ullmark said. “A fair amount of times in this two-year period. We’re still going to do it. That’s how I want it. I don’t want just a yaysayer or a naysayer. I want to have that back-and-forth conversation and feel like, ‘OK, if this doesn’t work, we should try this.’ Maybe if he sees something, I want him to be honest and say, ‘Hey, this doesn’t work. We have to do this.’ Just have that trust and honesty toward each other. No BS. Because if you start bulls—ing, you can’t really hold each other accountable. Are they honest with me or not? Essensa’s Way worked wonderfully for Linus. I do wonder if the Sabres should consider replacing Bales

Young goalie on a sub million dollar contract with team control is not making it through waivers. Especially when their are teams who play with much better defensive structure

Krebs has the second best defensive metrics of all the forwards. He also has known as a playmaker in the WHL and did very well in the AHL. If they are going to keep him on the fourth line I would like to see him with Zemgus and Pierre Engvall.

I’m not sure he does, his TOI decreased and he was a healthy scratch the final two games He’s an UFA in August 2024 let’s wait and get him for free

Hmmm

https://youtu.be/FtRjcGhOUqI Comrie Presser

CBJ fires Brad Larsen and Manny Legace.