Stars waive G Anton Khudobin...KA get it done!!

[matter2003]

Hasn't been great lately but far better than what we have...took the Stars to the Stanley Cup final recently...

Contract is only 3.3 million...surely it's worth having actual NHL Level goaltending to see where exactly we are right now.

[Doohicksie]

Pass.

[matter2003]

2 minutes ago, The Ghost of Yuri said:

Pass.

So just keep tossing Aaron Dell or Sub an in there?

[dudacek]

Small sample size but he’s been really bad this year.

WTF stat of the year: Khudobin 7 GP, 181 shots faced, .873 SP, Oettinger 7 GP, 182 shots faced .951 SP.

Playing for the same team!

Edited December 14, 2021 by dudacek

[pastajoe]

1 minute ago, matter2003 said:

So just keep tossing Aaron Dell or Sub an in there?

Keep playing UPL until Tokarski is back.

[matter2003]

Just now, pastajoe said:

Keep playing UPL until Tokarski is back.

He has played well but for whatever reason it seems like the Sabres want him back in the AHL 

 

Don't get why...in 7 games he has a .918 save percentage which isn't bad at all...

 

 

[Zamboni]

Good god no

bloody hell

hard pass

no thanks 

for heavens sake no

Jesus, Mary and Joseph no

I think that covers it. Someone add to that list 😂

 

 

Yet another fan request of  “hey [insert name here] is on waivers, go get him [insert current GM’s name]”. Which is mostly knee jerk reactions to the news of a player being waived. Once in a great while it holds some merit. Some …

[Buffalonill]

Khudobin sucks ass 

[GASabresIUFAN]

No for the same reasons KA should have passed on Dell and Subban. He's hot garbage at this point. 

[Curt]

I am not at all sure that he is actually better than what we have.

Last year he performed at a Tokarski level.  This year he has performed at a Dell level.  He is 35 and due $3.75M this year and next.

Im all for improving the goalie situation, but I doubt this is going to get us there.

[Pimlach]

Don’t play Al Smith when you may have Donny Edwards right there. 
 

Play the kid. 

[Derrico]

Wait.  We're going to pick up a trash goalie WITH TERM left on his deal?  

[Scottysabres]

This is a bad idea.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

17 minutes ago, Derrico said:

Wait.  We're going to pick up a trash goalie WITH TERM left on his deal?  

Don't worry, my friend.  It's a false start or fire drill at best.

[Marvin]

9 hours ago, Buffalonill said:

Khudobin sucks ass 

I wouldn't put it that way, but that is my analysis.

[Derrico]

54 minutes ago, The Ghost of Doohickie said:

Don't worry, my friend.  It's a false start or fire drill at best.

[MattPie]

9 hours ago, Zamboni said:

Yet another fan request of  “hey [insert name here] is on waivers, go get him [insert current GM’s name]”. Which is mostly knee jerk reactions to the news of a player being waived. Once in a great while it holds some merit. Some …

I think in this case there's merit. Not Khudobin's merit, but the Sabres really do need NHL-level G and this might be an option. You'd be right if this were a JAG-replacement-level forward, we have metric tons of those already.

[inkman]

9 hours ago, matter2003 said:

He has played well but for whatever reason it seems like the Sabres want him back in the AHL 

 

 

Based on? 

[nfreeman]

Khudobin turns 36 in May.

2 years ago:  16-8-4, 2.22,  .930

Last year:  12-11-7, 2.54, .905

This year:  3-3-1, 3.73, .873

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that he's out of gas and in steep decline, or the prediction that he'd be unhappy to find himself on a crappy team in Buffalo, would be counting the minutes until the end of the season and would play poorly.

And yet -- he's better than what the Sabres currently have, unless we're suddenly confident that UPL has arrived and is ready to be a good NHL starter.

I'd be fine if the Sabres signed him, and I'd certainly prefer signing him to doing nothing.

 

 

[PromoTheRobot]

But I heard of him.

[Stoner]

10 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Hasn't been great lately but far better than what we have...took the Stars to the Stanley Cup final recently...

Contract is only 3.3 million...surely it's worth having actual NHL Level goaltending to see where exactly we are right now.

I do like the idea of thinking of this season's team as almost a science experiment — but we have two variables that make it difficult to draw conclusions. Remove one variable and have good goaltending so the rest can be judged fairly. Ah, well, to coin a phrase, that sail has shipped (R.I.P. Coach Hank).

[sabresparaavida]

39 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Khudobin turns 36 in May.

2 years ago:  16-8-4, 2.22,  .930

Last year:  12-11-7, 2.54, .905

This year:  3-3-1, 3.73, .873

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that he's out of gas and in steep decline, or the prediction that he'd be unhappy to find himself on a crappy team in Buffalo, would be counting the minutes until the end of the season and would play poorly.

And yet -- he's better than what the Sabres currently have, unless we're suddenly confident that UPL has arrived and is ready to be a good NHL starter.

I'd be fine if the Sabres signed him, and I'd certainly prefer signing him to doing nothing.

 

 

Is he though? In 7 games this year, he has a .873 save percentage (just .001 better than dell, and .033 worse than Tokarski). And this is playing on a team that had a goalie have a .951 save percentage through 7 games, so it’s kinda doubtful that it’s due to bad defensive play.

[LGR4GM]

10 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Hasn't been great lately but far better than what we have...took the Stars to the Stanley Cup final recently...

Contract is only 3.3 million...surely it's worth having actual NHL Level goaltending to see where exactly we are right now.

[Thwomp!]

7 hours ago, Curt said:

I am not at all sure that he is actually better than what we have.

Last year he performed at a Tokarski level.  This year he has performed at a Dell level.  He is 35 and due $3.75M this year and next.

Im all for improving the goalie situation, but I doubt this is going to get us there.

Won't happen. That's around $3 million per year too much.

[Stoner]

54 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

That's not pompous a'tall.