Kris Baker: possible Sabre college FA signings

[Pimlach]

On 2/6/2022 at 6:40 PM, Taro T said:

Agree 100%.

That said, after the past 2 off-seasons could very easily see Adams running w/ Levi & UPL next year.  Can't win the lottery if you don't hold a ticket.

Really don't have a good feel for whether next year is another throwaway year, but keep coming back to cynically believing there's a strong likelihood it is - those 3 plums at the top of the draft pool just seem like they could be too dang enticing to get these kids the quality of goaltending they've earned & deserve for next year.  Hoping that's just being too darn cynical or that Levi really is a unicorn, because otherwise, next year'll be another long one.  

I don’t like “throw away year”.   Neither do the fans, which is we don’t draw flies anymore.  
 

We have prospects, and picks, and cap room.  KA better not throw away next year.  
 

To improve you have to accumulate more points year over year.  We need another NHL goalie on the roster to do that, unless we luck out with UPL or one of 6he college guys.  

[Buffalonill]

33 minutes ago, Curt said:

Not many stars obviously.  Torrey Krug, ERod, dozens of useful NHL players.  It’s not just players to fill out the AHL.

 I mean like recently the last 5 years 

[Curt]

40 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

 I mean like recently the last 5 years 

Ok.....I’m not going to sift through players to look for good NHL undrafted ncaa free agents, but just know that they are definitely out there.  There will be a few guys each year who turn into quality nhl players.

Many will not, you are right about that, but the good thing is that these guys don’t cost draft picks or trade assets to acquire.  There is no downside.

[nfreeman]

2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

One of Levi or Portillo isn't getting a deal that starts this year. Pretty sure if it's a contract that starts in the new league year, they'll be fine. 

Not sure I follow -- does this mean that you think one of them will not turn pro this year?

[LGR4GM]

5 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Not sure I follow -- does this mean that you think one of them will not turn pro this year?

Not necessarily. I'm just saying that they could sign a deal for the 2022/23 season as opposed to signing something that starts immediately. Aka they'd be on Rochester or Buffalo in September as opposed to April 

[Buffalonill]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

Ok.....I’m not going to sift through players to look for good NHL undrafted ncaa free agents, but just know that they are definitely out there.  There will be a few guys each year who turn into quality nhl players.

Many will not, you are right about that, but the good thing is that these guys don’t cost draft picks or trade assets to acquire.  There is no downside.

Looked only one is Rodrigues so its been a long time since anyone average like him has been in the nhl 

[Curt]

11 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

Looked only one is Rodrigues so its been a long time since anyone average like him has been in the nhl 

What do you mean by “only one is Rodrigues”?

He’s the only what?

[Buffalonill]

4 hours ago, Curt said:

What do you mean by “only one is Rodrigues”?

He’s the only what?

 others after rodrigues are low quality 4th line players. 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Buffalonill

[inkman]

3 hours ago, Buffalonill said:

Good player that have signed others after him low quality 4th line players 

 

[Buffalonill]

24 minutes ago, inkman said:

 

[SwampD]

3 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

Forget about grammar. How about just trying to use simple punctuation?

[Buffalonill]

9 minutes ago, SwampD said:

Forget about grammar. How about just trying to use simple punctuation?