Trade to get Tokarski Back

[JoeSchmoe]

He's got a .940 save % in the AHL. Penguins need picks and prospects.

What's he cost? 

KA- Please include UPL as part of any package.

[matter2003]

Screw that. Trade to get an NHL caliber goalie.

[LabattBlue]

Shuffling the Titanic deck chairs. 

[JoeSchmoe]

22 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

Screw that. Trade to get an NHL caliber goalie.

True, but I was trying to keep it realistic.

KA isn't going to give up what it takes to get an NHL goalie... Especially not with his newly acquired Comrie on the shelf for now and Levi a potential flight risk if he sees a rough time getting in the lineup.

[Thorner]

Anderson is better than Tokarski and he’s not yet 50

pass

[JoeSchmoe]

16 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Anderson is better than Tokarski and he’s not yet 50

pass

Agreed, but he can't play every game.

[PerreaultForever]

This is without a doubt the silliest topic/idea I've ever read on here. 

 

[Thorner]

7 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Agreed, but he can't play every game.

He will if we force him too. All 82.
 

Kevyn Adams said. He wants players who are dying to be Buffalo Sabres.

[Quint]

I think Tokarski would be yet another bandaid in goal. I want a real star goalie next.

[Refuting]

LGR gonna have an aneurysm over this 

[LGR4GM]

2 hours ago, Toilet_Mop said:

LGR gonna have an aneurysm over this 

Negative ghost rider

It's not happening and as Perrault rightly says, it's silly. 

[Archie Lee]

The individual sample sizes on each of our 3 goalies this season is too small to draw any conclusions on what they will do the rest of the way. Anderson is not likely to stay at .917 and if 6K continues to get games his performance is likely to improve at least a bit. Comrie post-injury? Who knows?  The cumulative group sample is big enough though to draw the conclusion that when Anderson plays they generally have a chance to win and when Luukkonen/Comrie are in, the Sabres are getting mostly sub-average goaltending. 
 

I know this is not a long term answer, but if 6K’s game does not stabilize in the next week then I would sign Houser to an NHL deal and bring him up.  Chances are he is not good enough, but what have you got to lose? He has given the Sabres 5 quality starts in 6 games the past 2 seasons. Why not give him a month of rotating with Anderson?  He is, frankly, a better minor league goalie than 6K or Subban. 
 

I don’t think the Sabres will consider a trade for a long-term goalie until after Levi is signed. Adams has put too many eggs in the Levi basket to allow acquiring a long-term established goalie solution to jeopardize a Levi signing. The best case scenario at this point, aside from an improbable 6K or Houser run, is that we sign Levi at season end and he goes to Rochester next season and then, with Levi signed, Adams signs a second Comrie-like UFA and combined with Comrie that UFA gives us tending that allows us to be in playoff contention.

 

Edited November 29, 2022 by Archie Lee

[Doohicksie]

45 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

I know this is not a long term answer, but if 6K’s game does not stabilize in the next week then I would sign Houser to an NHL deal and bring him up.

Wow, crazy.  I came in here to post "BRING BACK MICHAEL HOUSER!"

[Amerks8796]

Truthfully, they should’ve definitely brought him back over Subban. I get that Subban is likable, but he kinda sucks. He’s been terrible in his starts in Rochester, and simply isn’t reliable health wise. 

[JoeSchmoe]

1 hour ago, Archie Lee said:

if 6K continues to get games his performance is likely to improve at least a bit

He won't. A sub .900 in the AHL is not an NHL goalie. 

[nfreeman]

9 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

This is without a doubt the silliest topic/idea I've ever read on here. 

 

Respectfully, I don’t think it’s in the top 20.  

[inkman]

The naming of threads in demand form is off putting 

[Mustache of God]

Candidate for the worst take of the year?

[PerreaultForever]

Just to add to the absurdity, why not trade to get Johansson back while you're at it? He's no Tokarski but he's got an AHL .932 save percentage so come on, we let another one slip away...................

[Pimlach]

19 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:

He's got a .940 save % in the AHL. Penguins need picks and prospects.

What's he cost? 

KA- Please include UPL as part of any package.

Tokarski?  Really.  Why not see if Darren Pupa is available? 

[Scottysabres]

When I saw this thread title, I honestly thought it was a bumped thread from 2 years ago. When I opened it up.......I cringed. Let's not do this again. Please?

[Dreams Burn Down]

Honestly, I wouldn't want to revisit the any of the netminders who have tumbleweeded through here the past few years, except for a healthy Linus.  I question whether Adams has the aptitude to find a decent FA stop-gap until Levi or Portillo are ready.

[JoeSchmoe]

In Adams' mind, Comrie is the starter, Anderson is the backup. Both are keeping a spot warm for Levi. So as much as I'd really, really like to get a Shesterkin or a Vasilevskiy, it's not happening on this team.

I'd really like to settle for a proven NHL average starter, but that's not happening either- as long as Kevyn Adams and TP are in charge.

I do see them giving up relatively nothing for a #3 goalie to fill the void while Comrie's hurt... to which Tokarski may be the best option out there in our self imposed budget. 

And last night we actually win if Tokarski is in net as our #3 goalie.

[Digger]

Tokarski was not the answer but he was a better option to sign than Subban in my opinion.  Tokarski has limited talent but earned his keep in his time with the Sabres.  

Sad to see how this situation has turned out again this season.  We are left with hoping that Comrie somehow finds his game during his recovery time and that Levi signs at the end of the year and exceeds expectations by not needing a year in the AHL.  We need a better plan.

[Doohicksie]

12 hours ago, inkman said:

The naming of threads in demand form is off putting 

The fact that you use the expression off putting is off putting.

5 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Tokarski?  Really.  Why not see if Darren Pupa is available? 

Yeah come on.  He's only 57.