Jacob Bryson clears Waivers and was assigned to Rochester

[Thorner]

2 minutes ago, ska-T Chitown said:

Asking for a friend ... do the Sabres have better options when UPL or Levi inevitably get hurt? Like, not being facetious at all - do they?

Would be difficult to find a professional who projects to worse 

[Marvin]

5 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Would be difficult to find a professional who projects to worse 

Aaron Dell was signed earlier today.

[Thorner]

2 minutes ago, Marvin said:

Aaron Dell was signed earlier today.

Every farmer and their dell can see even A Aron has better numbers than Comrie this season, making my point 

[GASabresIUFAN]

Why wasn't Comrie waived as well?

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Yes.  Tokarski and Cooley are both probably better options then Comrie at this point.

Cooley actually looked pretty good in camp.

[pastajoe]

They should have done it a month ago. He was just sitting in Buffalo while Rochester needed D help due to injuries.

[K-9]

13 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Cooley actually looked pretty good in camp.

While he’s been better in his last couple of starts in the A, he was flat out crapping the bed before that.

[Crusader1969]

Finally.  I'm sure it's been said up thread but do Comrie next 

[Taro T]

52 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Why wasn't Comrie waived as well?

Because at this time they were at 24 healthy bodies on the Sabres roster, not 25.  Though it stands to reason that when the next guy is ready to come off IR it'll be Murray getting sent back to the Amerks and not Comrie making the trip down the I-90.

It's pretty obvious that Adams doesn't want to try to send one of his goalies that would have to clear waivers to get to the Amerks down.  And there is no way Levi gets sent down the way he's been playing of late.  So, as @Weave astutely pointed out the 3 headed monster isn't going anywhere soon.  (Unless Adams can trade one for what he considers to be fair value.  A proposition that likely isn't happening with either of the young ones and don't see suitors bashing down the door for Comrie.)

[PerreaultForever]

2 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

How can we blame Bryson for the team sucking if he is gone?😂

We still have Olofsson. 

[Porous Five Hole]

2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Yes.  Tokarski and Cooley are both probably better options than Comrie at this point.

Each of those guys have given up 33 goals in nine games each. It can get a lot worse than Comrie. 

[Porous Five Hole]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

Cooley actually looked pretty good in camp.

So far in ROC: 3.64, SV% 0.898

[Weave]

Just now, Porous Five Hole said:

Each of those guys have given up 33 goals in nine games each. It can get a lot worse than Comrie. 

Yup.  Toker and Cooley better than Comrie is hyperbole.

And Comrie ain’t going nowhere unless either 1. We have a goalie that wins the #1 spot outright or 2. The roster gets fully healthy and we absolutely need the roster spot.

[MattPie]

28 minutes ago, Weave said:

Yup.  Toker and Cooley better than Comrie is hyperbole.

And Comrie ain’t going nowhere unless either 1. We have a goalie that wins the #1 spot outright or 2. The roster gets fully healthy and we absolutely need the roster spot.

Even then, they might send Levi back down and play 6K. I'd still rather see Levi getting lots of games regardless of league.

[Thorner]

6 minutes ago, MattPie said:

Even then, they might send Levi back down and play 6K. I'd still rather see Levi getting lots of games regardless of league.

If Levi keeps playing like this, sending him down to keep Comrie would be a tank level decision 

Edited December 18, 2023 by Thorny

[PromoTheRobot]

4 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Why wasn't Comrie waived as well?

He has trade value with other goalies getting injured.

[Quint]

I wish Jacob well and hope he does great wherever. I feel badly that Sabre fans hounded him all this time. 

[thewookie1]

Bryson was always a solid spot starter but a train wreck if he played more than a handful of games in a row. I’m unsure why but that always seemed to be the case with him. 
 

He’d be put in to fill a spot, he’d look great using his speed to close distances and cut angles. Then after 5 games to 10 games he’d seemingly stop playing fast and try to play more physically and get easily overwhelmed due his lack of strength. Then he would spiral until being sat again. Sit him a few weeks and suddenly he looks good again for a couple weeks. A most unusual case.

[Porous Five Hole]

1 hour ago, thewookie1 said:

Bryson was always a solid spot starter but a train wreck if he played more than a handful of games in a row. I’m unsure why but that always seemed to be the case with him. 
 

He’d be put in to fill a spot, he’d look great using his speed to close distances and cut angles. Then after 5 games to 10 games he’d seemingly stop playing fast and try to play more physically and get easily overwhelmed due his lack of strength. Then he would spiral until being sat again. Sit him a few weeks and suddenly he looks good again for a couple weeks. A most unusual case.

You’re dead on. The Bryson who was called up in 20-21 was a competent player who moved the puck and was good defending with his stick to make up for his size.  38 GP, 9 pts, -1 on a Krueger/Meatballs team that was the shortened covid season and could not score goals. He was fine. 
From there, it has been gross. 

[PerreaultForever]

2 hours ago, Quint said:

I wish Jacob well and hope he does great wherever. I feel badly that Sabre fans hounded him all this time. 

He's made about 4 million dollars from being an NHL hockey player if I have the numbers right for doing basically nothing of value. More money than most people on this board will ever have. I feel absolutely nothing for Jacob. 

[SabresBaltimore]

Not that I'll be upset if someone claimed him, but when do we find out if he cleared waivers? Later today?

[Taro T]

16 minutes ago, SabresBaltimore said:

Not that I'll be upset if someone claimed him, but when do we find out if he cleared waivers? Later today?

We'll hear this afternoon.

[Derrico]

Did he clear yet 

[Pimlach]

Bryson waived is logical.  I wish him well. 
 

I just hope they are not rushing Quinn.  They clearly rushed Tage back, but a thumb is much different than Achilles. 

[Doohicksie]

25 minutes ago, Derrico said:

Did he clear yet 

I'm sure Brawndo will let us know.