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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
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Aug 15 @ 1:05 PM ET
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- Gr8daygo


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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Aug 15 @ 1:11 PM ET
36 - your buddy was correct. Milano tears Bicept... Likely misses a lot of the regular season.

That's a guy they couldn't afford to miss, especially given the revamped secondary.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Aug 15 @ 1:13 PM ET
Bills Offense better get ready I think they are going to need to put up big scoreboard numbers to win games this season with that D now.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Aug 15 @ 1:28 PM ET
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Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Aug 15 @ 1:32 PM ET
36 - your buddy was correct. Milano tears Bicept... Likely misses a lot of the regular season.

That's a guy they couldn't afford to miss, especially given the revamped secondary.

- IonSabres

Definitely a huge blow, especially with 2 new Safeties to boot.
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Aug 15 @ 1:37 PM ET
based on?
- homiedclown


Can only protect 1 goalie, UPL will be the one most likely unless he flops. If he does we're just stuck with the contract, but not expecting it. 7/3/1 means we're losing 1 of the 2 most likely.
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Aug 15 @ 1:39 PM ET
36 - your buddy was correct. Milano tears Bicept... Likely misses a lot of the regular season.

That's a guy they couldn't afford to miss, especially given the revamped secondary.

- IonSabres


Yeah this is sad news for us. The curse continues.

I was hopeful after I saw that thread with some doctors saying they didn't see the bunching indicative of a tear.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 15 @ 1:45 PM ET
Bills Offense better get ready I think they are going to need to put up big scoreboard numbers to win games this season with that D now.
- IonSabres

IMO LB's are in many parts, system guys



last half of the season was perhaps our best d in a while

with no edmunds or milano at lb

no white

really no miller
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Aug 15 @ 1:47 PM ET
IMO LB's are in many parts, system guys



last half of the season was perhaps our best d in a while

with no edmunds or milano at lb

no white

really no miller

- homiedclown


I like what Sal said...Dorian Williams and Terrell Benard were the duo of the future. We're just seeing that happen earlier than expected.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 15 @ 1:49 PM ET
Can only protect 1 goalie, UPL will be the one most likely unless he flops. If he does we're just stuck with the contract, but not expecting it. 7/3/1 means we're losing 1 of the 2 most likely.
- QuinnFan

what has levi done to prove he is even an NHL backup right now?

3.10 gaa and .899 save percentage last year

I know they are only as good as the team in front of them, but there was a big gap between his numbers and 6k


he allowed 4 or more goals in 9 games last season and he only had 21 starts
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Aug 15 @ 1:50 PM ET
Is he exempt from expansion if not protected? I would assume we would opt for
7,3,1

And UPL would be the goalie we protect

- lulags


No sure we can say that yet.
Both have very good potential
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 15 @ 1:52 PM ET
I like what Sal said...Dorian Williams and Terrell Benard.
- QuinnFan

Bernard should have been a pro bowl LB last season

12th in tackles
6.5 sacks
5 pass deflections
3 ints
3 fumble recoveries

all in his first season as a starter
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 15 @ 1:53 PM ET
good potential
- IonSabres

heard that since we drafted risto, z, girgens and the gringo

I am ready for good results
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:05 PM ET
what has levi done to prove he is even an NHL backup right now?

3.10 gaa and .899 save percentage last year

I know they are only as good as the team in front of them, but there was a big gap between his numbers and 6k


he allowed 4 or more goals in 9 games last season and he only had 21 starts

- homiedclown


I think any goalie that watches him sees it. I'm still very confident he will be one of the best goalies in this league, no less a backup. It's really more about his movement, angles and reactions. He really is special. Height is a link, but his style to Saros' is very similar. I would bet a large amount of money he is that caliber of tender.

Stats wise, posting a .927 on Rochester last year is proof enough for me that he's backup quality right now. But for sake of argument, that .899 puts him 43rd in the league for goalies. So despite us not liking it or agreeing perhaps, he's already performed at acceptable backup levels. Most backups don't post +.900sv%.

https://www.quanthockey.c...ns/nhl-goalies-stats.html
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:08 PM ET
Bernard should have been a pro bowl LB last season

12th in tackles
6.5 sacks
5 pass deflections
3 ints
3 fumble recoveries

all in his first season as a starter

- homiedclown


Yeah, he's being slept on hard. He is one hell of a pleasant surprise. I didn't like his first couple games (probably impatience).
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Aug 15 @ 2:27 PM ET
Yeah, he's being slept on hard. He is one hell of a pleasant surprise. I didn't like his first couple games (probably impatience).
- QuinnFan

Gotta stay Healthy himself, he's not the biggest LB out there. He is needed this year.
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:36 PM ET
[quote=Buff36]I agree! It's picking the Cow Sh!t or Dog poop!
Cow sk!t you can use as fertilizer!!Dog Sh!t you step in or watch it blow in the wind.
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:39 PM ET
Over, by 5 pts.. 89.

If Helenius wins a spot, where is that? Do they entrust 3C to him? Play him on Wing to break him in. If he wins 3C, where does McLeod then play?

- IonSabres

100 points!! Sw. J and pegs said so!!!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:42 PM ET
from the blues standpoint

they have to be better than Alexei Toropchenko and Scott Perunovich

- homiedclown

Blues has BALLS!!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:49 PM ET
I like this idea! What’s your idea to drive movement among the GMs? And is Gary Bettmen the right guy to take hockey through the next cba? I’ve wanted him gone for ever, but the owners seem to love him.
- Gr8daygo

Your opinion doesn’t matter!!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:51 PM ET
Milano bicep tear...missing most if not all of the season
- Stripes77

One post is gone for the year ? Next is indefinite?
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Aug 15 @ 2:58 PM ET
Gotta stay Healthy himself, he's not the biggest LB out there. He is needed this year.
- Buff36


Agreed. Our backs are against the wall there on defense, not a ton of depth...we need all hands on deck this year which is tough to do.

Starting to get a little worried again.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Aug 15 @ 3:03 PM ET
heard that since we drafted risto, z, girgens and the gringo

I am ready for good results

- homiedclown


Why would you want winning hockey when you get multiple press conferences a year from the HHC?
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 3:03 PM ET
Agreed. Our backs are against the wall there on defense, not a ton of depth...we need all hands on deck this year which is tough to do.

Starting to get a little worried again.

- QuinnFan

They have plenty!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 15 @ 3:05 PM ET
ION you own stock in Tyson?
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