Goaltender logjam
Here along the Lake The Buffalo Sabres brought in two goaltenders to compete with netminders UPL and Devon Levi, new addition journeyman Alex Lyon is a decent to good AHL goaltender and will probably earn the starting job in Rochester.
The other goalie Alexander Georgiev is even less impressive than Lyon, which means he will more likely than not be the backup goaltender for the Americans this coming season.
Which leaves the team with up and down again UPL, inconsistent and not strong enough to be a winning full-time starter in the NHL, if he was on any other team he probably would be playing in the AHL.
Which highlights Buffalo’s heir apparent in Devon Levi who after a very strong season in the AHL last year has developed enough to come back to the Sabres and be the goaltender to backstop the Sabres into the playoffs.
It will be another fruitless season if Ruff maintains the status quo with UPL or worse uses a newly acquired eight season experienced goaltender who cannot keep his GAA below 3.00 because Ruff thinks that after nearly a decade of NHL play has something to prove. (Which should have been accomplished by now).
This Monday Buffalo begins preseason play versus the Bluejackets in Ohio and the next night at home versus the same Columbus team.
This year’s preseason schedule is short and easy, three home and home series with Columbus, Detroit, and Pittsburgh before opening night October 9th versus the Broadway Blue Shirts at home.
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