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I’m fine with this if they plan on him playing in Rochester. I’m hoping the 2 way contract signals that is their intent. He seems like a great guy but he’s not really an NHL level goaltender. At least not one who should be a full time backup. A handful games if needed? Sure.

https://novacapsfans.com/2022/07/11/capitals-do-not-tender-qualifying-offer-to-ilya-samsonov/ one more goalie to hit the UFA market now. Washington doesn’t qualify RFA Samsonov so now he will become a UFA. between trading vanacek and not qualifying Samsonov I think it’s safe to say Washington feels pretty good about signing a starting goaltender in free agency. My guess is Kuemper. I wonder if Buffalo will have interest in Samsonov? https://www.nhl.com/player/ilya-samsonov-8478492 a quick glance at his stats from last season don’t look pretty. .896% is worse than Anderson was. Maybe he wasn’t as bad as his stats look? I don’t know. He would not be my first choice, that’s for sure.

Where did you read that? Quantum currency is different than cryptocurrency. I don’t see how it’s tied into XRP. we are talking about econophysics and quantum computing… This is an interesting subject but Quantum physics and quantum mechanics are way over my head (and most people’s, I’d think). I do know we are still many years away from quantum computing being used at any large scale. The technology is still in its infancy. I also know that there is a lot of debate about what quantum computing could do to cryptocurrency and conventional cryptography. ex’s: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/crypto/cryptocurrency-faces-a-quantum-computing-problem/ https://www.coindesk.com/learn/quantum-computers-vs-crypto-mining-separating-facts-from-fiction/ https://www.americanscientist.org/article/is-quantum-computing-a-cybersecurity-threat David schwartz (ripple’s CTO) actually addressed this subject. He said that he thinks quantum computing could threaten cryptocurrencies like XRP and bitcoin: https://dailyhodl.com/2020/07/25/ripple-executive-says-quantum-computing-will-threaten-bitcoin-xrp-and-crypto-markets-heres-when/ From what i understand, It could threaten any cryptocurrency using a public key (like XRP). Schwartz also said they are not yet using any quantum resistant algorithms but could implement them in the future if needed. I believe there are a few cryptocurrencies starting to use post quantum cryptography methods but afaik XRP is not one of them yet. My knowledge on this subject is very limited though.

this seems like a downgrade from what they had last year. I figured when they traded Mrazek that they’d go hard after Kuemper. Unless they still might? They do need a backup + starter. edit - and it’s now official 😂 Ottawa retained 25% of his $6.25M cap hit. I don’t see any way they can sign Kuemper.

Yeah I’m just saying that we have no other goalie in the system that’s anywhere near starting games in Buffalo besides UPL so, as far as our current prospects go (unless they trade for an NHL ready goaltender prospect). I think our best bet for this season is a free agent or trade. I think UPL has a chance to be a competent starter but I just don’t have confidence in him staying healthy, and he’s not proven enough to rely on him to be the starter this season. I want them to get a starting caliber goaltender but I’m worried Adams doesn’t want to acquire anyone who would lock down the starting role. Ideally I’d like to see Buffalo sign or trade for someone who can hold down the net for at least the next few years. If UPL happens to outplay them, great! Then they can either be the backup or we can trade them. It’s not like there’s an abundance of starting goalies in the NHL. Let UPL split games as a backup with Anderson this season and if he does well he can be the full time backup next season. And if he outplays the starter we can always trade them. Or if he (UPL) ends up as just a backup level goalie we can trade/cut him if/when Levi or Portillo are ready. I don’t see where it would block any prospects. It’s not like there’s anyone available that is some elite Shesterkin level young goalie that would lock the net down in Buffalo for a decade. Really, IMO the main thing potentially blocking our goaltender prospects is that we will have 2 goaltender prospects they’ll be looking to sign from college in the same offseason. I could see that scaring Portillo off if he thinks Levi will get preferential treatment for the starting role in Rochester. But there’s not much they can do about it now, besides trade Portillo. Ideally he would’ve signed this year and Levi next year to stagger their development by at least a year. I’d love to see them sign Kuemper but I don’t know how realistic it is. Though, If Toronto trades for Murray and Edmonton signs Campbell his only real option for a starting role is Washington or Buffalo and we have significantly more cap space than the Caps do.

XRP is not backed by gold in any way shape or form. and it seems weird that you are now claiming you don’t care about that when you just said this a couple pages ago: it seemed like you claimed it was the major selling point of XRP. Now it doesn’t matter? I also don’t understand why you think XRP is different than other cryptocurrencies you say are backed by “hope”. XRP is not backed by any actual asset either.

Yeah my bad they are in the market for a backup, not a starter. I think it’s really only the Leafs, Capitals, Oilers and Sabres looking for starting goaltenders at this point.

I would absolutely love it if they signed Kuemper or traded for Talbot. I agree this roster deserves better goaltending. I think with at least league average goaltending they could even potentially push for a wildcard spot (assuming they continue playing like they did in their late season surge). I just don’t see either happening if I’m being realistic. Kuemper wants to win and has not been linked to Buffalo even casually by anyone. It seems like it’s either Washington, Toronto or the NYR. Talbot would be awesome. But he’s 35. We can’t give up major assets for him, and it sounds like Minnesota isn’t too keen on moving him at all. plus MAF said he doesn’t want to start full time or even back to back games. He wants to split the net with Talbot so both are fresh. Rumor is that Talbot just wants an extension in Minnesota since fleury now makes slightly more than him.

If he’s scared off by someone like UPL being on the roster, he doesn’t have the confidence to be an NHL goalie. I highly doubt he would be deterred by whoever Buffalo has in net. He seems like a very confident kid. Reality is, he’s likely at least 3+ years away from playing games in Buffalo. Another year in college. Then most likely a year in Rochester as a backup. Then a year in roch as a starter. Then maybe Buffalo. Maybe Adams tried to rush him to the NHL (going against everything he’s continually said about refusing to rush prospects) and has him start in Rochester full time right away but I’d be surprised if he was ready to make the jump to the NHL after only 1 season in Rochester. Our best bet for the next few years is either UPL or a trade/free agent (though I’m not sure which FA at this point).

I’ve been advocating for Buffalo to acquire a starting goaltender all offseason but There really isn’t much left on the goalie market that I’m seeing. As things sit now, UPL looks like our best chance at getting league average goaltending (or better) next season. Matt Murray - refused trade to Buffalo. Husso - signed by Detroit Kuemper - rumored to be going to Washington. Plus he reportedly wants 6yrs Campbell - everyone is reporting that he’s signing in Edmonton. Gibson - rumor that he also turned down a trade to Buffalo. Has 5yrs left on his contract. Talbot - Bill Guerin doesn’t seem interested in trading him. The wild want him and fleury splitting games 50/50. Fleury also wants this. He said at his age it’s what is best. Vanacek - traded to NJ DeSmith - re-signed by PIT Georgiev - traded to colorado + signed to a 3yr deal Mrazek - traded to CHI (plus he sucks!) Fleury - re-signed by Minn. Brayden Holtby - reported that his career is over due to the injury he sustained that kept him out last season. Jake Allen - Buffalo has rumored interest but montreal reportedly doesn’t want to trade him due to the uncertainty surrounding Carey Price. Who’s even left? Maybe Thomas Greiss? Eric Comrie? Neither seem like very inspiring options. Trade for Jonathan Quick? I’d be good with that. maybe trade for Reiner or Hill? Again, not great options. I just see zero reason to move on from UPL this season. As of now he’s the best goalie on the Sabres roster. They only have Anderson and UPL under contract and that includes in Rochester too. And UPL has looked pretty darn good every time he’s played NHL games so far. He’s also looked very good for stretched in Rochester. Probably his biggest issue has been staying healthy. And again, it’s normal for goalies to take 5-6yrs to develop. Plenty of NHL goalies didn’t break out in the NHL until they were 25+. Will UPL? Who knows. But he’s actually still somewhat young by NHL goalie standards (23) and he was still a highly touted prospect as recently as a season or two ago. It’s not like he’s been terrible or hasn’t shown development. Levi and Portillo aren’t even signed yet and UPL isn’t blocking them even if they were. The chances of either Portillo or Levi stepping into the AHL next season and instantly being a full time starter are pretty slim. Chances are they’ll need to be eased into pro hockey (like pretty much every goalie we’ve ever drafted) and will start out as backups in the AHL. Or if both Levi + Portillo sign next year maybe they split the net in Rochester. Or one starts for their ECHL team in Cincinnati. Im guessing UPL is at least a full time backup in Buffalo by the end of this season though. If he’s not starting or splitting the net with someone Buffalo signs.

Yeah but UPL was BY FAR our best goalie last year in the NHL, until he got injured obviously. He had a .917 sv% which is far and away better than any other goalie that played for the Sabres last year. Anderson, who you’re seemingly ok with, had an .898%. I don’t get why you want to move on? You think we should cut the best current chance we have at getting above league average goaltending next season, which makes zero sense to me. Right now we have UPL, who has always played above league average during his (short) time in the NHL. And Anderson, who has been barely a .900% goalie the last 4 years. The Sabres have been turned down by multiple goalies. Murray refused a trade here. Supposedly someone on NHL network said John Gibson also refused a trade here. I can’t see Kuemper (wants the Grubauer contract - 6yrs, $6M) or Talbot (35yrs old, wants to win) coming here. I’d be all for it if either wanted to though! You know I’ve been advocating for them to do something in net.. But There are very few goalies even left on the market, trade or free agent. There’s no reason to cut UPL anyway. Even if he’s just rochester’s goalie (they also have no goalies under contract). I honestly don’t get your crusade against UPL. You been slamming him ever since we drafted him, and always purposely mispronouncing his name. Did he run over your dog or something? 😂

not a bad list by Mcadoo. He was pretty close. I’d put baker at #3 and Rosen last but otherwise I’d say he was right on.

I don’t really understand his theories on XRP and the “big event” either. From what I can tell, one of Ripple’s main goals is to make our current traditional banking system (specifically international transactions) more efficient and it seems to rely on our current banking system to verify+complete transactions. https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-ripple-and-the-xrp-cryptocurrency/ https://cointelegraph.com/blockchain-for-beginners/what-is-ripple-a-beginners-guide-for-understanding-ripple So I guess I am failing to see how Ripple/XRP would survive if the world’s economy collapses and big banks go under (or whatever the conspiracy theory is). I would think if our current banking systems fail, so will ripple/XRP 🤷‍♂️ I’m not saying it’s a bad investment. I don’t know enough about it to say either way. But if you’re investing heavily in XRP, I would think it would be for other reasons (like because you believe ripple could eventually replace SWIFT). If you believe the world’s economy will totally collapse and a new system will take over (I certainly don’t) I would think things like precious metals would be better investments.

Afaik XRP is not backed by gold. There are some coins that are, but XRP isn’t one of them. In fact, I believe Ripple’s (the company that made XRP) CTO David Schwartz even said if XRP was backed by gold it would limit its capabilities. Here’s a list of all the current gold backed crypto: https://www.goldscape.net/gold-blog/gold-backed-cryptocurrency/ XRP not an asset backed cryptocurrency at all. It’s not really backed by anything but the company that made XRP (ripple), who’s currently facing an SEC lawsuit over what XRP actually is. The SEC is alleging that XRP is a security (not a commodity) so it should be regulated like a security, and that all XRP is currently considered unregistered securities so ripple’s owners sold it illegally. ripple says XRP is a utility coin. https://www.protocol.com/fintech/ripple-sec-xrp-lawsuit-trial and here’s more on asset backed cryptocurrencies: https://medium.com/the-capital/what-are-asset-backed-cryptocurrencies-f341d9359292 https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/gold-backed-cryptocurrency/#What_Is_Gold_Backed_Cryptocurrency

Wild just signed Fleury to a 2yr deal. It appears Talbot wants out. I believe Talbot has trade protection so I don’t know if he’d waive for Buffalo but it would be a big get if they could land him. Sounds more like Adams plan is to go bargain shopping though. First Murray and now this ⬇️ Allen is another below league average goalie but at least he’s above a .900 sv%! 😂 I would much prefer Talbot though, depending on the cost to acquire. Buffalo can’t afford to be giving up any major assets for a 35yr old goalie. If the Wild want a 1st forget it.

goalie market drying up quick. I was hoping Buffalo would go after Husso. I heard Buffalo is out on Campbell too because he wants term.

Okposo is going to be named captain.

Pick #16: Noah Ostlund https://thehockeywriters.com/noah-ostlund-2022-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/

Buffalo picks Matt Savoie at #9. I like it! Scott Wheeler’s draft profile: Corey Pronman: I really like this pick! hockey writers draft profile: https://thehockeywriters.com/matthew-savoie-2022-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/

#13 overall for Alex Romanov? Wow!

Yeah the original rumor was swapping pick 9 for pick 7 and I had zero interest in that. But moving from pick 16 to 7 would’ve been worth it. That would’ve allowed Buffalo a really good shot to land 2 prospects from the top tier of this draft. By pick 16 you’ll most likely be looking at the 2nd tier of players in this draft. edit - looking at his stats and advanced analytics he was actually better than Anderson was last year.

Matt Murray nixed a trade to Buffalo. He sucks but I would’ve been happy with that trade. Boy o boy, how bad is Buffalo’s reputation if Ottawa’s (Ottawa!) 3rd string goalie (I believe they even sent him to the AHL for a stint) didn’t want to get traded to a team he would’ve been in the mix to start on? 😬

Here are the draft picks the Sabres hold in the 2022 NHL draft: 1st: #9, 16, 28 2nd: #41 3rd: #74 4th: #106 5th: #134 6th: #170, 187 7th: #202, 211 11 total picks.

I started watching all the marvel movies on Disney + last year (just for all the bass in the action scenes, explosions, etc) when I upgraded my home theater system and bought this beast ⬇️ (18” PSA subwoofer. The picture doesn’t do it’s size Justice. It comes up almost to my hips when I stand next to it and I’m 6’1”) So far I’ve watched phase 1 + 2 of the marvel timeline on Disney and all of phase 3 except for Avengers end game. That’s up next. Also just finished the mandolorian series finally. Not sure which series comes next. I’m guessing boba fett since it was teased + advertised at the end of the mandolorian.