Claimed off Waivers: [BUF] Sabres re-claim G James Reimer off waivers from the Ducks

JoeSakic13

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Are the Sabres keeping Reimer in the NHL because they want him there or are they because someone else put in a claim and they don’t want to throw him back on waivers and lose him?
 
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Are the Sabres keeping Reimer in the NHL because they want him there or are they because someone else put in a claim and they don’t want to throw him back on waivers and lose him?
Right now, we're keeping him in the NHL to backup Levi while UPL heals from some sort of ding.

It'll be interesting to see what happens once Upie is healthy. I think most Sabres fans are hoping that we loan Levi to Rochester so Levi can get a mega-ass-ton of games in Rochester instead of sitting behind UPL. Reimer can open the bench doors just fine.
 

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Are the Sabres keeping Reimer in the NHL because they want him there or are they because someone else put in a claim and they don’t want to throw him back on waivers and lose him?

Levi needs to be getting starter reps in the AHL (and everyone other than Kevyn Adams knew this before he waived Reimer in the first place), so hopefully this is him course-correcting.
 

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I mean, he's not really any good...but this one was pretty obvious. And it'll let the Sabres send Levi down to continue developing and getting lots of games, so that's good i guess.
 

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Are the Sabres keeping Reimer in the NHL because they want him there or are they because someone else put in a claim and they don’t want to throw him back on waivers and lose him?
It’s normally not announced if any lower priority teams put in claims. In this case, UPL is dinged up so Reimer would stay up to backup Levi in the short term so even the context of him staying up doesn’t help.

I think the only way to ever be sure is if it’s announced (like it was during one of the Vegas/Edmonton series earlier) or if the team immediately assigns to AHL, indicating no other claims.
 

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So how's city of Buffalo prepared for a parade? Kidding. Never hurts to have some goalie depth and I'm glad he got claimed back.
 

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