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

JoeSakic13

Registered User
May 30, 2013
11,937
22,276
San Francisco
1731525126929.gif
 

Fjordy

私たちはそうでした - 私たちはそうではありません。
Jun 20, 2018
17,526
9,654
It would be funny if he was sent to the AHL.
 
  • Haha
Reactions: banks

MMC

Global Moderator
May 11, 2014
51,296
43,403
Orange County, CA
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?
 
  • Like
Reactions: KrisLetAngry

Zman5778

Moderator
Oct 4, 2005
26,949
25,853
Cressona/Reading, PA
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.
 

tsujimoto74

Moderator
May 28, 2012
30,645
23,454
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.
 

biturbo19

Registered User
Jul 13, 2010
27,268
12,401
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.
 

CaptBrannigan

Registered User
Apr 5, 2006
4,301
1,631
Tampa
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.
 

Brodeur

Registered User
Feb 27, 2002
26,767
17,567
San Diego
Why did Buffalo waive him in the first place?

They weren't planning on carrying three NHL goalies and they were trying to get Reimer to the AHL. Apparently they made that known to Reimer before he signed that they ideally wanted UPL/Levi as their NHL duo and that he'd be the veteran insurance.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jacob582

crowi

Registered Loser
May 11, 2012
8,551
3,308
Helsinki
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.
 

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad