Confirmed with Link: Sabres Sign G James Reimer to 1-year, $1 million Deal; On Waivers 10/6/2024, Claimed by Anaheim

[HaNotsri]

One of 6K or Levi gets hurt, and it's "Felix Sandstrom, come on down!"

I've been a lukewarm supporter of Adams, but this is a gamble not worth the risk imho.

Wouldn't Houser be the guy again?

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Wouldn't Houser be the guy again?

He's not an an NHL deal currently. Which they could remedy by signing him at the time of course.

 

[BUCKSHOT]

more our luck would be that Gibson doesn't come back as soon as predicted.

or another goalie is injured in mean time, and then that team claims Reimer

 

[jcbeze]

or another goalie is injured in mean time, and then that team claims Reimer

We get dibs I think

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

We get dibs I think

No. The main board thread describes the possibilities in detail.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

We're Sabres fans. We know what happens next. UPL and Levi both get hurt Thursday night, we're forced to EBUG the 3rd period and then we have Felix Sandstrom as our starter for like a month while Michael Houser backs him up and then Rochester signs some scrub off the street while they lose every game 10-9.

It's foretold in the stars.

The return of Stefanos Lekkas, who should have been given the last minute in game 56 of the Covid season!

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Salary dump, clown show another mil for the coiffures of do nothingness.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

We get dibs I think

No, there is no change to the waiver priority order. For the first month of the season, it's reverse standings order from the previous season, after that it's the current reverse standings order at time of waivers. (Successful claims have zero influence on waiver priority, that's only a fantasy sports thing).

Teams who successfully make a claim must put him on their NHL roster, unless the original team (in this case, the Sabres) are the ONLY team to submit a claim, in which case then the Sabres could send him to the AHL. But let's say the Sabres and another team that is lower on the priority list (let's say the Bruins) both put in claims, the Sabres would be awarded the player and could not send him down without clearing waivers again (there may be a limitation on when they can do this, I'm not 100% sure on that).

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

Who cares. Upl and Levi won the job. One million more in salary cap if we are in a position to use at deadline

Holy crap reminds me of all the hand wringing when the scouts that did not leave their house got fired. Who cares

 

[oldgoalie]

Who cares. Upl and Levi won the job. One million more in salary cap if we are in a position to use at deadline

Holy crap reminds me of all the hand wringing when the scouts that did not leave their house got fired. Who cares

I guarantee you that Rochester does.

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

I guarantee you that Rochester does.

Rochester will be fine

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Rochester will be fine

If you’ve seen Sandstrom play for more than 20 minutes, no they won’t.

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

If you’ve seen Sandstrom play for more than 20 minutes, no they won’t.

Best players deserve spots on the roster
Levi and upl best players

Loss of Reiner sucks but Rochester still has Houser and the ability to sign another goalie

Sabres roster decisions should not be based on what is best for rochester

 

[BUCKSHOT]

Best players deserve spots on the roster
Levi and upl best players

Loss of Reiner sucks but Rochester still has Houser and the ability to sign another goalie

Sabres roster decisions should not be based on what is best for rochester

there is only 1 net that Buffalo defends each game

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Best players deserve spots on the roster
Levi and upl best players

Loss of Reiner sucks but Rochester still has Houser and the ability to sign another goalie

Sabres roster decisions should not be based on what is best for rochester

You're missing the point.

If one of 6K or Levi gets injured for any length of time, the incompetent Sandstrom will be on the roster and inevitably playing, the very situation we thought Reimer's acquisition was meant to avoid.

 

[Zman5778]

Rochester will be fine

One of the best ways to kill ANY player's confidence is to have crap goaltending.

Sandstrom has been fine in the past.......but relying on him coming back to form is sketchy. Rochester NEEDED an guaranteed AHL-quality guy.

 

[KiwiGriff]

there is only 1 net that Buffalo defends each game

Can you please point your figure at that net each period. It might help our team defend better if they are clear which net is the defendy one.

 

[Sabre the Win]

Well Adams gamble didn't pay off once again, who would have thought?

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Can you please point your figure at that net each period. It might help our team defend better if they are clear which net is the defendy one.

It's like in college when the student section would have the sign they'd flip around each period alternating between "Goalie here" and "Shoot here".

 

[elchud]

Lol

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Well Adams gamble didn't pay off once again, who would have thought?

GMKA's gambles:

 

[K8fool]

If you’ve seen Sandstrom play for more than 20 minutes, no they won’t.

Maybe this is about liking the kid. Rstzlaf. For roc. He fared pretty well in preseason. I'm clueless but seems their aware of their move. Maybe have deal in place should two young goalies who toughened up past two years not handle some contact this year . Maybe their idiots. But Upl proved w levi the three goalie shit messed them up. Ruff must need the competition here without loss continuity , more than the insurance.


Has an edge of the knife decision we may or may not regret.

Has the feel of 3 longer timed pass plays w risk of self timeout and or , safety from critics for exactly similar results running the gut w quick t out , 3 . Easy speculation and hindsight w loss of goalie and game .

Maybe both decisions bare fruit in the long run. Maybe not. Maybe wind and ice.

 

[K8fool]

One of the best ways to kill ANY player's confidence is to have crap goaltending.

Sandstrom has been fine in the past.......but relying on him coming back to form is sketchy. Rochester NEEDED an guaranteed AHL-quality guy.

Maybe signing as good a goalie as reimer. Wasn't about roc. But to .. nevermind.

 

[Fezzy126]

Player	Season	Team	GP	GS
None	20232024​	ANA	0​	0​
Matt Villalta	20232024​	ARI	2​	1​
None	20232024​	BOS	0​	0​
Eric Comrie	20232024​	BUF	10​	10​
Frederik Andersen	20232024​	CAR	16​	16​
Antti Raanta	20232024​	CAR	24​	20​
Pyotr Kochetkov	20232024​	CAR	42​	40​
Yaniv Perets	20232024​	CAR	1​	0​
Malcolm Subban	20232024​	CBJ	1​	1​
Jet Greaves	20232024​	CBJ	9​	8​
Spencer Martin	20232024​	CBJ,CAR	19​	16​
Dustin Wolf	20232024​	CGY	17​	15​
None	20232024​	CHI	0​	0​
Ivan Prosvetov	20232024​	COL	11​	8​
Matt Murray	20232024​	DAL	1​	1​
James Reimer	20232024​	DET	25​	20​
Michael Hutchinson	20232024​	DET	1​	1​
Ville Husso	20232024​	DET	19​	18​
Alex Lyon	20232024​	DET	44​	43​
Calvin Pickard	20232024​	EDM	23​	20​
Jack Campbell	20232024​	EDM	5​	5​
None	20232024​	FLA	0​	0​
Pheonix Copley	20232024​	LAK	8​	8​
Jesper Wallstedt	20232024​	MIN	3​	3​
Sam Montembeault	20232024​	MTL	41​	40​
Cayden Primeau	20232024​	MTL	23​	21​
Jake Allen	20232024​	MTL,NJD	34​	33​
Vitek Vanecek	20232024​	NJD	32​	29​
Akira Schmid	20232024​	NJD	19​	15​
Nico Daws	20232024​	NJD	21​	20​
Yaroslav Askarov	20232024​	NSH	2​	1​
Kenneth Appleby	20232024​	NYI	1​	0​
Louis Domingue	20232024​	NYR	1​	1​
Mads Sogaard	20232024​	OTT	6​	5​
Cal Petersen	20232024​	PHI	5​	4​
Felix Sandstrom	20232024​	PHI	5​	3​
Ivan Fedotov	20232024​	PHI	3​	1​
Magnus Hellberg	20232024​	PIT	3​	1​
Chris Driedger	20232024​	SEA	2​	2​
Magnus Chrona	20232024​	SJS	9​	8​
Devin Cooley	20232024​	SJS	6​	6​
Georgi Romanov	20232024​	SJS	2​	0​
None	20232024​	STL	0​	0​
Matt Tomkins	20232024​	TBL	6​	6​
Joseph Woll	20232024​	TOR	25​	23​
Arturs Silovs	20232024​	VAN	4​	4​
Jiri Patera	20232024​	VGK	6​	5​
None	20232024​	WPG	0​	0​
Hunter Shepard	20232024​	WSH	4​	4​

By my rough math:

• Last year 6 teams didn't use their organizational third goalie.
• On 13 teams, the organizational 3rd started 5 or less games.

This doesn't even count organizations that rolled with a 3 goalie rotation on purpose (Carolina, Calgary, Toronto).

We no longer employ a half retired or semi blind goalie, I think the days of rotating through the organization's 3rd or 4th goalie isn't a situation we should be planning for anymore. FFS, both of our goalies are young, if one gets hurt the other can carry the load for a while. We've seen both UPL and Levi play in B2B situations and respond fine.

If both goalies get hurt long term then pray to the hockey gods we can unearth a tempory hot streak a la Hamburglar, Alex Lyon, or Pheonix Copley that can save our asses. I sure as hell wasn't banking on Reimer leading us to the promise land if everyone else broke down.

Now Rochester on the other hand, I am worried about their goalie situation now.

 

[HaNotsri]

Well Adams gamble didn't pay off once again, who would have thought?

It was another gamble with 0 upside