[Buffalo News] Le plan des Sabres pour le jeune gardien Devon Levi soulève des questions importantes pour Lindy Ruff. Voici les détails
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[Buffalo News] Le plan des Sabres pour le jeune gardien Devon Levi soulève des questions importantes pour Lindy Ruff. Voici les détails
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>Kevyn Adams was preparing to add a veteran goalie to the Buffalo Sabres’ roster in late June when the general manager revealed his intentions for the position this season.
>Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will enter training camp next month as the Sabres’ unquestioned starter. He earned the title and responsibility, as well as a five-year contract extension, with a breakthrough performance just a few months after he was a healthy scratch on opening night.
>The Sabres signed longtime NHLer James Reimer, a 36-year-old with 512 games of experience, to a one-year contract in July. But Adams and his coach, Lindy Ruff, aren’t planning for Luukkonen’s primary backup to be a veteran who can provide sage wisdom and occasionally fill in against a weaker opponent.
>For Reimer to play in Buffalo instead of Rochester, he may need to surpass Devon Levi on the depth chart. Levi, 22, has appeared in only 61 professional games with the Sabres and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, since the record-setting netminder signed his entry-level contract in March 2023, but Adams and Sabres goalie coach Mike Bales continue to express belief that experience, or lack thereof, shouldn’t influence how the organization handles Levi’s development.
The whole piece is an argument in search of a conclusion.
Levi needs to play regularly. I see him starting in Rochester and being called up for games to back up UPL in Buffalo, and participating traveling on longer road trips. Timer will be a de facto 3rd goalie. If Levi sits behind UPL and only plays 20-25 games in Buffalo they will be doing him an incredible disservice.
It’s the year 2024 they’re gonna run a 50/30 split between UPL and Levi like a normal professional hockey team with two competent goalies how the fuck is this even an thing anyone thinks is a question