Only 1 move is fine

The idea that they dont need another goalie is totally bonkers. I know im the doomer on this site but even the people who think im a clown for it agree with me. Both luukkonen and comrie were bottom 5 in almost every goaltending advanced stat out there. Even if you believe in luukkonen's potential despite the dual hip surgery limiting his mobility, the idea that a team thats missed the playoffs 13 years in a row can run it back with two goalies who were that bad last year is a ludicrous amount of risk to carry when you allegedly have such a stacked pool of talent and surplus to trade from. its just totally unserious.

Despite the constant cried for a "top-4" D-man and/or a G, these cries are mostly unjustified. KA took to the mic to make that clear as well. He's staying the course.

Further, our team is pretty damn good when Samuelsson is in the line-up. 33-18-4, or a .636, or a 104 point pace.

Now, Samuelsson would need to stay healthy all year and at this point, he looks like a player that will miss about 10-20 games a year, at least. So we need depth, but it doesn't necessarily need to be the "top-4" variety, although that would make us scary good and we have the assets to acquire one. I just don't think that is up KA's sleeve, as he won't mortgage the future to "win-now". Look for him to make a low-key D depth add or too. A UFA in the $4-6mm range would be a huge add, at the cost of no other assets than cap space. Some names to consider: Mayfield, Soucy, Dumba, Ceci, Myers...

There's plenty of routes BUF can go, but BUF is in the situation where doing little to nothing is way better than making changes for the sake of making changes and/or mortgaging the future.

5v5:
Sammy-Dahlin 39GF 31GA 55.71GF%
Power-Joker 38 38 50
Power-Boosh 5 4 55.56

That's not great, but definitely good, especially considering the record with Samuelsson in the line-up.

When Dahlin and/or Power is on the ice 5v5:

153GF 138GA

And these players are only going to be getting better.

When neither was on the ice?

44GF 66GA

So as much as BUF fans want another solid-top 4 guy, getting a (or 2) better 5-6-7 guy than Bryson(59GP), Clague(33), Fitzgerald (23), Stillman(18), Pilut(17),Davies (1), would probably make just as big of a difference...at a much cheaper cost. Joker and/or Boosh are more than capable of a top-4 role with the rising power of Power.

BUF just needs more D-depth. Whether it's a solid "top-4", or a solid "5-6-7", both will have a huge impact. The ccost to acquire a 5-6-7 i just much, much cheaper.

Most goalies around the league would have had similar numbers. The D hung them out to dry.

UPL + Levi: 17-11-4 + 5-2-0 = 22-6-4, or .615, or 101 points. They have already proven they can win. Sure, it's a small sample size. But KA has already come out and said he trusts his 3 goalies, and rightly so.

You're saying the D is a misnomer for how bad it was, but then youre saying the D hung out the goalies to dry. If thats the case, why are you measuring goaltending by wins and losses, a stat driven by TEAM success. The wins UPL has a Sabres, majority of them came when the team was on a shooting bender, scoring an unsustainable amount of goals per game. It's a recipe for disaster

That's just not true. UPL went 10-2-0 for a 12-game stretch, posting a .915 sv%.
Went 12-3 for a 15-game stretch posting a .909.

The real troubles were when we lost Sammy...and to a lesser extent Joker and/or Boosh.