So, I wake up late this morning, and do my usual search of Sabres related sources, only to find out that Buffalo signed…get this… a goalie!
I haven’t done much research on him. His name is Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (I had to copy paste that one, sorry), and despite sounding like he was born in bred somewhere in northern Quebec, he’s actually from North Dakota (from November to March, I think those two places can be the same thing).
This is him…
He’s going to be 25 in August, and he played at the University of North Dakota (this may be as close as we’re going to get for awhile to signing Drew…they’re Facebook friends though!)
okay this actually continued about five minutes later because I was looking at my friends pictures from the Billy Joel and Elton John concert (in Philly, they are yet to come back to Buffalo)….
Okay! So, like I said I didn’t read too much into him, but so far nothing that makes me gag. Except for the fact, that he is a goalie, but that isn’t something I can hold against him (just Ryan…).
When I texted a friend about it, she responded with ‘ but…why?’ EXACTLY, Kristina, EXACTLY! The Sabres have this thing for making long term solutions for a short term problem. Did it kind of suck that Ryan got hurt last year? Of course. Was it the end of the free world as we know it? Heck no. We had equally bad games with Ryan as we did without him.
And I know that we were in a bit of a pickle when Ryan got hurt, and Patty got sick, and Jhonas probably got really scared because, lets be honest, the chances the third string plays starter is a rare event…I’m sure it happens, but only on days that Hank Tallinder goes without smiling.
Not to mention, that if Patty could not have been kept alive with being 80% dayquil, we could have usually relied on Adam Dennis, who I believe was hurt at the time. So, when you look at it, what are the chances that Scott Gomez is gonna sit on Ryan, Patty is going to get sick, and Adam Dennis is going to be hurt all at the same time.
For the sake of the Swedish goalie, hopefully never again. And realistically speaking, it probably won’t ever happen again.
And even if Darcy is paranoid of such (this should not be the top of his priority list, it just shouldn’t be) then there’s other things we can do.
Such as…
1.) Put out a restraining order against Scott Gomez (and Mike Ryan, just to be sure).
2.) Insure all goalies groins, ankles, and…uh, hands I suppose. Use that money to find a goalie at the last minute. Its cheaper.
3.) Do NOT let Ryan and Patty on the same plane (don’t Prince Charles and William do this?). Do not let them stay on the same floor in the hotel (don’t even tell them they’re in the same hotel). Same rules apply to Patty and Jhonas when and if needed.
4.) I was going to say Patty should not be allowed near his kids- who got him sick originally- but that would be cruel for both parties (and me). How about we double his intake of juice and keep on hand those things that you sniff that makes the cold go away? I’m sure there’s a real name for them.
5.) I’ll get back to you on that.
Can’t we take the salary cap from a ‘ nobody loves me’ team like LA or Atlanta and make that strictly our sick goalie fund? Whatever is left from that can be our ‘ Restricted Agent Gone Wrong’ fund.
I should so be a GM…
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