So I'm sitting around today, and I'm thinking, Kovalchuk, where is Kovalchuk goin?

Why not NYR?

Ohhh yeah that 7M dollar Drury contract...but wait...Drury is playing a 3rd and 4th line role with them...is it possible that they buy him out this summer? Save the cap space and go after Kovie?

I wouldn't put it past the Rangers, they've got deep pockets.

If so, would it be worth signing him to a 2 year 2.5-3M per year contract?

I'm a huge Drury fan, so I could be thinking way outside the box, but does this situation seem possible to anyone else? Especially if the Rangers miss the playoffs this year?

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

I know but Drury's contract

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

2-3 mill contract yes....7 mill no way...we already have an overpaid guy making 7 mill

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"It is more about them than it is about the team...Cannot play with them, cannot win with them, cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win." - Mike Singletary

Tyler Myers - Future captain of the Buffalo Sabres, and future Norris Trophy Winner

Manning the machine gun on the Tyler Myers Bandwagon - just in case any teams have an idea of prying him away from us (3 GM's shot already)

Connolly/Roy - 2 goals in the last 47 playoff games

If the rangers buy him out, he no longer has a $7M contract.

Drury would play great in the system we use.

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Wheelhouse

if he publicly apologizes and plays for $5 a goal.

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

If the Rags buy him out, there is no way I would say no to Chris Drury coming back. This new incarnation of the Lindy Ruff System would suit Drury greatly, and we all remember how fantastic he and Grier played together.

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mechaphil

Drury doesn't want to be in Buffalo.
Screw that.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

I'm a fan of Chris Drury's play, and he leads by example, but I am with Cross on this one - he is living out his dream - let him keep living it!!

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

Center is probably the deepest position on the team. Unless Roy gets sent off in a trade (a good trade) there wouldn't be any room for Drury. We have Ennis and Gerbe coming up too, and one of those guys will probably end up playing center as well.

I wouldn't mind the return of Roy-Drury-Grier.

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mechaphil

Yeah, some of our centers can easily move to wing. Connolly, Roy, Goose. If you take Drury's contract out of the equation, I have no qualms about him returning.

Ham

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Do you believe yet?

I'm sure its eating at him internally that he'll never have the years in New York that he did in Buffalo.

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

Yeah, but how do we know for sure?

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

I would LOVE to have Drury back. He would be an excellent asset and Captain for the team. I know the players would respect him and want to play their best beside him.

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Miss you Schony!!
Women are Angels
And when someone breaks our wings....
We simply continue to fly.........on a broomstick...
We are flexible like that ....

He had the opportunity to stay if he WANTED to stay.

We offered to match any contract he received. He went to the Rangers.

I'd rather not have him back.

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Wheelhouse

He's living out his childhood dream playing for the Rangers!

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

he wanted to stay, but the allure of playing for the team he loved growing up was better. its not a bad thing. and things havnt gone well since he got there. id almost guess he wishes he was back in buffalo.

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