slesh wrote:
Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
If the forward lines played to their salary level, or their salaries matched their production, we'd have a great team or cap room to bring in another top level forward to make it great.
There is no one certain way, but Miller sure as shit is two steps in the right direction.
I do agree Miller is a step or two in the right direction for the club.
I don't agree with players "playing to their salary level", if this was the case, Miller was worth a whole lot more than 6.25 mil last season.
The salary level is agreed to by both management and the player/agent, therefore its both parties responsibility to ensure the player achieves the necessary goals to be successful.
In the case of the Sabres, as this dead horse gets beat yet again, riding a goaltender into the playoffs and cup contention has a slim chance of success. Been there, done that.
Lets beat the Darcy Regier dead horse routine one more time as well.
It is his responsibility to put together the appropriate pieces for success.
The Defense isn't that bad defensively, but offensively the Defense is superb this season.
The Offense is 2 or 3 pieces away from competing on a serious scale. Buffalo needs to sustain longer forechecking runs int he opponents end as well as learn to hit the net when they shoot.
Anyways, thats the problems I see.
Just my 2 pennies is all.
I only mentioned the forward lines as having to play at a level comparable to their salaries. Connolly, Hecht, and Pominville in particular make a very underachieving 2nd line. They were great last year, and it took too long for Lindy to put them together as a matter of fact, but this year is a mess. They are all battling injuries, but Hecht should have adapted to his pinky problems by now, Pominville should be over his concussion and lack of skating by now, and Connolly is about two weeks away from being back and in top game shape. If nothing else bad happens in the near future they have no excuses.
The defense is modestly paid and is currently playing a little better than that. Morrisonn has been hurt a few times, Butler SHOULD be a #7 man, and of course Rivet's injuries have almost finished him off. Sekera is still a #6 man to me but has been playing at a #3-4 level. Myers has dropped off but Leopold has been very good 5-on-5...better than I ever would've thought. Montador has continued to be a solid #3-4 man, others' performance levels have changed around between sweaters but it's basically the same average unit, although the defensive zone play has been better lately.
Miller is the same, but aside from injuries he has (like all goalies) reflected his team's poor play through his stats. I look forward to Enroth as the back-up and closer to a 57-25 split in starts next season.
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