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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:26 am 
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PuckSniperPensel wrote:
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Regardless, it was classless of the Sabres to pretty much state that they were going after who they thought the better player was, or in other words, not Briere.


Actually, it wasn't classless, and it wasn't about who the better player was.

We couldn't afford to keep them both, and management decided which player was the right one to build a team around. It wasn't a slap in the face or anything personal.

True, but they failed at getting a contract done in the month they had also to do it.

The Sabres failed in that regards, but the team right now, is better because of their blunders and us missing the playoffs.


I think they learned their lesson about when to start contract negotiations too.


Yep, they learned their lesson so well that they WAY overpaid Jochen Hecht and they most likely way underpaid Campbell when he asked for $5 million a year. Think about it..... we didn't pay Campbell because we paid Hecht..... wow.


Both players would have been overpaid regardless... imo.


You think $5 million a year for a guy who was expected to be worth $7 million on the open market is overpaying? Chicago overpaid. We all knew that Campbell couldn't play defense to save his life, save for the sprint back to defend a breakaway. $5 million a year for a guy who could get the puck through to the let and set up the way he did was a bargain for his market price. What would Hecht have gotten on the open market? Would he have even gotten $3 million? It's possible, but no way anybody would have offered him $4 million.

Think if we had tried to sign Briere mid-season at $5 million. He goes and signs for about $8 million. Drury had (correct me if I'm wrong) I believe it was a $4 million dollar deal on the table, in which the Sabres declined because it was the middle of the season.

I think the FO has finally corrected itself, but my God were they dumb back then.

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