Yeah but Jim Bob, that was during the height of the stupid contract phase. The cap has steadied out, and GMs are under tight budgets now. There is no way they get a 4 mil offer. I won't deny the possibility of them getting a 3 mil offer for one or two years, but that is a stretch IMO. They want to stay in Buffalo, and that is going to HAVE TO include a home town discount. That is why I would offer 1.7. To re-sign them at their current cap hits means not improving, because they are getting older after all, and still won't be useful on the PP. Keeping them at the same price also means not having cap room to improve elsewhere.

They could definitely get a better deal from another team (around 2.5-3 mil per), but that price is not in the Sabres best interest. For them to stay (which they want) and for Buffalo to put a better team together next season, they'll have to take under 2 mil.

Glad I'm not your accountant 1980.

1980 is true, most of those ridiculous contracts were in the give any player regardless of talaent 5 million dollars.

Would you honestly sign Drury to 7 million dollars now? funny thing is, Marian Gaborik makes that much money, and he is comparable to a top ten player in the league.

Even Hossa didn't get 7 million, he has a cap hit of 5.2 million.

Kane and Toews are for 6.5 million each.

Campbell for 7 million is a joke of a contract now also.

Eric Staal making 8.2 million is a joke also, he shouldn't of gotten more than 6 if he had signed now.

The twins only got 6.1 million last year.

Vanek now, gets a 5 million dollar contract, Pominville now gets a Roy deal of just 4-5 range. No one but Miller gets 6 million on our team now.

Myers will probably only get a deal of 6-7 million, and hopefully for a D of his caliber, or soon to be caliber it will be a steal.

Scott Gomez is a 7 million dollar player also?

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You just never know man, you never know. I wouldn't even stress about free agency if I were you guys, I just make my wish list and sit back and see what happens.

Look, one GM thinks player A is worth X amount of dollars and another GM thinks player A is worth considerably more. It's all about supply and demand. Every player says they "want" to stay, but the reality is that their agents deal with all of the bullshit and guess what? The more the player makes the more the agent makes and the agents have the ear of the players. They can make a bad situation sound good. Now, some players just want to win a Cup, like Hossa. But most players are in it for the bank.

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Idk 1980, Spacek got a pretty solid deal last year, I think there's more than a fair possibility.

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Fair possibility of what though? Spacek made more than Lydman or Tallinder before he signed in Montreal, he's a better player. Montreal went on a spending spree and he still signed for under 4 mil. No way do Lydman or Tallinder get a 4 mil per contract. They very well may get a 3 mil per contract from somebody, but Buffalo would be far overpaying for either player if they try to match that and keep them.

They have been over paid for the last 3-4 years, neither are actually worth but 2-2.5 mil per, and Buffalo won't be better by trying to keep both at market value. That's why I say to see just how much they want to stay in Buffalo and keep both at around 1.7 mil each. That way there is enough cap room to sign another d-man that can play the PP, or to afford a bigger salary for an impact forward through trade (ie Sharp for Stafford+pick).

No I'm not disagreeing with you, I just think there is more than enough evidence of players getting paid high above their worth to suggest that either one of them may command such a contract. Like you said, it probably won't happen, but it wouldn't be a surprise to me either if it did.

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I would want to keep tallinder, because of how well he played with myers

myers could play like shit next season, paired with someone besides tallinder

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I dunno, Mo, Tallinder was playing in a contract year with a stud rookie who carried him throughout the season.

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you could be(and most likely), 100% right

its what keeping me leery on letting tallinder go tho

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