I realize that, but it's not like Kennedy was asking for a price out of line for his value.
Hell, at $900k, Darcy would have saved money by paying the man and avoiding arbitration altogether.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Yea, I'm really pleased with the $1M award. I kind of agree with Darcy here, tho - I mean, with so much space to spare, the Sabres finally - FIIIIIIIIIINALLY - will have the cushion to bring in a star rental at the deadline this year (hey it could happen).

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mechaphil

Exactly.

Who do you think pays for the arbitrator? It's not the league.

I'm pleased with the award, but given what allegedly happened with negotiations, I just hope relations with Kennedy haven't been tainted.

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Rest in Peace Nani. 10/3/10

Gerbacity



"Grier coming in over the line. He leaves it to Gaustad. The shot. THEY SCOOOREE!! RING UP ANOTHER ONE FOR THE GOOSE!!! HONK IF YA HEAR THE GOOSE!! 3-0 BUFFALO!"

Hey, that would help A LOT. Imagine, we get that guy we need to beat Boston.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

You stop it, Raffi Torres was very helpful. He's the reason McCormick is full time now. :p

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Rest in Peace Nani. 10/3/10

Gerbacity



"Grier coming in over the line. He leaves it to Gaustad. The shot. THEY SCOOOREE!! RING UP ANOTHER ONE FOR THE GOOSE!!! HONK IF YA HEAR THE GOOSE!! 3-0 BUFFALO!"

Bahaha well played

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mechaphil

we had the guys to beat boston, but ze german was hurt and vanek was hacked outta the series....

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Yeah, but they DID still beat us, even with the best goalie in the world and Tyler [Ennis] playing redonkulously amazing.

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

If Hecht and Vanek were both healthy, the Sabres would have won that series in five. And I will never believe otherwise.

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mechaphil

HAHA I was just thinking the exact same thing!

I also like the contract awarded to Kennedy. Hopefully this means all those rookie mistakes are over and done with!

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

I really hate to be argumentative, but we would have beaten the canes if we hadn't been so far down on D men we were pulling people out of the stands and giving them skates. What happened is our depth failed us both times, and our core (besides those two) failed us last year. Where did Roy, Connolly and Pommers all go? I love all of them (except connolly) to death, but they vanished and the new guys couldn't pick up the combined slack of them and Hecht/Vaneks absence.
The superhuman efforts of Ennis and McCormick should have been enough, but everyone was so far off we couldn't rebound. That's not just an injury problem, thats a TEAM problem. One of those guys (probably Connolly since his deal expires sooner) will be gone at the deadline/end of next year.

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

Line combinations are what matter if you don't have superstars on the team. Hecht made the Connolly line work, and if you can't see that you're blind. His defensive play would also have been a boon, ESP on the PK where the Sabres got shredded. Plus, Vanek was white hot going into the playoffs and if there's one thing that can fuck the other team, it's a star getting hot in April.

Ennis did play amazingly, but you can't foister that kind of responsibility on a kid like that and hope he single-handedly wins a series. That's just fucking stupid. That's incredibly stupid. And McCormick didn't play with a super-human effort, he did exactly what he was called up to do - provide toughness.

And in 05/06, are you really blaming the team's depth for losing when they only had two NHL caliber defensemen by the time game 7 against the Canes came about. That's not depth issues, that's the worst luck ever.

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mechaphil

I agree a bit, yet I do say that Connolly and Roy not playing well fucked us badly.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

Oh, I'm not saying they sucked (THEY SUCKED) but I'm saying that it's more than just them sucking.

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mechaphil

I never said that losing Hecht and Vanek weren't big losses, but the teams inability to buckle down and actually WIN a game said about all we need about this teams spine... or lack thereof. We had a twenty year old kid lead our team in points, and our "core" shat themselves once Vanek and Hecht went down.

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

Yeah, you're spot on with the core shitting the bed against Boston. But you can't complain about a lack of depth when 4 of your defensemen go down. That kind of pile on is just rediculous. If they lost 2 defensemen and their call ups couldn't get the job done, then that's fine. But seriously, they didn't play a single pairing with 2 NHL defensemen that game. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY has that kind of depth in their system.

Ham

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Do you believe yet?

Buffalo curse....hee hee

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I'll agree that without Vanek and Hecht we were doomed, it didn't look like it at first, but no Vanek on the PP killed us, and no Hecht on the PK killed us.

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If Roy and Connolly played better, Vanek and Hecht healthy, we might win. If the refs were fair we win.

Threw the last one in there. Just had to.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.