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| Author: | Squanto [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Sabres Press Conference on tap for 1pm per WGR |
Giddy up.... |
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| Author: | HelloMyKneeGrows [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sabres Press Conference on tap for 1pm per WGR |
I will be super disappointed if this doesn't mean we've made a deal for someone. A press conference to announce the release of a third line grinder would be hugely disappointing |
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| Author: | mechaphil [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:17 am ] |
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I'll be listening |
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| Author: | fly as hale [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:20 am ] |
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I'll be at work... |
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| Author: | HelloMyKneeGrows [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:22 am ] |
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fly as hale wrote: I'll be at work... I as well with no access to radio or speakers for internet radio. Can someone keep this thread updated with whats goin on for this presser? |
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| Author: | mechaphil [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:23 am ] |
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I got yer backs. |
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| Author: | HelloMyKneeGrows [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:28 am ] |
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mechaphil wrote: I got yer backs. Holla! Thanks fella |
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:41 am ] |
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my staff meeting better be over by 10am PST...... |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:43 am ] |
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Mine starts at 1pm, EST. Fuck. |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:20 pm ] |
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It's not just to talk about letting go of Kennedy. It's to introduce our new defenseman! |
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| Author: | Squanto [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:27 pm ] |
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PuckSniperPensel wrote: It's not just to talk about letting go of Kennedy. It's to introduce our new defenseman! Nobody will give two craps about that today. (Which is sad,because I think Morrisonn is a very solid pickup.) Everyone will want to know why they dicked over TK over a couple hundred grand when they're $7M under the cap. |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:29 pm ] |
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Maybe they're announcing something BIG............ |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:32 pm ] |
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That's pretty easy in my eyes. It's because Kennedy isn't very good. |
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| Author: | mechaphil [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:34 pm ] |
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But over 200K when they have 7M in cap space? That's a douche move if there ever was one. This feels more and more like Squanto said - don't go to arbitration, or you'll suffer. |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:36 pm ] |
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Don't go to arbitration when you haven't proven you're worth much. Kennedy went in without much of a leg to stand on; we love him, he's the embodiment of Buffalo. From a purely hockey standpoint though... |
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| Author: | Squanto [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:41 pm ] |
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PuckSniperPensel wrote: That's pretty easy in my eyes. It's because Kennedy isn't very good. He's certainly not terrible, and that's a terrible argument. If he wasn't that good, they wouldn't have qualified him. If he wasn't that good, they wouldn't have bothered to debate at the arbitration hearing. They could have easily done what Atlanta did and not put up any kind of defense at the hearing, allowing the arbitrator to hand out an award that exceeded the walk-away line, and done it that way. Instead, they're going to pay him not to play here. When they slot in another player to take his spot on the roster, the combined salary of that player + TK's buyout will either match or exceed that $1M they could have just paid him to be here. They could have moved TK for a bottom end conditional pick. They could have just let him ride the string out this year and not bother qualifying him next year. Taking on dead cap money just to have him gone makes ZERO sense with how this team does business. |
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| Author: | mechaphil [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:42 pm ] |
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From what I've heard, they were only going to give him a 10% raise and wouldn't budge, so Kennedy's camp took them to arbitration because he wanted $1.2M. The Sabres countered with 800K right before arbitration but wouldn't go 35K higher when Kennedy's camp said they'd settle for 835K. Now the Sabres have to swallow a PR disaster because they waived a guy who got 200K more than they were willing to offer. |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:42 pm ] |
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Unless something is announced today. |
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| Author: | Squanto [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:45 pm ] |
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NYIntensity wrote: Don't go to arbitration when you haven't proven you're worth much. Kennedy went in without much of a leg to stand on; we love him, he's the embodiment of Buffalo. From a purely hockey standpoint though... Arbitration is a tool that the players are allowed to use in the CBA. If the owners don't like it, they should negotiate it out of the next one. If they were so willing to pay him $800k-ish before arbitration, why are they balking at an additional $200k and kicking him to the curb? Makes no sense except for spite. |
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| Author: | Squanto [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:46 pm ] |
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PuckSniperPensel wrote: Unless something is announced today. What can they announce today (relating to TK) that could make this a worthwhile exercise? |
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