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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

It's like that scene from Seinfeld:

JERRY: So what'd we get?

GEORGE: (big smile) Eight thousand dollars.

JERRY: Beautiful!

GEORGE: (quietly) That's uh, for the two of us.

HELEN: Four thousand apiece?

JERRY: Lemme see if I understand this. In other words, you held out
for... less money.

GEORGE: I was wrong, you were right.

JERRY: You know, the basic idea of negotiation, as I understand it,
is to get your price to go... up.

GEORGE: You're smart, I'm dumb.

JERRY: You know, this is how they negotiate in the bizarro world.

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

As per ex-Sabres tradition, he will score 10 goals with the Rangers this season and 8 of them will be against us.

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"Oh honey, I would but...I don't want to" ~ Karen Walker

His agent DEFINITELY overplayed his hand. The "hometown kid" card was no doubt played to the max in negotiations, but ultimately did not carry enough weight to justify the $835k, no less a mil, no less a ONE-WAY contract. Fact is, if you're good enough, you needn't worry about one-way or two-way. If you're getting the job done, you're not getting sent down.

I never liked TK that much. Not just because of his smaller play, but, on a more superficial note (drum roll please), because he looked like such a freakin' mess with all that hair, especially when he was soaked in sweat. Yuk. Worse than Scott "hockey's-so-easy-even-a-caveman-can-do-it" Hartnell. And at least Hartnell can play hard.

BIG lesson leanred early by the rookie.

That.

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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

Paulrus the Walrus said today on WGR that Kennedy was offered a one-way deal worth $800K at the very last second and still he and his agent went to arbitration. Every last ounce of sympathy for the kid is 100% gone.

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mechaphil

ew sick

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

Eh whatever.

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Every one was freaking out about him being waived then you say whateva, never liked him when he signs with another team.

Talk about being a teenage drama queen.

I hope he gets all the success he deserves.

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Revenge is sweet... Revenge is best served cold... Revenge is ice cream.

I've never really been a Kennedy fan. Sure he had heart, but he simply never really had that "Oh man there goes Kennedy!" factor. O'well

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A player doesn't need a wow factor to be good. Look at Steve Montador.

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Revenge is sweet... Revenge is best served cold... Revenge is ice cream.

But for me Steve Montadors "Wow Factor" was his overall defensive play. I was satisfied with his game and that was his "wow" for me.

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He's a defenseman. If you were wowed by his defensive play, ur doin it wrong

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mechaphil

Don't you judge me sir! I'm a simple hockey fan to please!

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So he's getting less than what the team offered him. How dumb must TK and his agent feel now?

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

...especially since the cost of living in the NY Metro area is MUCH higher than in Buffalo.

That 800k is a King's ransom in WNY. Downstate he'll be getting 550k, which will just about cover his parking for the year.

And it won't buy the nice kind of dog food either...

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Revenge is sweet... Revenge is best served cold... Revenge is ice cream.

I agree. We all wanted him to do great things being a Buffalo boy but he just wasn't that impressive. He would have flash in the pan moments but then drop off the radar for huge stretches at a time. I'm actually a bit happy he's gone, but no hating. I would however love to see him get smashed by someone in gold and blue when he comes back to play though.

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