Yeah, give up the guy who is worth less and works more, battles and wins for the puck, and enforces our guys.

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Yes. He's such a locker room leader in the press box.

I like Paetsch as much as the next guy, but it's clear that his time would either be better spent on another NHL team, or in Portland, where he will play.

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It's to make room for Biron since the Isles just activated DiPietro to their roster.

Or it could be to make room for Datsyuk because apparently he wants a trade and Buffalo is his #1 choice.

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Yeah, he's such a cheapskate. That explains the $56M payroll they're carrying.

/sarcasm

I don't question Tommy G's willingness to spend money. He has proven he is willing to loosen the purse strings.
I think its a Mair situation, and why not, Mair and Paetsch both deserve a chance to play elsewhere, they paid their dues here in Buf.

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I think Patches should play somewhere at least.

He deserves it, and he won't get that chance in Buffalo.

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Patches will never be a starting player. The man is not good. He doesn't make many mistakes, but he doesn't do much any ways. At least Mair wins us battles. And if he gets penalties more than Rivet THEN you guys can complain.

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Paetsch has 41 points in 156 games. .26 points per game.
Mair has 99 points in 509 games. .19 points per game
advantage: Paetsch

Mair is a career -8 with 3+ years in 10 seasons (not counting this one in which he is even)
Paetsch is a career +16 with 3+ years in the past 4 seasons (not counting this one in which he is a +1)
advantage: Paetsch

Mair has 739 PIM in 509 games, 1.45 PIM per game.
Paetsch has 108 PIM in 156 games, .69 PIM per game
advantage: Paetsch


There are probably only two reasons mair is still here. His tenure as a Sabre (since 02-03), and that he fights. He is basically the new Andrew Peters. Enjoy.

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Adam Mair is penalized more per game than Craig Rivet. Anything else you want to be wrong about today?

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He has 28 PIMS, Rivet has 58. Rivet gets more PIMs than Mair.

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And Mair hasn't fought once this season. He drives the net. He wins battles along the boards. What the hell does Paetsch do? Nothing.

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OH, and Mair has a better point avg. He has 3 points in 28 games. Paetsch has 1 in 10 games.

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Mair : 0.1071428571428571 PPG
Patches : 0.1 PPG

Difference : 0.0071428571428571 PPG

Pretty pointless comparison.

whats the Standard Deviation?

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0.00505

:p

Eh, still. Mair is more valuable to the team than Patches. That's why they play him more.

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Career:
Craig Rivet 1,094 PIM in 897 games. 1.22 PIM per game.
Adam Mair 739 PIM in 509 games. 1.45 PIM per game.

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Well Paetsch isn't responsible for goals against as much as Mair is since Paetsch is a career plus and Mair is a career minus.

Mair has two fights. Nov 13th versus Brandon Prust which I witnessed in person and Dec. 14th against Montreal versus Ryan O'Byrne.

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I don't feel that not wanting to waste a half a million dollars is cheap anyways. If you ain't using the guy, why pay him to sit. Let someone else. Especially if ya have minor leaguers to play.

Weak rebuttal to the point.

They're different players. For starters, you're trying to compare a forward to a defenseman. Comparing their point production is just silly.

Mair is a grinding forward. Good physical presence, energy guy, not a ton of offensive talent

Patches is a defenseman who has enough offensive ability that he can play forward as well, maybe more offensively gifted than Mair, although a less physical player.

I'd say that Patches gives you more overall. He's a competent 6th/7th defenseman, and a competent 12th/13th forward. You could use him as an injury fill in in either position, except they have enough depth at both that it's not needed.

If you had to make me choose between them, I take Patches, mostly because you can never have enough defenseman.