who did they use them on.. there is an employee where i work that is a huge hawks fan.. i laughed at him when crawford signed that deal. that should have gone to Niemi not Crawford.
- IndianaSabresFan

Monty and Olesz.

I forgot about Monty.

Finally a blogger who writes coherent, well thought out blogs AND gives a crap enough to still mix it up and respond to the other posters.
- Pierceme69

Well it's Boos.

It's good to have him back as he always brought conversation to the table.

SOLID!

(old man)


- stashu

who did they use them on.. there is an employee where i work that is a huge hawks fan.. i laughed at him when crawford signed that deal. that should have gone to Niemi not Crawford.
- IndianaSabresFan

http://www.capgeek.com/buyouts/?compliance=on

http://www.capgeek.com/buyouts/?compliance=on
- stashu

Too slow!

the length of the dump needs to play into it too... RJ Umberger would be a good pick up.. but what could we get for taking him?
- IndianaSabresFan

I know I'll get blasted for this but.......

Lecavalier would be another one. He could be to Buffalo what Dave Andreychuk was to Tampa.

Monty and Olesz.

I forgot about Monty.
- dadeadhead

yeah i forgot about Montador.. he was a decent Dman, but we all knew he wasn't worth that when he signed there..

I know I'll get blasted for this but.......

Lecavalier would be another one. He could be to Buffalo what Dave Andreychuk was to Tampa.
- dadeadhead

The length of that contract makes that difficult to swallow.. But it isn't terrible and he could be a good leader.. that being said, does Philly want to move him?

The length of that contract makes that difficult to swallow.. But it isn't terrible and he could be a good leader.. that being said, does Philly want to move him?
- IndianaSabresFan

It's one more year than Umberger's at a lower cap hit and the money owed is on avg less per year. Snider said they weren't going to buy him out or move him. Who knows?

Too slow!
- dadeadhead

Yeah yeah, this darn job got in the way...

Yeah yeah, this darn job got in the way...
- stashu

Excuses are like arseholes......

It's one more year than Umberger's at a lower cap hit and the money owed is on avg less per year. Snider said they weren't going to buy him out or move him. Who knows?
- dadeadhead

oh.. i thought umberger was only 2 years..

it will be interesting to see how we reach the floor

http://sports.yahoo.com/b...production-194200644.html

That didn't take long

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/thomas-vanek-quietly-blames-michel-therrien-for-lack-of-playoff-production-194200644.html

That didn't take long
- Stripes77

i wonder what kind of contract he will get this summer.. it has to be a pay cut from this season

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/thomas-vanek-quietly-blames-michel-therrien-for-lack-of-playoff-production-194200644.html

That didn't take long
- Stripes77

Meh, I put that on sensationalized reporting. Ask a guy a question and he gives you his opinion. Then writers/bloggers blow it up to make it out to be a lot more and draw traffic.

i wonder what kind of contract he will get this summer.. it has to be a pay cut from this season
- IndianaSabresFan

My guess is he'll still get just north of 7 mil. Only way he doesn't is if he signs a one year deal al la Hossa to Detroit.

Meh, I put that on sensationalized reporting. Ask a guy a question and he gives you his opinion. Then writers/bloggers blow it up to make it out to be a lot more and draw traffic.
- stashu

There just seems to be an awful lot of smoke with Vanek...and you know the saying

http://www.buffalonews.co...-smart-nhl-teams-20140603

Not that this is a terrible article in of itself, but I feel like they should have replaced Bucky's picture with "Captain Obvious" from the Hotels.com commercials.

There just seems to be an awful lot of smoke with Vanek...and you know the saying
- Stripes77

That's fine to doubt his game/effort, but this article is just grasping for straws to knock him down for his comments.

There just seems to be an awful lot of smoke with Vanek...and you know the saying
- Stripes77

Vanek is, and always has been a headcase. He's incredibly talented, and when he's happy he's great. You just have to be willing to put up with it.

That's fine to doubt his game/effort, but this article is just grasping for straws to knock him down for his comments.
- stashu

Which I think is legit. He had issues with Ruff constantly and Therrien, two coaches that don't put up with his type of crap. He doesn't handle a strong personality of a coach well.

Which I think is legit. He had issues with Ruff constantly and Therrien, two coaches that don't put up with his type of crap. He doesn't handle a strong personality of a coach well.
- Stripes77

Can you say diva, so glad we are done with that girl!

Can you say diva, so glad we are done with that girl!
- Carubba-Kaleta

Big time players often have big time personalities. The great teams figure out how deal with them and make them most productive.

Big time players often have big time personalities. The great teams figure out how deal with them and make them most productive.
- buffalofan19

I think the issue is Vanek thinks of himself as a big time player, while I won't say he isn't a very good player but he is not in that BIG time level. He shows flashes of it from time to time but he never seems to stay there very long.

I don't know if my vote counts are not but........ put me down for Reinhart as my pick.