Bmwolf21 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 I could have given him more credit here in the past. In my defense, I will chalk it up to his European game. no contact! But he does have a turtleneck ala Zednik! A turtleneck a la Zednik is no problem in my book. A turtleneck like the Sens wear - Yashin, Alfredsson, Spezza - that seems to be more fashionable than functional? Way too meterosexual, IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimiVbaby Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 A turtleneck a la Zednik is no problem in my book. A turtleneck like the Sens wear - Yashin, Alfredsson, Spezza - that seems to be more fashionable than functional? Way too meterosexual, IMO... Wait, a team more metrosexual than the Sabres? Impossible. I guess they do miss Campbell more than we thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 At least he's getting bald!! HA!! :thumbsup: face.BMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 What was I supposed to say, "At least he won a cup!! HA!"? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Sure he can "freeze a defensemen". What does he do when after the d-man is frozen. He is not a great finisher. He has 70 goals 438 games and is only averaging .55 points a game. That means you are willing to pay $3 million for his 45 points. I would like to have a better return on that investment. Â It's time to move on for Connolly. If there is any team willing to pick up his contract the Sabres have to make the deal even if it's for the dreaded future considerations. Right now the salary is far more valuable than the player. That's $3 million that can go towards getting a top four defensemen. one of the cheapest cost per point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Greenstein Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Matty Norstrom. I've been saying we need him for months now. He fills a lot of holes. Â At least in newspapers in Dallas, he has said that his family is back home in Sweden and he will be thinking seriously about retiring. But he has alluded to the fact that if he stays, he might stay in Dallas on a series of one year deals. As a Stars fan, I'd like that, but if he wasn't interested in anything but making money, he'd be a great fit in Buffalo. The only problem is that if he does decide to go the free agent route, then he made himself some serious money this April and May. He could be more costly than you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 one of the cheapest cost per point Looking at that chart I wouldn't call him one of the "cheapest per point." He looks to be at about the median of the team's finances, since Roy, Pominville, Hecht, Stafford, Mair and Kotalik all make less per point than Timmy. Â Besides, missing salary info for 7 players makes it kind of tough to take that chart seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Looking at that chart I wouldn't call him one of the "cheapest per point." He looks to be at about the median of the team's finances, since Roy, Pominville, Hecht, Stafford, Mair and Kotalik all make less per point than Timmy. Â Besides, missing salary info for 7 players makes it kind of tough to take that chart seriously. Of the forwards listed(not counting Peters :D ) only Max and Vanek have a higher dollar per point number than the tin man. Not something Connolly would want to use during his next contract negotiation. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Looking at that chart I wouldn't call him one of the "cheapest per point." He looks to be at about the median of the team's finances, since Roy, Pominville, Hecht, Stafford, Mair and Kotalik all make less per point than Timmy. Â Besides, missing salary info for 7 players makes it kind of tough to take that chart seriously. To follow up on that, I went to NHLNumbers.com and filled in the missing players' salary info (Bernier, MacArthur, Paille, Gaustad, Pratt, Kalinin.) With the chart complete Connolly is 14th out of 25 players to play in Buffalo this year (based on $$ per points.) Six of the 10 players below Connolly are defensemen, one is Peters and one is Kaleta. Player Salary GP G $/G A $/A PTS $/PTS Daniel Paille $585000 77 19 $30789 16 $36563 35 $16714 J. Pominville $1375000 82 27 $50926 53 $25943 80 $17188 Paul Gaustad $750000 82 10 $75000 26 $28846 36 $20833 C. MacArthur $322000 37 8 $40250 7 $46000 15 $21467 Drew Stafford $984200 64 16 $61513 22 $44736 38 $25900 Steve Bernier $259000 17 3 $86333 6 $43167 9 $28778 Derek Roy $3500000 78 32 $109375 49 $71429 81 $43210 Adam Mair $750000 72 5 $150000 12 $62500 17 $44118 Ales Kotalik $2500000 79 23 $108696 20 $125000 43 $58140 Michael Ryan $475000 46 4 $118750 4 $118750 8 $59375 Jochen Hecht $3800000 75 22 $172727 27 $140741 49 $77551 Nolan Pratt $550000 55 1 $550000 6 $91667 7 $78571 Andrej Sekera $659000 37 2 $329500 6 $109833 8 $82375 [i]Tim Connolly $3500000 48 7 $500000 33 $106061 40 $87500[/i] Nathan Paetsch $800000 59 2 $400000 7 $114286 9 $88889 Patrick Kaleta $500000 40 3 $166667 2 $250000 5 $100000 Jaroslav Spacek $3300000 60 9 $366667 23 $143478 32 $103125 Toni Lydman $2900000 82 4 $725000 22 $131818 26 $111538 Max Afinogenov $3500000 56 10 $350000 18 $194444 28 $125000 Thomas Vanek $8000000 82 36 $222222 28 $285714 64 $125000 H. Tallinder $2900000 71 1 $2900000 17 $170588 18 $161111 Andrew Peters $500000 44 1 $500000 1 $500000 2 $250000 Dmitri Kalinin $2250000 46 1 $2250000 7 $321429 8 $281250 Teppo Numminen $2600000 1 0 $2600000 0 $2600000 0 $2600000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 To follow up on that, I went to NHLNumbers.com and filled in the missing players' salary info (Bernier, MacArthur, Paille, Gaustad, Pratt, Kalinin.) With the chart complete Connolly is 14th out of 25 players to play in Buffalo this year (based on $$ per points.) Six of the 10 players below Connolly are defensemen, one is Peters and one is Kaleta. Player Salary GP G $/G A $/A PTS $/PTS Daniel Paille $585000 77 19 $30789 16 $36563 35 $16714 J. Pominville $1375000 82 27 $50926 53 $25943 80 $17188 Paul Gaustad $750000 82 10 $75000 26 $28846 36 $20833 C. MacArthur $322000 37 8 $40250 7 $46000 15 $21467 Drew Stafford $984200 64 16 $61513 22 $44736 38 $25900 Steve Bernier $259000 17 3 $86333 6 $43167 9 $28778 Derek Roy $3500000 78 32 $109375 49 $71429 81 $43210 Adam Mair $750000 72 5 $150000 12 $62500 17 $44118 Ales Kotalik $2500000 79 23 $108696 20 $125000 43 $58140 Michael Ryan $475000 46 4 $118750 4 $118750 8 $59375 Jochen Hecht $3800000 75 22 $172727 27 $140741 49 $77551 Nolan Pratt $550000 55 1 $550000 6 $91667 7 $78571 Andrej Sekera $659000 37 2 $329500 6 $109833 8 $82375 [i]Tim Connolly $3500000 48 7 $500000 33 $106061 40 $87500[/i] Nathan Paetsch $800000 59 2 $400000 7 $114286 9 $88889 Patrick Kaleta $500000 40 3 $166667 2 $250000 5 $100000 Jaroslav Spacek $3300000 60 9 $366667 23 $143478 32 $103125 Toni Lydman $2900000 82 4 $725000 22 $131818 26 $111538 Max Afinogenov $3500000 56 10 $350000 18 $194444 28 $125000 Thomas Vanek $8000000 82 36 $222222 28 $285714 64 $125000 H. Tallinder $2900000 71 1 $2900000 17 $170588 18 $161111 Andrew Peters $500000 44 1 $500000 1 $500000 2 $250000 Dmitri Kalinin $2250000 46 1 $2250000 7 $321429 8 $281250 Teppo Numminen $2600000 1 0 $2600000 0 $2600000 0 $2600000 I was hoping someone would do this. t-u I retract my earlier statement and in its place put"Connolly, you piece of meat get us some points out there you m-f'r or we ship you off to Portland :chris: arg". Yeah I know it can't happen..... Â Back to the thread. I heard that during negotiations with Darcy and Campbell, Biron called to say that Brian was a lazy defenseman and always stuck his tongue out at him during practice. My source, a girlfriend who played golf with him at an event, wanted to sleep with him, but Marty said no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 I was hoping someone would do this.t-u I retract my earlier statement and in its place put"Connolly, you piece of meat get us some points out there you m-f'r or we ship you off to Portland :chris: arg". Yeah I know it can't happen..... Â Back to the thread. I heard that during negotiations with Darcy and Campbell, Biron called to say that Brian was a lazy defenseman and always stuck his tongue out at him during practice. My source, a girlfriend who played golf with him at an event, wanted to sleep with him, but Marty said no. Fair enough. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Campbell and Biron are not close friends. Biron didn't think Campbell took the game seriously when they were teammates in Buffalo. "Brian is a single guy and likes to have fun," Briere said. "But I think he takes the game seriously. To get to where you are, you need to be. I don't think it's an issue." Very interesting. i thought so, too.  as for connolly, i know this is the off-season talking, but damn it if i'm not looking forward to watching the guy play again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 i thought so, too. as for connolly, i know this is the off-season talking, but damn it if i'm not looking forward to watching the guy play again. here here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsabre Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Connelly has arguably has some of the best hands in the league. I can't wait to see have a little luck in the heath dept and have a steller year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Connelly has arguably has some of the best hands in the league. I can't wait to see have a little luck in the heath dept and have a steller year. is that you timbo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Connelly has arguably has some of the best hands in the league. I can't wait to see have a little luck in the heath dept and have a steller year. is that you timbo? From the Heath Dept: (warnin NSFW) Â Heath Bar? Â Just for you cheez! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 From the Heath Dept: (warnin NSFW)Â Heath Bar? Â Just for you cheez! :thumbsup: I should have lowered my expectations. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 I should have lowered my expectations. :cry: Â How much lower? :unsure: Two inches...six inches? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 How much lower? :unsure: Two inches...six inches? :o I know I shouldn't have done it, but once I laughed at a guy. He was a real nice guy but... The square root of 12 is just too low a number. Â Do we need to get into a girth conversation? Briere vs Biron to stay on thread? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsabre Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 inkman, guess you don't like my position on TC. We know where your thoughts are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 inkman, guess you don't like my position on TC. We know where your thoughts are. Heath will always have a special place for me... :wub: Â Â Â R.I.P. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 inkman, guess you don't like my position on TC. We know where your thoughts are. I would need to see pics of your position on TC in order to form an opinion. (I'm starting to creep myself out now :sick: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsabre Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 I'll clean this up. Lets have a "poll" on TC. Keep him or trade him. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 I'll clean this up. Lets have a "poll" on TC. Keep him or trade him. What do you think? been there, done that, poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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