Mike Oxhurtz Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 That would have helped. I would rather have those 3 then have resigned Hecht, Max, and/or Kotalik. If the Sabres and that idiot Regier had been more proactive with their contract negotiations, we may have been able to avoid the Vanek contract fiasco, not to mention Black Sunday when we lost both captains without much effort in retaining them. The Sabres will never advance past mediocrity until Regier is ousted. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Since we are living in the past can we change a few draft picks? Mike Green instead of Drew Stafford Paul Stastny instead of Marek Zagrapan Milan Lucic instead of Dennis Persson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 What if the Sabres never traded for Briere and Drury? Would we now have Malkin and Crosby and be the darlings of the NHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 What if the Sabres never traded for Briere and Drury? Would we now have Malkin and Crosby and be the darlings of the NHL? Darcy for sure and probably Lindy would have been working elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stenbaro Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Darcy for sure and probably Lindy would have been working elsewhere. No doubt about that.....Its too bad the Sabres dont play the Leafs 20 times this year..We might make the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Since we are living in the past can we change a few draft picks? Mike Green instead of Drew Stafford Paul Stastny instead of Marek Zagrapan Milan Lucic instead of Dennis Persson You can mock the concept, but there is a lot to learn and understand from the past. You are one of those that preach it was a master plan and there was no choice but to tear apart the team for the better. Some of us understand that it didn't have to be that way and we are still waiting for the " for the better part" to kick in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stenbaro Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 You can mock the concept, but there is a lot to learn and understand from the past. You are one of those that preach it was a master plan and there was no choice but to tear apart the team for the better. Some of us understand that it didn't have to be that way and we are still waiting for the " for the better part" to kick in. I agree..I believe there are those here that utilize the stick your head in the sand theory and hope it goes away...The more this season goes on the more those mistakes grow larger and larger...Until they fix them they wont make the playoffs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregkash Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm still amazed at how many people on this board never learned how to spell Grier... not that I'm trying to be a grammar or anything here, I just always get a good laugh when people combine him and Briere. That's why he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 That would have helped. I would rather have those 3 then have resigned Hecht, Max, and/or Kotalik. If the Sabres and that idiot Regier had been more proactive with their contract negotiations, we may have been able to avoid the Vanek contract fiasco, not to mention Black Sunday when we lost both captains without much effort in retaining them. The Sabres will never advance past mediocrity until Regier is ousted. Darcy doesn't sign the checks. All he can do is negotiate deals, which is what he did with Drury, and then the guy who does sign the checks pulled the rug out. I'd also guess that Darcy was ready to pay Soupy the amount necessary to get him signed in the summer of 2007, but the check-signer wasn't ready for that number until February of 2008, when it was too late. It's also worth remembering that Darcy has presided over 4 final 4 teams, which is very strong. Now, having said that, Darcy clearly has missed the boat on a few of his decisions, most notably Tallinder, Max and Connolly (and hopefully NOT Hecht, Pommer and Miller, although their play this year has been pretty shaky). As TW and others have pointed out, on a team with a limited budget, the impact of big-dollar mistakes is magnified. You can mock the concept, but there is a lot to learn and understand from the past. You are one of those that preach it was a master plan and there was no choice but to tear apart the team for the better. Some of us understand that it didn't have to be that way and we are still waiting for the " for the better part" to kick in. Right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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