jwcolour Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 ESPN Link I was surprised to see this featured on the front of the NHL page with a nice big picture considering we never get any national media attention anywhere... nice read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 ESPN Link I was surprised to see this featured on the front of the NHL page with a nice big picture considering we never get any national media attention anywhere... nice read. Nice article but they still give out mixed signals regarding the departure of you know who. They "chose" to keep the young guys together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Nice article but they still give out mixed signals regarding the departure of you know who. They "chose" to keep the young guys together? Well, that can be taken more than one way ... here is the whole quote: "You're going to have to make your decisions earlier with this CBA [collective bargaining agreement], and we made a decision to keep our young guys together," Regier said. To me, he could be saying they have learned (the hard way) that they can't wait around like they did with you know who and made the decision to keep THIS group of young guys together by signing some to long-term deals. When he says "make your decisions earlier," I almost hear "earlier than we would like" ... Besides, I don't ever remember Darcy ducking the fact he wanted to keep Drury. He has never said losing both was the "plan" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoYouBelieve Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Nice article but they still give out mixed signals regarding the departure of you know who. They "chose" to keep the young guys together? Seeing as Vanek is having a better season than Briere and Drury combined, I don't have any complaints for the front office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Well, that can be taken more than one way ... here is the whole quote: "You're going to have to make your decisions earlier with this CBA [collective bargaining agreement], and we made a decision to keep our young guys together," Regier said. To me, he could be saying they have learned (the hard way) that they can't wait around like they did with you know who and made the decision to keep THIS group of young guys together by signing some to long-term deals. When he says "make your decisions earlier," I almost hear "earlier than we would like" ... Besides, I don't ever remember Darcy ducking the fact he wanted to keep Drury. He has never said losing both was the "plan" ... I agree with your interpretation. Seeing as Vanek is having a better season than Briere and Drury combined, I don't have any complaints for the front office. I disagree with your interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Awesome article. Thanks for posting it for those who don't visit espn.com all that often. I love the how Rivet gives props to our drafting. Which i agree with. I think they get talked down around the league but each time we bring players up, like Harry Neale said about Chris Butler, they just belong in the league. Sabres have a real good understanding of how to develop talent. They may not draft the most skilled players in the draft, but they pick guys with potential and raw skill, and know how to Polish them off. Marc-Andre Gragnani has been a giant success story of when he first arrived in Rochester last year, to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well, that can be taken more than one way ... here is the whole quote: "You're going to have to make your decisions earlier with this CBA [collective bargaining agreement], and we made a decision to keep our young guys together," Regier said. To me, he could be saying they have learned (the hard way) that they can't wait around like they did with you know who and made the decision to keep THIS group of young guys together by signing some to long-term deals. When he says "make your decisions earlier," I almost hear "earlier than we would like" ... Besides, I don't ever remember Darcy ducking the fact he wanted to keep Drury. He has never said losing both was the "plan" ... If they had learned after Drury and Briere they would have accepted Campbell's offer in the fall of 2007. Anyway, I consider the possibility that you are right. My main problem is with TG's public service announcement last year where he contradicted everything DR and LQ have said about the two aforementioned players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 The last thing this team needs is to start reading the press clippings. Let's hope they don't forget what go them where they are today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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