ntjacks79 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I couldn't take this Jim Rome guy anymore, I'll listen to the presser later. 10 minutes of that guy and I'm puking all over the place. +1. WGR should give US money for having to listen to this instead of Marcy stuttering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I agree with this a lot. However, I'm not mad about the Sabres not agreeing that Kennedy is worth $1M, I'm mad that they apparently think Connolly and Stafford ARE worth the money, and Kennedy is not. THAT is an absolute joke and is the question that Marcy needs to answer. Over Budget? Who cares, Marcy? Tell us WHY Connolly and Stafford are worth the money, and this kid is not!!! well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I agree with this a lot. However, I'm not mad about the Sabres not agreeing that Kennedy is worth $1M, I'm mad that they apparently think Connolly and Stafford ARE worth the money, and Kennedy is not. THAT is an absolute joke and is the question that Marcy needs to answer. Over Budget? Who cares, Marcy? Tell us WHY Connolly and Stafford are worth the money, and this kid is not!!! Darcy took a lot of heat for the Connolly contract when it was first signed. Personally I like Connolly (as everyone here probably knows), but all opinions aside, there's no way Regier would get rid of Connolly and essentially admit being wrong about making that deal. At least if Timmy finishes out his two year contract Regier can look at it and tell himself (and the media) that it was a successful signing, statistics wise. As for Stafford -- who knows? That's all I can really say to sum up this whole situation... who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I agree with this a lot. However, I'm not mad about the Sabres not agreeing that Kennedy is worth $1M, I'm mad that they apparently think Connolly and Stafford ARE worth the money, and Kennedy is not. THAT is an absolute joke and is the question that Marcy needs to answer. Over Budget? Who cares, Marcy? Tell us WHY Connolly and Stafford are worth the money, and this kid is not!!! :worthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROC Sabres Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Darcy took a lot of heat for the Connolly contract when it was first signed. Personally I like Connolly (as everyone here probably knows), but all opinions aside, there's no way Regier would get rid of Connolly and essentially admit being wrong about making that deal. At least if Timmy finishes out his two year contract Regier can look at it and call it a successful signing, statistics wise. As for Stafford -- who knows? That's all I can really say to sum up this whole situation... who knows. FUBAR sounds about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 would love to see/hear if Darcy's getting any slightly prickly questions at the presser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 http://sabres.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=16&iid=23829 presser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linksfiend Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 ... and this kid is not!!! If every team passed on him at $1M, then he's not. (But I got no answer for you on Stafford or TC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 audio: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=16&iid=23829 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Kennedy was first offered one-year, $625k two-way deal. Ended up being higher, obviously. Regier confident TK will get good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROC Sabres Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I couldn't listen past 2 minutes. Had to clean my ears of the bullsh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Sounds like Darcy was planning to send Kennedy down to Portland this year if he got him signed to that 2 way deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntjacks79 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 audio: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=16&iid=23829 Thanks for providing this. I can't even believe what I'm hearing. He thanked management for their generosity with payroll? :blink: OMG. Please someone, get me some oxygen. I don't think I can stop laughing. And listening to the whole press conference, Marcy clearly IS saying that Stafford and Connolly are worth the money, and Kennedy isn't. Why couldn't one of these morons at the Presser ASK this OBVIOUS friggin' question????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hephaestus Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Sounds like Darcy was planning to send Kennedy down to Portland this year if he got him signed to that 2 way deal. Which honestly, I think Timmy could have used another season in the AHL. So I guess it's understandable why Darcy wouldn't have wanted to pay him $1 Mil. a year when he was looking for a 2-way in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregkash Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Sounds to me like Golisano and Quinn have handicapped the sabres to about 9 million below the NHL cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Essentially, the arbitrator gave them an award high enough to have a TK escape clause and parlay that $700k into another defenseman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 And listening to the whole press conference, Marcy clearly IS saying that Stafford and Connolly are worth the money, and Kennedy isn't. Why couldn't one of these morons at the Presser ASK this OBVIOUS friggin' question????? Perhaps Darcy doesn't so much feel Stafford and Connolly are worth the money they are being paid, as not worth the cap hit that waiving them would cost. Yes, you can point out that they have cap room, but would *YOU* sell your car and still make payments on it or keep the car until it's paid off and then get rid of it? There's a different cost scale involved with Connolly and Stafford. Oh, and there's a 'D' in Darcy. Calling people names is playground ######. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntjacks79 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Sounds to me like Golisano and Quinn have handicapped the sabres to about 9 million below the NHL cap. But according to Marcy "we're quite a bit higher than we were a year ago at this same time" (payroll). Does anyone have the ability to challenge that assertion (knowledge of payroll in August 2009 vs. August 2010)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAAAUGHT!!! Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Perhaps Darcy doesn't so much feel Stafford and Connolly are worth the money they are being paid, as not worth the cap hit that waiving them would cost. Yes, you can point out that they have cap room, but would *YOU* sell your car and still make payments on it or keep the car until it's paid off and then get rid of it? There's a different cost scale involved with Connolly and Stafford. Oh, and there's a 'D' in Darcy. Calling people names is playground ######. And riding a silver bike, dressed all in black, with a red helmet screams "my daddy didn't love me and my mommy dressed me until I was 15." Name calling is fun and in this case much deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 1) "Projected Cap". Clever use of projected twice in that conversation. You have to wonder if the current $ is the "projected" cap or if some move they're going to make (after some of the teams start shedding players to make the cap) will then put them at the "projected cap". 2) Sounds to me like they want 21 player roster. With Shaone they be at 22. With Kennedy it would've been 23. 3) The one way deal had a lot to do with it. Business and relating to #2 wise, better to have an Ennis on a two way than a Kennedy on a one way. 4) Lindy likes Ennis better. 9 points in 10 games and 4 pts in 6 playoffs. How can u not play that? 5) DR doesn't blame the arbitrator or Kennedy for what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 And riding a silver bike, dressed all in black, with a red helmet screams "my daddy didn't love me and my mommy dressed me until I was 15." Name calling is fun and in this case much deserved. Isn't Darcy pretty much a woman's name, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntjacks79 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Perhaps Darcy doesn't so much feel Stafford and Connolly are worth the money they are being paid, as not worth the cap hit that waiving them would cost. Yes, you can point out that they have cap room, but would *YOU* sell your car and still make payments on it or keep the car until it's paid off and then get rid of it? There's a different cost scale involved with Connolly and Stafford. Oh, and there's a 'D' in Darcy. Calling people names is playground ######. I think I have a right to be angry, given the $200,000+ I have spent on season tickets over the years and how completely mismanaged this team obviously is. I'll calm down eventually. Your "cap hit" point is a good one, though, even though I don't believe it anywhere near justifies the lunacy of letting a player go that "The GM" even said is a "good player" while keeping all sorts of dead weight on the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbochan Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Sounds like it's a lot less complex than people are making it: They wanted someone else on the roster and weren't happy with the high arbitration award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foligno's Nose Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I cant believe I listened to the whole PC. Darcy's continued mention of the internal cap/ budget is the most aggravating. Losing a home-grown talent is equally disapointing as well. I have grown increasingly aggravated at the mamby-pamby press that do not take either Buffalo team to task in any way. It is like a kiss & suck-ass festival. Nobody asks a tough question or probes into an issue at all (including the News). Jerry Sullivan is the poster-boy for this flacid journalism. He talks all tough on his radio stints, but comes up like a chump in any Bills or Sabres presser. Disapointing. It is probably harder to not cross a line than it would seem, but...There is just no bite. It must be a fear of retribution. I dont know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregkash Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 lets pool our money and see if we can buy the sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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