darksabre Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Nah, Murray said (and Vogl tweeted) that recapture penalty was a concern, and I believe him. Anything that makes a player untradeable is reason enough to buy them out. That contract was a disaster waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy22 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Currently I am in "What just happened-country"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Currently I am in "What just happened-country"... I thought reunification was decades ago, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Nah, Murray said (and Vogl tweeted) that recapture penalty was a concern, and I believe him. I took that to be the reason he wasn't traded. $10MM potentially getting hit is a killer, $3MM can probably be creatively worked with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Erhoff I cannot believe that this is STILL going on. His name is in the thread title FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) I cannot believe that this is STILL going on. His name is in the thread title FFS. The other h was bought out along with his contract. Edited June 29, 2014 by Tankalicious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) I cannot believe that this is STILL going on. His name is in the thread title FFS. I'm going to miss watching you go ballistic over this. It makes me laugh every freaking time. The other r was bought out along with his contract. Andrew Amerk, care to address this? Edited June 29, 2014 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Tim Murray to Buffalo News: Sabres buy out Christian Ehrhoff and it was an easy decision By John Vogl From the moment he was hired as general manager, Tim Murray has contemplated buying out defenseman Christian Ehrhoff. The compliance buyout process is done. Murray told The Buffalo News this morning that the defenseman would be bought out, as long as Ehrhoff declined the waiver process. Ehrhoff's agent, Rick Curran, told The News that Ehrhoff has declined and filled out the buyout paperwork. Ehrhoff had seven years remaining on a 10-year, $40 million contract. He is now an unrestricted free agent. "Since I got here we’ve talked about this," Murray, who was hired in January, told The News this morning in Buffalo Niagara International Airport. "We’ve talked about his contract. We’ve talked about the repercussions of the contract with the penalties that the league has put on it. It’s been an ongoing discussion." Aside from all that, Ehrhoff simply didn't want to be in Buffalo during the rebuild, and Murray said the defenseman's play didn't warrant keeping him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Currently I am in "What just happened-country"... Oh nice! I live in your neighboring country, "WHAT THE F##KISTAN!" Our number one export is hopelessness and shame... also Potassium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Matthew Coller @MatthewWGR 2h Ehrhoff was 13th in the NHL in Relative Corsi and scored as many EV points as Drew Doughty. Sabres doing a Leafs here :( Murray just bought out my favorite Sabre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Andrew Amerk, care to address this? The name is now Andrew Amek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 It's a recapture penalty. Here's the grid: http://capgeek.com/recapture-grid (EDIT: look at the SECOND grid.) I understand the motivation for a recapture penalty, but the mechanics of it just seem...broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 The name is now Andrew Amek. I meant the thing about how he's missing an h and not an r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Matthew Coller @MatthewWGR 2h Ehrhoff was 13th in the NHL in Relative Corsi and scored as many EV points as Drew Doughty. Sabres doing a Leafs here :( Murray just bought out my favorite Sabre. Put on a tape of that Detroit game near the end of the year..... You could have put Tim Horton's casket out there and it would have been harder to get around than Ehrhoff. I've never seen such a blatant mail-it-in job from a professional. If that game was NCAA, the feds would have investigated it for gambling purposes....and I am dead serious on that one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Murray on Erhoff: "I’ve said at the start that if you don’t want to be here we’ll make it happen. He’s made I believe $22 million in three years and feels that we’re not going in the right direction, but he really hasn’t had much part in the direction the team has gone. So time to move on." http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/2014/06/tim-murray-to-buffalo-news-sabres-have-started-process-of-buying-out-christian-ehrhoff.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I understand the motivation for a recapture penalty, but the mechanics of it just seem...broken. Not really. If you want to reduce a behavior (front loading contracts) tax the heck out of it. They are doing that in spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 The conversation between Tim Murray and John Vogl? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb0VQTMKNR8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I meant the thing about how he's missing an h and not an r. One lucky person will be spelling Reinhart wrong for the next 3 years, and I'll be waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Murray on Erhoff: "I’ve said at the start that if you don’t want to be here we’ll make it happen. He’s made I believe $22 million in three years and feels that we’re not going in the right direction, but he really hasn’t had much part in the direction the team has gone. So time to move on." http://blogs.buffalo...an-ehrhoff.html Translation : "You have the gall to bitch about the team sucking, while not doing a damn thing to change that yourself, while making millions of dollars - Get the ###### out of my sight!" Edited June 29, 2014 by Kristian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Murray on Erhoff: "I’ve said at the start that if you don’t want to be here we’ll make it happen. He’s made I believe $22 million in three years and feels that we’re not going in the right direction, but he really hasn’t had much part in the direction the team has gone. So time to move on." http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/2014/06/tim-murray-to-buffalo-news-sabres-have-started-process-of-buying-out-christian-ehrhoff.html Schnitzel-Slapped!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Pick up Jovanowski off waivers I'm going to miss Ehrhoff and his trade value, if anything I wonder if TM is trying to clean up potential future problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Put on a tape of that Detroit game near the end of the year..... You could have put Tim Horton's casket out there and it would have been harder to get around than Ehrhoff. I've never seen such a blatant mail-it-in job from a professional. If that game was NCAA, the feds would have investigated it for gambling purposes....and I am dead serious on that one.... At the end of the year when we were dressing a collection of random throw aways from other teams? After the team made it clear they wanted to tank to get the best possible pick? Any good player would have been frustrated by that. I don't blame The Hoff one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Pick up Jovanowski off waivers I'm going to miss Ehrhoff and his trade value, if anything I wonder if TM is trying to clean up potential future problems Jovanovski is 38. The only reason to pick him up off waivers is if they really need his $4.1M contract to get to the cap floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Jovanovski is 38. The only reason to pick him up off waivers is if they really need his $4.1M contract to get to the cap floor. Which we do... right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 At the end of the year when we were dressing a collection of random throw aways from other teams? After the team made it clear they wanted to tank to get the best possible pick? Any good player would have been frustrated by that. I don't blame The Hoff one bit. It's fine to be frustrated. He was an embarrassment. Tim Murray should give him a Roger Dorn jersey as a parting gift... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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