nfreeman Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 check it out: http://members.shaw.ca/cdelosreyes/ First point that jumps out is that Drury and Briere are both UFAs after this year. If we can lock up those 2 plus Connolly, get Connolly to stay healthy, and get Miller to play consistently like he did last year -- we are going to be in the hunt EVERY year. Go Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 check it out: http://members.shaw.ca/cdelosreyes/ First point that jumps out is that Drury and Briere are both UFAs after this year. If we can lock up those 2 plus Connolly, get Connolly to stay healthy, and get Miller to play consistently like he did last year -- we are going to be in the hunt EVERY year. Go Sabres. First of all, if whoever does that thing keeps it accurate, it is the coolest thing I have seen this off season. thanks for finding it. Second, you might be asking a lot with all that stuff you suggested ... the next week or so will be interesting ... I think they have a lot of the pieces in place to be in it but finding a way to keep both Drury and Briere around long-term will be a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogie Oglethorpe Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Look at the age of the team too. It's great to know that these guys are still so young and have a lot of upside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Just for laughs, I had to click on the Devils page. They are so screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeleslyobvious Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Just for laughs, I had to click on the Devils page. They are so screwed. And I love laughing at them! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Second, you might be asking a lot with all that stuff you suggested ... the next week or so will be interesting ... I think they have a lot of the pieces in place to be in it but finding a way to keep both Drury and Briere around long-term will be a challenge. A challenge, yes, but it's what I want! Seriously, I feel like we ought to be able to lock up each of Danny and Drury for $20 million for 5 years per person. That is a heckuva lotta cabbage but if our most expensive player is $5 million per year, we're doing better than most teams. I think Connolly staying healthy and Miller staying sharp are just as unpredictable. Concussions are very tricky (and scary), and there are a lot more one-year wonder goalies than there are consistently great goalies. It's a lot to want to work out in our favor, but if it does, we're very strong up the middle for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 A challenge, yes, but it's what I want! Seriously, I feel like we ought to be able to lock up each of Danny and Drury for $20 million for 5 years per person. That is a heckuva lotta cabbage but if our most expensive player is $5 million per year, we're doing better than most teams. I think Connolly staying healthy and Miller staying sharp are just as unpredictable. Concussions are very tricky (and scary), and there are a lot more one-year wonder goalies than there are consistently great goalies. It's a lot to want to work out in our favor, but if it does, we're very strong up the middle for a long time. I'm not disagreeing with you other than to say it is unrealistic ... briere just got awarded $5 million for this season, why would he agree to a paycut over the next 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I'm not disagreeing with you other than to say it is unrealistic ... briere just got awarded $5 million for this season, why would he agree to a paycut over the next 4? Geez -- I used to be OK at math. I meant $5 million per year for 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Is there any chance that we can sticky this thread to the top? The link is such a great resource and should be easy to find on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR HOLLIDAY Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Great post man............. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 This warning can be found elsewhere on the site but not on each individual team page: "Most of the listed salaries are accurate. However, a few are estimates. Please take with a grain of salt." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 This warning can be found elsewhere on the site but not on each individual team page: "Most of the listed salaries are accurate. However, a few are estimates. Please take with a grain of salt." I know he got Roy's # off the NHLPA site, but I don't believe it is correct. He signed his QO and he made more than that last year according to multiple sources. It appears his real salary is ~$842k. I have no idea where he got Paille's # because the NHLPA site doesn't include Paille in it's database and I couldn't find #'s for him last year. Maybe it's on the Sabres site which I typically don't check out on principle. The other #'s seem to be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeleslyobvious Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 I know a little bit of time has passed, but the Devils payroll is still funny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 I know he got Roy's # off the NHLPA site, but I don't believe it is correct. He signed his QO and he made more than that last year according to multiple sources. It appears his real salary is ~$842k. I have no idea where he got Paille's # because the NHLPA site doesn't include Paille in it's database and I couldn't find #'s for him last year. Maybe it's on the Sabres site which I typically don't check out on principle. The other #'s seem to be correct. Take a look at Pittsburgh and Washington. Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the cap hits for Crosby and Ovechkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phSabres84 Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Take a look at Pittsburgh and Washington. Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the cap hits for Crosby and Ovechkin. That is a very good question. Crosby signed a league min 3yr X $850,000 per deal on 9/9/05 The contract provided for performance incentives that could potentially double his salary, but even so that doesn't avg out to $3.7M <_< The site being cited for salaries seems to have several errors in it...not the end all beat all for info IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Take a look at Pittsburgh and Washington. Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the cap hits for Crosby and Ovechkin. I believe (but am not positive on this) that Ovechkin isn't covered under the new CBA's entry level system $ limits because he was drafted in the old system. I haven't looked closely at that portion of the CBA, so I could be very mistaken about that. As for Crosby, my quick look at the performance bonus portions of the CBA would have his salary and bonuses hit to the salary cap capped at $2.2MM. But again, I've only taken a quick look at that section of the CBA and probably won't be able to look closely at it for another couple of weeks. I know that the numbers the website link use are ones published in THN last fall. (Doesn't mean they are correct, but the source is typically reliable.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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