DEFINING DARCY

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Under Golisano, the success story of the Sabres is still flourishing, yet floundering. They are flourishing in the fact that the club is still young and exciting. They are floundering in that they can only spend so much in order to turn a profit with every oncoming season. Already burdened with a bunch of salaries from last season’s record number of players who could have filed for arbitration ($29.3 million split amongst 13 players), the team has dug itself a hole in order to improve off of last year’s team. The major problem facing Regier is attempting to keep everybody together and stick to a self-imposed budget — which the team has hinted will not approach the league's estimated cap of $48 million — without angering fans amongst the Sabres Nation.

http://www.letsgosabres.com/pressbox/fullstory.php?newsid=10376

[camelcowboy]

Darcy is a good talent evaluater, but his reluctence to lock players up sooner has been his biggest flaw. He could have had briere locked up on the cheap for a while, same with Mckee. This offseason his patience may hurt this team, and we will find out in the next month how he will respond.

[YardRat]

Darcy's done a great job with this team, as has Ruff.

Both need to step up and take it the next level next year, along with whoever the players may be.