Looks like Briere is a Flyer...per TSN. (Merged)

[Nighthawk]

http://www.tsn.ca/

[Philagape]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/Default.aspx

[patmoran2006]

Sources tell TSN Daniel Briere is in the process of finalizing an eight-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers between $6 million and $7 million per year. Briere, 29, came off a career season in which he led the Buffalo Sabres with 95 points. He added a team-leading 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) in the playoffs.

[Philagape]

Get in line :D

[patmoran2006]

Pathetic we let this guy go because of our non-extension during the season policy.

[hammerbillsfan]

****ing Flyers!

[patmoran2006]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212425&hubname=nhl

[patmoran2006]

8 years, 52 million

[Ebenezer]

I guess that takes the Flyers out of the Vanek sweepstakes.

[Ebenezer]

three threads about this guys?? come on.

[hammerbillsfan]

:$: someone hit the jackpot

[patmoran2006]

Well they were put within SECONDS of each other.

I dont know how to merge.

[Philagape]

Gagne will top 50 goals with Briere on his line

[Dr. Lecter]

8 years??????

Absolutely insane. This league is in trouble if Briere can get a deal like this. More power to him, but yeesh!

[Ebenezer]

$10 million the first year?? :eek:

[patmoran2006]

Average is only 6.5 million.

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

Damn, that is a big time overpayment. I would never expect the Sabres to pay that kind of money.

[patmoran2006]

$10 million the first year?? :eek:
its the loophole bigger market teams can take advantage of.

The cap hit is the average salary,b ut the big market teams with more money to spend from revenue can offer more front loaded deals

[Dr. Lecter]

Well they were put within SECONDS of each other.

I dont know how to merge.

They are merged now.

[Philagape]

Average is only 6.5 million.

That's not too much for a top-10 scorer who LED THE LEAGUE in even-strength points last year

[Philagape]

They are merged now.

my headline was cooler.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

By Tim Graham - News Sports Reporter
Updated: 07/01/07 3:31 PM


Daniel Briere informed The Buffalo News in a text message that he has agreed to a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. The deal is for $52 million over eight years.




http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/110800.html

[Ebenezer]

the average might be $6.5 but with it front loaded and 8 years he'll never see the back of the contract...he'll end up with more than $7mil a year.

[Ebenezer]

thread #4??

[patmoran2006]

This really bothers me more than anything else because it didnt have to come down this financial decision by Buffalo.

All Regier/Golisano/Quinn needed was the insight last summer to accept Briere's offer.. He was on the verge of breaking out and sure enough he did.

We could've had him at a BARGAIN compared to what guys are getting right now and for that alone, its pure 100% absolutely HORRIBLE decision making from the top.

We get Briere for just $5 mill and we easily could pay Drury $7 and we have our nucleus back for the next few years.

[Ebenezer]

what if they were afraid that DB would slip back to the player he was in Phoenix?

[Dr. Lecter]

We get Briere for just $5 mill and we easily could pay Drury $7 and we have our nucleus back for the next few years.

I'll disagree with this.

With Vanek about to hit 5 and Miller possibly being there next year there would have been no way to get all 4.

In hindsight it was a bad move. But at the time, many thought 5 million a year was too much for Briere and the decision was excessive.

[Philagape]

what if they were afraid that DB would slip back to the player he was in Phoenix?

That would make them pretty stupid

[Dr. Lecter]

thread #4??

#5 actually. :ill:

[patmoran2006]

If we were pretending this was the Bills, IMO it would be like losing Losman and Evans on the same day.

[Ebenezer]

If we were pretending this was the Bills, IMO it would be like losing Losman and Evans on the same day.

more like Kelly and Thurman...

[Mitchy moo]

PUCK HIM AND THE FLYNERDS.:bullseye:

[BlackMetalNinja]

Hmm, one of these threads somehwere I said Briere would go to Philly for 6.5 or a little more... I knew they were going to throw a huge contract at him, they've wanted him badly and let it be known for quite some time.

[BlackMetalNinja]

The comments on the TSN article are absolutely ripping the length of the deal to shreds... Nobody thinks he should have gotten an 8 year deal.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

The deal is for $52 million over eight years.
http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/110800.html

[PUCKER]

DAMMIT! :cynic:

[BlackMetalNinja]

The deal is for $52 million over eight years.
http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/110800.html

Yeah... how many times does that need to be posted? I do give you credit for citing actual sources for a change though :up:

[carybillsfan]

the average might be $6.5 but with it front loaded and 8 years he'll never see the back of the contract...he'll end up with more than $7mil a year.

Unlike the NFL, salaries are garaunteed so he'll get that money. That can't just cut him and not pay. Also they take the cap hit over the full 8yrs. I thought Bobby Clarke as his overspending ways were gone.

[patmoran2006]

Unlike the NFL, salaries are garaunteed so he'll get that money. That can't just cut him and not pay. Also they take the cap hit over the full 8yrs. I thought Bobby Clarke as his overspending ways were gone.
I am ALMOST POSITIVE than a team can buy out a player for two-thirds of his salary and spread the cap hit out over the length of his contract remaining times two.

I know the Islanders recently did this with Yashin and a few other teams recently as well.

[Night Train]

That's insane.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2922605

Hockey has no financial clue. With zero national TV ratings in the U.S., they are cutting their own throat.

[carybillsfan]

I am ALMOST POSITIVE than a team can buy out a player for two-thirds of his salary and spread the cap hit out over the length of his contract remaining times two.

I know the Islanders recently did this with Yashin and a few other teams recently as well.

That is correct but it seems that the Briere deal is front loaded $10M next season. I haven't seen the rest of the figures.

Yashins buyout cost the Isles $17.25M and they take a $2.2M cap hit each year for 8years.

[patmoran2006]

Well I just seen according to briere's contract it can ONLY be bought out with his permission, and he has a no trade clause as well.

What a great deal for Briere personally.. I bet he's glad our FO are idiots who turned down his 5 year/25 million proposal.

[carybillsfan]

He should also be glad the Flyers organization has no clue

[LABillsFan]

That's not too much for a top-10 scorer who LED THE LEAGUE in even-strength points last year

That's over 8 years though. What is he making the first 3 years?

[Philagape]

That's over 8 years though. What is he making the first 3 years?

Against the cap, it's evenly spread out I believe, if not in cash

[patmoran2006]

Against the cap, it's evenly spread out I believe, if not in cash
it is..

whether they give him 2 million this year or 18 million, its spread out over by the average per.

This is what is giving large markets a big advantage.

[Ebenezer]

That's insane.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2922605

Hockey has no financial clue. With zero national TV ratings in the U.S., they are cutting their own throat.
that is not true...the salary cap is tied to actual revenues.

[ddaryl]

Against the cap, it's evenly spread out I believe, if not in cash

How can it be evenly spread out, What happens if they cut him in 2010 ? Does the contract still count 6.5 mil against the cap for the remaining years wether he is on the team or not ?


or does the money spent to date that hasn't been fully accounted for then count against the cap ?

[Mitchy moo]

Many of you are trying to defend a greedy person who is leaving, Darcy is not leaving he is working to make our team better. Come back to the real world folks, Briere always pulled a foot farther away when we reached our hand out to him and now he is pulling a mckee. Ask Jay how it's been since he left, how his health is on the other team.

Briere gets focused on and neutralized on a bad team, game over Danny.

[Dr. Lecter]

How can it be evenly spread out, What happens if they cut him in 2010 ? Does the contract still count 6.5 mil against the cap for the remaining years wether he is on the team or not ?


or does the money spent to date that hasn't been fully accounted for then count against the cap ?

The cap hit is the average amount of the deal.

NHL contracts are guarenteed so unless they are bought out a guy won't get cut. In Danny's case, he has a no buyout clause.

[BlackMetalNinja]

Many of you are trying to defend a greedy person who is leaving, Darcy is not leaving he is working to make our team better. Come back to the real world folks, Briere always pulled a foot farther away when we reached our hand out to him and now he is pulling a mckee. Ask Jay how it's been since he left, how his health is on the other team.

Briere gets focused on and neutralized on a bad team, game over Danny.

You're so full of crap it's rediculous... he's getting 1.5 million more per year then we wanted to offer him, and he's getting for 3 years longer than we offered. He'd be a fool not to take that.

[LABillsFan]

it is..

whether they give him 2 million this year or 18 million, its spread out over by the average per.

This is what is giving large markets a big advantage.

But he is due $10 mil, that has to be paid. There is the Cap and Cash cap, which has the Sabres hands tied. His first 3 years are for $10 mil, $8 mil and then again $8 mil. That ties up a lot of money right when the rest of the core of the team is due to hit FA.