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shelby
07-07-2007, 06:43 AM
Losing Chris Drury (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/1761/;_ylt=Ao53kbig40YjjBfNLVCAbaAmvLYF) and Daniel Briere (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/1737/;_ylt=Aob7th_Z0cgOvlI1pN4NqT8mvLYF) to free agency was bad enough. The Buffalo Sabres (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/buf/;_ylt=AmhRzxeFWiR2l.TumhOZkfgmvLYF) weren't going to let high-scoring youngster Thomas Vanek (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3344/;_ylt=AlXyLLvMdfHozmdcj3mfGSAmvLYF) get away at any price.
Without hesitation, the Sabres signed Vanek to a seven-year, $50 million contract Friday, matching the offer the player received from the Edmonton Oilers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/edm/;_ylt=AgFVcP9siyUNC5uIckAHEIImvLYF).
"We matched it for a lot of different reasons," Sabres general manager Darcy Regier said. "One, was to say to everyone in the National Hockey League, 'If you want to shop this way, don't come here."'
The Oilers move also enraged Buffalo, with Sabres managing partner Larry Quinn warning his team will consider making offers to Edmonton players in the future. "I'm happy we have Thomas for seven years. I think that's really important to state here," Quinn said. "But it's not doing the Edmonton Oilers any good what they did today."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-sabres-vanek&prov=ap&type=lgns
BlackMetalNinja
07-07-2007, 06:46 AM
That's been quite thoroughly covered here already Shelby... We only had a raging debate for most of the day yesterday about it...
shelby
07-07-2007, 06:47 AM
Bite me, Scott....i was too lazy to read through the threads to see if the actual story was posted.
:D
BlackMetalNinja
07-07-2007, 06:48 AM
Bite me, Scott....i was too lazy to read through the threads to see if the actual story was posted.
:D

Yeah, it would be that giant 160+ post thread, along with several other lengthy ones... It was a little testy in here yesterday afternoon again.

And where exactly shall I bite you?
Mitchy moo
07-07-2007, 09:03 AM
Yeah, it would be that giant 160+ post thread, along with several other lengthy ones... It was a little testy in here yesterday afternoon again.

And where exactly shall I bite you?

You can't bite her in her house, the TV fills like 80% of it.
HeShootsHeScores
07-09-2007, 12:28 AM
This is a good sign, at least Quinn isn't all that stupid, I give him props for doing this, smart move Quinn, I'd like to see more of them.