Sabres get Rivet

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

The Buffalo Sabres acquired veteran defenseman Craig Rivet from the San Jose Sharks on Friday.

The Sharks sent the 33-year-old veteran and a seventh-round selection in the 2010 Entry Draft to the Sabres in exchange for second-round selections in the 2009 and 2010 Drafts.

Rivet will help the Sabres replace Dmitri Kalinin, who signed with the New York Rangers on Thursday.

In 2007-08, Rivet scored five goals and 30 assists in 74 regular season games. The assists and 35 points were career highs. He also had six assists in 13 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

Rivet was originally selected by the Montreal Canadiens with the 68th pick of the 1992 Entry Draft. Rivet was traded to San Jose on Feb. 25, 2007 along with a fifth-round pick in 2008 in exchange for defenseman Josh Gorges and a 2007 first-round pick.

For his career, Rivet has scored 45 goals and 149 assists in 744 regular-season games.

It marked the second trade of the day for the Sabres, who earlier swapped restricted free agent forward Steve Bernier to the Vancouver Canucks for a pair of draft picks.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367836

[Ebenezer]

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So basically Bernier for Rivet. I can live with that.

[Crisis]

sabres trade for rivet

2 2nds

[Crisis]

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http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367836

bernier was the precursor to this.

[OpIv37]

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he's gotta be better than Kalinin

[Crisis]

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he's much better than kalinin.

brings a lot of energy + passion, he's 34 i think he's signed for 3 more years @ 3.5 per. more than solid player. plus he's supposed to be a great locker room guy.

[hydro]

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[hydro]

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Looks like he isn't afraid of fighting with all of the vids he has on youtube.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

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Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier announced today that the team has acquired defenseman Craig Rivet and the San Jose Sharks’ seventh round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for the Sabres’ second round picks in both 2009 and 2010.

Rivet (9/13/74, 6’2”, 210 lbs) appeared in 74 games with San Jose last season, picking up 35 points (5+35) and 104 penalty minutes. In 13 postseason games, he collected six assists (0+6). Rivet was an assistant captain last year with the Sharks.

“We are very excited to add such a quality veteran player to our roster,” said Regier. “He is a great character player that will provide our club added leadership and experience.”

The North Bay, Ontario native has appeared in 744 NHL games and has amassed 194 points on 45 goals and 149 assists (45+14). Rivet played parts of 12 seasons in Montreal before a trade to San Jose during the 2006-2007 season. Rivet was the Canadiens’ third-round choice (68th overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.

http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367835

I'm thinking maybe the Sabres wanted Rivet all along. When the Sabres traded Campbell to the Sharks but the Sharks didn't want to give Rivet up so the Sharks gave the Sabres Bernier and their first round pick instead. But Darcy wasn't a happy camper that day when the Sabres got Bernier so what does he do he goes out and trades for him.

[hydro]

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[hydro]

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He had some balls going after Rob Ray here...

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

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spacek- Lydman
Tallinder -Rivet
Weber- Sekera

[JD]

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I like. Big improvement over Kalinin.

[raphael120]

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Well he's more productive than the fan coveted Brooks Orpik, plus he brings good leadership and cojones to this team.

[JD]

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