Per WGR550, Pominville Gets Contract Extension

[raphael120]

No contract details available yet, but just reported on WGR.

[RockStar36]

If this is true all I demand at least 5,000 zonebucks from all the naysayers.

[raphael120]

http://wgr550.com/Pominville-Signs/2991265

Sounds like a long term deal from most reports.

[hydro]

:lolpoint: naysayers

[RockStar36]

I'd like to have official word from the Sabres but WGR isn't some hockeybuzz rumor site so I guess I should start my dancing in the cubicle.

[RockStar36]

:lolpoint: Mikey82

:up:

[BlackMetalNinja]

I do believe a few of us said he'd have his extension before the season started didn't we???

[RockStar36]

I do believe a few of us said he'd have his extension before the season started didn't we???

Shut up. We're mindless homers.

[Dr. Pepper]

5 years, WOOOOO!

[rbochan]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h52/Lnix1217/snoopyDance.gif

[hydro]

Larry Quinn is an idiot! What is he thinking! He is ruining this team :mad:

[Dr. Lecter]

TOMMY G IS CHEAP!!!! THE BASTARD!!! DARCY SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Lecter]

Shut up. We're mindless homers.

Ignorant, mindless, homer cronie.

[Dr. Lecter]

Official, via V-text.

I am not big on rep threads, but I might have to start a mindless homer rep thread about this signing.

[Iehoshua]

Welcome to Pominville!! Population: (Terms Not Disclosed)

[mchurchfie]

:bf1:

[RockStar36]

When it comes to something like this there are few other things that I will enjoy more than rubbing it in for quite some time.

[Dr. Lecter]

BTW, name him captain this Friday at the unveiling.

[RockStar36]

BTW, name him captain this Friday at the unveiling.

What unveiling? Are they unveiling something? What's going on?

[raphael120]

5 year deal, just got a txt message from the website.

Around $5.3 per year, Schopp just said.

[RockStar36]

Eklund says 5 yrs, 25 mil (e657)

[hydro]

That would be an awesome contract.

[RockStar36]

Considering Ryan Malone got 4.5 from Tampa Bay, I'd have to agree with you.

[Dr. Lecter]

That is a good deal. I had figured between 5 and 6 and this on the low end.

[OpIv37]

That's actually fairly reasonable compared to what some guys have been getting.

[mchurchfie]

:bf1:I knew Pommers wouldn't try to break the bank. We need more teamplayers like that.:up:

[SpillerThrills]

personally, I don't care what the contract if $$$ wise...... he's signed for the next 7 years (?) and that's all that matters!!!! Good Job FO!

[Dr. Pepper]

supposedly it's 5 years, 26.5 million.... or something close to that. it's pretty much what i figured hed sign for. he couldve waited until the offseason to sign a massive offer sheet via RFA. thanks Pommers for picking Buffalo!

[Philagape]

AP says 5 years, 26.5


Yeah, who would dumb enough to be skeptical considering how wonderful things have gone over the past year?

[gr8slayer]

Never heard of him, is this like the Bills signing Peters or more like a Kyle Williams type signing?

[hydro]

Never heard of him, is this like the Bills signing Peters or more like a Kyle Williams type signing?

Not quite Peters big but still very important.

[SabreEleven]

BTW, name him captain this Friday at the unveiling.

they aren't unveiling nothing this Friday...........................it's Saturday :couch:

I beat LW to it.....

[Dr. Lecter]

AP says 5 years, 26.5


Yeah, who would dumb enough to be skeptical considering how wonderful things have gone over the past year?

Over the past year, things have been fine.

It was before that it did not go well.

[Dr. Lecter]

Never heard of him, is this like the Bills signing Peters or more like a Kyle Williams type signing?

In-between, slightly closer to Peters.

Maybe it would be like a Lynch extension in a few or trading for Stroud.

[Philagape]

Over the past year, things have been fine.

It was before that it did not go well.

I was going by the results, but you're right, the catastrophe began well before.

[Ebenezer]

Over the past year, things have been fine.

It was before that it did not go well.
say it with me....planned...conceived and executed.

[Dr. Lecter]

Very possible, but they could have had Drury at about 4-5 per.

Is this less of a deal than you thought?

[gr8slayer]

Are the Sabres subscribing to the freaking cash to cap :bs:?

[Dr. Lecter]

Are the Sabres subscribing to the freaking cash to cap :bs:?

That is basically how the NHL cap system works. It is not nearly as convoluted as the NFL cap and is a much better system.

[Dr. Lecter]

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[gr8slayer]

That is basically how the NHL cap system works. It is not nearly as convoluted as the NFL cap and is a much better system.
Better as in the small market teams can keep up with the bigger markets?

[Ebenezer]

Are the Sabres subscribing to the freaking cash to cap :bs:?
wrong sport. the hockey cap is different than the football cap.

[gr8slayer]

wrong sport. the hockey cap is different than the football cap.
Thanks, Lecter cleared that up already :up:

[Dr. Lecter]

Better as in the small market teams can keep up with the bigger markets?

Better in that:

1. When a deal is signed it is guarenteed for both sides. So if you sign a 5 year 20 million deal, the cap hit is 4 million per. The team can't reduce your salary (there is a buy out, but it is not cheap). The player has no reason to hold out, as extensions are just that - an extension. Pominville, for example, will still make 1.375 million this year and count 1.033 million against the Sabres cap. Next year, and for the 4 years after that, he will count ~5.25 million. And no extensions are allowed until a player has only one year left on his deal. So somebody like Jason Peters would be stuck with his deal for two more years.
2. This also avoids the bonuses and funny accounting tricks teams use. So a team can't give a huge up front signing bonus like they do in the NFL.

It is a simple, no frills cap system.

[gr8slayer]

Better in that:

1. When a deal is signed it is guarenteed for both sides. So if you sign a 5 year 20 million deal, the cap hit is 4 million per. The team can't reduce your salary (there is a buy out, but it is not cheap). The player has no reason to hold out, as extensions are just that - an extension. Pominville, for example, will still make 1.375 million this year and count 1.033 million against the Sabres cap. Next year, and for the 4 years after that, he will count ~5.25 million. And no extensions are allowed until a player has only one year left on his deal. So somebody like Jason Peters would be stuck with his deal for two more years.
2. This also avoids the bonuses and funny accounting tricks teams use. So a team can't give a huge up front signing bonus like they do in the NFL.

It is a simple, no frills cap system.
Wow, far less complex. That's definitely one area that the NHL has the NFL beat.

[Dr. Lecter]

Big time.

There is a thread somewhere in the Bills forum where I said the NFL should subscribe to the NHL style of cap.

How it would work on teams that have 100 million caps as opposed to 50 million caps, as well as ~60 players under contract as opposed to ~22 I am not sure.

But the basics are nice, closes loopholes, prevent players from getting greedy and prevent teams from screwing players.

[Ebenezer]

Better in that:

1. When a deal is signed it is guarenteed for both sides. So if you sign a 5 year 20 million deal, the cap hit is 4 million per. The team can't reduce your salary (there is a buy out, but it is not cheap). The player has no reason to hold out, as extensions are just that - an extension. Pominville, for example, will still make 1.375 million this year and count 1.033 million against the Sabres cap. Next year, and for the 4 years after that, he will count ~5.25 million. And no extensions are allowed until a player has only one year left on his deal. So somebody like Jason Peters would be stuck with his deal for two more years.
2. This also avoids the bonuses and funny accounting tricks teams use. So a team can't give a huge up front signing bonus like they do in the NFL.

It is a simple, no frills cap system.
one other thing you forgot. Teams must be cap compliant for all future years now. In other words, if the 2008-9 cap is $60 million then the team must be under the cap for all years forward as opposed to just this one year.

[Dr. Lecter]

That can be implied with the idea that each player's average is what counts every year and that his cap hit does not change.

[rbochan]

Very possible, but they could have had Drury at about 4-5 per...

I disagree.
Drury, I believe, didn't even consider staying in Buffalo once he got a call from NY. Drury always wanted to be on the Rangers since he was a little kid, look at the photos they used to show during broadcasts and such - always in Rags gear. It was his dream. He got that offer and ran with it.
Wouldn't you?

[Dr. Lecter]

I disagree.
Drury, I believe, didn't even consider staying in Buffalo once he got a call from NY. Drury always wanted to be on the Rangers since he was a little kid, look at the photos they used to show during broadcasts and such - always in Rags gear. It was his dream. He got that offer and ran with it.
Wouldn't you?

They could have signed him before FA started for that amount.

[Dr. Lecter]

The Buffalo Sabres report for physicals today, signifying the start of the 2008-09 season. If they can match their general manager’s offseason, fans are in for an entertaining year.

Darcy Regier no doubt led the NHL in goals this summer, achieving every one he stated by closing the offseason with a contract extension for Jason Pominville. The Sabres and their high-scoring winger agreed on a five-year, $26.5 million deal Thursday that will keep Pominville in Buffalo through 2013-14.

“Not only did we draft him, but he is someone who has grown up in this organization, along with others, and has continued to get better and better,” Regier said. “He just brings a lot of qualities. As was pointed out to me numerous times, he was the 19th-leading scorer in the National Hockey League [with 80 points]. Lindy [Ruff] and the coaching staff rely on him for a lot of things, whether it’s power play, penalty killing, even strength, last minute. Coaches don’t hand those things out lightly. It’s a tremendous responsibility, and it’s one that he’s earned from the start.”

Extending Pominville’s deal was the final entry on Regier’s to-do list. His other agenda items:

• Add size to the organization, which he did at June’s draft by selecting eight players who average nearly 6-foot-2.
• Acquire a gritty defenseman, which he did when Craig Rivet came in a trade from San Jose.
• Get a dependable backup goaltender, which came in the form of veteran Patrick Lalime.
• Sign franchise netminder Ryan Miller to a new deal before he became a free agent next year, and the sides agreed on a five-year, $31.25 million extension in July.

Story Here. (http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabresnhl/story/442737.html)

[RockStar36]

I honestly only have one more thing they need to do and it is sort of a complaint.

No more rotating captains. Just pick one and be done with it.

[Dr. Lecter]

I would kinda expect Pominville to be given the captainacy.

Maybe a D-man (Rivet? Teppo?) as one assistant and then either Hecht or Roy as the other.

[RockStar36]

Well I'm hoping Pominville gets it, he was awesome last year when he had the C, but I don't want this month to month nonsense.