Briere's Arbitration, Salary or Post Arbitration Discussion - Merged

[Philagape]

I don't ever want to hear someone say all the players care about is money when we have management that refuses to come within $10 MILLION of the salary cap.

[Michael82]

I don't ever want to hear someone say all the players care about is money when we have management that refuses to come within $10 MILLION of the salary cap.

[SkateZilla]

Whats the Cap at now?,

Seriously, NHL Rolls Back Slaries to help teams make money then they inflate them... the GMs and Owners should be blowing a gasket,

i agree briere is worth 4.5-5 million, but Arbitration boards handed out 5 Million+ to 3 Players that played 48 or Less games last season.. HELLO!?!?!?!!?!?! So much for helping teams make money.....

the Thing is, yeah he's getting 5 Mill for one year, but he might not get that on any other contracts after that year :), seriously, teams wanted to give out $$$$ during Free Agency becuase of all the free agents and they wanted to get some good players now that other teams were doing slary dumps to be under the cap...



Golisano needs to realize your not gonna get anything being a cheapskate... sign Danny, and in January have a conference with him...

I Honestly would mind parting with...
Max, Kotalik, Biron

Max Vanished in the playoffs.. and has shown he holds on to the puck to much, I compare max to Dwayne Robinson from D2 : THe Mighty Ducks.. lmao.. nothing aginst him though....

That saves 3 + Million prolly..

Kotalik had 17 goals less than half way thru the season.. and the last 1/2 of the season he got what 8 goals?.. he looked lik he didnt want the puck.. always passsing away when he was put on the point to shoot..

That Saves 2+ Million....

Biron, I have nothing against him, but 2 Mill for a Backup is Ludacriss, ship him off to some team we'll never see, and get some prospects or a cheapo defensemen,

Drops 2+ Million..

I Dont Mind Parting with Dumont either saving a few Million...

Which takes off about 10 Million, and we bring in 4 Rookies from last year to take their spots at about 2.5 million so saving 7.5 million


Afinogenov, Maxim - Unsigned
Biron, Martin - $2,128,000.00
Briere, Daniel - $5,000,000.00
Campbell, Brian - $1,250,000.00
Connolly,Tim - Unsigned
Drury, Chris - $3,154,000.00
Dumont, Jean-Pierre - Unsigned
Fitzpatrick, Rory - Unsigned
Gaustad, Paul - Unsigned
Hecht, Jochen - $2,350,000.00
Jillson, Jeff - Unsigned
Kalinin, Dimitri - Unsigned
Kotalik, Ales - Unsigned
Lydman, Toni - Unsigned
MacArthur, Clarke - $600,000.00
Mair, Adam - Unsigned
Mancari, Mark - $475,000.00
Miller, Ryan - Unsigned
Novotny, Jiri - Unsigned
Numminen, Teppo - $2,600,000.00
Paetsch, Nathan - $495,000.00
Peters, Andrew - $460,000.00
Pominville, Jason - Unsigned
Roy, Derek - $627,000.00
Spacek, Jaroslav - $3,225,000.00
Tallinder, Henrik - $1,600,000.00
Thorburn, Chris - Unsigned
Vanek, Thomas - $942,400.00

TOTALS: 24,460,900
14 PLayers Left to Sign

[Dr. Lecter]

Another good post! If anyone was worth the money he wanted, it was Danny Briere. Look at what he did in the postseason alone. I still remember sitting in the seat at Game 6 of the ECF and seeing him score the game winning goal in OT. That place went nuts. I'd hate to see him go and would definitely blame Darcy.

Again Mikey there are unknowns:

1. What is Dacry being told by ownership?
2. How much money did Briere want (total and in year 5)?
3. What is the teams long term plans? Can they keep Miller, Drury, Tallinder and Briere for each of the next 5 seasons?

Too many people are assuming they know more than they really do.

[SkateZilla]

honestly the Team Knew the Salaries would go up .. it was expected..

some people need to get a grip... we trade away dead wieght and bring in the young players that played for us last year when players were dropping like flies..

[SkateZilla]

ok,

ANother Thing I just feel i have to point out to all the Panicing peeps..


Briere > Satan (Briere is greater than Satan)

The Sabres were Paying Satan 4.5 And 5.5 In the Old NHL, .. so... I think they should ante up and Pay Briere in the New NHL...

[TacklingDummy]

He turned down 4.3 mill a year from Darcy. Then goes into arbitration, KNOWING THAT HE WILL GET MORE MONEY. HE KNOWS WE ARE A SMALL MARKET TEAM THAT DOESNT SIGN CONTRACTS FOR 5 MILL A YEAR. HE KNOWS HOW BAD WE WOULD BE ****ED BUDGET-WISE IF HE WAS AWARDED BY THE ARBITRATOR. KNOWING THAT 9 OTHER PLAYERS ARE GOING INTO ARBITRATION WHO WILL LIKELY GET MORE MONEY THAN WHAT THEY DESERVE.... HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING HIMSELF AND THE TEAM INTO. SO THEREFORE. I BLAME BRIERE.

AND I SAY GET THE HELL OUT OF BUFFALO.
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Isn't Golisano a Billionare? There's no reason the Sabres couldn't pay him, or Mckee, or any of the other 9 players they have in arbitration. I blame the ownership.

[gannd]

5 million for a teams highest paid player is not bad. You guys have to think a little more realistic. Don't think you can hang back well below the salary cap and have great players every year.

[JD]

Isn't Golisano a Billionare? There's no reason the Sabres couldn't pay him, or Mckee, or any of the other 9 players they have in arbitration. I blame the ownership.

I agree with you on that. I heard that Golisano spent 100 MILLION on a failed election run. That insane! To me, he isn't taking this seriously. It's just a financial investment to him.

[SkateZilla]

Isn't Golisano a Billionare? There's no reason the Sabres couldn't pay him, or Mckee, or any of the other 9 players they have in arbitration. I blame the ownership.

Theres No Source on the Deal he Turned Down, that is pure Speculation,

unless the offer was signed and released to a public, then the detials were not known..

[THATHURMANATOR]

Bye bye danny!!

You piece of ****.

I want regier to just sign you so i can boo you at the home opener.

"I want the front office to step up and keep this team together"
Yeah.. now we know how much you really care about the team, you screwed us royally. **** YOU.

What are you talking about? It was awarded by an arbitrator. How is this his fault in any way? What a terrible post

[THATHURMANATOR]

and connolly. Theyll each get about 3mill a year.

Were screwed.

The NHL is going in a downward spiral.

So much for the new CBA, STILL us small market teams cannot survive.

Pretty soon all teams will be moved to big market citys were they can thrive without even having a strong fan base.

HOLY **** you need to get off the ledge man. We will be fine.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Isn't Golisano a Billionare? There's no reason the Sabres couldn't pay him, or Mckee, or any of the other 9 players they have in arbitration. I blame the ownership.

You don't get to be billionaire by making stupid business decisions. There is no reason a multiyear deal can't be signed later.

[JD]

What are you talking about? It was awarded by an arbitrator. How is this his fault in any way? What a terrible post

Well thanks captain obvious. I'm just saying. Briere said he wanted the team to stay together. He turned down a 4-year deal and elected to go into arbitration knowing he would get more money there. Knowing the situation the team is in, he knows how screwed we would be if he was awarded insane amounts of money. Darcy went public saying he wanted to give Briere a 4 year contract but Danny wanted 5-year.

[JD]

Trade proposal.. Briere, Dumont, Biron for Ovechkin

[SabreEleven]

If the Sabres offered Briere $4 mil for 4 years, they can certainly afford $5 Mil for one year and from there../

[SabreEleven]

Trade proposal.. Briere, Dumont, Biron for Ovechkin

Did you go over to Zilla's house and start smoking the same thing he is?

[JD]

Did you go over to Zilla's house and start smoking the same thing he is?

Notice my little smiley at the bottom? It was a joke.

But no.. why? does he have some good shiz??

[SkateZilla]

Did you go over to Zilla's house and start smoking the same thing he is?

Say What?

[TacklingDummy]

I heard that Golisano spent 100 MILLION on a failed election run. That insane! To me, he isn't taking this seriously. It's just a financial investment to him.

I agree with you. Golisano can spend 100 Million on a election any "realist" could of told him he wouldn't win. He only bought the Sabres cause no one else wanted them and he got them cheap. I don't think he really cares that much about the Sabres. It's probably just a tax write off or something for him.