'06 - '07 NHL Season

[WildCowboy]

Scathing article in today's Buffalo News about the Sabres front office and their poor handling of contract situations.

Linky

I am not a happy camper. I'll be a lot less happy when Drury goes bye-bye. We needed to keep at least one of them, and we should have been able to keep both if the management had played their cards right, but it's looking like we're going to have neither. Ugh.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

ESPN is reporting that Scott Gomez has signed a 7 year deal with the Rangers.

Not. Happy.

EDIT: I've seemed to notice that teams are locking in players for long term deals (almost Islander's style, except with better players ). I'm guessing this is so it doesn't hit the team's salary cap as hard as a short term deal.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

Jason Blake has signed a 4yr deal worth $20mil with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Thanks Jason for all you have done for the Isles. You will be missed.

EDIT: Confirmed, Gomez is a Ranger.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

And the Rangers have signed Drury.

Want to kill somebody.

REALLY F*CKIN' REALLY!!!! We have lost: Blake, Kozlov, Poti, Zednik.

Oh but we did sign Jon Sim. Who the F*CK is that?!?!?!!? Reallllllllllyyyyy!

 

[OutThere]

OMFG DRURY AND GOMEZ!!!!

I was expecting one or the other. Jagr, Drury and Gomez......ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh man talk about offense.

 

[puckhead193]

OMFG DRURY AND GOMEZ!!!!

I was expecting one or the other. Jagr, Drury and Gomez......ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh man talk about offense.

i just heard the good news holy ba-jesus. I too thought one or the other but both is just icing on the cake! lets not forget shanny too!

 

[OutThere]

i just heard the good news holy ba-jesus. I too thought one or the other but both is just iceing on the cake! lets not forget shanny too!

Truth. Shanahan is definitely still a force, I'd like to see nylander come back for Jagr's sake, but from the looks of it that's not gonna happen.

 

[KristieMac]

Damn. I miss hockey. I'd love to see the Flyers get their act together for '07-'08.

But if not, there's always my AHL boys in Hershey...

 

[OutThere]

Damn. I miss hockey. I'd love to see the Flyers get their act together for '07-'08.

But if not, there's always my AHL boys in Hershey...

Well they signed Daniel Briere...that's a huge step towards getting back in the game.

 

[KristieMac]

Well they signed Daniel Briere...that's a huge step towards getting back in the game.

You're right, of course. But I was certain that last year would be good, and it definitely wasn't. No worries, though... there's really no where to go, but UP!

 

[WildCowboy]

Now you've got Biron and Briere...I can't believe the freaking Flyers are picking up all of Buffalo's favorite Sabres. You were going after Vanek as well...let's hope we can at least get him signed.

 

[OutThere]

Now you've got Biron and Briere...I can't believe the freaking Flyers are picking up all of Buffalo's favorite Sabres. You were going after Vanek as well...let's hope we can at least get him signed.

Yeah you'd be in pretty damn hard times if you lost Vanek too...that'd put the last nail in the coffin of so much of what made the sabres good this season...any new prospects coming up that look promising?

 

[WildCowboy]

Yeah you'd be in pretty damn hard times if you lost Vanek too...that'd put the last nail in the coffin of so much of what made the sabres good this season...any new prospects coming up that look promising?

The upside of an injury-plagued season was that some of our young guys got some time with the big club. Drew Stafford in particular really proved himself. Clarke MacArthur also is expected to some good things. Buffalo has drafted well and done a good job in Rochester developing talent, but it's still a tough to road to be constantly having to replace your star players.

 

[fotografica]

On another note,the Bruins still suck and will for quite some time . This is looking like an expansion team more and more.....

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

My season is over before it even began. They're calling it the Long Island Exodus.

I will not be renewing my partial season ticket package. This is an absolute atrocity.

 

[OutThere]

My season is over before it even began. They're calling it the Long Island Exodus.

I will not be renewing my partial season ticket package. This is an absolute atrocity.

I spoke to an islanders-fan-friend-of-mine today, he was swearing about the entire front office's complete butchery of everything. While I have a deep seated dislike of the islanders, for obvious reasons, I will give my sympathy. That s*** shouldn't happen to any team.

 

[gauchogolfer]

I am pretty happy that Ryan Smyth is heading to Colorado. I admired him when he played for the Oilers, and I think he'll fit in nicely in an Avs sweater.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

I spoke to an islanders-fan-friend-of-mine today, he was swearing about the entire front office's complete butchery of everything. While I have a deep seated dislike of the islanders, for obvious reasons, I will give my sympathy. That s*** shouldn't happen to any team.

As much as I hate the Rangers, they picked up 2 great players... even though they might have over payed for them.

Butchery isn't even the word. I still can't wrap my head around it. Was Snow asleep at the wheel? Is Wang that much of an ******? You said you wanted to win, clearly not right now. We are back to rebuilding and back to the the Dark Ages™ (1995-2001).

Some people might say that I'm not a true fan for not renewing my tickets. I say F*** Them. By not renewing I'm showing my absolute hatred towards this organization for their ineptitude. And they wonder why nobody shows up to games or why no player would want to play here.

I am pretty happy that Ryan Smyth is heading to Colorado. I admired him when he played for the Oilers, and I think he'll fit in nicely in an Avs sweater.

Yea, good for you.

Speaking of Smyth, we offered him more money!!!! It just shows that nobody wants to play on the Island.

 

[gauchogolfer]

Yea, good for you.

Speaking of Smyth, we offered him more money!!!! It just shows that nobody wants to play on the Island.

I'm not sure if it's the location (Denver vs. LI) or the teammates. I think that Smyth and Sakic have a good history playing for Team Canada, and are evidently pretty good friends.

Whatever the reason, I'm happy!


Oh, and 3,000th post. W00t.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

New season thread created.

07-08 Season Thread