Comments on: Bargains and busts…

By: burnz30

burnz30 — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:38:00 +0000

He was blacklisted becuase of a power struggle with management. He was labelled as a guy who would try to over-throw managment. That's why he wasn't hired for 10 years. He went over his bosses' head, to the owner of the Sabres, to try to get the GM (Muckler) fired after he won the Adams trophy. He thought he had enough power(top coach) to convice the owner that they should fire the GM. That's why both Nolan and Muckler were fired the same year. They couldn't decide, so they got rid of both. No one is willing to take a chance on a guy that has that kind of reputation.

The rumours are just that, there is no proof of what you said.

Also, Nolan wasn't coach of the Sabres when they went to the Finals (1999 against Dallas). He only coached 2 years 95-96 and 96-97, and the Sabres didn't go to the finals either of those years.

By: 19AVSFANFoLIFE19

19AVSFANFoLIFE19 — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:16:57 +0000

…. selanne only plays when he is the star of a team. he couldnt produce in the first 10 games or so when he played on a line with sakic. quite simply who is a star on the forwards for anaheim? nobody thats why he produces cause he has the spotlight on him.

By: jimbojones123

jimbojones123 — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:53:11 +0000

Hate to say it, and almost feel shame for doing so but Big E in Big D.

By: jimbojones123

jimbojones123 — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:41:11 +0000

I personally miss the Nolan rumors every time a coach was fired for more than a decade. Didn't know that though… YIKES!

By: SensShark

SensShark — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:37:35 +0000

HAha….Are you serious?

By: goalieman32

goalieman32 — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:48:26 +0000

staying with my name, i will just look at goalies

Bargain

Ray Emery-comming into the year expected to play second string to Gerber, he is now leading the league in gaa amongst goalies with the minimum games played and is second in save%. he is a huge part of the sens turn around.

Runner up
Mike Smith-this kid isnt getting enough ice time and with turco in goal, he probably wont see much more, but anyone who can put up those numbers should be a starter. i say let the kid roll to see if he is the real deal and if he is, put turco on the market.

Bust

There are alot of goalies who have been major disapointments. Ward, Lundqvist and Lehtonen have all been shakey to say the least. Denis, Legacy and Auld have also failed to live up to expectations, but two goalies stand out below the rest

Robert Esche-how this guy is still in the NHL is beyond me. he has a gaa of 5.64 and a sv% of .820, the only goalie who has worse is Mike Morrison, and he is in the minors. Morrison also was never considered a starter, which makes Esche's case even worse.

Runner up
Dan Cloutier-he was paid a decent chunck of cash to come in and fill the void that is ever present in the kings net and has done nothing to prove that he deserves a penny. he has the worst gaa and sv% of all goalies playing the minimum number of games

By: SabresFan220

SabresFan220 — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:01:26 +0000

Pomminville is no longer on a rookie contract and signed a 2 year deal at that price, that is why I listed him.

By: LeafyMcLeaf

LeafyMcLeaf — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:43:26 +0000

Pohl and Battaglia severely damage the team. Woulda rather grapped Roberts, and called up Jeremy Williams.

Steen sucks, has sucked since December 05, he deserves league minimum at most.

O'neill is on pace for what, 20 goals? You think he'll demand a raise? Peca has played pretty much as well as last year, if he thinks he deserves a raise for the same ammount of work, he can go to hell.

By: Aetherial

Aetherial — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:34:52 +0000

Isn't pomminville just about a rookie or close to it?

Campbell is a HUGE bargain.

By: Aetherial

Aetherial — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:33:45 +0000

I was wondering the same thing myself. This *assumption* that the cap is going to keep going up, or even rise next year, appears to have no foundation.

In fact, I think I read that revenues are down this year from last...

Making long-term deals, with no movement and big dollars even MORE painful.