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BTW: I said on Buffalo radio today ... the salary cap means nothing "if" ownership won't spend up to the cap to stay competitive. It become moot.
Buffalo has a strong fan base, season ticket base, had this great, young, exciting team ...
But if Thomas Golisano is not going to spend $$ to compete, the cap doesn't work for him. What we are seeing here is pre-lockout: some teams will spend regardless.
Some won't spend. Regardless. And when that occurs, the cap is nullified in certain markets.
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The Rangers were the biggest winners in the first day of the Free Agency bonanza, signing two guys with Stanley Cup character in Scott Gomez and Chris Drury.
I wonder if Jaromir Jagr isn't a trifle miffed at Rangers' GM Glen Sather for not re-signing his soulmate center, Michael Nylander. Will Jagr have that kind of chemistry with either Gomez or Drury? I doubt it.
So now Jagr has to use Martin Straka as his centerman, going back to the days when they played together in Pittsburgh. Frankly, I am going to miss the sizzle Nylander and Jagr had.
The biggest loser Sunday was the Los Angeles Kings. How can a team with $22 million to spend in free agency not come away with anything?
GM Dean Lombardi is now a sitting "Duck" in the Southern California market.
A few years ago, the Kings ran an ad campaign about "serious hockey." It was a not-so-subtle marketing ploy that inferred the Anaheim Mighty Ducks were Disney creations.
Who's serious now?
Lombardi tried hard to land Chris Drury and Danny Briere. He would have gone for both.
He needed something in La La Land to combat the Stanley Cup monster that Brian Burke unleashed 25 miles up the coast.
The Kings are dead in the Pacific Ocean right now.
Buffalo has a strong fan base, season ticket base, had this great, young, exciting team ...
But if Thomas Golisano is not going to spend $$ to compete, the cap doesn't work for him. What we are seeing here is pre-lockout: some teams will spend regardless.
Some won't spend. Regardless. And when that occurs, the cap is nullified in certain markets.
**
The Rangers were the biggest winners in the first day of the Free Agency bonanza, signing two guys with Stanley Cup character in Scott Gomez and Chris Drury.
I wonder if Jaromir Jagr isn't a trifle miffed at Rangers' GM Glen Sather for not re-signing his soulmate center, Michael Nylander. Will Jagr have that kind of chemistry with either Gomez or Drury? I doubt it.
So now Jagr has to use Martin Straka as his centerman, going back to the days when they played together in Pittsburgh. Frankly, I am going to miss the sizzle Nylander and Jagr had.
The biggest loser Sunday was the Los Angeles Kings. How can a team with $22 million to spend in free agency not come away with anything?
GM Dean Lombardi is now a sitting "Duck" in the Southern California market.
A few years ago, the Kings ran an ad campaign about "serious hockey." It was a not-so-subtle marketing ploy that inferred the Anaheim Mighty Ducks were Disney creations.
Who's serious now?
Lombardi tried hard to land Chris Drury and Danny Briere. He would have gone for both.
He needed something in La La Land to combat the Stanley Cup monster that Brian Burke unleashed 25 miles up the coast.
The Kings are dead in the Pacific Ocean right now.
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