Larry Quinn set this franchise back not once but twice.
- dadeadhead

I will agree .....darcy had to even draft differently due to restraints he had cuz of quinn / golisano.

Larry Quinn set this franchise back not once but twice.
- dadeadhead

look to the left and right

"the future of the sabres"

Darcy

The problem with Ward is like Miller he gets overused. They are in the same group of NHL goaltenders with being in the 11-20 range.
- dadeadhead

If given the choice though, I still take Miller over Ward. I know Ward has a Stanley Cup, but for those that criticize that Miller's not very good, Ward is even more average. And he makes more per year.


Thanks. I'll pass.

I will agree .....darcy had to even draft differently due to restraints he had cuz of quinn / golisano.
- buffalofan1027

please explain since he kept drafting d men instead of centers with first rd pick

yep


stars are rolling 3 goalies with the short season


then again I expect 7th-13th in the east for this season

it's sad because there is no reason they can't compete for the division yet history shows otherwise
- homiedclown

Copy cat. I said that days ago.

If given the choice though, I still take Miller over Ward. I know Ward has a Stanley Cup, but for those that criticize that Miller's not very good, Ward is even more average. And he makes more per year.


Thanks. I'll pass.
- HonkFortheGoose

please explain since he kept drafting d men instead of centers with first rd pick
- homiedclown

I'm pretty sure you really like one of those D men.

Copy cat. I said that days ago.
- HonkFortheGoose

so did I





actually I think I said 7th to 12th

so did I





actually I think I said 7th to 12th
- homiedclown

I am about 99% sure we'll finish higher than the Leafs though.

I'm pretty sure you really like one of those D men.
- HonkFortheGoose

yep

look at the first 3 picks in each draft
2004
rw, D, D

2005
zags, lw, d

2006
D, G, D

2007
D, D, RW

when was darcy preparing for the cap era and losing centers?

If given the choice though, I still take Miller over Ward. I know Ward has a Stanley Cup, but for those that criticize that Miller's not very good, Ward is even more average. And he makes more per year.


Thanks. I'll pass.
- HonkFortheGoose

IMO Ward does more with less. He gets peppered year in and year out. Ward has faced 766 more shots over the last two years but does have 15 more gp in that time frame. Carolina has zero faith in the backup much like Lindy has in the past.

I am about 99% sure we'll finish higher than the Leafs though.
- HonkFortheGoose

leafs and jets

I only mention jets because the travel is brutal for them

leafs and jets

I only mention jets because the travel is brutal for them
- homiedclown

I didn't think about that until the other day. I was talking to my sister and it dawned on me. All I could really think of as a reaction though was "Sucks to be them"

IMO Ward does more with less. He gets peppered year in and year out. Ward has faced 766 more shots over the last two years but does have 15 more gp in that time frame. Carolina has zero faith in the backup much like Lindy has in the past.
- dadeadhead

ward has had to deal with, over the last 4 years, what Biron had to deal with for the first few post Hasek years IMO

IMO Ward does more with less. He gets peppered year in and year out. Ward has faced 766 more shots over the last two years but does have 15 more gp in that time frame. Carolina has zero faith in the backup much like Lindy has in the past.
- dadeadhead

His play still doesn't constitute his pay. Just like Miller's. Neither of them is getting paid on par with their performance.

ward has had to deal with, over the last 4 years, what Biron had to deal with for the first few post Hasek years IMO
- homiedclown

I could agree with that.

I didn't think about that until the other day. I was talking to my sister and it dawned on me. All I could really think of as a reaction though was "Sucks to be them"
- HonkFortheGoose

they do have olli though

I could agree with that.
- dadeadhead

His play still doesn't constitute his pay. Just like Miller's. Neither of them is getting paid on par with their performance.
- HonkFortheGoose

Never said it did. Just saying he takes more of a beating on a game to game basis. It's also why the 11-20 range are interchangeable IMO. A case can be made for any of them to be 11 or 20.

he was on xm around 4:20 today

amazing how tight he is with hank

- homiedclown

I did agree.

His play still doesn't constitute his pay. Just like Miller's. Neither of them is getting paid on par with their performance.
- HonkFortheGoose

look to the left and right

"the future of the sabres"

Darcy
- homiedclown

what an awful draft year, less than 10 good players in that entire draft

I did agree.
- dadeadhead

I know, it's my favorite save of all time

favorite goal was the hawerchuk goal from behind the red wing net