I’ve been following the UFA derby from the hometown here, and it does seem that “Show me the money” is the theme this year. Not that I can really blame Briere for leaving Buffalo, but I think upping the cap abruptly to $50.3M encourages this free-spending and undoes the discipline the league needs, only a few years after coming out of the lockout.
It would be nice if the Sabres had a shot at retaining Drury, but I’m not holding much hope for that. The one bright spot is that they have about $20M of non-committed salary next year to deal with Vanek and go into the market themselves.
I’m sorry. I was hoping we might land Drury. I am tempted to cancel our season tickets or at least cut them way back. The kid schedules are getting too complicated for regular hockey excursions, unfortunately.