In the end, money always talks. I know there is always a ceremonial loyalty, but dollars always dictate the results.
It's essentially official. The Sabres, as of some time in the next 36-72 hours, will be captain-less. It appears that the "excitement" of free agency was worth more than $5MM to Briere and $6MM to Drury. Of course, those numbers are all speculation, but if they can speculate what they will get on the open market, then I will speculate what they turned down from Buffalo.
While Camp Drury remains quiet, the Briere camp is nothing but smiles. Danny is excited to enter into his first stint as a UFA and it appears that while he is a tad nervous, he is optimistic that someone will call.
As for Drury, when you are about to become a multi-millionaire, well, everyone can wait until you are goddamn good and ready to discuss your thoughts on the future.
I can't say I blame them. I mean, I work for a corporation and I make pretty mediocre money, as far as people in my business make. If another company came in and offered me more money, I sure as well would take it and I don't have to wait until I'm thirty to do that. So, I can't bash free agents. Hell, I am an unrestricted free agent all year round so how can I complain?
I just hope that the offers that each of the soon to be former co-captains receive are fair enough to erase the awful memory of those horrific offers they received from the team just off another horrible season of almost getting to the Finals. If there is someone who knows the pain that they are going through, it's average people like myself.
No hard feelings gentlemen, I can't wait to pretend I care where your careers go.
It's essentially official. The Sabres, as of some time in the next 36-72 hours, will be captain-less. It appears that the "excitement" of free agency was worth more than $5MM to Briere and $6MM to Drury. Of course, those numbers are all speculation, but if they can speculate what they will get on the open market, then I will speculate what they turned down from Buffalo.
While Camp Drury remains quiet, the Briere camp is nothing but smiles. Danny is excited to enter into his first stint as a UFA and it appears that while he is a tad nervous, he is optimistic that someone will call.
"On the one hand, you are a little scared that you're going to hit free agency and nobody is going to call you," said Briere. "But it's still pretty exciting. From hearing all the rumours, there should be more than one or two teams interested, so that's why it's exciting."There it is. Briere is excited about the rumors he is hearing that one or two teams may or may not be interested in him. Could it be LA, Philly, or Montreal? No one knows anything other than there are a lot of teams that missed the playoffs last year that Briere is excited to hear from. That is the type of excitement a UFA experiences in this type of situation.
As for Drury, when you are about to become a multi-millionaire, well, everyone can wait until you are goddamn good and ready to discuss your thoughts on the future.
I can't say I blame them. I mean, I work for a corporation and I make pretty mediocre money, as far as people in my business make. If another company came in and offered me more money, I sure as well would take it and I don't have to wait until I'm thirty to do that. So, I can't bash free agents. Hell, I am an unrestricted free agent all year round so how can I complain?
I just hope that the offers that each of the soon to be former co-captains receive are fair enough to erase the awful memory of those horrific offers they received from the team just off another horrible season of almost getting to the Finals. If there is someone who knows the pain that they are going through, it's average people like myself.
No hard feelings gentlemen, I can't wait to pretend I care where your careers go.
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