I rather pay 5.5m for Demers than 7m for Yandle.
Here's the thing... And it's interesting. I wonder if this also happened in baseball after Sabremetrics went wild... @-31- help!
Demers will probably end up being able to create a bit of a splash in the market because he does things well that are necessary for "new hockey"
- He pushes play
- He generates offense
- His partners do better with him than without him
He's also a right-handed d-man, which is a commodity these days.
The thing is though, is that the aspects of Demers's game that make him attractive should make a GM take a step back and say: "Hm. Maybe Demers is popular because he's a bit of a name, now. He is a growing star in the analytics community. He's on the ice for more shots for than shots against. etc.... "
But the thing about analytics is, that these GMs should say to themselves: "okay, can I get a guy who also does those things but for less term and AAV?"
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So, does HF has some autocorrect feature that changes s-a-b-e-r to s-a-b-r-e? Because, here's a screenshot of me editing my post to make it spell right, and as you can clearly see above, that change did not take...
They must know they can sign him...believe he is good friends with Eichel
Yeah, one of the OG Buffalo admins put that in because he didnt want peoplw to misspell Sabres.
gorton pick up right where slats left off. asleep at the wheel again. there goes our only signing
I know of one team that is prepared to move an established player and eat half of his salary...
I know of one decision – or, uh, some conversation that was pretty substantial yesterday...
He cites that as an example of the "type of feelers" being put out by GMs. There was no real certainty that there that any deal would happen today that I heard.Those are the kind of talks that are probably going on right now.
Honestly kind of shocked the Sabres gave up the 3rd rounder
Honestly kind of shocked the Sabres gave up the 3rd rounder
gorton pick up right where slats left off. asleep at the wheel again. there goes our only signing
They have three more third-rounders, I think they'll live
if they are so sure they can sign him, its a no brainer.
Typical Gorton. Asleep at the wheel instead of being Vesey's best friend and skating with him all summer.
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Why not wait to do it for free? Seems like a pity / goodwill move. Good for Nashville though, sucks but they salvaged the situation.
gorton pick up right where slats left off. asleep at the wheel again. there goes our only signing
One of the rumor guys has vesey signing in buffalo.