Jay McKee

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...4E?OpenDocument

[Eleven]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...4E?OpenDocument

 

McKee was my favorite player when he was here, but I knew that $4M/yr was grossly overpaying for an aging defenseman. I hope he's able to get into the lineup tomorrow night.

[FogBat]

McKee was my favorite player when he was here, but I knew that $4M/yr was grossly overpaying for an aging defenseman. I hope he's able to get into the lineup tomorrow night.

Wow. His career's been on a tailspin since he left Buffalo.

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-b...p&type=lgns

[elcrusho]

3 goals, 8 Assist's in 119 games in 2.5 seasons.

 

-4 +/- season average so far...

 

$10.5 Million so far he's gotten on my estimate....

 

So far he's made $1.0476M dollars per point...

 

St. Louis got Ripped!

[nucci]

3 goals, 8 Assist's in 119 games in 2.5 seasons.

 

-4 +/- season average so far...

 

$10.5 Million so far he's gotten on my estimate....

 

So far he's made $1.0476M dollars per point...

 

St. Louis got Ripped!

To be fair, St Louis did not sign him for offense.

[Kristian]

I can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy, as he was one of my favorite players when he was here.

 

At least he got his payday, and that's a heckuva lot more than most players with his skillset ever gets.

 

Good for him, sad for Buffalo.

[DR HOLLIDAY]

I can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy, as he was one of my favorite players when he was here.

 

At least he got his payday, and that's a heckuva lot more than most players with his skillset ever gets.

 

Good for him, sad for Buffalo.

 

Agreed, we have enough trouble producing young defense men and losing him was painful...........I hope he gets into a string of good luck at some point........... :beer:

[blugold43]

McKee was my favorite player when he was here, but I knew that $4M/yr was grossly overpaying for an aging defenseman. I hope he's able to get into the lineup tomorrow night.

i'd a paid him $4million to clean that cut up on his shin. imagine how different all our lives could have been? :(

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http://www.bnd.com/blues/story/586355.html

[bob_sauve28]

I see Kalinin is playing a regular shift for the Rangers

[darksabre]

http://www.bnd.com/blues/story/586355.html

 

Jay McKee doesn't need fingers to play hockey.

[shrader]

Agreed, we have enough trouble producing young defense men and losing him was painful...........I hope he gets into a string of good luck at some point........... :beer:

 

I wouldn't say they have trouble, it's just that this team has been very cyclical with their prospects for years now. They'd go D heavy for a while and then bounce back with a forward heavy group. It looks like we're in that transition to a D-heavy group again with Butler, Weber, Myers, Brennan, Scheistel, etc... We haven't had that many in the pipeline since the Kalinin, Tallinder, Campbell, Sarich (and to a lesser extent, Tezikov and Janik) days.

 

I've really never paid too much attention to other teams, but I wouldn't be surprised to see many other systems work on a cyclical nature like that too.

[wonderbread]

Jay McKee doesn't need fingers to play hockey.

 

Neither does Joe Sakic to snowblow his driveway.

[BuffalOhio]

I was sad to see him leave. Gotta love his heart....

 

"You certainly don't want to leave parts of your body at an ice rink," McKee said. "I think it will be OK. As long as I can go back to playing hockey, they can take the finger if they want.

 

"As long as it doesn't affect me handling the hockey stick, it's not the end of the world. I think my wife would prefer I kept my whole ring finger, though."

[Kristian]

i'd a paid him $4million to clean that cut up on his shin. imagine how different all our lives could have been? :(

 

We still would've lost, Carolina were so friggin' lucky that post-season they could've pissed their pants and stayed dry.

 

Anyone remember the game 7 goal that took a deflection and then bounced in off Mair at a close to 90 degree angle? I rest my case.

 

Or was it bounced off mair into the slot, where it hit a d-mans skate and went in?

 

I forget. Either way - Carolina could've lost their own top 4 d-men that year and won the cup, there's no fighting luck like they had during that run.

[Stoner]

You wonder when Jay's wife is going to say, "Honey, it's me or the game." The loved ones have to go through hell.

[inkman]

You wonder when Jay's wife is going to say, "Honey, it's me or the game." The loved ones have to go through hell.

I think Jay would have to block the puck with finger 11 to do that.

[Lethbridge Broncos]

Sorry to hear this. Jay was a great player -- and made to play playoff hockey where he would block shots and sacrifice everything to win.

 

He got caught up with the money and his ego swelled. I'll never forget the run he made at Mario Lemiux where he cracked his head open. What guts and passion.

 

sadly, he is washed up now...

[inkman]

He got caught up with the money and his ego swelled.

Who exactly would have turned down that kind of money? A player head does not need to swell to take an offer that will set up his family for generations.

[shrader]

Who exactly would have turned down that kind of money? A player head does not need to swell to take an offer that will set up his family for generations.

 

Especially when he's on the downside of his career. The next time he was going to be up for a contract, he was going to be completely over the hill, lucky to get a $1 million offer. That was his first and last chance.