shrader Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 FWIW, 160 RFA's 57 signed or went to Europe 103 left, that's 57% If you've still got access to all of that, substitute out all of the players who filed for arbitration, who basically are signed at this point. What was that, something like 20? And by the way, how did you get 57%? 103/160=0.64375 Anyway, if I'm remembering the list correctly, the Sabres have 4 of those 103 (including MacArthur right now so we can stick to your numbers). That's ~4%, slightly over the number you'd expect per team.
X. Benedict Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 YES. Agree. (Well, I agree to, I just wanted to match your brilliant pithiness) :lol:
X. Benedict Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 FWIW, 160 RFA's 57 signed or went to Europe 103 left, that's 57% 588 UFA's 151 signed, Europe or retired 437 left, or 74% unsigned All total 748 Free agents 208 signed, Europe'd, or retired 18 came back from Europe to sign in the NHL 15 left for Europe 72% still unsigned. There's enough free agents out there to make almost make another 30 teams. There is a ton of value out there to leverage contracts and trades from a a management perspective The market seems to be coming to Darcy....we'll see if he has any moves.
spndnchz Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 If you've still got access to all of that, substitute out all of the players who filed for arbitration, who basically are signed at this point. What was that, something like 20? And by the way, how did you get 57%? 103/160=0.64375 Anyway, if I'm remembering the list correctly, the Sabres have 4 of those 103 (including MacArthur right now so we can stick to your numbers). That's ~4%, slightly over the number you'd expect per team. Crap, that's two today. I'll try again.
spndnchz Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 If you've still got access to all of that, substitute out all of the players who filed for arbitration, who basically are signed at this point. What was that, something like 20? 160 RFA's 20 filed for arbitration of the 20, 4 signed and one left (Hudler) that's 20-4-1=16 no, 15. I'm losing confidence now.
shrader Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 160 RFA's20 filed for arbitration of the 20, 4 signed and one left (Hudler) that's 20-4-1=16 no, 15. I'm losing confidence now. Has the Hudler thing been settled yet? Either way, he's off the list.
Two or less Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 I saw this posted on another forum, and they didn't provide a link, but i figured i'd post it anyways for all the Eklund lovers. The truth about eklund..... We started this site asking ourselves ?Is Eklund (Dwayne Klessel) a Fraud?? after seeing so many negative posts and articles about his conduct over at Hockeybuzz.com. The idea was to do a study for 1 year (starting Jan 2008) and track all of his activities (especially rumors) that are often questioned by so many people in the hockey world. We of course went past our planned deadline, but now it has come to a point where really nothing else needs to be added simply because Eklunds activities have already clearly answered our question, and that is 100% YES, Eklund is a fraud and and more importantly a Liar. Here are some QUICK HIT FACTS about Eklund from the last 17 months, all with full documented proof on this site, feel free to look over the entire site for many more. We hope that after reading you might not COMPLETELY WASTE $20 (or $3 monthly) on hockeybuzz.com for useless garbage, lies and features that are promised but rarely delivered, go give that money to a charity that your favorite hockey player supports and know its going to people who need it?.. - For every 1 rumor Eklund gets correct, he gets approximately 30 incorrect (457 wrong, 15 right for 3.1%) - He finished off 2008 calender year (exactly 1 year of our tracking) with a 2.3% accuracy rating - He proved Mike Chen?s theory was ABSOLUTELY TRUE, that his success rating is slightly less than picking a team out of a hat - Eklund plagiarized LA Links beat writer Rich Hammond - He openly bashed Puck Daddy editor Greg Wyshynski and made a complete ###### of himself - When teaming up with Versus.com, Eklunds blog included his press release stating that hockeybuzz.com was the most visited hockey only website in North America. Many of his members found that odd as NHL.com is also a hockey only website?? - Took credit for breaking trades/signings that were already on other sites first [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] - He tried to change his rating system after getting caught and abused many times by his members (see above), but the old rating system still shows on his FAQ page 3 months later. - He now has monthly as well as yearly payment plans for his seasons ticket, but if you DO NOT stop the subscription (which is auto set to renew) you will be charged that amount for the installment FULL duration for these totals. - He used the state of the economy to try and sell his ?Seasons Ticket?, saying in these tough times it was important that members pay the $20 to help the site. - He thought that Jacques Martin traded Luongo from Florida?..but was corrected by his readers. - He thought that Brian Burke drafted Todd Bertuzzi back in 1993 while with Hartford and that one of the players he traded to move up to do this was Markov. - For the 3rd year in a row he FAILED miserably on Trade Deadline Day, the biggest day of the year. - He stated to his fans that he met Shania Twain and she asked him out but he refused?. - He begged and took peoples money but failed to provide his rumor chart as promised, a feature that most people pay the money for - Made himself look like a complete moron by claiming the ?Balsille Offer to Buy PHO? news was 100% not true and that the offer was not from Balsille (after talking to Basille and NHL contacts) Some might ask why we are stopping here, the simple answer is because Eklund will continue to dish out his lies and hover around that 3% correct rating. We could continue to track the same garbage year after year but what is really the point?, this site will be left up to show the facts gathered over 17 months and if that alone doesnt prove to you that he is a fraud and a liar then you are a bigger moron than he is.
SteamRoller72 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 I don't give any clown on the internet a penny.....never have, never will. I love NHL hockey and the rumors and mis-information that come along with it. That includes hockeybuzz.com. The fact that someone tracked his percentages and kept a tab on it is baffling. He's just a guy on a website blogging hockey crap.....gimme a break. I don't care if Ek's 1% correct and is actually a giant mountain goat living in the Himalayas. I do what it takes to get to October 3rd... ;)
nfreeman Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 There is a ton of value out there to leverage contracts and trades from a a management perspectiveThe market seems to be coming to Darcy....we'll see if he has any moves. I hope so, but I'm having a hard time escaping the feeling that almost every team in the NHL wants to do exactly what we want the Sabres to do -- ie trade underperforming, overpriced vets in order to free up budget/cap space. So I think the supply of $3MM+ vets whose GMs would like to unload them is pretty high, and although I think Darcy would like to trade a couple of Sabres fitting that description, it isn't going to be easy to do. I hope I'm wrong.
sabresman17 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Ninety percent of RFA'a are still unsigned. No I believe Stafford is on the trading block. The sabres definately would of signed him by now if he wasn't.
shrader Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 I hope so, but I'm having a hard time escaping the feeling that almost every team in the NHL wants to do exactly what we want the Sabres to do -- ie trade underperforming, overpriced vets in order to free up budget/cap space. So I think the supply of $3MM+ vets whose GMs would like to unload them is pretty high, and although I think Darcy would like to trade a couple of Sabres fitting that description, it isn't going to be easy to do. I hope I'm wrong. You'd like to think so, but looking at a lot of the contracts given out each year, it really makes you wonder.
inkman Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 No I believe Stafford is on the trading block. The sabres definately would of signed him by now if he wasn't. Better be a heck of a return, along with some salary going out the door, in order for that to work.
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