“If Ehrhoff and Leino don’t turn out to be quite as good as their salaries suggest, the same guys who are giving Sabres fans so much hope now could be millstones around the Sabres payroll once they are good enough to contend.” - Ken Campbell of The Hockey News
“Dear Mr. Campbell - Just wondering if you could elaborate on the financial downside for deep-pocketed owners taking chances with high risk/reward contracts, such as was the case with deals for Wade Redden, Cristobal Huet and Michael Nylander. I ask this because when checking capgeek.com for team payrolls this past season for New York, Chicago and Washington, these millstones were nowhere to be found.” - Sincerely, Dave
Go ahead, hockey world. Tell us in Buffalo how our owner should be committed for agreeing to these crazy contracts. We can take it. Not that it means anything to you, but this franchise has suffered far too long for us to be overly concerned about what you think.
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