Roy, Roy, Roy, ....... ROY
Well finally I appreciate the Sabres management. They did this the past few years, signing most of their players moments before they entered their arbitration.
Today it was Derek Roy. He signed a 6 year, $24 million dollar contract. It was expected that he would get about that much if he went into arbitration. There was a few players similar to Roy that went for big money this year.
Nathan Horton (C) went for 31G, 31A, and a +15. "Roy-ish" Horton signed that same deal a Roy, 6 year, $24 mil.
Dustin Penner (RW) was a 29G, 16A, -2 man last season. He signed a 5 year, $21.15 million dollar deal with the Oilers.
Seems teams are learning that to have a "dynasty" team, you need to signed your core long term. The Sabres are now doing a good job. We have Vanek, Roy, Lydman, Tallinder, and Mair through 2010. We have to sign an extension with Miller, Max, Stafford, and Campbell.
We have to keep our feature line from last year of Vanek, Roy and Max together. The Austrian/Canadian/Russian Connection if you will.
One player left for arbitration for the Sabres, Nathan Paestch who is going to be a key feature to the Sabres PP and PK and well as an awesome transition player.
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