millbank Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly, Daniel Briere, JP Dumont, Brian Campbell, Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman, Adam Mair, Paul Gaustad, Andrew Peters, Justin Pominville and Ales Kotalik all have filed for salary arbitration. The deadline for players to file was 5:00pm today, Teams have until 5:00 pm tomorrow to take players to Arbitration Arbitration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly, Daniel Briere, JP Dumont, Brian Campbell, Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman, Adam Mair, Paul Gaustad, Andrew Peters, Justin Pominville and Ales Kotalik all have filed for salary arbitration. The deadline for players to file was 5:00pm today, Teams have until 5:00 pm tomorrow to take players to Arbitration Arbitration 718868[/snapback] I am not all that knowledgeable about such things, but that sounds like a few more than normal, am I right??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbank Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 I am not all that knowledgeable about such things, but that sounds like a few more than normal, am I right??? 718891[/snapback] Here is what Arbitration is. Salary Arbitration It is a large number and I do wonder just how this process effects team. One thing to keep in mind is often players and management continue to bargain up until hearing , often both sides really not wanting to go through process which can be acrimonious. Often parties decide to split the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I am not all that knowledgeable about such things, but that sounds like a few more than normal, am I right??? 718891[/snapback] Just a normal step in the signing process. The number is high because of Darcy's reluctance to sign long term contracts, maybe he'll reconsider after all this off season work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Buffalo had 12 of the (I believe) 69 NHL players filing for Arbitration, and yes 12 is pretty high to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Buffalo had 12 of the (I believe) 69 NHL players filing for Arbitration, and yes 12 is pretty high to have. 719060[/snapback] It seems that the Sabres are making it clear that while they may be willing to pay players what they are worth (a value based on production) they are not willing to pay a penny more. I honestly hope they come to some sort of agreements with the big guys (Briere, Tallinder, Connolly maybe), before it gets to the point of arbitration. As millbank points out, arbitration often leads to lots of bad blood between the players and the organization (see MLB). The Sabres were so damn good, and so exciting this past season, I would hate to see management take too much of a hardline stance with these guys, and erode it all away, when they are so damn close. It is that whole Ben Franklin axiom about being "penny wise, and pound foolish." Sometimes, you just have to pay, if you want something badly enough. The benefits of paying these few guys close to what they think they deserve, as opposed to what the Sabres want to pay them, could far outweigh the negatives of overpaying a little bit. I trust that Reiger will do the right thing. I will be curios to see if they unload Marty Biron in the next few days, and how that will play into dealing with some of these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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