Derek Roy & Nathan Paetsch's arbitration awards

Any guesses as to what these guys will be awarded? Now that the market has
been set, and a giant pile of the budget has been given to TV, will the
Sabres be able to keep both of them?

Also, Buffalo wasn't good enough last year, how can they possibly get
better?

Do they even make the playoffs?

drax

drax wrote:
> Any guesses as to what these guys will be awarded? Now that the
> market has been set, and a giant pile of the budget has been given to
> TV, will the Sabres be able to keep both of them?

I'm not abreast of market values to make any kind of guess. I'm completely
flabbergasted at the $$$ that the likes of our FA's have gotten. It seems
like a few players on each team make the lion's share.

> Also, Buffalo wasn't good enough last year, how can they possibly get
> better?

They can't unless they get lucky with rookies and Amerks. I think the cream
of the FA market is gone and the Sabres weren't even thinking of diving in.

> Do they even make the playoffs?

Yes.