Morning Links: Martin Biron Still Unemployed and Daniel Paille Under-Appreciated

by David Oleksy on Jul 13, 2009 6:00 AM EDT in Daily Links

It's been awful slow around these parts lately and I apologize. Things will start picking up now with some off-season content. It's already been a long off-season for Sabres fans and we still have two months before training camp begins. After attending two days of the prospect camp I am itching to get real hockey.

If you have never seen Thomas Vanek's website I recommend it. I have two links to an interview he did while in Austria. It's a great piece and a must read.

Summertalk with Tom - part 1: #26 Thomas VANEK

Summertalk with Tom - Part 2: #26 Thomas VANEK

Overlooked and Underrated: Daniel Paille | The Hockey Writers
A really good piece on Danile Paille. I have been saying this about Paille for quite sometime. I would still like him to be more consistent but I still think he can be a really good player in the NHL.

Joe DiPenta - hockeyfights.com
Joe DiPenta stats, bio and news

NHL Teams Hunt for Talent in a Frenzied Bazaar - WSJ.com
A different way to gauge a players importance to their team. It looks like the Sabres might miss Spacek more than I anticipated.

Hockey's money bummers: cap drop, pending CBA headaches - Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports
Wyshynski takes a look at the possible issues that could pop up heading into next year's offseason and the new CBA in 2012.

Daily Record - Local news serving Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Roslyn, Thorp, Kittitas, Vantage, South Cle Elum, Easton, Snoqualmie and Suncadia
This could be an entirely new perspective to NCAA sports including hockey. I look for more of this type of thing in the very near future.

The Hockey News: Brian Costello's blog: THN.com Blog: Very few NHL goaltender openings remain
It's sad to see Martin Biron unemployed but it is also reality. I don't see a spot for him in the NHL unless he is willing to play for $1 million or less. It's sad because he is a better goalie than many of the backups in the league but he wants too much money.

Blue Jackets Xtra : Blue Jackets wait for trade opportunities
Maybe the Blue Jackets can be a partner for the Sabres to trade with. The Sabres have plenty of defensemen to offer, the question is...who wants them?

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I liked the Vanek interview, and I think he’s continuing to mature. Was that a thinkly veiled inference about Ruff when he made a mention that Pittsburgh changed coaches?

Dan Paille is a key for me as to wether or not this club can get into the playoffs this year. I though he regressed a little last year. I was a huge fan of his coming out of juniors, and I made comments to my friends that I though eventually one day he’d wear a letter for the Sabres. My prediction is not looking to good rght now. I have a friend in the Sabres organization that told me back in February that Paille is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and that at times, his habits off of the ice drove Rivet insane.

Liked the DiPenta fights. I only looked at the Anaheim ones though, so I didn’t see his overall body of work. On those teams, it was easy to be a fighter; the whole team was mean, and just beat everybody up.

Biron has to be signed somewhere before the seaosn starts, right?

by krytime on Jul 13, 2009 2:46 PM EDT reply actions