The Sabres could really use JP Dumont
While watching the 2001 Sabres Flyers series on the NHL Network, it got me thinking about how I totally didn't remember this series and thought about the 2005-2006 team, and how fun that playoff was. Didn't expect anything, a team you fell in love with again, and just fun and exciting. The city was different and the team was different, that only led to heartbreak and now looking back, that was the greatest opportunity for the Sabres to win the Cup. But another thing came to mind. How much would that roster be worth right now? So GCFB decided to do a research project and take some info from the useful nhlnumbers.
What we'll do take everyone that played 40 or more games that year. This takes out Dan Paille, Andrew Peters, and Jiri Novotny. Then next to the name we'll put their current salary for that year. My hypothesis is that this lineup would be very expensive and shows, that one year can change a players future.
Player Points that year Current 07-08 Salary(in millions)
Max Afinogenov 73 (22g 51asst) 3.500
Daniel Briere 58 (25g 33asst) 10.000
Brian Campbell 44 (12g 32asst) 1.750
Tim Connolly 55 (16g 39asst) 3.000
Chris Drury 67 (30g 37asst) 7.100
JP Dumont 40 (20g 20asst) 2.500
Rory Fitzpatrick 9 (4g 5asst) .550
Paul Gaustad 24 (9g 15asst) .750
Mike Grier 23 (7g 16asst) 1.775
Jochen Hecht 42 (18g 24asst) 2.350
Dmitri Kalinin 18 (2g 16asst) 2.250
Ales Kotalik 62 (25g 37asst) 2.500
Toni Lydman 17 (1g 16asst) 2.900
Adam Mair 7 (2g 5asst) .750
Jay Mckee 16 (5g 11asst) 4.000
Teppo Numminen 40 (2g 38asst) 2.600
Jason Pominville 30 (18g 12asst) .925
Taylor Pyatt 12 (6g 6asst) 1.575
Derek Roy 46 (18g 28asst) 3.000
Henrik Tallinder 21 (6g 15asst) 2.500
Thomas Vanek 48 (25g 23asst) 10.000
Ryan Miller 2.60Gaa .914 Sv% 2.500
Martin Biron 2.89 GAA .905 Sv% 3.500
Total Salary now?
72.75 Million dollars!
Talk about over the cap. You know they would need even more money for extra players, so the total payroll might roll about 75 million dollars, thats old time Red Wings payroll numbers. The cap number in 2005 was about 39 Million dollars and you know the Sabres didn't spend to the cap that year. So the team salary has doubled in just 2 years. DOUBLED! The new cost structure didn't help the Sabres since they had success. So my theory that the lineup would be expensive would be right. And it will only make more money as the years go by. But almost 73 million for that lineup? Whew! Thats a ton of money.
What we'll do take everyone that played 40 or more games that year. This takes out Dan Paille, Andrew Peters, and Jiri Novotny. Then next to the name we'll put their current salary for that year. My hypothesis is that this lineup would be very expensive and shows, that one year can change a players future.
Player Points that year Current 07-08 Salary(in millions)
Max Afinogenov 73 (22g 51asst) 3.500
Daniel Briere 58 (25g 33asst) 10.000
Brian Campbell 44 (12g 32asst) 1.750
Tim Connolly 55 (16g 39asst) 3.000
Chris Drury 67 (30g 37asst) 7.100
JP Dumont 40 (20g 20asst) 2.500
Rory Fitzpatrick 9 (4g 5asst) .550
Paul Gaustad 24 (9g 15asst) .750
Mike Grier 23 (7g 16asst) 1.775
Jochen Hecht 42 (18g 24asst) 2.350
Dmitri Kalinin 18 (2g 16asst) 2.250
Ales Kotalik 62 (25g 37asst) 2.500
Toni Lydman 17 (1g 16asst) 2.900
Adam Mair 7 (2g 5asst) .750
Jay Mckee 16 (5g 11asst) 4.000
Teppo Numminen 40 (2g 38asst) 2.600
Jason Pominville 30 (18g 12asst) .925
Taylor Pyatt 12 (6g 6asst) 1.575
Derek Roy 46 (18g 28asst) 3.000
Henrik Tallinder 21 (6g 15asst) 2.500
Thomas Vanek 48 (25g 23asst) 10.000
Ryan Miller 2.60Gaa .914 Sv% 2.500
Martin Biron 2.89 GAA .905 Sv% 3.500
Total Salary now?
72.75 Million dollars!
Talk about over the cap. You know they would need even more money for extra players, so the total payroll might roll about 75 million dollars, thats old time Red Wings payroll numbers. The cap number in 2005 was about 39 Million dollars and you know the Sabres didn't spend to the cap that year. So the team salary has doubled in just 2 years. DOUBLED! The new cost structure didn't help the Sabres since they had success. So my theory that the lineup would be expensive would be right. And it will only make more money as the years go by. But almost 73 million for that lineup? Whew! Thats a ton of money.
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