Buffalo Boy's Blog

When Tim Kennedy decided it would be a brilliant idea to take the Sabres to arbitration he should have had this play fresh in his mind.

Maybe he had the brains dislodged by that hit because he cost himself his chance to continue his career in a Sabres uniform and play for his hometown team.

Look, Im all for having a local guy on the team but Kennedy needs to fire his agent and re-think what he did. He was not in a position to demand anything salary wise and should have taken the Sabres qualifying offer when he had the chance.

The Sabres stuck to their guns and in a league that has seen obscene contracts thrown around like the the 17 year montrosity the Devils tossed to a guy who isn't even in the top 10 best players in the league in my book, this was a small victory for ownership.

This wasn't about the money, it was about the principle and those fans who are on Kennedy's side need to see the economic side as well. And lets face it, a 20-30% raise for a 20 something year old who gets tossed to the ice in the corner by a 42 year old needs to get his head checked.

Back when that happened most Sabre fans didn't care if Kennedy was their own flesh and blood nevermind from Buffalo, we wanted him off the ice, so to pretend now that just because hes from Buffalo is some magical element in this decision to waive him are full of crap.

Darcy did the right thing here, when Tyler Ennis takes to the ice this fall we will forget about Kennedy and things will heal themselves and we can all silently root for Tim Kennedy in another uniform.