DapperCam
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- Jul 9, 2006
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As much as those two years after the lockout were great for Buffalo, it was a forgone conclusion both Briere and Drury were gonna bounce the minute free agency hit. They were not gonna stay.
I think Drury wanted to go to the Rangers no matter what, but Briere would have stayed. Regier had a weird policy to not negotiate during the season which hurt us. Also Golisano was incredibly cheap (remember this was only a few years after the Rigas - Adelphia nonsense), so I think we never really matched the deal from the Flyers.