Confirmed Signing with Link: Sabres Re-Sign Marcus Foligno to 1 Year Deal ($2.25mill AAV)

[BloFan4Life]

Foligno will win you games. He is a damn good 3rd liner with upside. Has a lot better hands than he gets credit for. Hoping Bylsma lets him play his game this year.

 

[quackquackquack]

Really don't see how he is "overpaid" on a 1 year deal

 

[Woll Smoth]

RFA after the deal is up or?

 

[KPower]

A lot of money for an AHLer.

 

[Samsonite23]

A lot of money for an AHLer.

Please explain to me how he's an AHLer...

 

[gallagt01]

Foligno will win you games. He is a damn good 3rd liner with upside. Has a lot better hands than he gets credit for. Hoping Bylsma lets him play his game this year.

The game Bylsma had Foligno playing in the calendar year 2016 is the only game Foligno has business playing.

 

[Djp]

RFA after the deal is up or?

He just finished year 5.. Not a UFA till 2018

 

[Djp]

If this is such an overpayment, why wouldn't the Sabres not offer him a qualifying offer and then negotiate a contract with less salary like the Devils did with Beau Bennett?

Buffalo has a lot of system depth at winger coming up they have..

Fasching, Bailey, baptiste, carrier, Nylander and other recent draft picks

This isn't counting Vesey.

The uncertainty is what kind of winger is he..will he become a 20 goal or more power forward or an 8-12 g scorer who is more in line with being a 4th liner.

Sure they could negotiate a little Niger contract but at a lower price but he still has room he could grow into.

I think it was his rookie year or the year after Melrose had him #3 on the league's top power forwards, so I waited, and waited, and waited. I think he is what he is at this point. Seems like he puts up third line numbers though so that's something at least.

It was his rookie year. He got called up and was on fire. After his rookie year of 11/12 you had the coaching carousel and the tanking that moved him all over the place from 1st line winger to 4th line center. He got a little bit higher 2nd contract which has raised the QO for this year.

 

[Mpasta]

except he became a 3rd liner last season and will be one this season.

What if they get Vesey? Will he still be a 3rd liner?

 

[Samsonite23]

What if they get Vesey? Will he still be a 3rd liner?

Yes. At least to start the season. His line was very good the entire time they were together.

 

[PM]

Id gladly take him at 2.25 over Dorsett. I guess most teams don't have a fourth liner making that much though.

 

[Not Sure]

Buffalo has a lot of system depth at winger coming up they have..

Fasching, Bailey, baptiste, carrier, Nylander and other recent draft picks

This isn't counting Vesey.

The uncertainty is what kind of winger is he..will he become a 20 goal or more power forward or an 8-12 g scorer who is more in line with being a 4th liner.

Sure they could negotiate a little Niger contract but at a lower price but he still has room he could grow into.




It was his rookie year. He got called up and was on fire. After his rookie year of 11/12 you had the coaching carousel and the tanking that moved him all over the place from 1st line winger to 4th line center. He got a little bit higher 2nd contract which has raised the QO for this year.

Auto-correct makes that look bad I'm guessing.

Why would we try to get his price down? It's a 1 year deal, we have the cap room, now it's up to Marcus. If he wants to be a part of the future it's time to show some consistency, if not there are probably 10 teams who would take a young power forward with RFA years left, so Foligno is doing what anyone in his position would do, take the qualifying offer and prove you're worth more.

 

[Mpasta]

Yes. At least to start the season. His line was very good the entire time they were together.

So Moulson would play on the 4th line? Genuinely curious.

 

[Cirris]

With Fasching and Bailey pushing their way up the depth chart, I look for Foligno to be trade bait during the season. The Sabres might want to keep a 4th defenseman spot reserved for the impending expansion draft. It would make it harder for them to protect Foligno.

Excepting the qualifying offer was probably best for both the player and the team.

 

[tsujimoto74]

So Moulson would play on the 4th line? Genuinely curious.

He did most of last season.

 

[Mpasta]

He did most of last season.

Cool thanks. I was just hoping that the signing meant that they had no room for Vesey.

 

[Not Sure]

Cool thanks. I was just hoping that the signing meant that they had no room for Vesey.

Moulson will sit in the press box if it comes right down tohim or Vesey.

 

[Sansbacon]

I like it.

Marcus has been a player who has had stretches of beastly games, and then stretches of equally frustrating disappearance. If he solidifies himself as being the player he was the second half of last season, then it's good value, and maybe even due for a raise. He was awesome. If not, then Buffalo deals him.

 

[SabreOil]

Very happy with Foligno in our bottom 6 now and the future. Hopefully they lock him up next year.

 

[1TuchAnd1NoTuch]

So Moulson would play on the 4th line? Genuinely curious.

If he's lucky

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Okay I get this is only one year but Martin signs for 2.5 and is a hitting machine and our brass gets roasted for the move. Like I said I get that it's only one year but it's only 250K less. Just saying

You nailed it -- less money and less term. And Foligno is a slightly better player with a little potential upside.

 

[weastern bias]

10 points costs $1 Million dollars

 

[Heraldic]

10 points costs $1 Million dollars

So a lot cheaper than Ovechkin and Toews!

 

[Samsonite23]

10 points costs $1 Million dollars

Points = all that matters in hockey apparently.