{"id":1023,"date":"2007-07-06T17:16:34","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartletthockey.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2019-09-20T12:49:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:49:35","slug":"sabres-keep-vanek-with-50m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartletthockey.com\/sabres-keep-vanek-with-50m-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres Keep Vanek with $50m Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Buffalo Sabres had seven days to match the Edmonton Oilers&#8217; stunning seven-year, $50 million offer to 23-year-old restricted free agent Thomas Vanek, but the Sabres didn&#8217;t even need seven minutes to match the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The message is that we aren&#8217;t going to become a farm team for the other NHL teams,&#8221; said Buffalo general manager Darcy Regier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regier said he had &#8220;gotten wind&#8221; on Thursday that the Oilers were preparing an offer sheet for Vanek, a 43-goal scorer, and he called Edmonton general manager Kevin Lowe to inform him that it would be a fruitless effort because he intended to match. 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