> What's the alternative? He played well in the system for the most part.
> Logged significant minutes. Fucked up minimally for the most part. Made
> some important offensive plays here and there. Doesn't take many dumb
> penalties. He's young. Has some more upside potentially. Can step in on
> the point.

> More importantly at the end of the day it's only 2 years at $1.7. Where
> as there aren't very many better options. They don't want to overpay for
> somebody that may not be worth it in the end. This contract is small
> enough to get rid of if need be. And they don't put too much pressure on
> some young guy who isn't ready. And Sauer is still in limbo. He has
> shown himself to be serviceable at the very least. With some flashes of
> something better. I don't think it's very risky.

> "Tom K"  wrote in message news:50171d9c$0$3470$607ed4bc@cv.net...
> Any news on Sauer?

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:30:08 -0400, "kovy" <s...@loverly.com> wrote:
>What's the alternative? He played well in the system for the most part.
>Logged significant minutes. Fucked up minimally for the most part. Made some
>important offensive plays here and there. Doesn't take many dumb penalties.
>He's young. Has some more upside potentially. Can step in on the point.

>More importantly at the end of the day it's only 2 years at $1.7. Where as
>there aren't very many better options. They don't want to overpay for
>somebody that may not be worth it in the end. This contract is small enough
>to get rid of if need be. And they don't put too much pressure on some young
>guy who isn't ready. And Sauer is still in limbo. He has shown himself to be
>serviceable at the very least. With some flashes of something better. I
>don't think it's very risky.