Comments on: Longtime Sabre Hecht signs two-year deal in Germany

By: thedavesiknowiknow

thedavesiknowiknow — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:16:22 +0000

Wow: I definitely missed that. Indeed though, that kind of player.

By: lukasksg

lukasksg — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:57:04 +0000

The season when the Sabres made it to the conference finals against Carolina after the lockout, TSN did a special during one of the games and polled each NHL GM on “if you could take 1 Sabre off their roster, who would you take?”… Hecht won with the most votes. Says a lot about the player.

By: thedavesiknowiknow

thedavesiknowiknow — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:52:40 +0000

I respect the “heck” out of Hecht. He took a beating in several ways in Buffalo. For all the praise Mike Peca is still receiving from the fans here, Hecht pretty much delivered the same two-way game (with less offensive talent being an important caviat) without the salary, praise, and without the petty hold-out for what wound up being pennies to an athlete- to practically no fan-fare. All things considered, he was what you’d probably call a “good” 3rd line guy, or a great 4th line guy- who was a more than capable penalty killer and reliable defensively. Hecht was pretty much more Tim Connolly than Tim Connolly was- seeing as the majority of the time T.C. was “injured” (going into his last season he had missed 58% of Sabres games) Hecht took his spot at center, and filled in respectably despite not really being a center. Particularly in the last year, where Hecht has had (reportedly) 3 severe concussions, and what was described as a “frightening” breakdown, it seemed pretty evident that his time here was at an end. I’m a bit surprised he’s not giving up the game entirely, but always appreciated the finer points of his game.

By: tarotsujimoto74

tarotsujimoto74 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:54:22 +0000

I like the guy and wish him the best, but he was not nearly worth his salary the last couple seasons.