Pegula Divests from Knight Hawks after pulling out of Rochester Lease

[Mango]

4 minutes ago, FireChans said:

I don’t know why folks say that Buffalo has never won a championship, I won our beer league last year.

 

I think it’s not a stretch to say that the Buffalo region isn’t financially prepared to support the Sabres if they are terrible.

 

Habs are clearly a much better franchise but even at 3 straight bottom of the conference finishes, they led the league in attendance in 23-24. 

 

That's fair. I do think the region can support the Sabres through 5-ish terrible years. But they're not equipped to support them through the worst draught in NHL history. Which is about 3x of what I think the region is capable of.

 

That said, I'm not sure how many regions would support this run. It's never happened before.

 

If the Sabres were the 8th best team in the conference for 14 years they'd still be top 10 in attendance instead of bottom 5.

 

[May Day 10]

Just now, Mango said:

 

That's fair. I do think the region can support the Sabres through 5-ish terrible years. But they're not equipped to support them through the worst draught in NHL history. Which is about 3x of what I think the region is capable of.

 

That said, I'm not sure how many regions would support this run. It's never happened before.

 

If the Sabres were the 8th best team in the conference for 14 years they'd still be top 10 in attendance instead of bottom 5.

 

 

I say it a lot, but I don't believe there is a worse product in pro-sports than a perpetually bad NHL team.  Especially one that purposely avoids physical-style players.  The games are a snoozefest.  The Sabres play soooo many meaningless games.   Add in the terrible arena and awful game presentation, it is a terrible product for, what $40 a seat?

[DapperCam]

16 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

 

I say it a lot, but I don't believe there is a worse product in pro-sports than a perpetually bad NHL team.  Especially one that purposely avoids physical-style players.  The games are a snoozefest.  The Sabres play soooo many meaningless games.   Add in the terrible arena and awful game presentation, it is a terrible product for, what $40 a seat?

The team was actually kind of entertaining when Nolan was a coach during the tank years. You at least knew the team would try hard for 60 minutes, even though they stunk.

 

People don’t want to see a spoiled 22 year old floating around out there while the team is missing the playoffs again.

[Einstein]

12 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

And you believe that story? Honestly? 

 

I tend to believe when several people tell the same exact story AND there is physical proof (they leaked the slide deck from that meeting) AND what they say is going to happen actually starts happening (layoffs started happening right after that).

 

To be honest I think one would have to purposefully ignore common sense to not believe it.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Einstein

[Mango]

12 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

And you believe that story? Honestly? 

 

They shared a building with Labatt. Two businesses that worked together often. I know a handful of people who can corroborate the story.

[SoCal Deek]

5 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

They shared a building with Labatt. Two businesses that worked together often. I know a handful of people who can corroborate the story.

Sure! The Owners had a big meeting and put a PowerPoint presentation together that told their employees ‘you need to work harder so I can vacation in Aspen’……sure, that sounds right! 

[Mango]

14 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Sure! The Owners had a big meeting and put a PowerPoint presentation together that told their employees ‘you need to work harder so I can vacation in Aspen’……sure, that sounds right! 

 

They legit had the meeting, told people they weren't getting raises, and put up a slide about maintaining their family lifestyle.

 

I am just a guy on the internet who was dating somebody in the building at that time. (Fun fact, Josh Allen moved to Corona because the Labatt rep no called/no showed to their meeting).

 

I get it, you don't have to believe me.

 

But it's also strange that you have a copy of the slide and an article about multiple sources also corroborating something similar and you still go "meh, I don't think this stranger I don't know would do that"

[FireChans]

46 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Sure! The Owners had a big meeting and put a PowerPoint presentation together that told their employees ‘you need to work harder so I can vacation in Aspen’……sure, that sounds right! 

Add him to the "I never met Lincoln before so I'm not sure he REALLY was a President" list.

[gordong]

Best thing that could happen to the sabres as he shows zero interest is making that team better. and not firing the GM that is on WAY over his head. 

[DapperCam]

FYI, the deal the Sabres just made saves Pegula about $4m bucks. He’s basically run that team on an austerity budget since COVID.

[Einstein]

12 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

FYI, the deal the Sabres just made saves Pegula about $4m bucks. He’s basically run that team on an austerity budget since COVID.

For a guy who came in saying that he doesnt care about money (in sports ownership), he sure does a lot of cost cutting.

[PromoTheRobot]

4 hours ago, Mango said:

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And again, Pegula has never been to one single Bandits Championship game.

Proof?

35 minutes ago, Einstein said:

For a guy who came in saying that he doesnt care about money (in sports ownership), he sure does a lot of cost cutting.

Your assuming the Sabres aren't making any more moves than the Peterka trade.

 

Actually Terry spent like a drunk sailor when he first bought the team.

Edited 1 hour ago by PromoTheRobot

[Einstein]

20 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Terry spent like a drunk sailor when he first bought the team.

 

Thats exactly the comparison we are making. 

 

[Mango]

19 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Proof?

 

 

It has been a topic for three straight years after they win. He just sends in a short statement. Bandits threads generally devolve into laughing that they are happy not to have him him around because he struggles with the Sabres. The comments are littered with stuff like "Keep the bad juju away, we are doing fine without him". 

I am not sure what proof you are looking for? Like a picture of him holding the days paper at his house in Florida, with that days 10pm news on in the background? 

 

[FireChans]

1 minute ago, Mango said:

 

It has been a topic for three straight years after they win. He just sends in a short statement. Bandits threads generally devolve into laughing that they are happy not to have him him around because he struggles with the Sabres. The comments are littered with stuff like "Keep the bad juju away, we are doing fine without him". 

I am not sure what proof you are looking for? Like a picture of him holding the days paper at his house in Florida, with that days 10pm news on in the background? 

 

@PromoTheRobot isn't sure Joey Bosa has signed with the Bills, he hasn't seen the contract himself yet.  He's waiting for more evidence.

[Einstein]

3 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

It has been a topic for three straight years after they win. He just sends in a short statement. Bandits threads generally devolve into laughing that they are happy not to have him him around because he struggles with the Sabres. The comments are littered with stuff like "Keep the bad juju away, we are doing fine without him". 

I am not sure what proof you are looking for? Like a picture of him holding the days paper at his house in Florida, with that days 10pm news on in the background? 

It is surprising to me how many people feel the need to defend billionaire owners.