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Yea I'm sure Jan in accounting is really making it hard for Terry to afford her 60k a year. Also as noted I thread, Terry is saving a penny to cost himself a dollar. This team would make far more money if they made the playoffs.

I don't know. What other expenses are there? Teams have more employees than just players. What about rent, taxes, insurance? Are you aware that a salary is only about 60% of the cost of an employee?

Eh. Those career scout guys tend to churn through several organizations in the course of a career. His perspective on Levi may well have been a consensus among the Florida's amateur scouting department. This is mostly a way of me re-remembering how much I fooking hate the return that the Sabres got for an NHL stud like Reinhart.

Making small amounts of money by pinching every penny possible like many NHL teams do versus making crap loads of money while spending money like it's free as they do in the NFL are completely different things. Also "revenue" is not profit.

Are the Sabres in the red or black when the revenues/costs are tabulated? Just my opinion, but if the owner had a competitive team that made the playoffs, the generated revenue would be around 50% more. Save a penny and lose a dollar.

Florida extends Mikkola to 5 x $8M for forty total. Second pair defensive defenseman. One more year on the current deal.

Does 180 million pay all the bills for a team that only spends half that on the cap? I'd hope so.

I am at the point where I really don't even care about new injury announcements. I genuinely think they are going to be a mess with the current lineup as it is, or with any of the call-ups. At the same time, I could not care less about the draft position because none of that has helped over the last 15 years either.

Yes. He was both D and F. With yge Sabres he pretty much played D and paired with Schoeny.

TSN has a story up saying that Carter Hart is very likely to sign with Vegas. Looking at their depth chart, that move makes a ton of sense. That's a very questionable lilneup right there, especially for a high end team. It makes you reflect on the Sabres goalies a bit and realize just how questionable the position is all over the league.

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Clearly needed 2. He was not up to physical part of being an nhl defenseman. I hoping that this year he is.

It's funny that you mention the well run organization piece because look who that scout doesn't work for anymore. (I want to include a laughing emoji here, but the choices suck).

Without Winnipeg, that's a whole lot of playoff drought on that lowest revenue list (I know, Ottawa). That whole thing feels like a big chicken or the egg thing on what is coming first. I'll hold off on Utah for now because who the hell knows what they have there yet.

I was just thinking this today after seeing so many headlines about injuries. 🤣

There is a difference between franchise values and operating in the red. Does $180MM/yr pay the bills? I don't know all the Sabres expenses.

It’s only shocking if people have believed the long held myth that these franchises lose money.

Don't let Adams hear that. I still thought for sure that the Rosén pick was going to be Wallstedt (and Cossa available, too), so as to land high pick to pair with Levi's recent Canada junior heroics. But general consensus is he's still a legitimate goalie prospect, just maybe not as good as Wolf.

On the one hand: This is one scout's opinion. There were likely other scouts in that organization (or any organization) who would go to bat for Levi. On the other hand: The Sabres dealt with the Panthers in acquiring Levi. One of the worst-run franchises in the league dealing with one of the best-run franchises in the league. The Panthers had whoever the f**k they had on their side of the deal -- seasoned, competent people working with a cohesive vision of the team they wanted to create. The Sabres had Kevyn Adams and f**king Jerry Forton as their chief scout of amateur players. Karmanos would have been there in the mix but I can't imagine him having much of a voice in that deal. I can't adequately explain how much I dislike the JerryFortonication of Sabres hockey. That dude is straight up cosplaying as an NHL executive. Michael Scott from The Office type sh1t. Or maybe Adams is Michael Scott and Jerry Forton is Dwight Schrute? Idk.

Re: Levi. I know a guy who was a Florida scout and he has since moved on to Washington. We were having a beer in Kelowna and I mentioned Levi. He told me, don’t get your hopes up on him.

The way preseason is structured with incomplete rosters it is a challenge to make judgments on players. I'm going to be cautious in making player judgments before the season even starts. My preliminary disappointment is that I expected him after being plagued with injuries the past couple of seasons to show more spark even in the preseason. The real season starts soon so we should have a better grasp of what the real state of affairs is for this team. The unanswered question is whether the Sabres have reached the upswing stage yet. I simply don't know? That in itself is troubling.

We stay in these preseason games any longer and we're going to get pulverized. (no reason to suspect that Byram and Power are anything but cautionary rest days to give the AHLers more looks) but if they and Kesselring are dinged up, Greenway is already shouldered, Luukkonen has a lingering strain or something that won't be right... that's a good start to the excuse.

I think Levi has to be the only hope. At this point, I don’t even care if they ruin him by bringing him up starting game one. i have no interest in another wasted season…

(and maybe he's only a Rochester call away.)