PASabreFan

Any wiggle room on the notion he's in his 60s and is probably still recovering from Covid? The word salad about Eichel's injury is a dramatic outlier for this gifted communicator.

Our Punch will confirm it: the real Punch made lots of little moves that incrementally improved the expansion Sabres. And if we're not an expansion team, I don't know what we are.

Keep your butterscotches in your back right pocket?

Listen, I lie awake and dream of threads like this. I went from 2:30 back to noon a bit ago. But, boiling it down, I am deflated. They want HELP running the team? I'm happy that the wording supports my meddling theory. But if the only outcome is that they hire whoever to come in and be hockey president, albeit a super president with possibly an ownership stake, what will it matter if Terry is still m------g?

I always figured you were my brother from another mother. Too much alike.

WEEKS!? I told you I wanted something on my desk by 4 p.m.!

I brought up his oldest children the other day (sorry, Laura, I didn't get to your mini-bio). I kind of doubt this is the move the Pegulas would make because of how suspect it would be viewed as. (And Brawndo offered an interesting bucket of ice water on the idea.) But it should be considered. They view the franchise as a generational family asset, after all.

That seems like splitting hairs. Tanking is the original sin. There's no failed rebuild without it. Dad sold all of our worldly possessions to invest in Circuit City. I mean, he did a great job with the sale! He was all over Craigslist and eBay.

Good post, but why start with a personal attack? Or can you objectively prove Cal is wrong a lot? It's a hockey message board full of opinions. Is he saying the Sabres were founded in 1974 or Rick Jeanneret was GM in 2002?

This level of certitude seems over the top. No reporter can know this for sure. If the Pegulas are considering another big change in the management of the team so soon after the last one, wouldn't it imply the new guys will be gone? I think you're one GM off. It was Darcy who was there at the start of the tank. (See also: suffering, succotash.) In the spring of '13 he talked about rebuilding on WGR and said the extent of the rebuild would be Terry's decision. Murray didn't come in for almost a year, after LaLa and Battista!™ went to Ottawa.

Not yours though, of course. Just Dylan's.

How lovely of so many of you to offer up Dylan's future brain for your entertainment. New rule: every time Cozens gets punched in the future, you all take one as well.

I recall one of the BBGs (I think) where Kim told a story about getting through a rough stretch of Sabres hockey and remembering that her husband said something like, "It's OK, we still have Jack." I bet Terry will be a hard sell on pulling the trigger. Folks should also remember Perreault wanted out circa 1978 after several frustrating playoff ousters.

But they kept the lamb wagons open!

Always have hated games at MSG.

This would suggest very wealthy people buy hockey teams to make money year over year. What has happened to the value of the Sabres franchise since Terry bought it?

Dust on the Handrails: The Pegula Era of Sabres Hockey By I.P. Freeley Available at Borders summer 2021

Exactly! Not sure of your point. The Sabres haven't had Buffalo-born owners since the Knoxes.

I can tell you the turning point.

I wanted to give that more than one emoji. SDS, can you program that option in? (Kidding.) Also, let's make it a separate thread.

I don't want him or his sister to "run" the team either. I want them to be smart CEOs. But if Pegulas running the team is inevitable, I'd take them over who runs it now.

I think you've got it! See also: the rain on Main falls mainly on McLlwain.

The claim that RaKru didn't know Jack tweaked his ankle in Jersey is dubious. I have no idea what the warmup injury claim and horrendous answer last night are all about. But there's no way the coach didn't know about Jack's jankle.

Michael Pegula, Buffalo-born, is 42 and lives in Los Angeles. He was (still is?) an assistant coach at USC. In 2018-19, he was a coach for Orange County Hockey 18U AA. He played in the ACHA for one season in 06-07 (College of the Canyons). His Instagram account says he owns a fitness business, coaches the Jr. Ducks, and is a personal trainer, podcast co-host and actor. In a Buffalo News story when Terry bought the team (no one mentioned Kim as co-owner at the time), Mike was described as a "compulsive Sabres follower." At quick glance, there isn't mention of the Sabres in his Twitter and Instagram accounts. Let's crowd-source this. Next up, Laura. Her dad said in 2011 she'd make everyone in "this room" (the arena atrium) look like Moscow Dynamo fans by comparison, she's such a big Sabres fan.