tom webster

We have different definitions of “toughness.” I’d take Hagel back over Deslauriers but whatever. By the way, how’d that work out for Tampa?

I hope he does come back gun shy. Your top centers shouldn’t be getting into fights with other teams top pugilists. The notion that getting into a fight the final minutes of an embarrassing loss has any benefit at all is laughable. The concept that teams still have to employ “fighters” to protect their top players is laughable. The notion that the Sabres wouldn’t have been better served with Cozens in the lineup against Carolina is incomprehensible.

And that’s what NHL goalies do consistently. Also, the 40-15 game wasn’t as lopsided as 40-15. He’s played better but neither he nor Levi have been good enough this year.

I hate this take. Good teams have goalies that sometimes have to bail them out. UPL played well and has this season but these “little” mistakes add up. The difference between championship teams and also rans can be as little as 15-20 goals per year.

This is the most likely scenario. The only way he goes 8 is if he takes similar to Tage and Dylan and I doubt his agent allows that.

I’m not sure I understand

1) EER guidance? 2) He authorized $7M in signing bonuses but wouldn’t retain $2M in order to $1.7M by buying out VO and replacing him with some prospect on a rookie contract? He needs a new accountant.

TP hasn’t put any restrictions on spending. KA is a fairly smart guy and he isn’t going to spend $2M to acquire a fourth round pick. There was no market for him so it made sense to just let him be your 13/14 forward and who knows, maybe he wins you a game or two if the right situation pops up.

The 4th center isn’t on the team yet.

Same, and my friend owns a pizzeria for whatever that’s worth. Loves his oven. About 30 pizzas minus your cost of ingredients sounds about right. Probably add 5 more till you figure it out.

Yes, I should have been more clear. The “mistake” was they included them on tickets before they were ready. Apparently they had been running tests and forgot to delete them when rolling out actual tickets. They really have been caught unprepared on a number of fronts. They are still working on the Sabrebucks program because they are unsure if the new sports service point of sale system will handle all possibilities.

It actually didn’t. Road up the blocker and stayed out

No. UPL has been awful for about 5 years now.

I’ve read your posts and must say everyone I have asked have had the opposite experience. Some of their staff had grown complacent but the new people gave been great. If you want to pm me your info, I promise I can get someone to call you within 24 hours.

Unless he has grown up a bit, it will be filled with blame spread everywhere except for the man in the mirror.

If I were forced to guess, the next signing will be Mitts, if he takes a 3 X $6 kind of deal or Patrick Kane.

Well I did say yesterday that I wouldn’t be shocked to see him sign for Sanderson type money within a day, although if did cover myself with the “I wouldn’t bet on it.”

I guess I should have bet on it.

This is bordering on hysterical. You would think by now TPEGS would at least have his first interview question locked and loaded; 1) Do you sleep with any of your subordinates?

If no one else told you, voucher code was a Ticketmaster mistake

A lot of FORBES list are really just educated guesses as well. Rich’s for example is a wholly owned family business and a lot of the needed information is private.

Mitts is an interesting case because if he wants to stay he will have to sign for less then he will be able to get elsewhere. Also, I think Buffalo would like to keep the term around 3 years. I wouldn’t be surprised if Powers signed any day for Sanderson money but I wouldn’t get on it at this point.

He was top 250 in America worth about $1.5B when he tried to enter the major leagues. Between death of his father, fairly significant worldwide growth of his family business and an economic climate that has seen the very, very rich get richer, he is where he is.

There has to be a story there. Not only was his career short, it was mediocre. His one year coaching career was even worse. I did find that he was instrumental in getting players playoff pay so maybe this was nod to the unions. This is something my brain wants me to spend time on.

Look, I was wrong on timing and I’ll admit it but if anyone thinks it all summer to go from 8 years, $10M to 8 years, $11M, then I really don’t know what to say. But just for those who will have something to say I was wrong.