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  4. Kevyn Adams, press conference 4/16/2024

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    1 hour ago, dudacek said:

    It was my impression Adams had balanced off their smaller scouting staff by redeploying those resources into the analytics and player development staffs.

    Is that not the case?

    How do they now rank in terms of the amount of bodies in the overall hockey department?

    If my memory is correct part of the bloodletting when Kevyn was hired was due to Pegula thinking the hockey department was loaded with people who didn't do much. (A conclusion I think was fuelled by a review done by a pre-GM Adams.)

    That fits with when/why they dipped from 4th to 32nd.

     

    Adams was hired because Boterrill refused to adhere to the new pandemic austerity measures and fire scouts and others in hockey ops. It was a surprise because only week’s earlier, he received a strong vote of confidence from Kim Pegula. 

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  5. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    11 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

    The question among Philly fans is where is he and what's wrong with him? Nobody seems to know. 

    To all the people who said Kane would suck if we signed him, 47 pts. in 49 games or something like that so I guess his hip is okay. 

    I got the first round match ups I wanted. Hate the Leafs always, Bruins are my B team, can't ask for more than that. Florida should also be a total war. Going to be some good hockey. 

    Bruins are my second most hated team, but I’ll be rooting for them to sweep my first most hated team in the playoffs. 

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  11. Has the Adams rebuild failed completely?

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    21 minutes ago, ska-T Chitown said:

    Anecdotally, I have heard the same. It seems to make sense, as long as they are telling the truth it is a pretty safe investment for the bank or whomever. On the surface, of course a loan with any interest rate is going to cost more than the amount borrowed, but business loans are taken out every day in what I assume to be very large quantities because cash is king and to butcher some Sharktank quotes, you gotta pour gasoline on that fire, but gas ain't free!

    The notion being peddled (not by you - I think we are on the same page of the same leather bound book on that very lovely mahogany bookshelf of yours) that businesses won't take short term losses to yield long-term returns is beyond silly. The Sabres bottom line is not even a blip on the TP's business radar when you look at all the other assets he has that generate income ... heck, it might not even be a blip compared to the profit the Bills made last year.

    The Sabres bottom line may not be a blip on TP’s business radar, but it’s the lifeblood for the the 250+ employees of the team. While revenue losses, especially during the pandemic didn’t phase TP’s bottom line relative to his other vast business holdings, it very much negativity impacted many Sabres employees, so I think it’s important to separate TP “losing money” and the Sabres losing money. 

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  12. Buffalo Bills 2024 Thread

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    7 hours ago, JustOneParade said:

    Remember that we are entering the homestretch where purposeful lies and false character assassinations are being shelled out in buckets. The 'insiders' and 'experts' are tools of the organizations.

    BTW, have you heard that Malik Nabors has a coke problem and beat the the children of his handicapped neighbor? (Drop baby, drop).  

    Yep. Like Buddy used to say, we’re all tryin’ to rob the same train. 

  18. Has the Adams rebuild failed completely?

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    2 hours ago, #freejame said:

    This is unrelated to the Sabres or Terry and more of a general question I’m hoping you have the answer to. I’ve always heard that the borrowing costs for the very, very wealthy were incredibly low to non-existent because of the value having the assets held by the borrower typically outweigh the costs associated with the loan or potentially losing the client. Is this not the case? 

    Certainly the ultra wealthy are going to get the most prime rate and there are more lending outlets of differing types available to them, but I don’t know if they get interest free loans as a matter of course. 

  21. Has the Adams rebuild failed completely?

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    Some interesting economic discussion. I’ll add that there’s a difference between asset appreciation/depreciation and cash profits/losses and that borrowing money, unless it’s an interest-free loan, is always going to cost more than the amount borrowed.

    As it relates to Pegula and the Sabres, the huge increase in the value of his franchise vs. what he paid for it initially has no real cash value until it’s liquidated and there are valid business reasons why he wouldn’t borrow against that asset value currently. While Pegula (and other owners) didn’t lose value during the pandemic, they lost well over a billion dollars in real revenues that sharply impacted the bottom line. 

    Anyone know the outcome of the suit that Pegula, 19 other owners, and the NHL brought against the insurance company to recoup those pandemic losses? Last I heard, the insurance company refused to pay because the insurance company claims that the pandemic losses are excluded from coverage. 

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  23. Sabres Prospect Updates 23-24

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    7 hours ago, dudacek said:

    Don’t need to tell you guys about the flaws of +/-.

    But within that context it does give you some indication of how successful a player has been in his role and relative to his team.

    On a team that is -7, 20-year-old Nikita Novikov is +19, far and away the best on the Amerks.

    He has 23 points in 62 games.

    No idea what the underlying metrics and eye test is saying, but the numbers look promising.

    Mattias Samuelsson had 12 points in 23 games as a 20-year-old rookie, and was -8 on an inferior Amerks team.

    Novikov made a beautiful play on Kulich’s 2nd goal yesterday. Good move to get around a defender, drawing attention, and then making a sweet dish to Kulich alone at the net. 

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