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They tried that. Apparently that's too toxic a situation for the Pegulas to suffer.

Of course, what would happen is that Terry says "e'nuff o 'dis", sells the team and they get moved out of the city.

The genie is out of the lamp: https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/01/30/buffalo-sabres-fans-duane-losing-patience-with-team/

Maybe White isn't, but someone has said something internally. The removal of a Tweet and the lack of directly referencing the call since it happened (not counting Parker's response directly afterward) indicates to me - who used to be in the biz, BTW, so I have an idea how this works from the inside - that they have been directed to ignore it. The fact that they posted that single call separated from that hour's audio indicates to me that, at the time, they thought the call was important. It's not often they post a single caller.

He posted that at, apparently, the exact same time I posted my observation. Because then it would be overt. If they take it down now, they remove any semblance of plausible deniability.

Curious that there's nothing from WGR 550, nothing from the Instigators, pretty much nothing from anyone with a money connection to the Sabres on this. I am surprised they're leaving the clip on the website.

It's a big deal in that Sabre fans on Twitter have picked it up and are running with it. #WeAreAllDuane Your cousin vocalized on the air what a lot of us feel...and he's right. The Sabres are actively trying to tamp it down. That's the big deal.

The Pegulas talking about the Sabres:

Of course they did. Shan't bite the hand that feeds ya. No big deal, though, you know.

Shocking, WGR550 took down the Tweet about Duane's call.

Great thread idea. My message to Hutton:

Legacy means Jack s%&t in 2020 Western culture. If the Sabres' legacy meant anything to the NHL in the near past, the Pegulas have urinated all over that legacy, negating any last hope the league would care about the Sabres beyond money. Follow the money. If there's money to be had in intervening with this clusterf&^k of an ownership period and assisting the Sabres somehow, they'll do it. If the money says let Pegula trash the team enough so it exits Buffalo, then that's what they'll let happen.

So, we're talking about trading Dahlin, but Samson is off the table?

This has been "the plan" since the Tank season.

Just have it on the radio for the third, what happened to Linus?

In the name of Sabrespace, Jack Eichel, I knight thee... Arise! Sir Loin of Beef. Arise! Earl of Cloves. Arise! Duke of Brittingham. Arise! Baron of Munchausen. Arise! Essence of Myrrh. Milk of Magnesia. Quarter of Ten.

Let's call him Jonathan.

I did. I DID!!

Wait, you mean there's hockey?

Never heard of this before. It sounds Wintery Awesome! for sure. I would do that and I hate wintering. Any more info on the location?

Jack doesn't have that doofus confused look on his face.

This is ridiculous. Jack wasn't taking pointless point shots and losing possession. Jack wasn't not clearing the puck out of the zone despite multiple chances in the same play. Jack didn't not opt to use his hand or body to stop a shot coming through the crease, instead opting to try and use the shaft of his stick allowing the puck to deflect off of his leg, or better yet, just moving and letting the puck move right on out of the crease. Jack wasn't taking up roster space where a much more self-less player could have been played. Jack wasn't turning over the puck constantly in the D zone.