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He wasn't fired because of his performance. They didn't want to pay an AHL coach to do nothing until 2021. They are broke.

Well if he's referring to the $3 mill they spent on Wilson, Nelson, Gilmore, Remy and Hammond; I agree. Plenty of more bang for your buck available for the minors.

Here is where the rub is. He's right about fans here wanting a tough team. More than tough, they want winning. So build a team that is both. Tough and good. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

He did. It was interesting that he went right to debt and not talk of revenue.

We've seen other broke ass owners try to implement the heavy prospect lineups. Some of the worst Amerks teams I've ever seen were using that philosophy. It doesn't work for development or for winning.

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All of this screams it's about finances. It was mentioned several times during the press conference. They are dumping solid hockey people, minus Botterill, across the board. Taylor and Sexton didn't do a damn thing to deserve to be let go. The Amerks were poised to be a very solid contender this year. Adams was in a position built on finances. It isn't just a little coincidental that the Sabres unload anyone cashing a paycheck and hire the one guy who would have insight as to how much the Pegulas could save by ***** canning everyone? The Pegulas are cash poor and are doing every thing they can to stay financially solvent. Convince me I'm wrong.

Fair enough. I'm thinking their payables were outweighing their income and they hit the eject button to remain financially solvent. You're a smart guy, I'm sure you can put the pieces together. And I don't mean that in a snarky PA kinda way.

Uh huh What are their revenue streams today?

These fools acting bahroke,

Honestly this changes how I view his convos with PA. He looks like he's skyping from a teenagers room not to mention his appearance is uh... interesting.

I understand but as the messenger, that's a hell of a conversation to have. "Hey Terry Jason here" "How you doing Jason" "So you know how Carter really struggled at times this season" "I'm aware" "Turns out he just needed glasses" "Click"

So he sounded like...Terry. ?

Well he wouldn't be working here if it wasn't for his local ties. So by default, if he wasn't a WNY guy, he wouldn't have gotten the job.

Don't care if he did

Fixed

I could see Taylor paring each up with a vet and rotate one out of the lineup. I've seen him do it in the past.

Botterill needs to be fired immediately

I'm way more concerned about the language used to describe the teams financial state than who is doing what in the org. As we've discussed for months, they are acting flat ass broke. An operating revenue of $1.9 mill? The teams payroll is 40 times that. Something ain't right. These people are bad at making money unless they have a printing press handed to them like an NFL team.

In case anyone forgot how ridiculous these guys are athletically

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Because I married a girl from Boston and rather than closing between the Twins and the Orioles (due to minor league affiliation) I chose to root for a team that my life partner had spent her whole life rooting for? I have never once gloated about anything Red Sox. Not here, not anywhere. It's not in my DNA. There is no gloating as a WNY sports fan.

I think 95% of people would have made the same choice. You know it wasn't because one team played 10 miles closer to you.

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