Mango

It is strange to have one COO for both orgs AND have Terry sit a top both of them. In my non-billionaire brain it seems to make sense to have a hockey COO and a football COO role into the owner.

If we could get a Byram/Swift thing going that would be great. The age thing might be an issue though. Maybe Girgs or Skinner? Terry could hire her as POHO and finally get out of the way. It would be perfect. She could take up residency at the Key Bank Center. Which, by the way is a venue in huge demand since word got out that they upgraded the roof. Taylor could single handedly save the city of Buffalo.

I agree with you 100%. But I also think her numbers are so astronomically historical the whole thing has become a major talking point. For reference Elton John had the highest grossing tour of all time at $990M over 330 total shows. Taylor Swift's Era's Tour has grossed over $1B and has only played something like 80 shows to date. Her popularity and revenue is a standard deviation above almost every recording artist in history.

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Good post. To the bolded I think she has certainly broken the code on the formula for how to be a successful pop artist. I struggle to sort of explain the whole thing, but you put it really succinctly. The part I cannot wrap my head around is that she is pushing the limits of music fandom. But at the same time she isn't changing things. She isn't the first to do much anything (that I am aware of). But she is developing this sort of following that rivals the Beatles or the Grateful Dead. And even in pop music we have seen remarkable song writing from the likes of Prince or Michael Jackson. She is doing a lot of what has been already done but doing it with a following that is as big or bigger than her contemporaries who maybe even did it better. I think it is a combination of her talent (she is talented), the mix of the above, her 5 year hiatus from new music/touring, openly writing songs about A LOT of famous people (ex's), and re-recording her albums. EDIT: This is peak Pegula-Era Sabres. Hijacking a gameday thread to discuss Taylor Swift. Congrats Terry, you are doing a great job!

Yeah, but I am gonna be a genius anyways.

I mean she isn't Lady Gaga, but she is also better singer than say Trey Anastasio (most people are). It is a spectrum.

I guess add "answering a thread with something that has already been said" to the list of TAC pet peeves. This actually drives me crazy sometimes. On TBD it seems like every single day Stefon Diggs cap situation needs to be reexplained. Poster: "He can't be moved. We only have $5M in space"... Mango: (quote and respond) "Well actually it only costs us $3M more. He is $28M on the roster $31M off of it. I am not arguing for it but if the Bills want it can be done". Same Poster 2 hours later responding to somebody else: "He can't be moved we only have $5M in space and his dead cap is $31M"

resign vs re-sign.

Yes and no. I think you hear "we like this part of his game, but we need a bit more that part". It seems as though we have heard two different situations mention physicality, training, and/or hard work. You almost never hear a HC or player publicly say "We work harder here then they did over there".

I think part of the issue is that the Sabres baseline just isn’t good enough. It just takes waaaay too much effort for them to really compete and that’s why they are so Jekyll and Hyde sometimes. The last two period were the Sabres of old. Sloppy passing. Beating their heads against the wall vs. a strong forecheck.

Right. But who we lose to and when matters. This is something this current iteration of the Sabres needs to fix and fix quickly if they want to make a jump next year.

This was a Sabres game we knew well. Strong forecheck, defend the blue line, dare the Sabres to adjust. In the Sabres defense they couldn’t hold onto the puck all day. A lot of weird hops and bad passes. Curious if the talk in the first intermission was “take a minute to control and deliver a crisp accurate pass” and that’s why that period went the way it did.

Totally agreed. I will say that this team has looked closer to a real life, complete NHL team the last 3-5 games than at any stretch last year. Last year they looked like a team that would lose to Boston in 4 maybe 5. This version we’re seeing this week looks like a playoff team. But they have to do it first.

Bull shirt hooking call.

Tight game. About as close to playoff vibes as you can get without being in the post season. We need to bury one of these in short order.

Probably @ NJD last April.

I don't think Levi v UPL is an issue. I don't think Levi's personality is an issue. But at the same time I wouldn't be shocked if he does passive aggressively chirp a bit that he should be up at the big club. Even that would be directed at Comrie though.

I think Mr and Mrs are on the board lately and rumor has it that 1T 1E 2R 1Y might even have an account too. Maybe we will get an inside line sooner rather than later.

I don’t like the yo-yoing mid season. You have to let your backup practice and play. But with the season, 15-ish games left, and 13 years on the line, bringing up Levi for 2-3 games sporadically seems like a slam dunk

I would bring him in to start one of the back to back. Maybe throw him a bone as the backup for one to get him an extra skate or two with the team. If we keep winning I would guess Levi is the one to spell UPL. And if by some gift from the invisible magic hockey people in the sky this team makes the playoffs Levi is the other goalie on the bench.

Good point. She can figure some stuff out, but also no, no she can't. haha.

3rd in shut outs.

I get the CHL - NHL agreement. I just don't like it at times. For a kid like Benson it makes sense to have a provision where if an NHL team is willing to eat a roster spot or dress an 18/19 year old for I don't know 30, 40 games in a single season that they become eligible for the AHL. If a team is willing to eat a roster spot for half a year to get a kid skating at practice then they should be able to send him to the AHL. That way the CHL still has some protection of it's stars and the NHL does have a work around but it does create some sacrifice. There should be a set process rather than asking for special permission. Just spit balling.

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