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36 minutes ago, JohnC said:
I'm hoping that Kane can regain his health and be an asset for some team. But why would Buffalo have any interest in him? The Sabres have plenty of scorers. That's not a problem for them. What this team needs to get to the next level is team improvement on defense. That's one area of the game where he doesn't offer much help. I don't see why our GM would have any interest in him.
Maybe Buffalo area taxi drivers are getting a little too uppity?
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On 9/21/2023 at 9:02 PM, Buffalonill said:
Sooooooo he made the team without trying out...
Yep great organization
LOL! What?
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28 minutes ago, SHAAAUGHT!!! said:
If I was on the other team I’d be chirping him about the white goo on the front of his mask. What is that supposed to be???
The 2, 7 and border being sliced in half and pulled apart.
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I assume the goalie for the first group was Levi?
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10 hours ago, Pimlach said:
Similar to that article about Boterill?
9 hours ago, PASabreFan said:Lindy also wasn't ain't goin' nowhere.
Yeah, they're the same thing...
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The Bills. But because of the Bills, Terry can keep them both in Buffalo. If the Bills were to leave, the Sabres would soon follow.
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On 9/1/2023 at 11:27 AM, xzy89c1 said:
why are you confident they wont move?
I wish we were building a great downtown hockey rink instead of the bills stadium. I think we will end up with only 1 pro team in next ten years. With the money sunk into stadium bills are not going anywhere. Buffalo cannot support two pro teams anymore. I would vote for sabres over bills. 50 games a year with playoffs. I am being optimist i know. Bills are maybe 10 games that we care about if they get a couple home playoff games.
Would you all rather have Bills or Sabres? I am definitely Sabres all the way
Buffalo can support 2 pro teams. The only question is: if Terry sells, will the new owner want to keep it in Buffalo? For those with a beef with Terry and want to see him gone, I'd be careful what you wish for.
And of the 2 teams, the Bills are infinitely more important. Especially with keeping the Sabres in Buffalo under Terry.
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Baked Alaska.
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19 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
But he hasn’t lost money. What is the value of the Sabres now vs when he bought them? That is where the money is not the day to day operating costs. The Sabres as an asset have increased in value. And the value of the Bills is crazy. Overall he will come out well ahead.
It's paper money. Until he sells it's not actual money.
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34 minutes ago, xzy89c1 said:
The organization that replaced his company for concessions with a competitor will see no loyalty from Jacobs. If it will increase league revenue and bring in a franchise movement fee he will be OK with it.
Those are recent developments and you could be right. But it doesn't matter now since the team won't be leaving Buffalo anytime soon.
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19 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
Oh I think it matters to the league. Original six matter. Small markets matter less. I don't think that's much of a controversial idea. Pretty much the same in every sport.
If Jacobs announced he was moving the team to Quebec City, the league would go batshit crazy. If Pegula announced he was moving the team to Quebec it'd be "ya sure? well alright, good French rivalry, we can work with that". Not many people outside Buffalo area care what happens to Buffalo. Never have. (and neither of those things is happening obviously)
17 hours ago, Brawndo said:Jeremy Jacobs is the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the NHL and has been the primary representative of the Owners for every recent CBA Negotiation going back to the lockout.
That makes him the most influential/powerful owner in the NHL
You would think Buffalo wouldn't matter. And yes Jacobs is arguably the most powerful/influential owner in the NHL. I have no doubt that he being born in Buffalo changes how the NHL would otherwise view a small market like them.
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2 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
That's not the issue. One could argue they are at peak value, and as an investment, in his mind, it might be a great time to sell at a massive profit. Depends how much he enjoys football and whether or not he really cares about owning a football team at this point in his life.
Again, no reason to think it's in the works, but either or neither is entirely possible. The idea of minority owners was brought up earlier. Could be he plans to sell PART of the Bills but keep ALL of the Sabres. That would explain it too.
Even though Terry may have loved hockey more than football, after 11 years of losing games and money, fans griping about him/the team, and no one showing up to see them, you can start to lose the love. Meanwhile the other team he bought is a perennial Superbowl contender, making gobs of money and drawing praise from the fans, and he may love that team more now. I don't know but I can see it happening. Let's just hope we don't find out.
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8 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
I'm quite sure the league would have no problem with the Sabres moving to Houston (or Atlanta or some other U.S. market) but I also see no reason to think this is going to happen.
I think if a team is to be sold (again, no reason to think that) it is more likely to be the Bills, as Terry's a hockey fan.
No chance. The Bills pull in huge money and are good and popular. If anything, I can see the drag of the Sabres the past 11 years weighing on Terry.
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8 minutes ago, kas23 said:
I have to think PSE was set up for one reason and one alone: money. I would love to have to know the tax implications of forming PSE and the implications of him dissolving it.
Or maybe it was Kim's idea and he wanted to make her happy, but it was better to break them up like he's doing now? I don't know. Way above my pay grade.
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14 minutes ago, nucci said:
easier to sell a good team and get a better price
True. But the team would also start making money.
1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:Why pay millions to renovate a stadium if you plan to sell? Simple, it’s like renovating a kitchen in a house. You do it because it’s necessary. You do because it adds value to the home. You do it because it make it easier to sell the home.
The fan experience has been awful for years, but it didn’t matter there were no fans to worry about as the team stunk. With these renovations, you improve the product both on the ice and off. The goal is to increase the season ticket base and thereby increasing the value of the franchise. The sale isn’t today or next week, but with each playoff appearance the odds of a sale increase.
The question is who in Buffalo, besides Jacobs and Bob Rich, are wealthy enough to keep the team in Buffalo long-term.
The better question is, would any owner want to own and keep them in Buffalo long-term, after what Terry went through?
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12 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:
The Bills wouldn't become a loss but general sales would go down due to many Sabres fans would outright boycott going to BIlls games if the Sabres moved.
General sales of what? TV/streaming revenue dwarfs anything else the Bills make. And how many Sabres fans are also Bills ST holders? I'd bet not many.
And how many Sabres fans have wanted Terry gone? As they say "be careful what you wish for, you just might get it."
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11 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
Kind of.
I think I figured it out: Remember a year or two ago, the NHL said teams can now sell up to... was it 25%? stake in a franchise? This may be the precursor to a move to sell a stake in the Sabres to an investor.
That could be it.
8 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:I could see that, I doubt he'd fully sell the team because the backlash would effect his Bills bottom line as well. However by separating the two would allow him to sell a piece of the Sabres without involving the Bills.
It wouldn't affect the Bills appreciably.
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Seems like a prelude to selling the Sabres. No reason to dissolved PSE unless that's the goal. And of the two teams, there's no chance in hell he's selling the Bills, which are uber-profitable, unlike the Sabres. Although the timing seems odd since the Sabres should finally make their return to the post-season this year.
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Personally I think improving the defense like they have and Levi replacing Anderson and getting the majority of the starts is enough for the playoffs this year.
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On 7/4/2023 at 11:58 AM, Doohickie said:
See, this is why Kevyn has said he's good with what we currently have. There are other options out there but as you explore them none of them are really what he's looking for.
Gibson is at best average. He would be okay in a mentoring role like Anderson, but probably doesn't have 40-50 quality games in him.
Helle is a viable option until you consider you're either getting him for only one year or you're going to have to pay him too much for too long if you sign an extension.
Any top quality FA goalie falls in the same bucket as Helle: They will cost too much for too long.
It's easier and more practical to improve the defense and KA has already taken steps there, with perhaps more coming. And as I alluded to, I think his strategy is to put a good team in front of whatever goalie we have, good enough that the goalie isn't the linchpin holding the team together. Having a hero goalie is fun but being able to win games without the heroics in goal is more what Kevyn is after I think.
Helle for 1 year would be fine while Levi gets his feet frozen. The question is compensation.
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2 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:
On a horrible defensive team so keep that in mind. He’s a well above average nhl goalie. In saying that, he doesn’t fit what the Sabres need
For the past 4 seasons? And the Sabres weren't great defensively either. Not worth the risk to find out he peaked 5 seasons ago.
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He's been hovering around .900 and 3 GAA since 2019-2020. That and his salary make him a hard pass.
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36 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Last year every move he made was called genius even though moves like Chabot were questionable. I think his drafting is questionable too. Danielson, Raymond, and Edvinsson were all over drafted but because Seider was a good pick no one questions him.
Quinn will absolutely go on ltir but this isn't football. He can come back in season after being put on ltir.
You can come back in-season after being put on IR in the NFL now.
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Jost didn't get one?
Devon Levi's new goalie mask
in The Aud Club
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Why would he be in Rochester? The guy is either the Sabres' franchise goalie or he isn't, so play him there and see where he takes you.