That Aud Smell

It was brutal. I'm thinking so.

That was what I was thinking - Marty Biron said it too. Ugly.

Collar bone? 😔

Yeah — Tuch?

The Kings are good/efficient/stifling/boring. I was unaware. And, man, they have some “names.”

Matinee Whoopin’

Morning article re stadium financing (TBN). If it’s true that the Pegulas are on the hook for 400M of a 1.4B project, then, according to the article, they could cover that through: * $200M loan from the league, 150M of which the other 31 teams would repay (by surrendering part of their share of the gate at the new facility), and $50M of which would be a 15 year loan at a competitive rate. * $200M from the Pegulas, a portion (?) of which they can cover through PSL’s. The article cites $50M as an estimated take there, but my guess is that it’d be more like $125M+. So. If someone were to buy a piece of the Sabres for, say, $50M and the Pegulas took a note payable over 15 years — well, the Pegulas could be getting their new stadium without having to come out of pocket for more than $75M (or even far less). Nice work if you can get it.

I am wondering whether McDermott would want him, given that … Tyler Dunne’s piece — which is not about McDermott Mafia’s omerta with the media regarding 13 seconds, but about the story that the coaches didn’t address the issue with the players (reportedly not a whisper before everyone left for the offseason (“they preach accountability, but, with this, there was none,” said one unnamed player (quote may not be precise))) — is almost certainly sourced in part by his good friend Isaiah McKenzie (with whom he does/did a radio show/podcast IIRC).

I really like this observation. Samuelsson started off shaky (in his initial NHL games), but now seems to be on a really good path. He stymied Tavares the other night too.

Hear, hear. Hayden is the only player on that 4th line who is worth keeping around. Also: I audibly groaned every time Eakin came over the boards last night.

I was. What a hoot!

Nasty/chippy Dahlin is a force.

My post-game bathroom stop yielded this exchange with a fellow fan: ”70 shots on goal …? 9 goals …?” ”And a win?” ”Happy Friday.”

Sabres arena experience: They had a rockin’ band playing intermission (right by the organ platform). Man, they was blowin’ like a hoor-ah-can. Good stuff.

If we count partial packages (!!) for the hockey, I'm one.

Not sure what you're saying. It just sounds to me like she's into the numbers/data pretty good, and has concluded that, from a money standpoint, the two entities do not actually cross over that much. As someone who is frequently at the stadium and arena, that is consistent with my sense of things.

So it went from a scandal to a nothing-burger.

Posting the Tweet like that without context is designed to generate clicks.

We need context. She may be speaking specifically about STH data, or something like that. Which, consistent with what was discussed earlier this week in another thread, is almost certainly true.

Possibly McKenzie. Or ... McCaffrey?

MULCHED WHISPERS!

I was at that show - such a good time (and I'm not even a fan, really). I wonder where the C&M seats were for that show. I was in the bowl, but what felt like a half-mile from the stage, and definitely among the hoi polloi.