That Aud Smell

She's a quick study with MSM's condescension.

He definitely didn't get a clear transmission, but he definitely had something. As for the exact opposite being true, not so: Graham (?) first came out and said "this is about a sale of the Knighthawks - that's all." That is the team that seemed to precipitate the post from 12ozsports. I think that's a focus of his. So, validation for 12oz. Then Graham came out and said: Oops. Chunk of the Bills is also for sale. And Graham then said: I no longer doubt that the same is true for the Sabres. So, stick tap to 12oz. I forget how TerryTheTailer factors into this. What did he Tweet? Nothing like failing to learn from lessons of the past -- especially when "the past" is less than a day ago.

for dunking on them as clickbait knuckleheads who didn't know dip squat when they tweeted yesterday about rumoured sales of Pegula sports stakes being afoot. private equity ruins what it touches. like a reverse midas touch.

an investment that appreciates at a rate that outpaces all other investments. and, in the meantime, a share of those sweet profits.

I think we all owe 12ozsports and TerrytheTailer apologies.

I know your feelings on this. What you propose seems excessive, but there's merit to what you're saying.

At the time, there were fans more educated than me who expressed misgivings with the pace and vibe of the practice where Skinner was mic'dup. Turns out, they were right. so comely.

this overstates matters. but i cannot disagree that the sabres have, at times, been managed like a team being prepared for a sale.

Just asking questions, as the saying goes. I recall both Jordan and Kobe working with the same guy — I could Google his name, but won’t.

… go on Interesting though that the bogus report smoked out an admission from Wawrow that someone did approach Pegula in the last 6 mos.

Can confirm: Is not. I mean. I’ve been frustrated with the Pegulas’ ownership. But with teams moving and such, idle gossip about the team being sold isn’t my jam.

Who’s Wawrow talking to?

Quick Twitter search has TonytheTailer as the only account saying this. Looking at some of the replies, I do wonder if it’s some super subtle form of satire.

I can’t tell if that account is satirical. Fascinating, either way.

My favourite thing about this hogwash is how, if you actually click through and read what’s there, this is a rumour that’s focused on the Rochester Knighthawks. Knighthawks to be sold!! (Sabres to be sold as well.)

I was listening to WGR the other morning. Hamilton was on. He said something that surprised me about Cozens: That he hopes the young man consults with a sports psychologist this offseason. Hamilton related his impression that Cozens' game suffered because he cared too much and that he became despondent over letting the fans down. (I think it was Bulldog who chimed in: Plus, you might lose your "I'm a bad ass" swagger when you get your face broken.) Hamilton then referenced Ryan Miller and the great success he had in consulting with a sports psychologist. My understanding of Hamilton's main point: Too much emotion can evolve into worrying. Worrying turns into doubt. And doubt is a killer of confidence. It was all very interesting. Here's wishing the Workhorse a restorative offseason. I think he's going to be a very good NHLer for a long time.

Yeah - that's definitely not what I'm riffing on. I'm also not suggesting any of that either. I frequently hear that "elite athletes have all worked their ***** off" theme (which I clipped from your reply). Implicit in that concept, I think, is that all of the elite athletes will continue to work as hard as they did before they arrived in the best league in the world, that they will be self-aware and smart enough to know how to continue to improve themselves after they've established themselves as NHLers, and that they will all continue to grow and improve. And that's just not the case. The NHL is a cohort comprised of the world's best hockey players. And that cohort sorts out in a way not dissimilar to how other cohorts sort themselves. Not everyone of them is working as hard and as smart as they should. Some, without even intending to do so, may have lapsed into thinking they'd arrived. Idk. Hope for the best.

Thanks for harvesting his stats. I don't have an eyeball test so much as I have a group chat test. Power was far and away the most motherf**ked Sabre defenseman in my main hockey group chat. And I'll admit: He had many confounding (terrible) plays in his own zone and in front of his own net. I think he'll get that straightened out over time. Hopefully soon. I like his offensive vision and knack for joining the attack at the right time. He'd benefit greatly from becoming a player with merely below-average physicality.

Nine years ago today, the Sabres lost the McDavid lottery.

Not quite. I'd actually thought the photo was taken during this past offseason. Turns out, it was taken at some point after Cozens signed the extension in early February 2023. Was there a midwinter break or something?

What if you had information about or an experience with your co-worker or neighbour - let's call him Rashee - that prompted you to think "ehh, I'm not so sure that a new sports car is a good idea for him."

You're talking in generalities. I'm talking about something very specific. I've outlined its contours above. When the team captured a screenshot of Tage's "7 more years" IG story pic and put it on their account, my immediate reaction was essentially "7 more years? Dude hasn't played but 200 games and has one good NHL season to his name." Together with a host of other factors, the picture seemed to be a bad omen. Sad to say that it was.

That is a sad sack of a wannabe sports blogger.

I was the originator of what you term "egregious indignation." You wanted a different noun there. You may have felt indignation because I was taking shots at our top 2 centres. But that's not what I was hurling. Invective maybe. In any event, the distinction here is low-hanging fruit. Maybe @Mango or @Big Guava. Something tropical, given the photos above. Nobody (including @nobody) would have an issue with their home team's top players being pictured on a Caribbean beach toasting each other's health (and new-found wealth) if those top players proceeded to kick much ass in the season that followed, or, as in the case of Crosby, if that player was a top-10 player of all-time, first ballot HOFer, multiple Cup winner. Context matters. I dug up that photo because it was of a piece with something that had seemed to plague the team from last offseason through this season. That "something" was confirmed by the GM in his post season press conference: A sense of having arrived. Having made it. Arrogance, as one reporter put it (and the GM didn't knock it down). Maybe even a sense of entitlement. [Edit: Bear in mind, it was the team's official Instagram that published the picture to its main account page. It appears many mistakes were made.] So, invective is being hurled. I hope the targets don't duck from its path. To borrow a phrase from @nfreeman: This is obnoxious.