nfreeman

You mean you don't mentally pronounce "OSP" every time you read or type it?

Building a new arena seems pretty GD wasteful to me.

I was really just asking a question -- not taking sides! (And noting that I haven't really seen any detailed coverage or explanation of TG's position -- just a series of content-lite news stories promoting a "rich skinflint thinks he's entitled to special privileges because he pays a lot in property taxes" narrative -- which are probably eliding some important details.)

I guess the question is whether the government entity that is prohibiting him from employing goose-prevention method XYZ is the same government entity that he is asking to control the geese for him.

Despite my strong distaste for DC, I found myself rooting for the Caps last night and will likely do so in the Finals. Related point: there is a Caps fan blog with a great (IMHO) name: "Russian Machine Never Breaks."

Serious question: has anyone (including any of the media coverage) looked into TG's side of this? e.g. is he legally prohibited from shooting the geese or taking other steps, with the result that he has to live with mountains of goose poop? Although it's certainly an appealing narrative, it doesn't seem likely that he would just demand that the town fix a problem on his property with no justification.

How do you think a stadium gets funded? This is certainly true. My point though was that the other NFL owners aren't going to pick up the tab for a new stadium -- none of them got this kind of help from the other owners, and they aren't about to start with the Bills. I agree that it's a complete waste of money for the limited usage reason you pointed out -- and this is true regardless of who pays for it.

What does this mean?

Well, this is true, but there is zero possibility of this happening.

As I said earlier, “the decision” would refer to signing off on the tank after it was proposed by Darcy — which is qualitatively different from TP deciding to tank and instructing Darcy to implement it. IMHO the former is much more likely than the latter. More to the point — no one here knows, despite PA’s dogged attempts to turn theory into fact.

Awesome Josie, as always — and hopefully a harbinger!

I think you mean "If we believe PAFan..." Again: Darcy didn't say any of this in the Vogl article. If you have facts that support this narrative, please post links and quotes. Otherwise you're just repeating your theories.

You misused the term. More to the point: would you prefer a new stadium, with the attendant substantial increase in cost of attendance and upper deck a mile away from the action? There's no system that will eliminate the unavoidable facts that the money to build a stadium needs to come from somewhere, and the only sources are the public or the owner.

Here's something very positive (IMHO) from new team president Kim P.: a new stadium is far from a sure thing -- http://buffalonews.com/2018/05/23/kim-pegula-orchard-park-new-era-field-bills-stadium/?utm_campaign=puma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1527106286 I hope they stay in the Ralph forever.

I hope youse are right. I can't help feeling like he's just a Larsson replacement and will add similar (lack of) value. OTOH... Whoa.

I have no doubt that TP signed off on the tank, as this would be required by pretty much any owner of any pro sports team. But that is a far cry from TP ordering a certain course of action. This of course goes back to my original point, which is that no one here has any idea how much or how little TP has been involved in the various decisions that have been made since he's been on the scene -- and thus our information in that regard is far scantier than our information on Dahlin's likelihood of success in the NHL.

Thanks.

That's not what Darcy said. He said that TP has been very clear that the Cup is the goal, not just making the playoffs. Here is the link: http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/28/inside-the-sabres-day-of-suffering-lingers-five-years-later/ It's impossible to have a conversation if one side is so obsessed with sticking to a narrative that it bends the facts.

Link? I don't see it on their site. FWIW, I enjoy Deadspin. Their writers think they know a lot more than they actually do, but they are generally pretty talented and funny.

I’m kinda disappointed to learn that the Sabres don’t get the pick next year if SJ is in the lottery — I thought that only happened if SJ won the lottery.

Wow. That is quite a bit more than I was expecting him to get. Good for him, and good for the Sabres.

Harrington is "relatively mild" enough that Elliotte Friedman, a real hockey writer, unfollowed him on twitter AND publicly rebuked him for being the opposite of "relatively mild."

But they did use 2 AHL defensemen and an AHL forward instead of the guys you're referring to. They waived Moulson, Bogosian played 18 games and Gorges played 34 games. No one is disagreeing with the premise that the Sabres would be better off without those 3 contracts. I just think you're well underestimating the difficulty/price involved in unloading them and well overestimating the harm suffered by failing to ditch them.

Actually, you have zero information about this. You (and all of us) have a ton of speculation, but zero knowledge as to any action whatsoever that they've taken, other than retaining Darcy, firing GMTM and DDB and hiring JBott. OTOH, there is video showing Dahlin's abilities, as well as the informed opinions of literally dozens of knowledgeable hockey observers who have witnessed him in person, both on and off the ice, all of which is highly probative as to how Dahlin will do in the NHL. While I agree that the logical move is not to assume that Dahlin will be an NHL star, it's a bit silly to draw a line in the sand and insist that there is no reason to think that he will be.

Speaking of the Buffalo Star: https://www.thebuffalostar.com/2018/05/player-profile-rasmus-dahlin/