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It's up to whether we believe he wanted to move or not. He said he basically was happy and didn't want to move. The future actions will tell us what he really thinks, but I'm not getting bent over it. I don't think he's a high profile player.. he was just a guy who was let go by a middling team. He had his moments, but it would be like Jordan Poyer not reporting in my mind. He's old and while he can help, he's not going to solve the problem.

I think you are inferring that the move to Utah was the difference. I think the move to Utah was coincidental. The team had talent, what it lacked was belief that it's ownership believed in them and they were in a stable franchise. You don't have to move a team to create that atmosphere but in Arizona they very clearly did. After decades of floundering in and around the city of Phoenix it was clear Arizona did not want to support a hockey team. The government basically rejected the hockey team. That's not the same in Buffalo. Buffalo is not a big city, but it is very much a hockey city. Buffalo draws Toronto and Canadian fans in masses. The league loves this and it helps any owner as well keep the barn full. I don't think they would want to move Buffalo, they do however want to have an owner and an area that its invested in the team. Moving the team away from Canada would eliminate that. There's a reason hockey has failed in Atlanta. The fair weather cities need to have a competitive team or they lose people in a heartbeat. Recall the Florida Panthers attendance when they were bad? I don't believe the Sabres will move if they get sold. It could happen. Pegula could also create a winning franchise. I'm not putting the odds on that. All I know is that the current path sucks and the trend has proven that he's doing something wrong in operating the franchise.

If you watched that game and didn't predict that outcome I'm not sure what to say. My son was like, should I start UPL tonight for fantasy? I laughed. That's vintage Sabres.. a whole lot of almost and then whoops, in our net.

If they are going to pause the game on a challenge then just don't require a challenge and instead have the off-ice officials confirm every goal. I can live with confusion over "what is goalie interference?" but doubling down by penalizing a team when it's clearly a vague area is just stupid. If the purpose of the league is to "get it right" then just "get it right" as best you can. If they don't want to do that then just stop replays overall and be done with it. I'm good on the off-side because that is pretty straight forward, but goalie interference is a gray area they don't seem to be able to define.

Fair enough. You are the fan Admiral Pegula loves because it appears you'll be loyal no matter what. I'm not saying it to criticize, just to categorize. I'm 99% out the door on giving a damn about this team, once I hit 100% it won't matter to me where the team plays because I won't care any longer.

The Sabres play again?

What if you knew that under Admiral Pegula the Sabres would never make the play-offs? Would that change your mind? The whole ownership debate simply boils down to when has each person had enough. Frankly, I'd rather they sell the team and let whatever happens happen than be the damned laughing stock of the league. I have Sabres gear, do you think I wear it when I travel? Hell no. It's embarrassing. That's what the good Admiral has done to this franchise and thus to the fans of this franchise. Do you think this franchise is worth a investments in Key Bank Center? Why should a franchise that owns the league record for not making the playoffs and continues to extend that lead deserves taxpayer support? Right now the Buffalo Sabres organization is unworthy and it has been unworthy since Pegula took ownership. I'm done with him and his whole family.

Sadly it's the Flyers. Another bane of the Sabres existence... I don't have optimism for this game.

Nice.. thanks!

It's fair... Well, I don't know why they weren't throwing to their 6'7 311lb receiver/TE more. I thought Pittsburgh's offense lacked imagination and allowed Buffalo to actually step up to stop the run. There were mistakes by the Steelers offense as well, no doubt. I just wasn't impressed.. and yeah Rodgers has the cast but it doesn't hurt his throwing. Not complaining, just that the Bills have managed to puke all over themselves a few times this season. Beating the Steelers who are clearly much worse than I thought they were (I didn't think they were all that great) just doesn't get me all jazzed up. Sure they won, but they've got a long way to go.

This is actually a very good call out. I suppose I could have likened it to a prep school honors class instead? No harm... 🙂

I guess all of sports are so soft because I don't think ANY team would ever do this. According to freejame the team is soft. So perhaps they are trying to show that they won't back down by keeping him in? Not sure. 😉 It's a win. I wouldn't feel too good about it. Pittsburgh's offensive play calling was quite questionable and I think it played into making the Bills defense look better than it is.

Land that is cheap and communities that will provide tax breaks will always be the motivating factor of business. Not much else to say here without wading into political territory and I'm not interested in doing that. On a planet with an ever increasing population and ever increasing technological improvements the need to generate more power will not diminish and this means that somewhere more power generating facilities will need to be constructed. What's the alternative? I'm not in the power business but in the data business so I won't pretend to know about efficiency gains, etc. Crypto is the evolution of the credit card and the digital finance system. The only thing that gives it any credence is that certain entities attribute a value to it and so it can be traded. Money is a fictional entity in our society. It's only worth what the people who decide financial markets say it's worth. Even without crypto our financial system is highly unstable. We are all playing along within that system.

Holy hell, what's with the middle names? I feel like I'm reading a crime report from Kentucky.

I disagree. I think intent is there because players know exactly where their appendages are. Sammy did not skate into his elbow so much as Timo made a calculated decision that to drive through "high" would result in a low chance of a penalty being called. "We" provide the benefit of the doubt, but then we read stories about how professionals understand the "minutia" and I think that applies here. Glad he's okay.. strange routing for him, but he has been very good. Even if he did get the proverbial officiating finger tonight on the penalty called against him.