#freejame

I would be completely unbothered by Quinnville but I don’t think Terry would be.

We have to hire Seth Appert. What if someone else does and he’s amazing?! Then what, huh???

81 points with his team is more impressive than anything we’ve done since then imo

He’s might be a butter face but he’s Rod the Bod for a reason.

To play devils advocate, wasn’t Adams brought in specifically because he would fire a bunch of staff that Jbotts wouldn’t?

Ehhhh I’m probably the only Sabres first guy in my group, but Terry seems to be wearing pretty thin on them as well, especially with the PSLs. No comment on the actual questions.

Disco has also been our best coach in a decade. Coincidence? *this is not a defense of Blysma

Isn’t this what we said after RaKru got fired?

Personally, I’m both shocked by the move and concerned about Kevyn’s next one. I’ll be happy about this move once the other shoe drops. It was much needed, but nothing says this will be a positive.

This is unrelated to the Sabres or Terry and more of a general question I’m hoping you have the answer to. I’ve always heard that the borrowing costs for the very, very wealthy were incredibly low to non-existent because of the value having the assets held by the borrower typically outweigh the costs associated with the loan or potentially losing the client. Is this not the case?

Is it safe to assume that Friday is simply the day after locker clean outs and player evaluations?

Dibs

Maybe a need to add an /s there. I’ve been doing a poor job of my sarcasm today.

At least we can all feel better about the front offices ability to evaluate talent.

Prefacing this with my own “this is obnoxious,” but… I don’t think you have any understanding of finance or economics. I’m not saying I do, but at least I’ve got a degree in it and a bookshelf full of different peoples ideas on the topic that I’ve read. Go back to Dave Ramsey if you’re just going to talk about budgets. *****, Terry could budget out and invest the next five years of Sabres expenses and the return would more than cover cost. Or is that not the budgeting you want to do?

I think the issue is you and I fundamentally disagree on whether or not he is losing money on the Sabres. His asset is appreciating at a substantial clip. He can freely borrow against that asset at greater amounts than any single season loss. I would also reckon his asset increases in value by a more substantial amount than his yearly net loss. The Sabres are a private company and are under no obligation to release finances, but there’s also a significant chance that spending an additional $5m per year would lead to more than $5m in additional revenue. Players do not collect from postseason revenue. My very much ***** back of the napkin math tells me that if the Sabres sold 18,000 playoff seats for two games at $100 per ticket (which is low), they would bring in $3.6m in revenue. You can take all of the other gains and throw them towards the expenses, I think it’s still safe to say that spending more would lead to a greater return.

No it’s like saying you bought a house in 2011. The house has increased in value over 5x over and your other assets have increased in value from $3.8B in 2014 to $6.8B in 2024. Who gives a ***** if your job cuts your salary by 20%? Nobody in that stratosphere of wealth earns money through salary anyway. You are not a billionaire. I am not a billionaire. Money is not the same thing to us as it is Terry Pegula. This isn’t a conversation about the financials of the Buffalo Sabres anyway, its a conversation about Terry Pegula and his finances. The fact is that the franchise HAS AN UNREALIZED GAIN LARGER THAN THE GDP OF ENTIRE COUNTRIES. Buying the Buffalo Sabres has been incredibly beneficial to Terry and not at all so to the Sabres.

Perhaps I should have used italics or an /s. I don’t think the way we are developing prospects and talent will lead to multiple cups. I was just being facetious while using a common FO cliche.

No, of course I want them to have success while they are developing. But any success while developing should be taken with a grain of salt until it leads to professional level outcomes. I do understand the point you’re making and am happy he is so far doing well.

Prefacing this with I don’t want Lindy back in any role, but would you accept Lindy coming back in an associate role or would he not qualify?

Let’s say Terry is actually running -$10M per year. He could more than likely easily borrow against the $800M in ROI he’s gotten. Let’s say he took out a loan for $500M of it. With some finagling, he could have thrown all that into the same 5% Certificate of Deposites that’s been roundly available to everyone and gotten 2.5 years of operating expenses for doing nothing! The funny thing about this is it neglects the fact that Terry's money is almost certainly growing significantly faster than 5%. My 401k grew at 16% last year and something tells me he’s got better money men than I do. If Terry cannot invest in the Sabres, it’s because he either lacks liquid, foresight, or care. And honestly those are all pretty much the same thing when it comes to investing. It’s a complete joke that’s being pull over much more than the eyes of Buffalo Sabres fans. Sometimes I think people have never played around on a calculator.

Tage and JJ each have a chance at 30 goals. Clifton is 12 PIM away from 100. Three things to play for right there.

I think Phillip Danault just referenced TRPM. In speaking on awarding the Selke: ““We don’t know anymore,” Los Angeles Kingscentre Phillip Danault said. “I don’t know what the category is, really. Is there a Corsi thing? Plus-minus depending on the team, I guess. Good on faceoffs, I’m sure that’s part of it. Some great numbers defensively, I’m assuming.””

This is how I feel about resolution, but not sound quality. I just bought a new tv that apparently is significantly better than my old in terms of picture quality, but I don’t see it. Things just look the way they do. Sound quality I notice immediately though and will usually pay for if it’s affordable.