Contempt

That's one way to do it, but there are other things that can help. In all seriousness, I'm considering coming up on my own for the Red Wings game just after Christmas. Why on Earth would I buy full price tickets from the Sabres? The ONLY way that happens is if the team is blowing everyone's doors off for the next month and a half. Otherwise, that's a game a STH wants to dump and I'd rather let them get some of their money back and get myself in the door and into a better seat for less money too. Cheapest ticket from the team for that game is $40.55 and looking at the seating chart the building is 3/4 unsold for that night. You think it's really worth $41? I don't. That seat is worth MAYBE half that right now and probably more like 25%. Maybe the valuation changes if the team does exceptionally well for a while but right now that's what it is. The Sabres can either accept that or eat empty seats. Here's an example of how to sell seats. My kid is playing a high school game at Wells Fargo Center in February. It costs us $100 a person. For that $100 we get lower bowl seats to the Flyers/Oilers game that night which are ~$115 face value to start with before fees, dinner at XFinity Live pre-game, AND the kid gets to play a full length high school hockey game on the real NHL ice that afternoon. It's not a screaming deal, but it's at least value for money that I can't get buying a ticket from a STH. It's also a way for the Flyers to fill seats on a Thursday night in February. It's also $400 the Flyers are going to get from me that they normally wouldn't plus they know that once I'm there I'm probably going to have a couple beers at XFinity Live pre-game (which they own) and I'm probably going to have some concessions (crab fries at a minimum) and some additional beers at the game so that will be at least another $100 from me and from every other family there. It adds up. Or, they could have left the seat empty by demanding full price for it or not packaging it up in an attractive way and not gotten any of the ancillary sales. either The only other Flyers game I'm going to this year is v. the Sabres in April and I'm not paying a dime for that other than to park my car. I can't stand the Flyers and I'll be spending more with them than I do with the Sabres this year.

It's both. It's not my money so IDGAF. But when you look at Ticketmaster and see a half sold house why do you walk in and pay full price if you don't have to? If they have someone else wanting to buy that box that night, pay full price, and have a huge concession bill too then sell it to them, more power to them. I'm betting they don't have that and the salesman on the other end of the phone needs the sale way more than the wife needs the box. They can just as easily go to dinner with the clients instead, eat insanely well, and be just as happy. I don't feel bad for PSG at all, they have no issue nickel and diming people all day long and the "dynamic pricing" crap just screws people too. They're selling ad space on the jerseys next. How about you worry about filling the house first? Then sell out the crest.

Splitting half is better than splitting $0

Yes, and they dropped the box price almost a grand virtually immediately. I'll bet they drop it more. We'll see. And the point is, what are those odds those tickets get sold? Slim? None? How many other people are going to come in and also make a big concessions bill too? Not that many. I get protecting your margin, but you can't take a margin to the bank. You have a person on the phone ASKING to spend thousands of dollars on a game that basically nobody wants to go to. The initial call was made before the West Coast trip. We'll see what happens. Everything on this planet is negotiable. Also, if you have lots of unsold seats in your arena the law of supply and demand tells us your price point is too high. Keep your price point and have empty seats and no upsales (concessions, parking, merch) or lower your price point and have additional upsales. It's not super complex.

How about Dyson?

The wife called to inquire about a box or club level tickets to the Vancouver game for a corporate outing in a couple weeks. Prices were not what I would call acceptable for a team that does not win in an arena that is mostly empty. Needless to say the purchase was not made. She might call again closer to the game and see if they are back in the realm of reality.

I didn't need more Iranian malware anyway...

Well, I got the Vancouver part right.

Yeah, but what is their urgency to gain that cap space TODAY? They don't need it right now. They probably aren't making another move at this point. If they move Bear now for cap space to use in the future then they lose a D man they won't have gained anything. I'm not saying they won't ultimately deal Bear, but there's no reason for them to at this time.

Why is Carolina unloading depth defense right now? The place to call is Vancouver. Rutherford has to be itchy already.

If only there were a massive group of people trying to to get into the country that were more than happy to work at whatever job was available.

I see what you are driving at.

The Sabres never had to share a building with UB.

It's embarrassing that they have to share an arena with a college because nobody gives enough of a rats ass about them to get a proper arena built after they were evicted from their previous home because the owners of the arena could make more money hosting concerts and monster trucks than Coyotes hockey. This isn't an expansion team. They've been in Phoenix for nearly 30 years now and in that time they've moved backwards. The NHL won't admit defeat here, but that team needs to move somewhere else. Give Houston a shot.

Yes. I'm not in NY either. I'm in Maryland right now.

They need to rejigger the divisions and conferences. 8 four team divisions in two four division conferences. Cuts down the silly travel, builds natural rivalries. I posted the configuration a while ago but am too lazy to go back and find it.

The Matt Ellis of condiments.

So Audacy won't let me listen to WGR which means I don't listen to their ads which costs them revenue, but I can listen to TSN 690 no problem. Makes total sense.

Someone who has not been in my kitchen

I'm not saying it doesn't make a difference. It doesn't make a difference to Dunleavy.

We can pretend it makes a difference if you like.

Agreed. It's a proper broadcast as opposed to whatever it is that Dunleavy does. Thank you Sportsnet 650

Try to keep your erection under the blanket

It might not be his choice