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Another way to look at Gretzky’s assist number. Averaged 98 assists per year for 20 years. Absurd indeed.

I like McLeod a lot. I'll be happier seeing him get to 20 goals than I will Tage getting to 40. Would be an excellent 3C on a good playoff team.

Top 10 funniest lines ever. 👍

I’ll go with UPL.

Great to hear. Get him in a good playoff run and let him cook another year in ROC

Benford extended. 4x$19M. $76M total. Very good deal. And congrats CB. What a story he’s been. Happy for the kid.

To think I was peeved earlier to find out the game was on NHL Network. Obviously a game all of North American hockey fans just had to see. 🙄 Serious question. Has anyone seen Marty Wilford open his mouth this year? The D is pure crap far too often and he just stands there like a wax figure in a museum. Say what you want about Appert but at least he’s engaged with the forward group during the game (for better or worse). What exactly is Wilford’s role during a game? Why is he even on this staff?

A player who can make passes to the tape? The Sabres badly need one of those playmakers.

Don’t have much on Dunne to go on yet but agree relative to Murray, who is not a NHL player, and won’t be.

This was the line from that article that has me shaking my head (referring to the subject season ticket holder): 'He almost gave them up a couple of years ago, but the Sabres’ employees in the ticket office went to great lengths to keep his business'. We've gotten to the point that ticket office employees are having to do what the product on the ice should be doing.

I can’t imagine that anyone living in Buffalo any length of time needs to do an internet search to decide where to get their pizza. The criteria is a bit weak.

He can’t see the apathy - or disgust - he has created in the Sabres fan base on the road. The paying customers. His prime source of revenue. That was my point. He can assess his record as the owner on his iPad from his yacht. I think he’s not unaware. I’m beginning to think he just doesn’t care.

Sure, TP can watch the team in MTL, FL or Utah to see what’s become of the team. He merely needs to watch them at the KBC to see what an utter disaster he’s made of this franchise. The fans there (or not there) will tell the story. I wonder if TP has attended more road games this season than home games. Does he (dare) even attend home games anymore?

By the time all these young QB’s sign their second contracts in a few years Josh will be back to middle of the pack on the QB pay scale. That’s one hell of a team friendly contract. But that’s Josh.

Agreed. But you wouldn’t think so reading TBD. Half of them hated the extension because …. Reasons. Besides, it’s always about the terms and conditions (I.e., the ‘fine print’).

But if you don’t have a super fast processor how will you possibly keep up with all the Sabres’ moves at the trade deadline? /s. Obviously.

True Lies. Jamie Lee Curtis? Yowzaa!

3-D chess. Oh, those crafty Sabres.

I would think every opposing team in that stretch see the Sabres on their schedule and say 'There's an easy game. We will win that one'.

That was my recollection as well. And, my goodness, did he ever loose that team by the end of his tenure.

Me too.

Can't really know what the agent meant by 'lack of involvement'. Lots of room for interpretation and nuance there. But there's no question TP can handcuff the team by his decisions and actions regardless of how they are described. Totally agree. I think things like setting an internal cap or not allowing retention is within the purview of the owner. It's semantics but I don't consider that meddling. If KA goes to TP and says we are going to sign player X for 7x$7M and TP nixes it, then that's meddling. TP should be setting the parameters by which the organization will operate then let his people do their jobs. Basically your last sentence if those are the parameters. And to be clear, I feel these examples, if true, are signs of short-sighted decision making by the owner and do not agree with them. Relatedly, if such parameters are being placed upon KA then TP needs to come out and say so. A leader of an organization should not sit quietly while putting a key subordinate in a position to take the slings and arrows ("I've been given all the resources I need") for those decisions. Maybe that was implied in the infamous EEE speech?

I found it interesting that the agent cites TP for a 'lack of involvement', which is completely opposite of the opinion of most on this board (myself included). Bigger picture is that the agents' poor opinion/perception of the Sabres organization is a huge problem. But I'm sure they will feel better if their clients sign here on an overpay.

And the extra point is good ….

Byrum with a front row seat to two power play goals against.