Pegula was a Flyers fan

[dudacek]

Sorry for the clickbait thread title, but @Stoner has poked holes in his super fan status several times since he bought the team.

According to a new Athletic article, this is why he switched:

 

Tim Graham with an Athletic piece on the song's 50th anniversary:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243478/2025/04/03/terry-pegula-sabres-bills-song/

Nostalgic read for Sabres history buffs.

 

Edited April 3 by dudacek

[matter2003]

Who cares?  Jeremy Jacobs was a Sabres fan...hasn't stopped him from wining multiple Stanley Cups with the Bruins

[Porous Five Hole]

Man moves to new town and becomes a fan of a local radio station and the local team.  That tracks.  

[LabattBlue]

1 hour ago, matter2003 said:

Who cares?  Jeremy Jacobs was a Sabres fan...hasn't stopped him from wining multiple Stanley Cups with the Bruins

Not to nitpick but….the Bruins have won one cup since Jacobs took over, not multiple cups. 😉

[Kristian]

I wish he still was, maybe he’d sell the Sabres and buy the Flyers.

[Palm Trees And Taxes]

Pegula is a fraud.

[Porous Five Hole]

4 minutes ago, Palm Trees And Taxes said:

Pegula is a fraud.

What do you mean by this?

[PerreaultForever]

Well he certainly hasn't advocated for Flyers style hockey here that's for sure. 

[DarthEbriate]

12 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Well he certainly hasn't advocated for Flyers style hockey here that's for sure. 

(Lately, Philly is only known for Gritty.)

But on the ice, since the Lindros days ended, I think Philly is best known for poor goaltending. For that, Pegula's been spot on. He had a team that was set up to transition from Miller to Ullmark with maybe a 2-year backup contract like Chad Johnson was signed for.

 

[That Aud Smell]

6 hours ago, dudacek said:

Sorry for the clickbait thread title, but @Stoner has poked holes in his super fan status several times since he bought the team.

According to a new Athletic article, this is why he switched:

 

Tim Graham with an Athletic piece on the song's 50th anniversary:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243478/2025/04/03/terry-pegula-sabres-bills-song/

Nostalgic read for Sabres history buffs.

 

To this day -- TO THIS DAY -- I will occasionally, and with no relation to current circumstances, blurt out "me and the Buffalo Sabres, yeah, yeah, yeah." 

[tom webster]

6 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Who cares?  Jeremy Jacobs was a Sabres fan...hasn't stopped him from wining multiple Stanley Cups with the Bruins

I know it seems like they’ve won more but the Bruins have only won one Cup since Jacobs bought them in 1975.

 

Sorry, just realize that blue beat me to it.

Edited April 3 by tom webster

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

(Lately, Philly is only known for Gritty.)

But on the ice, since the Lindros days ended, I think Philly is best known for poor goaltending. For that, Pegula's been spot on. He had a team that was set up to transition from Miller to Ullmark with maybe a 2-year backup contract like Chad Johnson was signed for.

 

Funny and true. So it could have been worse. If I am not mistaken this year or next is the last but they are still paying Bryzgalov.

 

[Pimlach]

3 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:

To this day -- TO THIS DAY -- I will occasionally, and with no relation to current circumstances, blurt out "me and the Buffalo Sabres, yeah, yeah, yeah." 

And I blurt out “now, now, now, now, now, now —- now, now,”.   ““now, now, now, now, now, now —- now, now, now” … 

[JP51]

17 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Well he certainly hasn't advocated for Flyers style hockey here that's for sure. 

Indeed he has not LOL...  he is more the passive aggressive type... preferring players that give dirty looks when $h/it goes down.... lol 

[matter2003]

16 hours ago, tom webster said:

I know it seems like they’ve won more but the Bruins have only won one Cup since Jacobs bought them in 1975.

 

Sorry, just realize that blue beat me to it.

OK, how bout I say they have been to multiple Cup Finals then? 😂

Yikes...have been to 7 Cup Finals since then but only 1 win...probably the worst performing Boston team out of the 4 sports teams...which is crazy to think about.

Edited April 4 by matter2003

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, matter2003 said:

OK, how bout I say they have been to multiple Cup Finals then? 😂

Yikes...have been to 7 Cup Finals since then but only 1 win...probably the worst performing Boston team out of the 4 sports teams...which is crazy to think about.

The late 69’s and early 70’s Bruins team with Orr snd Esposito only won one Cup too.  I heard interviews with some of them and they felt like they wasted their opportunity.  They said the did a lot of partying. 

[Drag0nDan]

This is like getting mad about gordon bombay for playing for the hawks when he was 10.  

[tom webster]

8 hours ago, matter2003 said:

OK, how bout I say they have been to multiple Cup Finals then? 😂

Yikes...have been to 7 Cup Finals since then but only 1 win...probably the worst performing Boston team out of the 4 sports teams...which is crazy to think about.

Well I know the Patriots are 6-5. Id have to look up the Celtics and Red Sox. The Celtics I think started with an 8-0 run so that helps.

[PerreaultForever]

9 hours ago, Pimlach said:

The late 69’s and early 70’s Bruins team with Orr snd Esposito only won one Cup too.  I heard interviews with some of them and they felt like they wasted their opportunity.  They said the did a lot of partying. 

OMG did they ever. Just look into the Derek Sanderson story. If he hadn't been a party animal a lot of people think he could have been one of the top players in the league. There were others that indulged heavily as well. They didn't have the discipline and drive of some of those Montreal teams that's for sure. 

[phil_soisson]

On 4/3/2025 at 2:34 PM, Porous Five Hole said:

What do you mean by this?

From the Sabres sole reason for existence is to win the Stanley Cup, to going with KA five years now after a 14 year playoff drought works with me as a good definition of a FRAUD!