2012
- gerbe75pts

Pretty sure that's bad.

Since the Pegulas took over both the Sabres and Bills, both teams have been at several
Points been the butt of jokes for their respective leagues.

That is where a lot of the anger comes from.

The trade of ROR is not the issue, it is the return, or lack of. How can people not see this?
- ImThatGuy

Great, but how many times and how many ways can a dead horse be beaten?

Great, but how many times and how many ways can a dead horse be beaten?
- Powerslave

This question is best posed to Fitz, Pegullaville, Ion and SBroads.

Great, but how many times and how many ways can a dead horse be beaten?
- Powerslave

But why haven't the Sabres congratulated ROR yet!?

Great, but how many times and how many ways can a dead horse be beaten?
- Powerslave

There must be an unexplored Illuminati angle if we dig hard enough

Pretty sure that's bad.
- Wetbandit1

But how do you know if you haven't tried it?

Reminds me how much I despise the slug logo. Simply. Awful!
- Gr8daygo

Yeah, why? Change the farkin things to the real logo

But how do you know if you haven't tried it?
- jochfr

Bruh...

There must be an unexplored Illuminati angle if we dig hard enough
- jcragcrumple

So are you saying Hillary Clinton is why the Sabres traded Ror?

Bruh...
- Wetbandit1

Bro Come On.

So are you saying Hillary Clinton is why the Sabres traded Ror?
- washedup20

People are saying it. I'm not saying that I'm saying it, but people are saying it

Real draft question:

If Pod is there at 7, do the Sabres take him?

My guess is no but I dont know shyt from shinola.

This is very exciting.

I agree with you, I don't know for fact, but I stated earlier about how IMO the circumstances certainly back a case to be made about Jason's hands being tied...and he had to make a deal before the Bonus was payable on July 1st ... Army called Jason's bluff and forced a sub-market-value trade (no Thomas, no Kyrou, take cap dumps to offset the Bonus)

Interestingly enough, from an article on The Athletic about the trade...

“We were hoping to get it done at the draft,” Armstrong said amidst the on-ice Cup celebration. “The draft is an area where you have assets. We had a first-round pick. We weren’t able to get anything done there. We tried during the talking period but still couldn’t get a deal done. So we went out (July 1) and solidified our forward position getting (Tyler) Bozak and (David) Perron.”

And that might have been it, but Botterill called again later on July 1. Finally, the pieces fit together.

His hand was forced by The Pegula's deadline around the July 1st Bonus Date.

More than smoke here.
- IonSabres

Maybe ror flat out asked for a trade or

The pegulas didn't like his "lost his love" comments. They found it offensive to pay him 7.5 million. They didnt want to pay someone they deemed a quitter, one more penny.

He hurt their brand by his comments. Paying some f*cko top $ to tell fans he labored to play a sport for big $.

Doesn't matter how rich you are, it's still business.
And possibly personal distaste for a guy they treated very fair.

Reminds me how much I despise the slug logo. Simply. Awful!
- Gr8daygo

The fact that we hang a President's trophy banner is far more egregious.

Maybe ror flat out asked for a trade or

The pegulas didn't like his "lost his love" comments. They found it offensive to pay him 7.5 million. They didnt want to pay someone they deemed a quitter, one more penny.

He hurt their brand by his comments. Paying some f*cko top $ to tell fans he labored to play a sport for big $.

Doesn't matter how rich you are, it's still business.
And possibly personal distaste for a guy they treated very fair.
- Boss34

So short term gain for long term setback.

That’s backwards, very very backwards.

So short term gain for long term setback.

That’s backwards, very very backwards.
- ImThatGuy

It's business and sports colliding

Have you ever had an employee that could of worked harder?
Talked sh!t about his effort and the company?
Someone You paid really well?

Obviously not

Maybe ror flat out asked for a trade or

The pegulas didn't like his "lost his love" comments. They found it offensive to pay him 7.5 million. They didnt want to pay someone they deemed a quitter, one more penny.

He hurt their brand by his comments. Paying some f*cko top $ to tell fans he labored to play a sport for big $.

Doesn't matter how rich you are, it's still business.
And possibly personal distaste for a guy they treated very fair.
- Boss34

If they had good, legit offers based on them paying the bonus I hope they were at least considered.

If they had good, legit offers based on them paying the bonus I hope they were at least considered.
- Frizzlefry

That's a great point.

I'm pro pegula. I hope they would have considered it.

It's four o'clock on a Thursday
The regular crowd chiming in
There's a commenter typing next to me
Crying over ROR's bearded chin
He says, "Son, can you play me some highlights
Which ones? I'm not sure that I know
But they're sad and they're sweet and I knew them complete
When ROR wore the blue and the gold"
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
Sing us a song, you're the faceoff man
Sing us a song tonight
- jcragcrumple

This is probably your best work.

...too much time on my hands,
I got ROR on my mind.
Can't ease this pain so easily!.....
...and it makes me wanna cry,
and throw my hands up to the sky.

So-oh, understand,
don't waste your time always searching for those
Wasted Years.


It kind of sucks (and is more difficult as the fruitless years continue to add up) when you have to keep resetting the patience meter with every gm and/or head coach's hiring (and firing)... but what else can you do? Can't blame the guy who has been there for two years for the previous ten. GMTM's impatience seems to be one of the main causes of Buffalo's woes, it's gonna take time to now build it the right way.
Not saying there couldn't have been a better return for ROR, but speaking as a Panthers fan, if someone doesn't want to be in your city/on your team it's best to just get them gone. "We're going to do what it takes to build a winner here, if you don't want to play here let me know now....I'll do my best to accommodate you, because I don't want you here if your heart is not in it."
You will never build a "winning culture" with a bunch of, albeit talented, mopey asses who'd rather be someplace else.

I trust Homie and his info than anything you say

I also have info from someone who knows him pretty well that he realized he needed to move on and asked to be moved
- Stripes77

More details please.

i don't know how anyone eats spoiled lumpy milk... two most hated foods, Cottage Cheese and Coconut's Both are disgusting.
- hehateme

My wife also has a thing for textures. Won’t eat smoothies with bananas in them or chunky white stuff. I don’t get it

So you’re saying Botterill is not intelligent?
- washedup20

I heard he’s got the CTE now, too many concussions. He’s basically the Adam Sandler Waterboy.

I also have a buddy with similar info who knows ROR personally and it’s 1000% true he wanted to move on.

It wasn’t a demand, but it was requested
- OneKaneOneCup

Why??