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gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 1 @ 4:25 PM ET
More than none.

That should become his thing. When he scores, we ironically boo him

- jcragcrumple


I see Andrew peters wants him on line 1
Yep that’s buffalo for you
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:26 PM ET
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Free agent Kawhi Leonard agrees to a 4-year, $144 million dollar maximum deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tells ESPN.


Win a championship and leave Toronto

- Stripes77

He is from LA

It's nothing like LeBron "Lose a championship then leave Cleveland" James
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 1 @ 4:26 PM ET
START THE FUKKIN PARADE NOW
- BeadyEyedDouche


So when is he going to trade those two For 6 th round picks
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 1 @ 4:27 PM ET
I wanted Housley fired the first year I got called crazy
- gerbe75pts


Because you were. Unless it's Barry Melrose benching Stamkos you never fire a coach that early. 2 years is arguably too early, but he was in way over his head.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 1 @ 4:27 PM ET
He is from LA

It's nothing like LeBron "Lose a championship then leave Cleveland" James

- BeadyEyedDouche


He won Cleveland the championship they should build a statue..

without him they have nothing
Mentalorgasm5
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "F-" Robert, NY
Joined: 06.29.2007

Jul 1 @ 4:28 PM ET
Because you are.
- Wetbandit1

fixed
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 1 @ 4:28 PM ET
I see Andrew peters wants him on line 1
Yep that’s buffalo for you

- gerbe75pts


Most of the bumholes on here want Miller on the top pair. Nothing like a 60%+ O-Zone guy that plays 19 minutes a night on the top pair!
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 1 @ 4:29 PM ET
fixed
- Mentalorgasm5


He would demand an explanation, so I just skipped the middle man.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:30 PM ET
The hurricanes new owner is loaded. He just bought and destroyed a football league
- jcragcrumple

Hahahaha, just read a good article on that. the AAF was an abomination from the start. Dead money, horrible asset management, bloated contracts with no financial backing... Dundon bought in for 250 million without doing any research or talking to any lawyers basically... And the entire thing was hanging on by a thread from the second training camp opened.

He invested in a league that was doomed and rightfully folded it as soon as he could, once he realized they had no actual money other than his to pay for the entire operations... that were at least double that 250 million.
hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Jul 1 @ 4:33 PM ET
There is still a wait list?? 😂😂
- Fattony1187


at least 3214 of us dumb a$$es....
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jul 1 @ 4:35 PM ET
I wanted Housley fired the first year I got called crazy
- gerbe75pts



I didn't like him as a player, and he was softest of soft nhl players at a time the nhl was tougher.

What players would respect him, especially after he called them soft
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:36 PM ET
It probably just went out for some cigarettes. It'll be back
- jcragcrumple

They probably already went extinct since then.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:37 PM ET
So when is he going to trade those two For 6 th round picks
- gerbe75pts

I would literally trade them for five and ten dollars
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:38 PM ET
He won Cleveland the championship they should build a statue..

without him they have nothing

- gerbe75pts

If he would have stayed in Cleveland, he would have won them at least 4 championships by now, possibly even a couple more.

But he took the easy way out more than once and has very little to actually show for it. The guy is better at losing the big games than winning them.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:39 PM ET
Hahahaha, just read a good article on that. the AAF was an abomination from the start. Dead money, horrible asset management, bloated contracts with no financial backing... Dundon bought in for 250 million without doing any research or talking to any lawyers basically... And the entire thing was hanging on by a thread from the second training camp opened.

He invested in a league that was doomed and rightfully folded it as soon as he could, once he realized they had no actual money other than his to pay for the entire operations... that were at least double that 250 million.

- BeadyEyedDouche


I posted this on a related comment, but supposedly he bought the league to acquire some proprietary technology. Something about an app or gambling technology or analytics. I forget now. But the co-founders thought he kind of duped them by pretending to want to run the league, but really he just wanted the tech and then he shut it down.

Supposedly

Also, his total buy in would have been $250, but he only had spent a small fraction of that by the time he shut it down
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 1 @ 4:42 PM ET
I posted this on a related comment, but supposedly he bought the league to acquire some proprietary technology. Something about an app or gambling technology or analytics. I forget now. But the co-founders thought he kind of duped them by pretending to want to run the league, but really he just wanted the tech and then he shut it down.

Supposedly

- jcragcrumple


It was the player tracking tech I think which was combined with gambling for a poop load of prop bets.
IceColdBeer
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The CLT, NC
Joined: 07.18.2011

Jul 1 @ 4:44 PM ET
What’s stopping a team colluding with another to negotiate a contract for a player via an offer sheet? Seems like an easy loophole to use.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:44 PM ET
It was the player tracking tech I think which was combined with gambling for a poop load of prop bets.
- Wetbandit1


Yeah that was it
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:45 PM ET
I posted this on a related comment, but supposedly he bought the league to acquire some proprietary technology. Something about an app or gambling technology or analytics. I forget now. But the co-founders thought he kind of duped them by pretending to want to run the league, but really he just wanted the tech and then he shut it down.

Supposedly

- jcragcrumple

Hmm, didnt hear this but I know the app, it was the AAF's live betting app, and it had a ton of issues and dropping 250 million on an app that they cpuldnt get to work seems a bit nuts... but the potential revenue from gambling is attractive I guess.

That league was still a serious joke. Trust fund baby's last ditch effort to earn daddy Ebersol's respect.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 1 @ 4:46 PM ET
What’s stopping a team colluding with another to negotiate a contract for a player via an offer sheet? Seems like an easy loophole to use.
- IceColdBeer


But, why?
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jul 1 @ 4:48 PM ET
7 years $7 million per for Lee to stay with the Islanders
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jul 1 @ 4:48 PM ET
Hmm, didnt hear this but I know the app, it was the AAF's live betting app, and it had a ton of issues and dropping 250 million on an app that they cpuldnt get to work seems a bit nuts... but the potential revenue from gambling is attractive I guess.

That league was still a serious joke. Trust fund baby's last ditch effort to earn daddy Ebersol's respect.

- BeadyEyedDouche


I made a late edit there. He didn't end up investing the total $250m. He promised that over a number of years, but I think his initial payment was $30-40m and then he promptly shut it down once he got the keys.

There's a few articles that give the exact amount, I'm just lazy
IceColdBeer
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The CLT, NC
Joined: 07.18.2011

Jul 1 @ 4:49 PM ET
But, why?
- Wetbandit1


GMs are buddies?
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 1 @ 4:50 PM ET
I made a late edit there. He didn't end up investing the total $250m. He promised that over a number of years, but I think his initial payment was $30-40m and then he promptly shut it down once he got the keys.

There's a few articles that give the exact amount, I'm just lazy

- jcragcrumple


$70M, and he wants it back.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 1 @ 4:51 PM ET
7 years $7 million per for Lee to stay with the Islanders
- Stripes77


Good .. so much for that 9
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