Could Terry Pegula Sell the Buffalo Sabres?

Intro what's going on guys it's Cal here from Buffalo Sports Center I'm here with Don and today we're gonna be talking about Terry Pula and more importantly will Terry Pula ever sell or will he keep his Reign on the Buffalo sports teams this terrorist Reign that has resulted in not a lot of success so don I'll start with you what do you think about this situation well if we're talking about How much money does Terry Pegula have the Savers yes I think he will you look at the amount of money he's currently losing with Buffalo it's a lot and it it's not really this this point is not really too much of a big piece of evidence but it's a little clue look at the amount of money the Savers have invested into their recent free agent picks and I look at the amount of term we're giving our players Jason zooker one year Sam lafy two years Henry okar who one year albe kubel one year Beck manstein one year Ryan McLoud on the books for one more season a lot of players who are only on the books for one two more seasons now I guess you can easily disc count this point by saying well look Tage Thompson's under contract for like eight more seasons the same goes for Owen power Dalene um you know Alex tuck is only under contract for two more seasons cousins six more seasons butkin Quinn are probably going to get Contract extensions but my point is look at the amount of money Terry pigula has invested into this team over the last two three seasons it's not been much and it hasn't been and if he does invest it's not for a substantial amount of time it's for a very shortterm period amount of time and he's already put up the bills for sale 25% of the bills for sale so it's clear that he's looking for money I don't know I got an uneasy feeling about how everything's been going okay I don't know yeah I mean you Will Terry Pegula sell the Sabres you bring up some very interesting points um I I will disagree a little bit I think Terry pigula will want to keep the Sabers um for a long time here now the reason I say this is quite simple I think it was Terry pula's dream to own this team um you look at you know when Kim was healthy it was you know things were going a little more smoothly you know they split operations but ever since that you know Health incident happened with Kim it appears Terry's focus is kind of shifted away from these teams so that could lead you to believe maybe Terry's ready to move on but why I say he isn't is because of his children I think Terry Pula wants to kind of hand these teams down to his children maybe the sabes um again his daughter you know his daughters and sons are very busy right now one of them being a pro tennis star so you know it's G to take some time so I don't see Terry Pula making any moves with this team until his children are ready to make up their minds whether they want to following his footsteps and be owners of this team or at least you know partial owners in this team or if they want nothing to do with it again if I was one of Terry pula's children I would want nothing to do with the Buffalo Sabers the way they've been playing the last couple Seasons with that being said though you know the trajectory is up the economy has just kept going up and up and up and as bad as these teams have been you know as much money has you know that's been poured in again he's making so much money with the bills you know just being a playoff team you know you got that new stadium coming in uh so you know business should be booming in Buffalo so I don't expect him to sell I could see why people could think he's going to sell I could see why people would want him to sell because it appears he sets you know an invisible cap ceiling on his teams maybe not so much the bills but the Savers seem a little um limited with what they can do but I think that will change you know if they get some success and I think he really just wants Kevin Adams to prove to him that he can put together a playoff team before he gives him free reign keep in mind Terry pigula has Ed clueless clueless clueless and clueless the last couple times as coaches and GMS of the Buffalo Sabers so it's really hard to put your faith in anyone when you've been backstabbed so many times by straight up idiots running the Sabers organization yeah but kale The value of the Sabres think about it too look how much the value of the Sabers has increased he could make a huge profit if he sold the Sabers now the profit that he make from the Sabers sale he wouldn't even have to bother uh putting up 25% of the bills up for a sale as well now I have been thinking a little bit while you were talking he probably did put up 25% of the bills for sale to compensate for his part of the new stadium costs and the you know the building of that probably that's my guess because the bills are like worth4 billion dollar now or something it's insane Sabers are only worth 900 million to about a billion dollars um but again the amount of profit that he could make on a team that has done nothing this team has done absolutely Jag squat since he has taken over his owner he could simply wash his hands and walk away from the Buffalo Savers and solely focus on the bills you mentioned it before kimp pigula is no longer in the picture as an owner she is she suffered that stroke and it doesn't appear that she's coming back anytime soon if at all and it doesn't seem like she's going to return to her previous her ownership duties so and you talked about how busy his kids are so even if he doesn't sell now if he sells in the future is it because there was no air apparent to this new sports Empire of his and shouldn't the fact that there is no Aira parent isn't that concerning for us Buffalo sports fans who hope to not have to go through another John bonjovi Saga as we saw back in Pegulas involvement in the Sabers 2014 yeah I mean that's that's a scary thought for sure and I think that is also lingering in Terry pula's mind he knows if he puts the Sabers for sale and they get you know say they end up in relocation he knows that's going to be pinned against him he also is very involved in the sabers still which is actually quite shocking because you know the media harps on him constantly because we don't hear from the guy we don't hear from the guy at all about any of the Sabers moves he's never available to the media but that being said he's in there draft day you know he's sitting right next to Kevin Adams he's in that room now does that really help I I don't know but you know he you know he is very vocal he has a say in what the Sabers do you know playerwise you know he tries to play a part in that again if I'm Terry Pula I'm looking at the Savers they have so many great prospects so many picks you know coming up in the next couple years if I'm gonna sell this team it's not going to be now because this team's trajectory is going to go straight to the Moon you would think again if you have a good GM that knows what he's doing which again Kevin M has been good with drafting but not so much on the trade front if you have a good GM that knows what he's doing the saber have all the tools to create a Dynasty now do we think that's going to happen no me and you you know we've been Sabers fan since we've been born and we've seen disaster after disaster you know it's it would be shocking to see a Sabers team go on a historic run much like the you know the the Penguins you know wining back toback cups or like the Blackhawks you know having that you know three and two years s but it's very possible with that you know the the players that the Sabers have the Sabers also have a lot of young Talent lock up like you mentioned Tage Thompson delene Samuelson cousins all on longterm deals you don't got to pay anyone new contracts it would just be the same contracts you already have now again some of those contracts like samelson seem to be huge overpays right now again that could change you know he had a rough year other deals like Thompson appear to be an absolute steal so why would you sell a team with guys on steals of contracts and the best prospects in the league when this team is going to be worth a ton of money in the future if played correct Why would Pegula sell that is exactly why I think there could be a prospective owner out there they are not worth a lot now but you just said they could be worth a lot they could be absolute home runs in a couple years or so and there are talks of the NHL potentially expanding to Beyond 32 teams if that's 36 if that's 40 I we haven't really talked about it I'm not totally in favor of adding more teams to the NHL but what's to say a rich big time owner from a city like Atlanta Houston Kansas City comes in and says hey Terry I know this team is sucked you're you're losing uh hundreds of millions of dollars over the last decade what if I give you $1.3 billion right now to take them off your hands and you just also mentioned it they already got their the new owner wouldn't have to do any work onto this team because their big guns already locked down they don't have a ton of money tied up into a whole lot of assets right now this new owner would have a lot of free ran to do whatever they wanted they wouldn't and if they chose to also be cheap they wouldn't have to spend a lot because their big guns again are already under contract so they would only have to go in and replace the bottom six were on one in twoyear deals how even our number one one of the best goalies in the NHL over the last half season is probably not going to be signed for more than four or five years that's a reality he's not going to be signed for five years or more maybe four definitely not five or six so you don't have a lot of money tied up long term that gives you a lot of options on how to dissect this team and also given all the losing the Sabers even though they've increased in value they're still only the 30th most uh valuable NHL team in this you know Collective League I think before winipeg is lower and before that Arizona was lower maybe I'm not quite sure about that maybe Carolina is down there maybe Anaheim is also down there Columbus for sure is down in the dark with us um but these are again like you would be buying this team at a relatively low figure in today's modern sports numbers I mean the commanders went for three billion the Denver Broncos went for what four billion as well so to be able to get a a franchise for only 900 million and then you could flip them turn them to a new city where they could be worth double triple that A smart business man would certainly do it but you gotta keep in Pegula is a smart businessman mind Terry pigula is a very smart businessman believe it or not I know a lot of us Buffalo sports fans are quick to jump on the guy and say this guy's an idiot you know this and that you know Buffalo teams haven't had success Harry pules you know has been a smart businessman since the day he was born and he is very wealthy because of it he knows that the Savers are in this Fringe period where they could continue to you know just blow up or they could really hit the their stride here they got a ton of good prospects they could be one of the best teams in the league for many years to come there's no reason he would sell the team in that era we also know Terry pigula has been historically cheap with the Sabers especially over the last couple of Seasons but a guy like that who's looking to sell the team invest in the arena put a new roof on the arena get a new Jumbo Tron fix all the seats you know there was a lot of work done to the Key Bank Center now again the Key Bank is far from the best arena in the NHL it's probably one of the worst but he has made some significant improvements to the arena some very necessary improvements may I add uh and if I'm an owner on the way out I'm not looking to do any of that I'm looking to sell sell sell as quick as I can well the you know the money's still there now he's invested in the arena he's invested in the team and he's very invested in the meetings like I said he sits in on every single meeting he is very involved with the team in free agency on draft day all that Kevin Adams has a you know good communication with him the only thing holding Terry Pula back is you know some of his decisions in the past couple years with management and coaching right I mean how many horrible coaches have the Sabres had in the last eight years every single one I mean what other team has had a run like that where they've had horrible coaches and horrible GMS so you know he has lost all faith in this team but I think he's gaining it back with Kevin Adams if Kevin Adams ended up being a really bad GM kind of you know you know you know he he just has a really bad run at it and hires you know a couple more guys like Ralph Krueger I think then Terry Pula might be like all right I've had enough of this nonsense but the fact they bring back a guy like Lindy Ro it shows they really want to get back to the playoffs and finally I think they've heard the fans frustrations um and the attendance that's a major issue I'm not going to argue about that I mean the attendance has been pathetic in Buffalo but it has been shown that when the Savers have you know Big Time games Big Time runs I mean how many games have we seen like Ryan night for an example you know those Big Time games they're going to sell out and that crowd is going to be one of the loudest in the league sure but that just The Sabres are losing money hasn't happened enough over since 2014 and again Terry Pula he's losing money he's losing lots of money and say this all doesn't work out I'm not saying Terry pigula is looking to sell now I'm not saying he's going to be looking to sell next year but what happens in 3 four five years down the line what if Lindy Ruff fails this newest iteration of the rebuild fails you have a tenance dropping to 9,000 8,000 people averaging a game that's not enough to sustain at the NHL level that's AHL level numbers not even those are worse those are terrible the saber's current trajectory is going down the toilet at what point and this has been my point throughout the entire video at what point does Terry P will say this is too much I love the Sabers but I cannot do it anymore I have to do them a favor by stepping away yeah I mean he just he just has so Terry Pegula has so much money much money that I don't think it matters to him and again we've seen that it hasn't mattered to him because in the you know at Rock Bottom he didn't do much to really help out right I mean he he continued to hire these absolutely horrible in-house options again we look at guys like Don Granado I mean was I the only one that expected them to just go out and get Seth aford and promote him because that's what we've been doing we've been going cheap and house or we've been getting washed up guys and Soccer Coaches I mean it's been absolutely pathetic but again if Terry Pula was to sell I think it already would have happened the Savers have hit their Rock Bottom they're on the way up whether you want to believe it or not the Savers will be a good team eventually now again as a Savers fan it's very hard to see that as the case um you know again they failed to get a top six forward this season but have really filled out that bottom six to Lindy ruff's liking and again I think we're going to have to wait and see on this one but in my eyes if Terry Pula was to sell the Savers I think it already would have happened compared to the bills it's a very small investment I know it's still a lot of money but for a guy as rich as Harry Pula again what are we going to do with that money buy another yacht it it really won't affect the guy that much um and at the end of the day I think he would have sold them if he was G it already and you know knowing that if you put the Sabers up for sale I think Terry pigula would you know really try to sell it to a guy who would keep the Sabers in Buffalo being a lifelong Sabers fan himself I don't think he'd want to Pawn him off even if it was for an extra couple bucks to a guy in Atlanta who wants to relocate them I just don't see him doing that he would be known as a villain again he owns the bandits and the bills imagine the bandits and bills owner sells the Savers off to be relocated he would be hated and again he would still have his fingers tied in Buffalo it just doesn't make sense it would never happen the guy would not do a heel turn on the whole city and still own the bills I mean it would just it would create a Civil War in Buffalo I mean it'd be crazy it Bills ownership battle probably would but the rumors linger and you know what the best way to quell all of these questions just win start winning make the playoffs winning cures all we saw that with the bills there were relocation rumors when Ralph Wilson died and then there's the subsequent ownership battle you saw John bonjovi who was R to move potentially move the bills to Toronto you saw Donald Trump also get in before he became president he was going to keep the bills in Buffalo but there were other and we made a whole video I'm sure I can link we're going to link that video detailing all the different faces in that process but eventually Tera did win he kept the bills in Buffalo I don't know it's just it there's that uneasy feeling right now wouldn't you say kale about the saers Outro absolutely and again a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 13 years it's it's absolutely disgusting for us fans that watch each and every game we make videos on them we talk about him I mean there's people out there again I mean it affects us right I this team if they continue to downhill I mean this is what we do right so I mean every time the Sabers lose that much more people you know don't care about our post don't care about our videos so it you know it has a direct effect on so many of us people of the media that you know try to get you know questions answered try to talk about topics try to have fun with the community eventually there's going to be no one left to you know engage with if this team continues to go downhill but I think they are finally on the way up we saw that two years ago we had a horrible year last year they kind of set us all back to you know just that dark place but you gotta hope Lindy Ru can change this franchise around and you know like I said all you gota do is make the playoffs and you'll your problems will be solved we saw that with the bills absolutely but folks that's going to do it here for C and I I want to make sure everyone subscribes and likes this video before you head on out thank you so much for watching today's video K and I hope to see all of you in the next one peace