Love that there was vagueness behind how long the suffering would take.
PrimasChickenTacos
I try to pretend this quote doesn’t exist and just tell myself the story (I believe) Derek Roy told on ATW about Marc-Andre Gragnani having a full conversation with Darcy on the bench in training camp as a rookie, not knowing who he was and looking scared to death when Reiger informed him he was the GM when MAG asked what he did for the team.
AmaziahJames
Please let me know when this suffering ends.
marvo15
If we only knew
LaruePDX
I don’t think he thought 10 years plus
the_missing_worker
The more time that goes on the more I wonder if Regier knew more than he was letting on. Sure, he was trying to gracefully tell the fans that they were about to become a laughing-stock for the next few years. But what I always come back to is, what if it was more than that?
Here’s Regier, a lifelong hockey guy, and here he is meeting with the new owner of the team. A new owner with *a reputation* of being a hockey fan, but whose *actual involvement* was largely charitable contributions to college hockey.
Laudable, yes, but it’s worth noting that oil tycoons in this country have long used charitable donations and endowments to soften the wrath of environmental and antitrust regulators. Started with Rockefeller, moved on from there. Also worth noting that the Pegula’s fracking concern has been pretty far from being a good corporate citizen. I digress…
My point is, maybe Darcy sized Terry up within five minutes of meeting him and knew he was looking at another Rigas. A smarter Rigas to be sure, a more successful one of course, but the sort of guy who is willing to do something like buy an entire sports franchise for entirely ulterior motives. Whether that be something less evil like using it a stepping stone to buying his real target, the Buffalo Bills, or more evil like giving himself ways to shell company the profits from selling his fracking business down the line.
This is pure conjecture, to be treated as storytime with an angry fan with an imperfect memory, but I’ll be coming back to this thought for as long as this team is in the cellar.
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Love that there was vagueness behind how long the suffering would take.
I try to pretend this quote doesn’t exist and just tell myself the story (I believe) Derek Roy told on ATW about Marc-Andre Gragnani having a full conversation with Darcy on the bench in training camp as a rookie, not knowing who he was and looking scared to death when Reiger informed him he was the GM when MAG asked what he did for the team.
Please let me know when this suffering ends.
If we only knew
I don’t think he thought 10 years plus
The more time that goes on the more I wonder if Regier knew more than he was letting on. Sure, he was trying to gracefully tell the fans that they were about to become a laughing-stock for the next few years. But what I always come back to is, what if it was more than that?
Here’s Regier, a lifelong hockey guy, and here he is meeting with the new owner of the team. A new owner with *a reputation* of being a hockey fan, but whose *actual involvement* was largely charitable contributions to college hockey.
Laudable, yes, but it’s worth noting that oil tycoons in this country have long used charitable donations and endowments to soften the wrath of environmental and antitrust regulators. Started with Rockefeller, moved on from there. Also worth noting that the Pegula’s fracking concern has been pretty far from being a good corporate citizen. I digress…
My point is, maybe Darcy sized Terry up within five minutes of meeting him and knew he was looking at another Rigas. A smarter Rigas to be sure, a more successful one of course, but the sort of guy who is willing to do something like buy an entire sports franchise for entirely ulterior motives. Whether that be something less evil like using it a stepping stone to buying his real target, the Buffalo Bills, or more evil like giving himself ways to shell company the profits from selling his fracking business down the line.
This is pure conjecture, to be treated as storytime with an angry fan with an imperfect memory, but I’ll be coming back to this thought for as long as this team is in the cellar.