# So long Tom Golisano? (Sabres sale rumors heating up) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 30, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676 "2010-11-30T08:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/41 "2010-12-01T09:11:36Z")
OK wasn’t as bad as I assumed and its about 30M total. Still a losing business, losing team, and a city that is losing people. Good buy for Golisano since hes making out with a decent chunk of change. > In 2008, the Sabres lost approximately $9M. In 2007, they lost $5M. Indeed, since Golisano has owned the Sabres, the team has lost $19M. Their only profitable year in the past decade - 2006 - provided the Sabres with a $5M profit. Over the past 9 seasons, the Sabres have lost a total of $60M according to Forbes analysis. ---
**Author:** ![DougFresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@DougFresh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DougFresh)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/42 "2010-12-01T10:05:23Z")
Aren’t the Coyotes on the block for around $150-160M? There is no way that our franchise is worth as much as a team in the desert. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/43 "2010-12-01T14:07:32Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Beck you know you have pretty much been wrong with everything you post about the Sabres In regards to what? To tell you the truth, aside from going to 20 games a year…i don’t follow them too much. I prefer to watch contenders with talent to observe. ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/44 "2010-12-01T14:39:22Z")
Buffalo news now reporting Golisano wants $175MM and that number would be acceptable to Pegula. **_Buffalo Sabres owner Tom Golisano was asking for $175 million from billionaire businessman Terry Pegula to purchase the team, The Buffalo News has learned. The asking price had been a subject of widespread speculation, including one report that had it at $150 million._** No word yet on whether any agreement, verbal or otherwise, has been reached. It didn’t appear that Pegula signed a letter of intent to purchase the team, but sources confirmed the $175 million price tag and suggested Pegula would accept such a deal. Pegula did not return telephone calls seeking comment today and has not spoken publicly about his interest in purchasing the franchise. It could be several weeks before an agreement is reached and months before any sale is complete. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/45 "2010-12-01T14:52:35Z")
You almost have to expect a counteroffer. “Well, I wasn’t considering selling, but if you really want to…$175,000,000 is my number…” Expect a counteroffer from Pegula sometime in the near future… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/46 "2010-12-01T15:35:45Z")
I think it was pretty clear once he gave Dan and Larry minority ownership the Sabres could be sold. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/47 "2010-12-01T16:02:25Z")
Potentially, this could be monumental. Possibly as monumental as when Bill Wirtz died and Rocky took over in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/48 "2010-12-04T05:47:13Z")
Straight from Sabres’ minority owner Dan DiPofi’s mouth to me: “Yes, were moving in that direction… consider us sold.” ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/49 "2010-12-04T06:22:52Z")
I’m surprised you or anyone else actually knows who Dan is :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/50 "2010-12-04T06:49:58Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I’m surprised you or anyone else actually knows who Dan is :lol: I may not know much, but when it comes to hockey…I know pretty much everything about today’s modern day NHL. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/51 "2010-12-04T07:04:55Z")
as soon as golisano got outta local politics and moved out to florida the writing was on the wall. Im not surprised at all. I see this as being a good thing i think. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/52 "2010-12-29T07:43:00Z")
Surprised no one has bumped this yet. [http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=101994&catid=37](http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=101994&catid=37) > A source close to the situation tells 2 On Your Side’s Scott Brown that the sale of the Buffalo Sabres to Pennsylvania billionaire Terry Pegula is expected to be announced at some point after the World Juniors Championship wraps up next week. And more good news: > As part of the sale, it’s expected that team President Larry Quinn and Chief Operating Officer Dan DiPofi, who both own small pieces of the team, would be bought out as well. > Pegula is expected to bring in his own management team. I think this team is heading for the big shakeup it really needs. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/53 "2010-12-29T07:52:36Z")
:tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup: ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/54 "2010-12-29T08:17:33Z")
Man, I’m stoked about this. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/55 "2010-12-29T08:40:26Z")
Keep Miller, Myers, Ennis, Vanek. Goodbye everyone else. Goodluck finding jobs in the NHL. ---
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/56 "2010-12-29T08:54:47Z")
Darcy can go too, I hope Lindy Ruff stays ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/57 "2010-12-29T08:57:16Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > Keep Miller, Myers, Ennis, Vanek. Goodbye everyone else. Goodluck finding jobs in the NHL. How is Roy not in here? He is our top goal scorer this year… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/58 "2010-12-29T08:59:54Z")
> [@bobbyg1243](#): > > How is Roy not in here? He is our top goal scorer this year… Was. Was our top goal scorer. ---
**Author:** ![Superium](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/superium/32/7405_2.png) [@Superium](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Superium)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/59 "2010-12-29T09:42:41Z")
I wanna say Rick Jeanneret’s son commentating the last 2 games clinched it. If thats the Sabres future commentator…I would sell the team also. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676/60 "2010-12-29T09:42:44Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > Was. Was our top goal scorer. Is our top point scorer year after year. He may be a dick in public, but he plays good hockey. Ennis is good and I’d like to see him stay, but I think often times his stick is moving faster than his brain. There’s no need to put the moves on an opposing player in your own defensive zone, toss it off the boards and get it out. Myers you have to keep, Miller I almost want to see traded ONLY because he’s such a good goaltender but we waste his talents in Buffalo…He deserves better. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-tom-golisano-sabres-sale-rumors-heating-up/206676.md?page=4)