OT: Other Buffalo Sports (Bandits, Beauts, Bisons, NCAA Basketball and Football)

[Chainshot]

Disclaimer: know nothing about lax.

So the bandits have won back to back championships. They're 2 best players appear to be signed long term, and they have 3 1st round picks this year??

Org seems....incredibly well-run. Can they 3-peat?

When quality people who know what they're doing are left to run the team...

Tavares and Dietrich work in step with one another. Got a need? They will make a trade or a signing. Have too much of something? They will make a trade for futures. Got a need... they will sign arguably the best goalie in the league as a UFA. I know Buffalo is a Bills town first and foremost but the Bandits are the example of how to build and rebuild on the fly.

*Yes, there are more players about than teams and that leads to getting a specialist like Farrell as a free agent part way through this season... it isn't a direct comparison. Yet the Bandits have a brand, they play a certain way. Offense? Got that. HARD to play against? Got that too. And the fans appreciate it. And the players appreciate that the fans appreciate it. There is no one at a Bandits game sitting with a paperback or reading their phone/tablet all game. That doesn't happen because the team doesn't leave that sort of room to just sit around bored.

 

[Willgamesh]

Doesn't Vinc have 1 year left on his deal?

 

[Jim Bob]

Belter with that enormous hit and then Grenon got FED.

I think the people sitting next to us were wondering why were would go nuts everytime Coach Belts did something. We especially went nuts on that play.

 

[Jim Bob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792040400321958066

 

[Tsujimoto]

Doesn't Vinc have 1 year left on his deal?

Yes. He signed a two-year deal this past off-season. He'll be a Bandit next year unless he decides to retire.

 

[Mike McDermott]

Yes. He signed a two-year deal this past off-season. He'll be a Bandit next year unless he decides to retire.

Gut feeling… he wants to try and 3peat and plays out his last year and then retires. He still has a passion for the game. You could see it during the celebration. Priolo I think has a couple more years at least in him as well. Especially if he transitions to more of a stay at home defenseman versus him trying to move up the floor at times like he does. It’ll be interesting to see what happens. Priolo would need to resign cause he was a 1 year deal but I see no reason we wouldn’t offer him another one.