Landon Ferraro

The problem is, is this team's already raised ticket prices.

They seem to be nickel and diming in the in the formation of their front office.

And I'm worried that that sort of mentality might also inform their roster decisions in terms of how much money they carry.

And that's a toxic combo.

Although, man, if you're spending at the floor versus the way that this team is generally spent, you know, like your revenue, your overall revenue level, you know, adjusted for spend, your net.

Yeah.

it doesn't have to take as big a hit as you're framing it.

And I just think the, and that's fine by the way, if you want to behave that way, I think that's fine.

And I think there's ways you can win in terms of how you accumulate talent operating that way.

Like both Buffalo and Arizona were extraordinarily budget conscious.

Now it took them longer than it took Montreal.

So you're, you know, part of what you're by cutting costs, part of what you're committing to is that it's going to take longer than it took Montreal and Toronto.

But there are ways to do it.

There are ways to do it even if you don't do it that great.

I just think you have to be...

Or just do some of it.

Sure.

You know, like do some of it.

Right?

Because I just think it's going to be a hard sell at this point if this organization's not materially staffed up.