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It’s preseason. I’m in the best posting shape of my life. But I’m gonna take it day by day and play it simple. It’s a marathon not a sprint.

I kind of feel bad that I don't care. Usually, I'll try to watch most of the preseason. I just don't have that same energy this year. They haven't fully broken me yet. Not enough changes to the failing roster of last year to give me hope for major improvements. Debbie Downer rant over. Enjoy the game for those who are watching!

Before the leg injuries, Quinn was like a young version of Reinhart regarding contact. He'd get knocked down a lot but wouldn't necessarily lose the puck and he was pretty good at forechecking to get it back (and then get knocked down again without losing it, and so on and so forth). But he was way easier to get away from the puck last season and he wasn't nearly as effective at getting it back. Will be interesting to see which version shows up this season and we get our 1st glimpse of it tonight.

Hockey is back!!! LFG!!! 😎

I never really thought about Quinn as one of the non physical players. Not that I'm disagreeing but I suppose I could have not paid enough attention to that, within the disappointment of his last season. I will disagree on moving out Power. It's not the time to do that yet. Bryson, I mean, it's not expected. He's just not that kind of player and he's a 14 min guy. Samuelsson, absolutely agree. He's the player I dislike the most on the team. I hope you're surprised that we're not as soft as you're expecting.

I often wonder why in the preseason coaches don’t agree on how many vets to play in a game. What good is it to ice an NHL roster vs a team of mainly AHL players.

Well the 2 things I am interested to see are in this game so worth a watch. Seeing if Power-Kesselring can be something and seeing what Doan actually is.

ESPN+

Well, whoever is in charge of the power play needs to do a lot better.

they let you pick 10 channels. you get to 'choose' 15 other premium channels ??

I'm guessing a VPN is the only way to watch if you live outside of Buffalo?

I'm not sure. We have internet through them so I never thought whether it was required or not.

Should I mention that we give up more shots then we take? No probably not.

After having his 1st Amendment rights violated with the full support of the Authoritarian Wannabe in Chief and his hypocritical lackey Brendan Carr, Disney/ABC has reinstated Kimmel’s show starting tomorrow night. I’ll be interested to see if Sinclair or NextStar will allow their affiliates to air his show in those markets. It wouldn’t be the first time affiliate owners did such a thing. Anyway, score one for freedom of speech. https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-supporters-94b79634a19b2c4ce70a2b4195ef1175

Pretty sure you can’t get the above package unless you also have internet…unless I am mixing it up with their streaming offering.

Look at the plan with Spectrum where they let you pick 10 channels. You get all the basics (the local channels and some basic cable stuff) and then you get to 'choose' 15 other premium channels. MSG is one of the choices so you can get Sabres games. I think its called "Spectrum choice" Last year, it was the absolute cheapest way for us to get the Sabres games. I know its bout $40-$50 less per month than their 'regular' plan.

Now if they could just help with getting the shot counter at the rink to be accurate, that'd be great. Expecting that's an issue to be resolved another day.

We have DTv and the streaming package is included with it. Have used it fairly often when away from home to watch games and haven't had any issues with it. There doesn't seem to be an ability to watch DVR'd stuff, but have never looked for that capability when using the DTv+. So, it might be there with the regular DTv when streaming and would be mildly surprised if it isn't available for the pure streaming service.

Fubo here too (they carry MSG) was least expensive option for what I needed. I made the switch from Spectrum last Sabres season. I was able to cancel Hulu as well. I only use Spectrum now as internet service provider. I have been happy with Fubo, including DVR/Recording. The only issue is when games are on TNT (currently not an option on FUBO). When there are TNT games I turn to the interwebs and find a "stream." I also supplement with RokuTV with lots of great content. Amazon Prime Video for movies (since we have Prime regardless). Then I occasionally on a monthly basis add on/off HBO/MAX (did it for Hard Knocks) or Netflix based on what's streaming month to month, but I try to keep all my subscriptions to a minimum then rotate a monthly perk service (MAX/Netflix) if I want to treat myself.

They are still soft as charmin. Need to move out Power, Quinn, Samuelsson and Bryson. You can’t have players who avoid all forms of contact.

Betting on who he believed in isn’t the chief reason for failure*, but rather something that became an anchor after a failure to surround said bets with the proper support and more immediate expectation. *neither in strategy, nor even largely execution, I’d argue, with a couple notable exceptions perhaps

For sure. This is exactly the discussion NHL front offices were having prior to the 2021 draft about Lane Hutson. They’ll all get ***** because they were wrong about Hutson and won’t hear about the six other small offensive defencemen who failed. Im generally a big fan on betting on people you believe in. But it’s also one of the biggest reasons why Adams has failed.