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Yep. And pretty sure the BJs were all over the faceoffs yesterday. Funny how having your top C's in the lineup affects that stat. 😉 Yep. And pretty sure the BJs were all over the faceoffs yesterday. Funny how having your top C's in the lineup affects that stat. 😉

Not sure. But he has the inside track to be the 1st skill F brought up when injuries or a need to shake things up strikes.

Far wall to Helenius across the crease to Zucker. Sabres up 2 - 1.

BJs had 2 shots in the 2nd; both on the PP. Sabres now have 26 shots for the game through 2. And they've had at minimum 6 high danger chances this period. So, yeah, kind of inevitable.

For a preseason game, that live in the area and didn't care enough to buy $10 tix, that actually want to watch the game on a Tuesday? Well, it's slightly hyperbolic, but not by much.

Thompson from Benson(?) 1-1 w/ 2 to go in the 2nd.

There goes the season-long shutout. Deflection on the PP of a shot from the point. BJs - 1 Sabres - 0 Just over 11 minutes left in the 2nd.

No, you're right.

Speaking of Muppets. Rosen with some great chances about 1 minute into the 2nd. Couldn't bury any of them but at least he got the chances.

Because they could use Kermit's voice for the introducing the Guest Star part but instead of a Guest Star like John Denver, it could be whoever scored the goal. Mr. Zach Benson!! Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa!!!

The Muppet Show theme! Now, THERE's something we can work with!

Again, fully expect the Sabres would love to have all 314 people that want to watch the game be able to watch it, but MSG isn't selling any ads because advertisers don't want to pay for 314 sets of eyeballs and MSG has the exclusive rights to the Sabres games that don't end up on ABC, ESPN, nor TNT, so they aren't exercising their rights and they also aren't subletting the rights to any other carriers. One more way the Sabres deal w/ MSG stinks for the fans.

Am guessing it's more on the NHL's & the individual teams' "broadcast partners." They likely aren't going to get enough viewers to be able to sell advertising at any reasonable rate and they have "exclusive" rights to games in the team's barn. Since the BJ's were showing last night's game on TV, the Sabres were allowed to do so as well. And because the game was on the regional networks that ESPN+ has rights to broadcast, they showed it as well. MSG wanted nothing to do with tonight's game, so the Sabres are showing it to all 36 of us in the area that want to watch but not attend and the BJ's website is showing it as well. Expecting you have to be in the greater C-Bus area to watch their feed; just know it isn't available here in WNY.

And it's on.

Expecting it has to do either with the way their contract with MSG is written or the league's contracts with Disney and TNT are written. This has been SOP for a while now. Which stinks for the OoTers.

Just for clarification, he meant that as in at this moment in time Benson doesn't belong on the 1st line with Thompson THIS year, right? Not that he's implying he doesn't see Benson ever belonging there.

Presuming the league and PA don't implement the BF-LTIR revisions on an expedited schedule. Guess we'll have to wait to see which teams might still try to use that loophole this year to figure out whether that change comes in this year or next.

Thought they had pills to cure that issue. 😉

Actually, figured out what they SHOULD be using: Rush's 2112 - The Temples of Syrinx. Can start at either "... and the meek shall inherit the earth" (which technically is the end of the 2112 Overture) OR when Geddy Lee is screeching "oh what a night ...." Bonus points for ticking off Loaf fans by stealing a song from their local boys. All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

Do they make hockey sticks that double as walkers? 😉 But seriously, do expect that his kid will make the team out of the gate.

And freely admit that it very well could be backwards. The Bills have trouble with the Crows in the regular season but win close ones in the playoffs and they regularly beat the Chefs in the RS but lose close ones in the playoffs. So, maybe stick with what works and if you have to run into 1 of them in the playoffs, hope it's the Crows; but at least on paper (and do realize they don't play them on paper) they should have an easier time w/ the Chef than the Crows. And just can't get past that portion of it. Though am hoping that somehow both of them miss the playoffs this year. Who'd it be better to avoid, the Chefs of the Crows; like the little presumably Mexican girl asks "why not both."

So, it should be a WWJC? (What would Jeff choose?) Might be able to get behind that.

Realize this is likely backwards because the Bills have beaten the Crows in the playoffs twice and haven't beaten the Chefs in the playoffs since Montana was in the league; but the Bills are built to matchup against KC and KC isn't what it was the past 7 or so years this year. The Ravens play a style that the Bills have to play their absolute A game to beat because they aren't particularly good at stopping heaving running teams. So, would rather see KC win this one and hope that somehow the Stillers manage to be the only team coming out of the North. Both the Bolts and the Donkeys could finish ahead of the Chefs in that division this year. Which could make this the magical year that both the Crows and the Chefs miss the playoffs. Totally get that Jackson has not been regular season Lamar in the playoffs to date and that they have a tendency to shoot themselves in the foot during big games; and also that until the Bills have beaten Mahomes Chefs in the playoffs they have not done so. BUT with all that said, would rather face the Chefs in Buffalo in January than the Crows in Buffalo in January. Go Walrus, coo-coo-a-chew. Then go back to losing the following week. 😉

Geertsen and Kozak doing double duty, along with Levi who we already knew was going to get the 3rd tonight. No Tuch. A little surprised at that. Wonder if he'll play when Detroit is in town or if they'll hold him out until the Pens or possibly even the Rags? EDIT: Missed Helenius doing double duty too filling in for Tuch.

If they make the playoffs this year; and it is a real possibility, AND that song ends up the B&G goal song you realize that he will be campaigning for it to stay the goal song (heck, if it ends up the goal song, he'll be campaigning for it to remain even if they're '75 Caps bad or anywhere inbetween) for as long as he's still gainfully employed at WGR, right? Like Thatcher famously said, "don't go all wobbly on us now, George." 😉