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That and, those games that he doesn't bet on his team to win, well maybe he lets his best bullpen guys get a rest for tomorrow's game where there will be money on the line. Unless he's betting on his own team every game & with the same bet, he'll consciously or unconsciously affect the outcomes of both the games he does bet on & the ones he doesn't. Had he been exclusively betting on AL games, personally wouldn't have seen any issue w/ it as those games were as relevant to the NL prior to interleague play as the NFL was.

They've claimed they're trying to cut down on the hacks across guys arms/wrists. Which seems to be what they're doing. Which is consistent w/ letting them continue to try to amputate a leg w/ their twigs.

Don't the Loafs know that in order to blow a 3-1 series lead, they have to actually get that 3-1 series lead? How in the world are the Loafs expected to blow a 3-1 series lead when they're this bad in game 4? This playoff series will be COMPLETELY out of character for them. 😉

They've done that all season. They've had 5 or so different bands that have played. Most of them have actually been pretty decent. The best band name of the bunch is the Plagerists. (Which, IMHO, is a brilliant name for a band that plays all covers.)

Farrance should have been that pick. Will never understand why Botterill didn't take the local kid.

It could even be a 2 year deal w/ no true negative repercussions based on where their full team salary sits. Would still leave him as an RFA for 1 year after the deal ends. He could still be a useful trade chip as part of a package if he doesn't have a future in Buffalo. He has extremely good hand eye coordination and could score a reasonable amount in the NHL if he can get PP time w/ somebody.

Apparently they're broadcast on WWKB-AM 1520 & simulcast on WGWE-FM 105.9.

In rewatching the game I saw that me holding up my message to Rick & applauding him made it onto the MSG broadcast.

No reason for the Sabres to be interested in either.

The Great Dhane scored 14 seconds into the 3rd. Set the tone for a 10-5 win.

And to think, all it took was letting more than 16 teams into the playoffs, a minor miracle of a TO based team choking BEFORE the playoffs, and OT 2 games in a row. Having a little R2 Rou2 unit didn't hurt either. 😉

Each draw has 14 lottery balls numbered 1-14 and 4 balls are drawn. The order they come out is immaterial, so there are 1,001 combinations. Teams are randomly assigned enough combinations to meet their odds. (Sabres have 5% chance of winning, they get 50 lotto tickets. Moe-ray-all has 18.5% chance of winning; they get 185 combos. And so on & so forth.) The Sabres had 5% odds of winning the 1st draw w/ 1,001 combinations (one of which is a "do over" not assigned to any team). If Vegas w/ their 0.5% chance of winning wins the 1st draw, then in the next draw their 5 combinations join the other 1 out of 1,001 to become a do over. And now, the Sabres 50 winning combos out of 995 valid combos gives them a 5.03% chance of winning that 2nd draw. (Had thought Vegas had a 1% chance of winning, an article on NHL.com said it was actually 0.5%; thus the discrepancy in #'s between this post & the one you quoted.)

Will give you that it's petty. Not sure it's stupid. Kings management would be pretty ticked if the Eulers win game 3 off a weird bounce off the boards that those guys were ready for because of extra time on the rink learning nuances.

He's not officially available & might not actually be available. People are speculating that w/ getting rid of the old coaching staff & their leaders getting long in the tooth that the Jets might be looking for a full rebuild. If they go full rebuild, maybe Hellebucyk becomes available for the right steep price.

The Eulers were trying to get extra practice time in. The rink crew didn't give them any more time than they were officially alloted. Don't see a big issue w/ it & it isn't the 1st, nor the last, time this has / will happen.

Back when the Superbowl Era Bills team was being dismantled a few of the players took out full page letters in the BN to thank fans for their support through the years when they left town. Can't really think of a lot of other examples. So, yeah, it seems quite uncommon. But also remember that the Sabres PR group is MUCH better now than past incarnations & the new team was installed starting around last summer. It may have been Okposo's idea, but it also might have been suggested by others. Not saying it wasn't cool of Kyle to do so. It was.

Well, also in fairness to John, he & GoDD interacted fairly often on TBD. What you see as John stirring stuff up might have been merely a return salvo. (Or, it could've just been a post bar closing rant. On occasion we'd catch a two-fer. 😉 )

Except the odds of winning the 2nd lottery ARE better than 5% because if the team that won the 1st draw wins again, that result is voided and they draw again until a winner is chosen. In that 2nd draw, if Vegas won the 1st, the Sabres odds are now just about 5.05% and if the Habs won the 1st draw, the Sabres now have nearly a 6.1% chance in the 2nd draw. And by weighting that full distribution is how they get the 5.4% chance of winning the 2nd draw.

Pretty sure, just about anything that wasted time historically would get labeled as "immoral." And, when pretty much everybody in a society is living day to day worrying about whether there'll be enough grain to survive the winter or whether the Dutchy just down the river will try to steal it & the women folk, can kind of see a point to it. Some of the activities that were considered immoral have gotten a better rap through the years. Others, not so much. Pretty sure a lot of what's gone from taboo to OK depended highly upon which vice has had the best lobbyists.

If the Sabres win the 2nd OA pick, if a deal can get worked out to move back to 4 w/ AZ or Seattle & they agree to not take a D at 2, do it. And then take either the guy that's left of Jiricek or Nemec or just take Jiricek outright if they're both there.

Well, was getting at it's probably not worth it when for a mere $22 more you can watch every game of their run to the Calder Cup championship.

Yes, but it is ~$8. Pretty sure it gives you all the games for that evening, not just the 1 you care about.

The AHL, & the Amerks, will be fine once the AHL & NHL adjust to having added 2 more NHL teams in the past 4 years. Except for the tweak to the SHL transfer agreement, all those issues you mention were there prior to adding Vegas & Seattle.

You were correct there. Their 2021 10K shows that they are, in fact, still losing a bundle. But revenues (not profits) doubled in both 2020 & 2021. And through a VERY quick look, it seems revenues are increasing faster than costs. So, would be surprised if they trim back advertising anytime soon even after the market is "stabilized." But, doubt they

Kea was one of the refs? Didn't realize that.