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So, did somebody from the BJ's production staff write these 3 "songs" they keep endlessly playing during every TV stoppage? Play something different; ANYTHING different. They're insidious. Nuts. Monahan picking up a rebound for the BJ's 1st non-PP goal. 3-2 BJ's.

Monahan from K Johnson on the PP. 2-2. And to @shrader, yes, Metza is not listed as one of the Sabres 50 bodies. So, not ALL of them are going to the AHL. 😉 Pretty sure they're afraid the few remaining BJ fans would slash their wrists the way the off-season has been going if they told them there aren't ANY NHLers on this "Sabres" roster.

Rosen just cleared the puck over the glass. BJ's to the PP again.

Rosen stoned on the breakaway. Sabres swapped to Sandstrom for the 3rd period between the pipes.

Good question. Apparently these guys hung a snow man on the Caps last night. So, maybe those people who in the late 70's said the Habs farm club could beat the Caps or Scouts in a playoff series might've been right. 😉

Probably why that thread is still on the 2nd page and this one is on page 3. 😉

Had forgetten that he'd played in the Amerks 1st game against Pittsburgh. Was thinking he hadn't played any games yet. Considering he'll probably be Clague's partner, can see why they're not bothering with playing him. Get the other pairings set.

For those listening on WGR, any word why Johnson isn't playing for the Amerks, er, Sabres?

Sabres killed off the PP but before Novikov could get back into the play, puck went to STN-PCH on the back side for a tap in to the open net. 2-1 Sabres. Just over 2 minutes left in the 2nd.

Novikov with a crosscheck on Sad Tragic Non-politically Correct Headline setting up a BJ PP.

He'll get a handful of NHL games, but he's likely a future AHL team captain.

Tic-tac-toe. Metza finishing it off. 2-0 Sabres. 2 on 1 that turned into a 3 on 2 led to the goal. Merzerklins really didn't have much of a chance on it.

Kent Johnson with a partial breakaway on the PK draws a slashing penalty on Rathbone. Nice save by Ratzlaff. Going to 4v4 for ~1:20.

Ratzlaff just stopped another flurry. And now the Sabres will be going on the PP after a BJ got a stick in a Sabre's skates in a fairly non-dangerous situation in the BJ's end. Hopefully the Sabres can make them pay again.

Pretty sure the game you're referring to was one of our 1st (maybe THE 1st) Sabrespace meet ups. It looked like he'd be out a long time but wasn't. Though his play definitely slipped for a few weeks after that injury. Sabres just dodged a bullet. Puck was loose in front of the Sabres crease with Ratzlaff down but the BJ couldn't find the handle. Puck ended up going wide as Ratzlaff dove back desperately.

Yikes. That could've blown all 3 of the ligaments in that left knee. Hopefully it was just worse than it looks, because it looks REAL bad.

Those of you that are blacked out can be thankful of 1 thing. You aren't being subjected to the BJ's Pink Floydish phone on-hold music that they keep playing every time the BJ's radio broadcast goes to commercial &/or intermission. Couldn't take any more of that so switched to some Del Amitri instead.

Dunne being a former BJ/Lake Monster must be pretty psyched about that goal. Been really impressed with Helenius so far today. He is driving play.

James Van Riemsdyk. The saddest non-politically correct headline given out as a name ever.

Not sure why they do the non-regional blackouts in the preseason. But pretty sure they did the same thing last season too. You'd expect that if anything they'd let everybody watch whatever they wanted to so they could drum up regular season subscriptions. They got the colors right at least. Can't really expect much more from interns.

Nice rush by Helenius. Not sure who sent that pass up to him. The whole play was nice.

It's up now. But it's currently in a splash screen from the BJ's. (Who's webcast the Sabres are simulcasting.)

Anybody else not finding any links / articles on Sabres.com to watch tonight's game? (The broadcast of which is supposed to start in 7 minutes.)

You might very well have been successful at that. 😉

But the Events Crew needs to help too. There have been several (not hundreds, but several) times that the crowd would get a chant going, there'd be a whistle and either the organist would overwhelm the crowd or the speakers would start blaring something else. They need to be cognizant when the building is getting charged organically. (Realizing sometimes they're contractually required to run something (like the casino sponsored gambling segment); but that's not always the case.)