MattPie

Not getting shut-out by a touchdown would be a good now.

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Kids[0] aren't watching TV, so the commercials are following the boomer/genX demographic. At least my YouTube ads are the same ones over and over for stuff I'm vaguely interested in like bikes and food. Unless I'm watching sports stuff, then it's not nearly as relevant; I'm probably not the core demographic for the NFL and NHL because I loath pickup trucks. [0] kids as defined as anyone under like 35

One of my coworkers is offering tickets to go to this game. If only I didn't live 5 hours away.

Washington Metro

No worries until Tuesday. I'd wait out the selection stuff too; how crap would you feel if you sign this week and then your team ends up playing in the tournament?

Love it, "this game in Sabres history".

Not unreasonable, but not something the Sabres want to put all their chips on I think. I think you'll lose some in the deal. In the Sabres current state, I doubt anyone they bring in has better or even equal numbers to what they have now based on how the Sabres play. Other than wins, I suppose. For another GM, they can reasonably say, "I'm not giving you that much, the numbers have dipped the last N years". I'd be wary of an offer sheet. We have some pretty serious players coming up that would justify astronomical offer sheets. Best way to derail this thing would be to start having to trade away good players because someone offered Dahlin $13M. Not saying it shouldn't be done, but there may be repercussions.

It'll be interesting to see if Ol' Torts stays. Philly is playing out the next 4 weeks, and then there will (presumably) be a new GM and that most often means a new coach. But man, that would be a sight to see.

I don't know the market. I'd say Rosen and a second or something like that for a solid starting G. After that, it's just D, and I'm not sure that's anything other than a 2nd or later pick or UFA. The Sabres 3 of a top-4 locked (Muel, Dahlin, Power) so it doesn't need to be someone incredible. Like Muel2. Otherwise we wno't be able to pay everyone a couple years down the road.

No, it doesn't. I wonder if this is the start of lower-viewership cable networks dying off. I wonder how much of MSG's costs are actual game production vs. other stuff like licensing other content and random shows. I don't think enough people will pay the ~$300/yr for MSG Plus as a standalone product to keep the the game streaming afloat, but if that cost came down a bunch (maybe through another streaming platform) they might be able to make something work.

There are still a lot of residual Rags fans in the Binghamton area from when the B-Rags played there. It's 3 hours drive, an early start game, and Buffalo is likely way easier to get a ticket than at MSG these days.

Are McD and staff idiots? No. Are McD and staff capable of winning big games? (Probably) No.

The Sabres are perpetually in an unwinnable situation.

Toronto seems to be the one to worry about, Boston and Tampa are still good but likely guys start falling off as they age. Best thing that happens is Toronto has a lackluster playoffs and they fire the GM and Coach and it throws them into disarray as the new guys mess with things. 🙂

Probably because Quinn is a RW, and Casey is not. As for the rest, I can't seriously take his full-year stats at face value since he was terrible early in the year. No one will deny that. He's not terrible now, he's probably at "pretty good" and "legit middle-6 wing". If one of the kids pushes him out, cool. But until one of the kids does that, he's a working piece of a decent team. I don't think 5'9" Savoie is going to replace his full skills set yet. Kulich has a better chance I suppose, but a 19-year-old kid has to be pretty exceptional to truly succeed in the NHL.

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IIRC, it was the both the Js first NHL game on top of that.

We can worry about that when it comes to pass. Too long have the Sabres penciled guys in that have played ZERO NHL games to start jettisoning people that can play. We have no idea what Kulich and to a lesser degree Savoie are going to look like in 2 years.

Or even if he came over in a trade. Or waivers. I looked a bit ago and Casey and Jost are of similar draft pedigree, Jost being a year younger. If Casey had been an acquisition in the last few months, we'd all be pretty happy.

It might not even be that easy for the kids to push him out if they can't play along the boards as recent-Casey has been. He appears to be solid middle-6 for awhile now, so there's no reason to jettison him until there's a good reason. And as you say, if he continues playing this well it could well be an NHL trade for something else the team needs if it happens, not just a pick or prospect.

Grow up, this is BS. He's bitter for other reasons. First time: "eh, the person's just having a bad day". Sees the same person acting the same ***** way: "this is a pattern, not an isolated incident." Makes sense to me.

Madness!

Well, 2+2 = 5 for large values of 2.