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Whether a team is good or not should have no bearing at all on a pbp announcer’s ability to do his job. And if that’s the case with DD, he should be fired immediately. He owes his best to the fans, regardless.

We need to cut them some slack here. It’s an in-house, closed circuit tv signal being streamed over the internet. There is no TV production team, no chyronographics, no tv audio, etc.

He’s utterly incapable of keeping up with the play. Case in point was when he was describing the puck battle below the Philly goal line, 5 seconds elapse, and his very next play by play is something about Buffalo now backing up and watching the Flyers bring it over the Sabres blue line. I mean WTF happened between the puck battle below the Philly goal line and the Flyers entering the Sabres zone. Brutal.

They were 6-1 in one score games in 2020 with pretty much the same cast of characters as 2021/2022.

Myopia is a word that comes to mind.

He’s a feature reporter only. Been saying it since he came here, he literally cannot keep up with the play. If you have to rely on radio play by play only, you’re screwed.

Comrie and Suban for Blue, UPL and Anderson for Gold. I think Subban was the goalie that Dahlin scored on, so it looks like Comrie pitched a shutout during his stint.

Like Lindy always said, “Let’s roll four.”

I heard that Matthew Pegula is demanding that Adams, Karmanos, and all the scouts run the team based on EA NHL 23 algorithms.

Son of the owners and one of the heirs to succession learning the family business. This is not at all uncommon in pro sports. In fact it’s the norm for owners and/or team executives with children. Also, does it occur to anyone that Matthew Pegula was invited to be in the room at the table?

Tough place to play, but you’d think a savvy hockey media market would know better.

Your dedication to all things Buffalo sports, from high school to college to pro, is commendable. Well done, Promo.

Much to the detriment of the viewing and/or listening audience. Especially the listening audience because when you don’t have the video to add context to whatever DD is trying to describe, the listener is lost.

Dunleavy can’t keep up with the play. It’s been his problem since he got here.

Maybe Adams, Karmanos, Granato et al know what they’re doing after all.

Uncanny.

Same here when it comes to what I’d seen of him prior to these two games. But I can see what went into those highlight videos; his hard work all over the ice. Players like that, who don’t cheat the game, are rewarded more often than not. I suspect he’s gonna be a pain in the butt to play against and I can’t wait to see him with the big club.

Glad Rob Ray sees the same thing I do when watching Savoie; he’s always finding open ice because he keeps moving his feet and working his butt off to find it. Impressed with the motor on this kid.

Long story short, Slafkovsky gives the puck away and Savoie heads back up ice with it. I see nothing special at all in that play.

I think many of us were feeling the same way until @PromoTheRobotsaved the day.

Where’s the link on the Sabres website?

Motorboat wishes

I don’t share your pessimism. I just can’t ever count Aaron Rodgers out.

How did you feel last year when they lost 38-3 vs the Saints in the season opener? Don’t know if they’ll go 13-3 again, but as long as they have a healthy AR, then I expect them to right the ship and win the division again.

Didn’t mean to imply things were bad under John Butler so know that I don’t feel that way and never have. Sorry if I wasn’t clear on that point previously. Poor wording on my part. The worst thing I can say about him is that his loyalty resulted in an untenable cap situation eventually. I have a ton of respect for what John Butler accomplished in this league. Did a lot of video work for him at various times and know what a great football mind he was. Like I said, I have no intention of re-litigating Brandon’s tenure with the Bills. There’s a ton of myth out there and any light I might shed would simply be dismissed, anyway. Understandable for the average fan to feel that way given the team’s struggles during those years. I’ll say this though, two of the best personnel minds the game has seen thought highly of his diligence and grasp of personnel related issues. The fact that they took the time to spend so much time with him in the film room and at various league meetings over those eight years speaks to that as well. They certainly didn’t view him as “just the marketing guy.”