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Same reason we don't play games at 10pm for them.

Bedford upsets Bishop Guertin 2-1. Keeper Evan Johnston with the Ryan Miller shutout.

I'm calling a big rivalry hockey game today just after 11am ET. Bedford (NH) vs Bishop Guertin. Listen here: http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream

"Ladies and gentlemen... Yourrrrrrr.... Buffalooooo... Babooooooooooons!" Wow, there were some awful names suggested.

Living in Bruins country and using YouTube TV, Netflix, Prime, Disney, Apple TV and ESPN+, along with fiber internet, were actually saving a little from what Comcast used to cost us. The only Sabres games I don't get are the ones exclusively on NHL Network and when we play the Bruins, because YouTube TV doesn't have NHLN or NESN.

I only edited it because I thought I misrepresented what was actually said in the story.

See the quote I added above. It's addressed.

Also an interesting quote about how seeing the GM around the locker room doesn't cause angst among players. “On our team, I think everybody pretty much knows where they stand, which is a rare thing in pro hockey,” Okposo said. “One thing that Kevyn and I both have really stressed is that communication is going to be first-class… It helps a lot. It’s not commonplace in pro hockey to have the GM around and (in other places) when he does come around you’re walking on eggshells or they’re not saying hi and you don’t really know what to say. It is good that he’s around and building those relationships so that when he does have to have those difficult conversations it’s not coming from solely a business perspective. At the end of the day, we’re people as well. In this business sometimes that can be forgotten. When you have somebody like Kevyn who is in charge, that part of it doesn’t fall by the wayside. I think we’re a better organization because of it.”

https://theathletic.com/4207096/2023/02/15/sabres-trade-deadline-kevyn-adams-don-granato-kyle-okposo/ I know, paywall. But it's very good article if you can read it.

Don Granato is the Hockey Whisperer. That's all you need to know.

The Lightning lost to the Coyotes 1-0.

I was just about to post the same thought. Great win but the Ducks are a crap team. But we had to get right so let's build off this one.

Not to be melodramatic but this feels like they saved the season. If they crapped the bed again...

That is what they want you to think. That there are no legitimate sources for news. There are several excellent newspapers. The Guardian for example. News departments are supposed to be independent of management. But Sinclair dictates content to their local TV stations news programs. That is not kosher. Any media company that would do that is evil.

Bally has a deal with ESPN+ to air their pre- and post-game shows for their teams. (MSG has no such deal, hence...) Bally/Diamond is controlled by Sinclair Broadcasting. Google them when you have a moment. A company with a definite viewpoint with things like news and politics. I'm not shedding any tears over them.

He doesn't have to spend a long time in the minors, but he needs to take each step fully.

But you can also ruin someone by rushing their development. That's what I worry about. Then again maybe I shouldn't. Fans wanting Levi in the NHL next year aren't the people making that call.

The definition of one step forward (you hope) and two back.

Ryan was excellent in the Apple TV Christmas spoof of a Christmas Carol "Spirited" with Will Ferrell. A real song-n-dance man.

I just know how it goes when we have a "can't-miss" prospect.

When you say "credible" who are you referring to? Coaches? Media? Of course they won't. It's the fans who will overreact.

I know how we roll. If Levi gets blown out in an NHL game, likely more from the crap defense we 'll probably play in front of him, he will be labelled a bust. We do it to everybody who isn't perfect.

I just think our expectations of Levi will not match reality. I'm sure he will be great. I just don't want to see him rushed into the NHL because he dominated in college.