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We're going to win tonight because I didn't make the GDT. It's that simple. I probably won't get to watch it tonight though. So I'll likely try to avoid the results and watch the game in the morning

Well we're 0-2 for GDT I've made. Obviously someone else has to make them.

The Sabres will be looking bounce back after losing their home opener to the Rangers. Tonight they head to take on the Islanders. This will be the Islanders first game of the season. They are coming off a wild card berth last year. No word yet on the lineup. Will Granato mix anything up, or run it back with the same lines and defense pairs? Does Levi get the start again or do they go with one of two back ups?

I know 4 as well, but a 5th (Oloffsson) I remember from last year. Sadist.

Is skinner going with High School Musical? I know that's a thing that exists, but I wouldn't have guessed it from just this picture:

Starter is Levi. We have 2 backups still. UPL and Comrie. It may end up being more of a platoon style thing based on who is playing hot. We'll see.

A lot of those TVs basically have an embedded Chromecast. I'm not sure about Vizio in particular though since I have Samsung TVs. If you're not sure if your TV supports casting, the easiest thing to do is try to use the youtube app on your phone and cast it to you TV instead of using the built in youtube app your TV probably has. The only requirement is both your TV and your phone need to be on the same wifi network. It's hard to know what the MSG app lets you do. My suggestion is look for a cast icon in the app. Like in the youtube app. If it's not there and it let's you stream from a web browser, you can click on the right-hand menu and cast any tab (assuming your TV supports it) Using the chrome cast tab feature is how I watched pre-season games on my TV

That doesn't surprise me. Debating something so trivial is just not something I want to spend energy on.

I'm not debating. I was just explaining why I titled it the way I did. I changed it. It doesn't matter to me.

I'm still bummed Skinner got himself suspended in December because he had temporarily changed it to "All I want for Christmas is You" which I find hilarious

I can change it to Rags @ Sabres, but typically VS means Home game where @ means away game. I can edit it since a few people have asked though.

I'm curious if they are doing the player goal songs again. I haven't seen anything on their social media feed. Mostly I'm curious what song Skinner picked for this year. Assuming they are doing that again. I hope they are.

What is your TV setup? How do you normally stream stuff? Roku? Chromecast? AppleTV? Built in to your TV? I have a chromecast TV so I can install most (but not all) android apps on that, and if not I can load a feed up in Chrome and cast it to my TV from my laptop (but that's annoying because I have to leave my laptop running) or cast from my phone if the app allows it. I'm not sure if Roku or Apple have similar features. Or if the MSG Go app has a cast button, but that might be what you need to do.

The regular season is here! Tonight's game will be on MSG (NYR) and MSG-B (Sabres). ESPN+ for those of us out of market in the US. The Rangers come to town for Opening Night of the Sabres Season. Practice lines from yesterday:

One of the things I love about Ovi is he celebrates his teammates goals like he scored it. Also, I've never seen someone so happy to finally win the cup as he was. I'm sure there have been others, but he was out partying with all the fans and just having a grand old time. It was cool to see.

KA was on Sabres live and they asked him about Savoie playing in Rochester. All he said was "it's complicated and I don't want to comment, but we're talking to the league to see what our options are" So it sounds like they are hoping to send him to Rochester to have a rehab and buy themselves some time. Likely he'll stay on IR until they figure out what their options are.

Personally I never disliked Crosby as a person/player. What I disliked was how much OLN/VS constantly talked about the guy, even in games he wasn't playing in. They aren't alone in this. Collensworth talks about Maholmes all the time. It's a thing most national broadcasts do with star players. As someone who followed the Caps a lot while the Sabres were terrible, I liked the Pens/Caps rivalry. Although Crosby and Ovi are 2 very different players. Both are fun to watch though.

ESPN did a tribute narrated by Gretzky:

You typically only get a single parking pass with 200 level seats, not multiple vouchers

No idea if this is why, but Opening night there are 2 giveaways. Maybe the voucher is for the RJ Way sign? For giveaways it's typically not a "everyone gets one" kind of deal, just something they give everyone as they enter until they are gone. Not sure why they need to do a voucher though source: https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-2023-home-opener-details-rj-way-giveaway-party-in-the-plaza

Yes. My opinion won't change. I'll be disappointed at another lost season. But if I only enjoyed this team when they won/made the playoffs I would have bailed on them years ago. I have not been happy at the goalie moves KA has made, but I'm also not convinced he had better options than what he did. I'm convinced KA is trying to build us not only a playoff team, but a perennial playoff team. That doesn't mean he'll be successful, but so far I'm cautiously optimistic. I think we'll make the playoffs this year. I think we'll be frustrated with the team at times too. I think it's very possible we'll fall short again if they go through large slumps. There are no guarantees in sports. Injuries happen (we've already lost Quinn for a large part of the season). Players don't live up to their potential. Hell even with bad goaltending and defense we almost made the playoffs last year anyways. That's why they play the games. I'm also not trying anyone to convince anyone I'm "right" about anything. It's just my opinion.

It's not the cap that worries me. It's the term. Unless we get a Stanley cup with him as our starter, I feel like that kind of move handcuffs our future. I'd really only want him for 2-4 years. The other factor is, not only would we potentially be saddled with a much longer contract than I'd like, we would also have needed to give up some major assets just to get him. Likely young (read: cheap) prospects that could be adding value to this team in the future when we can no longer afford some of our older players and have to trade them or let them walk. At some point you need to make some of those calculated risks. Given how our defense played most of last season, and during the preseason this year, I'm not convinced we're a high caliber goalie away from a cup. It could end up the difference in us making the playoffs this year. It's always hard to say. Maybe it would. We'll never know. I'd still rather be a bit more patient, even if it means missing the playoffs again this year (which I don't think we will).

I probably paraphrased badly. They said: That doesn't necessarily mean those players all stay in the NHL though. I'd assume it's including 9 game trials. But it's not my article. I was just repeating what it said.

Not sure how many. Bedard and Fantilli both made it. It sounds like Leo Carlsson is also expected to be playing this year, but is apparently on IR to start the season. This article from June lists some of the other possibilities, but I didn't run them all down. https://thehockeynews.com/news/which-2023-draft-picks-could-start-the-season-on-nhl-rosters It also said the last few years only 5-7 players tend to make the jump right away. They didn't have Benson on their list, but it seemed to be limited to the top 10 picks.