SabresBaltimore

I vaguely recall nhl.com showing the canadian feed to me in years past, but so far the only time I see both feeds is when it's been 2 US teams (except the TB game which was on ESPN). So it's never apparent anymore. When I look at tonight's game it shows NHLN in the top bar, but if you go to game center it shows NHLN/MSG-B but doesn't show CBC for me. Once upon a time I used to get all of Hockey Night in Canada as part of NHL Center Ice. Maybe they still do that, but I switched to ESPN+ last season. UPL playing in Ottawa does not give me the warm and fuzzies. I'd rather play him tonight and then figure out tomorrow if it's Comrie or Levi.

it looks like the game will be on MSG-B for anyone in market, but NHL Network for anyone else in the US out of market. I assume it's not going to be on ESPN+, but I can't check from work. I'm curious who will start in net tonight. If Levi is good to go tomorrow, I'd go with Comrie again tonight. If he can't, I'd play UPL tonight and keep Comrie for the Sens tomorrow. I wonder if Benson will be back as well. I'd guess he'll be keeping with the new lines from Saturday.

Hopefully they can figure something out tonight. We can't keep affording to drop games. Especially with a team we may be vying with for the final playoff spot.

By sheer coincidence I realized I have chicken fajitas for tonight

I love this move. It's funny that I was hoping for this kind of thing earlier today when the announcement about his retirement in Ottawa came out. It's probably something that's either been in the works for a bit, or that they just formalized and waited to go with the "official" retirement.

Pleasantly surprised Mule is out there with Dahlin and not just an extra skater. Given his history I was expecting him to miss at least one game.

Well that's good news. There is still a chance he misses tonight's game, but hopefully he is back for the Islanders.

The only reason I ever disliked Anderson was how well he played for Ottawa for all those years. I thought it was a nice gesture to have his final game be against them last season. I'd really like him to sign some kind of contract with Buffalo to be consultant or something. He seems to be hanging around at times, which is nice to see. I'm not sure if that's a paid thing or voluntary (or maybe they like pay for hotel, travel and food?). I suspect he wants time with the family in the short term, but that may change once he's been gone a bit and misses being around the rink all the time.

We may simply see something like: Dahlin/Clifton Power/Joker Bryson/EJohnson instead if Granato wants to keep Power/Joker together. I can't imagine either Johnson or Bryson being the one paired with Dahlin. Johnson is too old to do those minutes and Bryson is too much of a liability.

I don't expect Mule to play, but I don't expect him to be out long enough to call up Ryan Johnson. That means we're stuck with Bryson. Based on how the numbers looked last year I'd do these pairs until Mule returns: Dahlin/Joker Power/Clifton Bryson/EJohnson Clifton is still acclimating and making some noticeable mistakes, but I'd like to see how he pairs with Power. Hopefully the veteran play Johnson bring keeps Bryson from being too much of a liability (and hopefully his "improved" play in pre-season actually translates to decent 3rd pair play but I'm not holding my breath). I didn't really remember Joker playing with Dahlin last year, which probably means Joker wasn't messing up too bad. Apparently their stats for last year are really good. That's been brought up on both Maintenance Day and Expected Buffalo. Last game he had both Johnson and Clifton playing with Dahlin. Then late in the game it was Power. We'll see what the pairs look like at morning skate though

the early stuff was kind of meh..but at the end with 4 of them and JJ was messing with the other players was pretty good. But yeah..I hope Skinner does another 2 stalls

Sabres are 0-2 with GDT I've made and 1-0 with GDT I haven't. My initial suspicions have been confirmed. It's scary to have this kind of power. I guess no more GDT from me for the rest of the season, or until the unwelcome power recedes..

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.