JustOneParade

Bumping this because I have the same issue. Hulu doesn't carry NESN either and somehow I live in the Bruin's broadcast market (I feel so dirty). ESPN+ has NHL Power Play on Demand to re-watch games. Just put it on to watch yesterday's game .... even the replay is blacked out. I have never seen an industry that goes through such great lengths to limit the exposure of its product to its customers. F**k the NHL and its broadcast partners. I don't understand the reason for this but if I had to guess, it has something to do with advertising dollars - in some form. Pumped that the Sabres won! Happy New Year all!

A contrast in leadership. All within the span of about 3 seconds.

Was that required to send him to Rochester? Or did the Sabres flat out dump him?

Kids Line v2.0?

Me too. The rest was certainly needed but I fear the first period or two can look like it's the Sabres first exhibition game of the season. I hope I'm wrong. Just in case, hang tough for 30 or 40 minutes then dominate the third. In any event, glad to have Sabres hockey back. And really glad to hear the reports that the community is starting to recover from this mess.

I re-watched the last two periods last night because I was barely half awake the night prior. And the EXACT same thought came to mind as I was watching UPL. And he's 3rd on our original depth chart.

Gotta love a guy who can deke goalies without even moving his feet. 'The Age of Tage'. (someone at the Athletic wrote that).

Before the season started Adams said UPL needed to be in Rochester playing a lot of games. Has KA ever deviated from his plans regardless of a changing landscape? Rightly or wrongly, I wouldn't expect him to start now.

I worry about Power's effectiveness later in this season if he has to play the kind of minutes he has been of late for much longer. (Bad sentence structure?). I realize he's young but its also his first full NHL season. Is 'the Rookie Wall' real? Need guys to get back in the lineup soon.

Oh, c'mon. When has THAT ever happened? Wait. Nevermind .....

Pay me over $7M per year for the next 7 years to play a game I love with guys I love being with every day? Sign me the F up right now. Part of this is the culture that KA is building, much like the Bills have. Guys just need to feel they'll be contending soon. WRT Cozens, KA may have gotten himself into an inadvertent pickle here. How does he tell DC's agent he can only pay DC $1M per year less than he's asking while being at the salary floor by having to pay a guy almost that much (>$1M) to NOT play for the team?

I drove in for the game Friday night. First live one in 6 years. Always have an appreciation of how things look live vs. on television. One of the things that absolutely jumped out at me was how quickly JJP gets up to full speed. Like in two strides. I'm curious if that's consistent with what you guys in ROC saw last year. That line will become special. If DG ever beaks them up (other than for injury) I'm driving back to Buffalo with baseball bat in hand.

I'm just now scrolling through the game day thread. Prescient. Great call @Gatorman0519!

I remain convinced that if Butler hadn't blown out his knee he would be in the Hall of Fame today. He was that dynamic.

I hear everyone say it's important for the Bills to get the #1 seed so they can have home field throughout the playoffs. While important I think that's the third on the list of reasons. The top reason, IMPO. is that the Bills desperately need the only bye to (1) get healed up a bit more, and (2) try to get the offence back in early-season synch. I'm being a bit more presumptuous on the second reason. I feel the clear top 3 teams are Bills, Chiefs and Bengals. A small gap after that. The #1 seed would only need to beat one of the #2 or #3 to get to the Super Bowl. The #2 or #3 seed would need to beat the other AND the #1 seed. Again, that assumes the wild card round is chalk. Then #3, playing in Orchard Park. The Bills will need to win out because I don't see the Chiefs losing any of their last four.

I wonder if the video clip of Tage breaking that guy with his slap shot a few games back made the rounds within the league. Seems no one has tried to block one of his shots since. Self preservation is a mighty influence on one's decision making, I suppose.

I put my comment in the wrong place so let me try again .... So, based on their ages this will still be an appropriate comparison to make next year as well. 👍

So this begs the question: If Risto was traded for nothing at all (I suppose technically it then wouldn't be considered a trade) would the Sabres still have won the trade?

This is pretty interesting. Three or four high-end forward prospects pushing for jobs soon on a Sabres roster that has no JAGS to replace. What a huge leap from just a couple years ago. Now if we can just get that quantity and quality of talent in the D corps.

Any story/post that starts with 'So I'm at the urinal ... ' just has to be a good one.

Damn, I was all excited to see topless girls with shovels and brooms on the ice during breaks. Since its NOT on Playboy TV I suppose I'll just have to settle for watching ads for EV Tires and Post Malone hawking Jagermeister another 40 or 50 times tonight.

As a fan, if a Sabres player wearing a letter acted like that I'd be disgusted. Not sure how teammates would feel about it.

Oh, and by the way, Happy Anniversary Jack Eichel Trade.

For me, yes. I only wish they could have gone through this upcoming portion of their schedule with at least 2 of the 3 injured D healthy and back in the lineup. Three out against those first four teams is going to be tough to overcome ... and it makes for a difficult evaluation.