GDT: Avalanche @ Sabres, 12:30pm Oct. 13, 2025, 🎙 📺 ESPN+/MSG

[mjd1001]

7 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

It’s all Bills all day on game day. They had Paul on for like 20 minutes this morning. That’s about all the Sabres talk you’ll hear today in WGR

I will admit I'm no longer a big Bills fan. Through the first 25 years of my life. I was a much bigger Bills fan but not anymore. 

Even with that said... What I don't get is when I do listen to wgr about the bills... It's just the same things over and over and over non-stop. Then the next show it's the same things over and over. 

I guess more people tune in when they talk about the bills so that's what they're going to do. But at some point... Doesn't the general population get tired of just listening to that repeated non-stop and want something a little bit different?

[inkman]

1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

Yes. And the PA guy also just doesn't have it. He kinda worked when the team was better, but he sounds so awkward when he tries to pump up the jam. I had to turn off the player intros on opening night.

 

7 minutes ago, SwampD said:

You realize that if they win, your three year old will have to watch every game moving forward, right?

Good lord. Two games in and you're already talking about next October?! Everything in your post could be done now and not have to waste a full season.

I never put the sound on until the puck is dropped, if at all.

I avoid all of it.  It’s sounds so ridiculous when the product is so terrible.  Can we also please do away with anthems at sporting events?  What’s the purpose? 

[DarthEbriate]

1 minute ago, mjd1001 said:

Doesn't the general population get tired of just listening to that repeated non-stop and want something a little bit different?

That's sports radio/tv though. 

And we here at Sabrespace don't seem to get tired of the same thing non-stop....

[mjd1001]

3 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

That's sports radio/tv though. 

And we here at Sabrespace don't seem to get tired of the same thing non-stop....

But actually we do, or at least I do. I put in my 20 minutes, 30 minutes, maybe an hour of discussion... Then I walk away and do something else. Another sport, listen to some maple leaf talk out of Toronto... 

A big part of changing things up for me though is when I'm traveling to turn on the radio and to be able to hear more than talk about one team over and over. 

Here isn't the only place though. In the early 2000s I lived in Boston and... As good as the Patriots were about to become. Sometimes WEEI was all Red Sox all the time. You would think even the bruins and Celtics didn't exist, and the Patriots would get a nod occasionally but nothing more.

Edited 2 hours ago by mjd1001

[DarthEbriate]

"This is a trap game if ever there was one." - Avalanche broadcast crew.  "The longer you let Buffalo hang around in this game, or let them score first.... the worse it is."

 

The Avs should go for the kill shot immediately. Skate hard for 10 minutes, net 2 or 3, and coast the remainder of the day. Add some empty netters to pad the stats.

[Brawndo]

 

[mjd1001]

I just read on social media that Samuelson is hurt and out again. 

Not that it's terribly unexpected with him, but these injuries are beyond comical.

[Brawndo]

Samuelsson has an UBI getting imaging per Sabres 

Edited 2 hours ago by Brawndo

[Weave]

1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

Yes. And the PA guy also just doesn't have it. He kinda worked when the team was better, but he sounds so awkward when he tries to pump up the jam. I had to turn off the player intros on opening night.

 

17 minutes ago, SwampD said:

I never put the sound on until the puck is dropped, if at all.

I just assumed PASabreFan was talking in 3rd person.

[K-9]

3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

Oof.

[DarthEbriate]

33 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Samuelsson -- line someone up at the blue line. You might miss. Get the audience to go woooo if you do, and for the Avs forward to look back over his shoulder and say, "whoa, was that Muel-PO?"   And if you hit, it'll be fun! You're heavier than anyone on their roster, even 40 year-old Brent Burns.

 

(Edit: Muel-PO probably shouldn't do that because the possibility of getting injured is approximately 3:1.)

3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Samuelsson is has a UBI getting imaging per Sabres 

Here we go again. Even the suggestion of the open-ice hit got him injured before the game started.

 

I guess at least Johnson will dress, then. Novikov should make his debut within the month.

[Weave]

1 minute ago, K-9 said:

Oof.

Lindy’s oldest, and last trick.  Put a mucker on every line.  After this, he’s out of tricks.

[OverPowerYou]

Getting my Jacob Bryson jersey today. Thoughts ? 

[DarthEbriate]

Just now, OverPowerYou said:

Getting my Jacob Bryson jersey today. Thoughts ? 

He's going to play 500 games for the Sabres.

 

Go goathead. Add an A to it, just to be safe.

[shrader]

14 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I will admit I'm no longer a big Bills fan. Through the first 25 years of my life. I was a much bigger Bills fan but not anymore. 

Even with that said... What I don't get is when I do listen to wgr about the bills... It's just the same things over and over and over non-stop. Then the next show it's the same things over and over. 

I guess more people tune in when they talk about the bills so that's what they're going to do. But at some point... Doesn't the general population get tired of just listening to that repeated non-stop and want something a little bit different?

My personal favorite is the caller that will make some ridiculously stupid point and get buried for it. He then calls back with the same point for each other show somehow expecting a different response. 

[thewookie1]

7 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I just read on social media that Samuelson is hurt and out again. 

Not that it's terribly unexpected with him, but these injuries are beyond comical.

For most teams: Injury Prone means a player gets injured more often the other players

For Buffalo: Injury Prone means you will miss games more than you'll play in them

[shrader]

25 minutes ago, SwampD said:

You realize that if they win, your three year old will have to watch every game moving forward, right?

I’ll be lucky to make it halfway into the first period before he’s begging for paw patrol. I’m not concerned. 

[DarthEbriate]

We knew Norris and Muel would miss games this season. But it's game 3 and they're already both out.

Norris has started 4 games for the Sabres, and finished 2.

[Night Train]

8 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:

Getting my Jacob Bryson jersey today. Thoughts ? 

Puts a nice shine on the 78 Gremlin

[Bangarang]

15 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Samuelsson has an UBI getting imaging per Sabres 

Our assist leader is injured!? 

[Ctaeth]

10 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

Glad to see they went back to the tried and true combination of Tuch/Thompson with all the injuries.  No Norris and no Benson.. just go back to what worked in the past.  

I would've really liked to see them bring up someone from Rochester that can carry/pass/shoot.  Östlund or Rosen to give them a shot at actually having offense this game. 

At least there is no Geertsen in that lineup... but still way too many grinders & not enough offense

1 minute ago, shrader said:

I’ll be lucky to make it halfway into the first period before he’s begging for paw patrol. I’m not concerned. 

We have a kid at the same age.  In the event that I actually want to watch something on tv (seldom), we just hand the kid the tablet so we don't even have to fight that fight.  We give him the tablet so infrequently that it's usually a special treat when he does get it

[Indabuff]

[bunomatic]

Roll out the bad news bears. At least we’d have a chance. Anyone else tired of the same old song and dance? Fire everyone.

[DarthEbriate]

Avs broadcast having fun. Making jokes about the start time and getting bacon. It's lame, but it's trying.

One thing folks should tell Pegula. Other teams don't broadcast the anthems. They show commercials and generate revenue during those 3 minutes.

[Mustache of God]

1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:

Avs broadcast having fun. Making jokes about the start time and getting bacon. It's lame, but it's trying.

One thing folks should tell Pegula. Other teams don't broadcast the anthems. They show commercials and generate revenue during those 3 minutes.

Are you advocating for more commercials?