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ESPN/ABC and TNT have the rights to all the post season games, so 7 months (October - April) covers it for MSG content. (Who cares about preseason games which tend not to be on MSG anyhow.)

You get bouncey ball too. (Adding the 2-3 months extra of that would still seem to be cheaper than a full year, so who knows. Maybe they'll do like they do on the main MSG channel and have "classic" games available on the service out of season to keep people subscribed during the off season?)

With DirecTV losing the Sunday Ticket, this announcement might mean our time as DTV customers migh t be ending soon. Provided we can figure out how to get streaming to come in at the same quality as the picture we currently get via DTV. (On our setup, the picture via streaming is significantly poorer quality than satellite.)

Hmm, $310 for a full year, or $210 for a full Sabres season paying month by month. Decisions, decisions. ;)

To the bolded, very much so. And to Chychrun particularly, expect people are reacting soooo negatively to the news of his trade for 2 reasons: the 1st being the one you've identified that he seems to check many of the boxes the Sabres were looking for and he'd been in the discussion for a long time. And 2, on paper this particular player will now make one of the teams the Sabres are fighting with for those wild card slots better on paper if not on the ice. Personally, would like to have seen the Sabres land him considering what was actually given up for him, but am now left with hoping his in-zone shortcomings and an unfamiliarity wiht the system the Otters play and an unfamiliarity with his new partner end up making it a phyrric victory for the Otters as they not only miss the playoffs this year but also win the lottery giving AZ an unprotected 1st next year.

Except it wasn't a heroic charge to 9th, well it was, but 1st it was a horrible fall from 1st which was triggered from the events of the day that Miller got Lucic'd.

But the '24 2nd isn't included in your writeup. The Otters gave up their '23 1st (w/ conditions that could slide it to '24), Washington's '24 2nd (w/ conditions that it could become a 1st in '25) , and their '26 2nd. You seem to be missing a pick.

Would be very surprised if he doesn't. Granato seems to give goalies that got wins against a team once the next game against that same team. UPL was in net on New Year's Eve. The only fly in the ointment is who does Adams send down to Ra-cha-cha to make room for Stillman? Maybe that's why management is saying Dahlin won't be available Saturday - could see him going to IR to keep both UPL and Peterka in the lineup. Really unhappy that Comrie didnt get the BJ's start. This game should've been Anderson's but it can't be now.

@lgr4gm, good post overall. But why are you discounting the price of Chychrun to a 1st this year and the 2nd in '26? There's also a '24 2nd that could become another 1st. Not saying that should be a dealbreaker but it does alter the price paid for Chychrun and the deal as presented in your post makes it pretty much a no brainer to get Chychrun but that's not the deal that was made. (Still would like to have seen the Sabres beat the Otters offer.)

Would it change anybody's mind about the trade if it is viewed as Chychrun and a '24 late 2nd rounder for a '23 1st, a '24 2nd (which could become a 1st), a '26 2nd, and Johnson? Doubt it does, but am curious. Because it seems based upon the rumors going around last week that Johnson will be signing with the Sabres, but would be surprised if he does sign with them were they to have Chychrun in house. There'd be 4 entrenched LHD ahead of Johnson on the depth chart were Chychrun here. 3 1sts and a swap of 2nds seems like a lot to give up for him.

100%.

They definitely often don't get it right for the violent actions that are well over the line. This one, which wasn't violent but likely would've been considered assault anywhere other than on a rink or a sports field, they probably got right.

Everything about it is special. From it being so tiny, to the beef being carved right next to the bar, to the birch beer they serve. Haven't had pop in probably 15 years, but boy oh boy was that ever good stuff.

Don't see his concern being an inability to beat out the 7/8 guys on the roster, but rather the Sabres being 4 deep in top 4 LH D-men for the forseeable future and the corresponding depression on his future earnings while an RFA with that in front of him. (And that even presupposes that it was/would've been a concern for him. Not a given, pretty sure the poster was merely speculating.)

Looks like Miller got 3 games for hocking a loogie into Doughty's face. Good. Really dumb thing to do.

Dark as in quiet/silent. Or dark as in somebody will be ritually sacrificed soon?

FTFY.

Did anyone else hear a horse whinny when reading that last tweet? ;)

14th pick is way more valuable than the 31st. (Arizona's GM knows his history and knows it's 24 years past '99.) ;)

And it's roughly equivalent to what the Sabres will get if Johnson doesn't sign. Late 3rd in '23 is roughly the same value as late 2nd in '24.

Traded for Levi.

Is very possible.

Yes, Larkin is 1 year older than Thompson. Too bad Murray couldn't talk the Wings into giving up their 1st for the 3 2nds he had that year.

@dudacek, well done. You was right.

That seems to be a quite reasonable cost. Would like to have seen Adams be willing to beat that.