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I say again—what is this officiating?

What is this officiating?

Sick shot!

Flames are distracted. Buffalo needs to take advantage of it and get them running around.

He’s so ***** good

Some BS there early. Looking flashy early!

My dad took me in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon when I think I was 8. Was a really cool experience. Later, I broke my wrist jumping out a helicopter and now I have arthritis. I was very much looking forward to jumping out of a helicopter because riding over the Grand Canyon was a lot of fun. Obviously this disappointment can be attributed to my dad being a helicopter parent. I agree they are bad.

What kind did you get? I’ve been trying to convince the girlfriend it’s time to live in the future.

Thank you. We're renting in Germantown for the time-being. My GFs family is in Franklin but I work downtown so I'm not sure where we will be long term here. I still need to change my care to here, just a lot going on with a baby coming in a few weeks and moving. So you'd be like 50 miles away or so at Campbell right?

Maybe I'm just a cynic but I feel like there's a pretty big chance our PR team played as much a role in this as Dahlin.

That’s great to hear. I’ve been going back and forth with them about my shoulder for years, hopefully I’ll get some luck now.

I just moved here (Nashville) and went to the game Tuesday. While you’re not wrong, I found much of the in-game entertainment to be incredibly obnoxious. The game felt more like an event than a hockey game. The rink is infinitely nicer though.

Picked up $12 Preds tickets so I’ll be missing this one. Damnear a must win

There was an article today in the Athletic about what happens between periods. Several players said teammates still smoke cigarettes between them. I would also guess at least 25% of the league vapes between periods. As far as boozing is concerned, what time did they fly out?

Pennsyltucky

Whoops forgot the 12oz part. 6 $7.50 12oz beers rather than 3 $15 24oz beers.

***** right

I usually rationalize it as having 6 $7.50 beers since they’re usually 24oz.

Sabres start 2023 decidedly on the warpath. Six points out; three games in hand; 48 games left to play. Let’s go Buffalo!

Chris Drury

Czechia asked to be called Czechia internationally as opposed to the Czech Republic

I have two Christmas parties tonight during the game. Know when I don’t have any? Tomorrow at one.

Literally everywhere I’ve ever skated over the past 30 years up and down the east coast

Per the Athletic, the Sabres have the lowest home attendance % at 71.5% capacity. Relevant portion of article below: Buffalo Sabres: 3,533 fewer fans/game (20.6 percent decrease) The Sabres are one of the biggest fallers probably due to a combination of things. The biggest one: They’re just not that good (yet), and they haven’t been for some time. They’re in the midst of another rebuilding effort after selling off players like Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart and Taylor Hall, among others. The Buffalo Bills being so good and commanding a lot of the attention likely hasn’t helped. And the KeyBank Center is pretty stale, too. We asked our Sabres writer, Matt Fairburn, for his take on the dip in attendance to ensure we weren’t way off here. “I think the season ticket base has also eroded over time. That’s made the prices on the secondary market higher because there aren’t as many fans just trying to unload tickets at any cost,” he said. “They sold out the Boston game and had big crowds a few other nights, including ’90s night against the Blues. But ultimately I just think them being so bad for so long has made people slow to buy in.” From 2006-07 to 2019-20, the Sabres were consistently an upper-tier attendance team with an average that never dipped below 17,000 fans. But their 71.5 percent capacity for home games this season is dead last in the league.

I’m not sure how Pats fans did 15+ years of a heavy prime time schedule. This ***** sucks, give me back sundays at one.