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DirecTV carries the Sabres home HD feed on MSG, on a channel it calls NYa3 ("MSG/MSG+ HD Alternate") in the guide. This is channel 638-1 in my neighborhood (Los Angeles).

Despoil's good. I also like "rook" and "cozen."

I can confirm this. Almost all of DTV's CI is in HD, with this exception. One slight downside is that you need to pay for the highest package in order to receive NBCSN (versus) games because CI is blacked out for those games. NHLN is available in the mid-low packages and higher,so no biggy.

Love it.

Yup, but one has to be fair- fans like Kevin, just not in the PbP chair. He's a great TV host, which is why he might have success on the radio as a host.

Relevant thread of old: http://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/20946-msg-b-team-broadcast/ TL;DR Ownership cares greatly about the broadcast quality and listens to fans. I trust their judgement, with continued input, going forward.

Thank you Vancouver. Thank you Dallas. Thank you Calgary.

Hartnell drops the bombs but goes down first and takes a decent shot right before he does. Tie game.

Regehr stays, and not only because of his no move clause. Leopold, meh. We could use a guy that's better than Ellis up front.

I guess one downside of Drew fighting Hartnell, is that Ruff didn't have a good reason to send out Scott to murder him.

That game ###### rocked. Notes: Vanek's now on pace for 96 goals and 240 points in 48 games. I think he might have been to blame for the ###### change that left him out there too long and cost us that goal. Then either he was given a break because of the double shift or he was benched, because Hecht played the next shift with Hodgon and Pominville. That gave him time to mentally un###### himself and rebound very strongly. Hodgson and Vanek were dangerous for the rest of the game- they finished with 16 shots on net between the two of them. Hodgson led all forwards in ice time. Leo skated well, but didn't make a lot of plays he needed to. Needs improvement or he's trade bait and it'll be Brennan's turn. Ennis skated well in all areas of the ice, but looked fatigued through the 3rd. He also happened to kill it in the faceoff circle, going 11-6. Ott might be my new favorite Sabre. He played with urgency and physicality in all areas of the ice, and really brought a lot of energy. He busted ass and sacrificed to make not only a couple of great plays, but every play that was necessary. Good to see Drew step up. He put his pretty boy face on the line against an angry mongoloid in the name of all that is holy. I knew he had it in him (see Neil/Drury brawl and Umberger years ago), but we haven't seen it in a long damn time. Pominville quietly gathered three assists. He's doing it right. Ellis and Scott both saw less than 4 minutes. I get why that was the case: the other lines were going gangbusters. But in a compressed season, we'll need all four lines.

I was sleeping until now. West coast time. The correlation times are dependent upon spectral density functions that are Fourier transforms of the detected signals. In other words, you do an FT to get the signal in frequency space (a spectrum) from the signal that's measured in the time domain. In any FT, if the length of a time-dependent signal is short (ie, pulsed quickly), the frequency spectrum of that signal is broad, contains high frequency components, and is low amplitude for any given part of the spectrum (because it's broad). If the signal is long and coherent, the FT gives a spectrum in frequency space that is sharp with high amplitude, highly peaked, and not broad at all. FT fun fact: If two signals have the same total energy, but one is a fast pulse and the other is a slow pulse, the integral of the signal in the frequency domain will be equal for both- that's why the amplitude is lower for the broader signal. Now, the plots you describe for the dependencies of T1 (spin-lattice) and T2 (spin-spin) sound like the could be vs temperature or Tc (they're inversely related). Tc can, in simplest terms, be considered to be opposite of temperature: high temp=low Tc, low temp=high Tc. In either case, it's all about how easy it is for the group of particles to fall from the excited state to the lower state. For a given T or Tc, the magnetized and unmagnetized energy states have a given energy gap. When a particle crosses that energy gap from high to low, it gives off energy. To cross that gap from low to high, it requires energy. In the spin-spin case, it's pretty simple: the magnet's switched off, and particles begin to fall from the high energy state to the low energy state. If the group of particles is cold, many particles will jump down and stay down, not many particles at all will be able to jump back up to the higher state randomly. If the group of particles is hot, particles will jump down, but many will have enough energy to randomly jump back up- so it takes a longer time to relax. The spin-lattice case is more complex. Here, we have to think about how easy it is for the relaxing particles to give their energy to the surrounding particles. At low temperature, there's not many vibrational and rotational energy states that the lattice particles can access, so the probability that the relaxing particles can put energy into one of those states is low. That makes for a long T1 time. As temperature increases, more rotational and vibrational states become available, making it more likely that the energy can be transferred. T1 time is decreased. But if the relaxing particles go to extremely high temperatures, the energy gap of the relaxation is too big for most of the vibrational and rotational states in the lattice, and the probability of energy transfer is decreased. That makes T1 large again. Dipole-dipole interactions are short range, but energy transfer is also dependent upon the temp/Tc of the of the particles, so both proximity and frequency are important. Imagine you were looking at a stoplight through a green piece of glass, and you wanted to see a lot of light- you'd have to be close enough to the light to see it (not miles away) AND the light would have to be green for you to see it (not red). In this analogy, how far you are from the light is the proximity of particles, what piece of glass (filter) you use represents the energy states available in the other particle or lattice, and the color the of the light represents the frequency emitted by the relaxation. To get low T1 times, you need to be close, and you need to emit energy at a frequency that can be absorbed by the other particle. Hope this helps, I haven't had breakfast yet. Edit: Yep, that's right.

He's gotta fight, for his right.

I've been a littleanxious about the ability of Hodgson and Ennis to perform in their expanded roles. Some tonic: Roy scored 44 points in 80 games and averaged 19:19 of ice time per game. Hodgson scored 41 points in 83 games, but averaged only 13:49 of ice time per game. Ennis scored 34 points and averaged 16:09, but only played 48 games. If they played 82 games and had Roy's ice time: Hodgson projects to 57 points, good for 3rd on the team in scoring last year. Ennis projects to 69 points, good for 2nd on the team. While we traded away Roy's 44 points, we stand to gain 51 points just by having those two stay healthy and play big minutes. And this doesn't count gaining back the 39 points that Ott put up in Dallas. Let's see what the kids can do. Fun facts aside using this idea: Gerbe would project to 45 points, close to Roy. Because of his ridiculous run, Foligno would project to an eyepopping 93 points.

Can't wait to see how Hodgie and Enzo handle the big opportunity and responsibility.

At the end of last season, Weber had 5 points, -19 in 51 games. Sulzer put up 8 points, +2 in 15 games.

As long as Otter shreds some Flyers D in the corners, I'll call it even after game one.

I am, but this discussion's all for ###### anyway, because the consideration of years past has apparently been made irrelevant by the current owner. If you take that at face value, and look at the roster difference since the purchase: Starting Lineup, October 2010: Vanek - Connolly - Pominville Ennis - Roy - Stafford Hecht - Niedermayer - Grier Gaustad - McCormick - Kaleta Morrisonn - Myers Leopold - Montador Sekera - Rivet Miller Starting Lineup, January 2013: Vanek - Hodgson - Pominville Foligno - Ennis - Stafford Leino - Grigorenko - Ott Scott - Hecht - Kaleta Regehr - Myers Ehrhoff - Sulzer Sekera - Leopold Miller (Gerbe, McCormick on IR) I think the roster has improved and I hope this group of players lives up to that expectation. The quality of talent in the pipeline also makes for an intriguing future.

No worries. I do like Gerbe, mostly because I got a good look at him in NCAA. I think he's a hardworking guy whose heart is bigger than that of the tallest NHLer. I also think that he has the potential to develop into a great third line player, so I'm patient to see how he comes back from injury and moves forward.

Bergeron is listed on NHL.com as only one inch taller than St Louis and recorded 24 points and +6 in 43 games from the blue line.

With a new owner with deep pockets and a commitment to winning, I'll ignore that you counted a lockout year in a hockey statistic just to be an ######. and agree with you- that is exactly the risk we cannot afford to take.

By that logic, Tyler Ennis is just going to ###### suck balls, isn't he. Marty St who?

Same flavor of laziness/incompetence: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/06/fox-news-mistakenly-uses-tina-fey-as-palin-in-palin-bus-story.html

I'm happy with it. DR drafts very well and fleeces teams in trades more than most. Many of his shortcomings concerning personnel decisions had a financial component that I don't believe present a restriction anymore. But even when he was subject to those restrictions, he was considered by some to be one of the top 5 GMs in the league, partly because he built a team that went to the conference finals with a payroll that was 17% less than the league average. He makes decisions that don't give rise to question of his sanity or ego- he's not a trainwreck GM. He runs a hockey department that has only produced one sub-.500 season in 14 seasons, and accordingly, he continues to employ Lindy Ruff, a head coach that I have argued is not only NOT the reason we haven't won a cup, but is at least among the top 15 active/top 30 all-time NHL coaches and could be considered top 5 active/top 20 all-time. I don't expect others to agree with with everything Regier and Ruff do, but the difficulty of trying to successfully replace a GM and coach of their caliber cannot be ignored.

It's all here: http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2013/1/14/3874196/injury-report-willie-mitchell-knee-surgery-setback-kopitar-skates-2013-kings Mitchell, LA's 2nd best Dman that played more than 25 minutes/game in the playoffs, could be out indefinitely, spurring speculation of replacement by trade. Kings aren't deep at D at all either.