Doohickie

Traded for "future considerations" is my guess.

I think you nailed it.

I've looked into that some... You're in the home market, right? You can subscribe to MSG without a cable plan these days, right? One of the alternatives I've been looking at does the same thing with the Bally Sports app (for Stars-Sabres, plus I follow the Texas Rangers). I'll have to pull up my list to see what other plans I am looking at. I almost dumped Spectrum when they had their Disney spat and dropped ESPN for a while, but I had some business trips and decided not to at the point. I did some research and figured out that no matter what I need a "general carrier" subscription- Spectrum, DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, etc., if I want things like TNT and ESPN (not +) to watch games. Then there's ESPN+, plus any other specialty or premium channels you want. I might change over during the holiday break. I'll try to find my spreadsheet that compared for stuff I cared about.

Actually we do get lucky but then

While this may be true, if KA feels like he's on the hot seat, firing DG may buy him some time. Bringing in a new (but experienced) HC would probably give the team a bounce that would buy him time to the end of the season. 12, actually, but who's counting? 👀

I think it's easy enough to say DG was the coach the team needed two and a half years ago, but that he's brought the team as far as he could. I honestly would just pick up a former NHL HC (Gallant, Boudreau, I don't care) if I could get one on an interim basis, then see what shakes loose at the end of the season. If no one wants to coach with the interim tag, bring on the Matty Ellis show. Until this season started I felt firmly that the team was moving in the right direction. It suddenly feels like it's all gone. That goes back to the game when Tuch said the boos motivated them. It makes it very easy for the fans to express their displeasure while simultaneously trying to urge them to do better.

To me if this losing streak gets to 6, they either have to accept it's another lost year or they need a radical change RIGHT NOW to try to salvage the season. A 6-game losing streak would match the streak Granato started his tenure with, but then the trend was upward. That's not the case now. Six just seems to be the number in my mind.

I think UPL/Levi could be a future duo, but not a present one. It should be UPL + A Real Goalie and let Levi marinate in Rochester.

I want to be mad at you for this post. But I just can't be. This team is broken.

Yeah, it does. If the 5-on-5 scrum knows there's a guy back, the Sabres can pressure the dump out, knowing that there's someone back to recover the puck... it doesn't have to be a goalie. That just makes me so sad.

They should hire this guy right now. Fine, then put a skater at the red line.

Who was it that said Skinner is a bad passer?

It is, but there wasn't a clear view of the puck apparently.

Dammit, PLAY UNTIL THE WHISTLE.

Assist to Tage Thompson.

Does anyone prefer flats?

@SDS needs to add a new emoji with a picture of Rob Ray captioned, "No, you're right."

....and he's back. UPL out with illness, Levi called up to back up Comrie.

Getting caught up on some of the tweets and such: Andy's been under contract as a special goalie consultant or some such. It's not unsurprising he would have a set of equipment in Buffalo. UPL is ill, so to have a second goalie for practice Andy suited up. Levi will back up Comrie tonight though.

Yeah, good luck with that.

I think you're reading too much into the tea leaves.