GDT: Carolina @ Buffalo, 1/15/2025, 6 pm ET, TNT, truTV, MAX

[Doohicksie]

What the heck is with the 6 pm start?  I double checked it and it wasn't a time zone thing.  And the game is on TNT, truTV & MAX, but not MSG?  It's like they don't even want us to watch.

Meh.

Okay Sabres, today is the first day of the rest of the season.  Just win.

[Freeezo]

13 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

What the heck is with the 6 pm start?  I double checked it and it wasn't a time zone thing.  And the game is on TNT, truTV & MAX, but not MSG?  It's like they don't even want us to watch.

Meh.

Okay Sabres, today is the first day of the rest of the season.  Just win.

It's a tnt doubleheader.  They can broadcast the wild game at 7.30 central time

Edited 3 hours ago by Freeezo

[JP51]

12 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

What the heck is with the 6 pm start?  I double checked it and it wasn't a time zone thing.  And the game is on TNT, truTV & MAX, but not MSG?  It's like they don't even want us to watch.

Meh.

Okay Sabres, today is the first day of the rest of the season.  Just win.

I am not sure I have ever seen a mid week 6pm start... that is a bit weird... wonder which team shows up today... 

[Doohicksie]

Hopefully the game is also on SiriusXM; I'll be on my way home when the game starts.

[Stoner]

Well that sucks.

[Mustache of God]

I hate how the game having a 6pm start is the only story line I care to follow. 

[Ctaeth]

44 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

Okay Sabres, today is the first day of the rest of the season.  Just win.

I'm down with this sentiment 

[LGR4GM]

Good news: Carolina has lost games this year

Bad news: they are one of the best possession teams in the league and give up almost nothing when playing defense

Good news: puppies and beer exist

[Porous Five Hole]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

 

Good news: puppies and beer exist

Not the dinner pairing I expected, but enjoy!

[ska-T Palmtown]

I am kinda relieved this will be hard for me to watch, honestly. Games on ESPN+, I mindlessly turn out without really considering the consequences.

[bunomatic]

Bah who cares. Going to miss the first two hours cause of the start time. By the time I get off work I might just be in time to witness the collapse. Oh joy. Have a craptastic game boys.

[Pimlach]

4 minutes ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

I am kinda relieved this will be hard for me to watch, honestly. Games on ESPN+, I mindlessly turn out without really considering the consequences.

?

Most games on ESPN+ are the MSG games shown outside the MSG viewing area.   

This one is on TNT.  

[LGR4GM]

Quote

 

Bill Hoppe‬ ‪@billhoppe.bsky.social‬

Jiri Kulich hasn't been ruled out for Friday. Will definitely go on the road trip, per Lindy Ruff. Mattias Samuelsson will be a game time decision. They need to see how he feels after the skate.

#Sabres

 

No line rushes this morning because it was an optional skate. I would expect the exact same forward lines based on yesterday:

Zucker-Cozens-Thompson

Peterka-McLeod-Tuch

Benson-Krebs-Quinn

Malenstyn-Kozak-Lafferty

Extra: Aube-Kubel

My guess would be that Samuelsson would take Bryson's spot if he is ready to go. 

Dahlin-Byram

Power-Jokiharju

Bryson-Clifton

Samuelsson-Gilbert

[K-9]

I couldn’t care less about what time a Sabres game starts because I won’t be watching, regardless. Couldn’t. Care. Less. F Pegula, F Adams, and F that entire bunch of losers that have the nerve to call themselves NHL hockey players. 

[Pimlach]

Mid January and nothing to play for but pride.  This is getting exhausting.  

Well, we can listen to the TNT guys poke fun at the Sabres. 

 

[K-9]

2 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Mid January and nothing to play for but pride.  This is getting exhausting.  

Well, we can listen to the TNT guys poke fun at the Sabres. 

 

Playing for pride? This sorry group? Pride? 

Pride left the building years ago. 

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, K-9 said:

Playing for pride? This sorry group? Pride? 

Pride left the building years ago. 

Exhausting and sad.  

[Mr Peabody]

Bizz alone is worth turning it on

[mjd1001]

12 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:

Bizz alone is worth turning it on

For me, he has the same impact as Don Cherry had:  Fun for a little while, then after a while becoming 'tolerable' , now just annoying.

[CallawaySabres]

This is officially the game where I have lost 100% interest. I was hanging on by a thread before Kraken.

[WhenWillItEnd66]

35 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Exhausting and sad.  

But true

[WhenWillItEnd66]

Not even gummies work anymore. LOL Just honestly will watch as always until we blow it and move on to something else. Laundry, wash the floor, shovel snow, anything! LOL As much as i want to see this team win, they are just not built for that. Will enjoy the few games they will dominate and tease before they go back to their normal disappointing embarrassing play.   

[Sidc3000]

I’m always interested in what team shows up. It’s like a surprise every game. Will it be a legitimate NHL or will it be barely an AHL.  
 

[Mr Peabody]

13 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

For me, he has the same impact as Don Cherry had:  Fun for a little while, then after a while becoming 'tolerable' , now just annoying.

Don Cherry was the Amerks coach when I first discovered my fandom for hockey.  Didn’t get to listen to him much as an announcer.  

[K-9]

45 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Exhausting and sad.  

Not nearly as exhausting and sad as the decades of money, time, and emotional investment I’ve spent on this team. I can’t recoup the tens of thousands of dollars in season tickets over the decades or get back that time. I’m grateful for the thrills along the way and the great players we’ve seen over the years, but no more.

This organization has done everything possible to drive away a fan who’s been there since Punch spun the wheel and they’ve succeeded spectacularly.