GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Columbus Blue Jackets, Thursday 4/10 7pm MSG, ESPN +

[HOUSE]

Dis gonna b gud !

 

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Edited Thursday at 11:33 PM by HOUSE

[pastajoe]

[PromoTheRobot]

Another team with nothing to play for who will start backups against us.   

 

 

/s

[Doohickie]

I a big fan of

• Their third jerseys
• The cannon they shoot off
• Watching them get soundly beaten

[DarthEbriate]

Another win tonight for the Sabres and they reach that magical milestone of NHL .500. Which paces for 82 points. Which is bad.

[Pimlach]

8 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

I a big fan of

• Their third jerseys
• The cannon they shoot off
• Watching them get soundly beaten

Why did the NHL put a team in Columbus?  

[PromoTheRobot]

5 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Another win tonight for the Sabres and they reach that magical milestone of NHL .500. Which paces for 82 points. Which is bad.

They are going to win 10 in a row to finish the season and end up picking 13th 

Just now, Pimlach said:

Why did the NHL put a team in Columbus?  

Big city, middle of Ohio, no other pro teams, though Ohio State practically is one.

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Big city, middle of Ohio, no other pro teams, though Ohio State practically is one.

Big city - not. 

Middle of Ohio - so. 

No other pro teams - ok,  but none needed with The Ohio State University there. 

 

Why doesn't Rob Ray like going there?  

[Doohickie]

13 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Why did the NHL put a team in Columbus?  

14th largest US city?  Biggest city in Ohio?  Three times the population of Buffalo?  Fans from all over Ohio, a state that supports two NFL teams and THE Ohio State University? 

They probably have a much bigger fan base that the Sabres.  Odd question to ask from a Sabres fan.

8 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Big city - not. 

So a city three times the size of Buffalo isn't.... big?  They have nearly a million people.  If you count the metro areas, Columbus is still nearly 2X Buffalo-Niagara.

8 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Middle of Ohio - so. 

Except for some fringe areas near Detroit and Pittsburgh, the whole state is going to support the franchise, and pretty much the entire state is within about a 2 hour drive from the arena.

Edited Thursday at 01:16 PM by Doohickie

[Doohickie]

9 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Why doesn't Rob Ray like going there?

Who knows how Rob Ray thinks?

[Pimlach]

40 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

14th largest US city?  Biggest city in Ohio?  Three times the population of Buffalo?  Fans from all over Ohio, a state that supports two NFL teams and THE Ohio State University? 

They probably have a much bigger fan base that the Sabres.  Odd question to ask from a Sabres fan.

So a city three times the size of Buffalo isn't.... big?  They have nearly a million people.  If you count the metro areas, Columbus is still nearly 2X Buffalo-Niagara.

Except for some fringe areas near Detroit and Pittsburgh, the whole state is going to support the franchise, and pretty much the entire state is within about a 2 hour drive from the arena.

I actually go there and to Dayton a lot, at least 6 times a year I would guess.  It feels like a small town to me.  I like the town too, but even with a huge university isolated out in the suburbs (outside of Dublin, OH), and even with a downtown state capital - it just lacks a city vibe. 

Square miles are not the best and only way to measure a city.  Jacksonville, FL is huge in square miles and so it Sitka, Alaska.  Should the NHL move there too?  

It not an odd question.   I go to Dayton and to Columbus all the time and I don't know any real dedicated hockey fans there.  None.  OSU football, OSU basketball, OSU baseball.   Then arguments over the Bengal or Brown, Reds or Indians (Guardians).  

BTW - Buffalo's fan base is the most incorrectly calculated fan base in sports.  

So why does Rob Ray not like going there?  

 

Edited Thursday at 01:50 PM by Pimlach

[LGR4GM]

Is this an ESPN+ exclusive game?

[DarthEbriate]

Columbus is (if wikipedia is correct) the #35 sized media market in the US. That's surrounded by cities with NFL/MLB/NBA teams (KC, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Las Vegas, Jacksonville). It's also headquarters for several companies (Nationwide Insurance being the most prominent). There is plenty of corporate sponsorship money available.

[Pimlach]

I would like to cut a 8 teams out of the NHL.  Too many teams and not enough star players.  Season too long.  

Columbus would be the first one to go. 

So would Salt Lake Utes and the Ducks of Orange County ... 

 

 

[spndnchz]

38 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Is this an ESPN+ exclusive game?

 MSG also. Just like last game.

i edited the title. 

[Thorner]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

Another win tonight for the Sabres and they reach that magical milestone of NHL .500. Which paces for 82 points. Which is bad.

If the Sabres win out, Adams can get his 5 year average up to 79 points per season 

[Weave]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

They are going to win 10 in a row to finish the season and end up picking 13th 

 

Good.  I am not entertained by a run to draft 5th.

[DarthEbriate]

1 minute ago, Thorner said:

If the Sabres win out, Adams can get his 5 year average up to 79 points per season 

Does that factor in the first season was only 56 games? Not that it matters, because they finished dead last and had a .330 Pts % that season.

He's been such a bad GM. Especially, especially since he claims it's his decision to spend as he sees fit and they're under no financial restrictions. If that's true -- he's not trying to win. Fire him. They've left approximately $58M in cap space available across his 5 seasons as GM. Do or do not and he chooses not.

[Thorner]

20 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Does that factor in the first season was only 56 games? Not that it matters, because they finished dead last and had a .330 Pts % that season.

He's been such a bad GM. Especially, especially since he claims it's his decision to spend as he sees fit and they're under no financial restrictions. If that's true -- he's not trying to win. Fire him. They've left approximately $58M in cap space available across his 5 seasons as GM. Do or do not and he chooses not.

It’s 78 if you prorate their record over the 56 for a full season that year

if you don’t, and just divide total games over 5 years by points and covert to 82 game pace, it’s 79.something 

Edited Thursday at 02:52 PM by Thorner

[CallawaySabres]

Now that they are officially eliminated, they will play their best game of the year. Is it safe to put UPL in now that it's over? There is ZERO point in playing the 38 year old backup anymore. 

56 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I would like to cut a 8 teams out of the NHL.  Too many teams and not enough star players.  Season too long.  

Columbus would be the first one to go. 

So would Salt Lake Utes and the Ducks of Orange County ... 

 

 

And I am sure other fanbases around the league would say Buffalo would be the first to be cut out of the NHL.

[steveoath]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

Sitka, Alaska

100% in favour of this!!!

[Bangarang]

10 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:

Now that they are officially eliminated, they will play their best game of the year. Is it safe to put UPL in now that it's over? There is ZERO point in playing the 38 year old backup anymore. 

And I am sure other fanbases around the league would say Buffalo would be the first to be cut out of the NHL.

 

The pointing in playing Reimer is he gives us the best chance at winning.

What do we hope to gain by playing UPL at this point and is it worth the message it sends to the rest of the team?

[Weave]

21 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:

Now that they are officially eliminated, they will play their best game of the year. Is it safe to put UPL in now that it's over? There is ZERO point in playing the 38 year old backup anymore. 

And I am sure other fanbases around the league would say Buffalo would be the first to be cut out of the NHL.

If wins matter at all, there is possibly 2 points to be made by playing the 38yr old goalie.

Why do we always give this team the wiggle room to make losing acceptable?

[Believer]

2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Big city - not. 

Columbus OH 2.2M population projected to grow to 2.5M by 2050.

Buff/Niag/Cheek 1.2M population with similar modest growth by 2050.

[OverPowerYou]

Have the blue jackets ever won a playoff series? Both them and the Minnesota wild just kind of exist…

Edited Thursday at 03:32 PM by OverPowerYou