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Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 21 @ 5:49 PM ET
How are they not pulling Gibson? There's only 1.5 seconds left.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Sep 21 @ 5:55 PM ET
i dunno if that hit his stick but helluva backcheck from eichel
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Sep 21 @ 5:56 PM ET
That was (frank)ing amazing
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 21 @ 5:57 PM ET
wow
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 21 @ 5:57 PM ET
i dunno if that hit his stick but helluva backcheck from eichel
- Sabresfan-365


It looked like it did.

Ok, come on Finland!!
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Sep 21 @ 5:58 PM ET
Oh my that was awesome.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Sep 21 @ 5:58 PM ET
It looked like it did.

Ok, come on Finland!!

- Wetbandit1



Bailing out the two leafs on that shift...im really confused how i should feel about that
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Sep 21 @ 5:59 PM ET
What a save by Gibson on Sedin, huuuuuuggggggggggggeeeeeeee.....
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Sep 21 @ 6:00 PM ET
Dear hockey, get rid of like 15 teams. Thanks
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 21 @ 6:00 PM ET
Bailing out the two leafs on that shift...im really confused how i should feel about that
- Sabresfan-365





What a floater. Pr!ck
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Sep 21 @ 6:02 PM ET
Dear hockey, get rid of like 15 teams. Thanks
- sbroads24




hahahaha

4 LINES OF TOP 6 FORWARDS FOR EVERY TEAM!!!!!
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Sep 21 @ 6:02 PM ET
Dear hockey, get rid of like 15 teams. Thanks
- sbroads24


+100
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 21 @ 6:04 PM ET
But then why would they want to sign after this season?
- Sabresfan-365



I'd say Sam & Jack are pretty close to a sure thing...
But of they get injured or struggle on the score sheet the their payday could decrease quite a bit

I'll bet Girgs wishes he signed last offseason instead of this
He'd have gotten a bigger deal
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 21 @ 6:06 PM ET
Exactly, it's really in no one's interest to do it sooner than during next(17-18) season.
- Wetbandit1




But with that line of thinking, a player should always wait till the next season to sign a long term deal & make more $$$
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Sep 21 @ 6:08 PM ET
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 21 @ 6:08 PM ET
Dear hockey, get rid of like 15 teams. Thanks
- sbroads24



Ummmmmmm......

One of those 15 eliminated teams would be us
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Sep 21 @ 6:08 PM ET
+100
- mhp

I thought I wouldn't have cared to watch this tourney. Team NA needs to be a constant thing. I'm hooked
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Sep 21 @ 6:09 PM ET
Ummmmmmm......

One of those 15 eliminated teams would be us

- jdfitz77


No, we are the greatest franchise of all professional sports. I apologize you were unaware.
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Sep 21 @ 6:10 PM ET
Dear hockey, get rid of like 15 teams. Thanks
- sbroads24

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 21 @ 6:11 PM ET
No, we are the greatest franchise of all professional sports. I apologize you were unaware.
- RhinoFan




Oops, my bad
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Sep 21 @ 6:11 PM ET
I thought I wouldn't have cared to watch this tourney. Team NA needs to be a constant thing. I'm hooked
- sbroads24

It is crazy how many people they have turned.
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Sep 21 @ 6:12 PM ET
I thought I wouldn't have cared to watch this tourney. Team NA needs to be a constant thing. I'm hooked
- sbroads24


I felt the same way but this is some of the best hockey I've seen in ions. NA is fun to watch. The future of hockey is in great hands.

And I will say way too many teams in the NHL, the talent level is diluted and we are gonna add another next year? Maybe Quebec City in a few years? Ugh.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 21 @ 6:17 PM ET
Ummmmmmm......

One of those 15 eliminated teams would be us

- jdfitz77


No way. The ratings are way too good. You don't get rid of the #1 local market for NBC/NBCSN games. And the #1 market overall for market share.

http://www.thefutoncritic...ars-962513/20160412nbc04/

http://www.sportsbusiness...04/18/Media/NHL-RSNs.aspx
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Sep 21 @ 6:26 PM ET
No way. The ratings are way too good. You don't get rid of the #1 local market for NBC/NBCSN games. And the #1 market overall for market share.

http://www.thefutoncritic...ars-962513/20160412nbc04/

http://www.sportsbusiness...04/18/Media/NHL-RSNs.aspx

- Wetbandit1


You do when the metric is actually number of viewers. The only reason Buffalo's ratings are so high is because the population is so low.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 21 @ 6:37 PM ET
You do when the metric is actually number of viewers. The only reason Buffalo's ratings are so high is because the population is so low.
- buffalofan19


It's still the number 1 rated team, you don't get rid of successful teams. And if you look at the bottom 5 teams you have LA, NY, Phoenix and Miami, LA is ~12x bigger than Buffalo. Yet we get 15x the ratings of Anaheim(LA).

Edit: and that was last year with a not great team. Imagine what the ratings will be once they're good again?

Double edit: They're easily in the top 10 for total viewers. They got almost 2x the rating of Boston who was in 5th.
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