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Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jan 29 @ 8:33 PM ET
Can't you do it with ESPN+ and a VPN? or.....free?
- Lunaion


I can definitely do that one. But I would gladly pay for their product if they offered it without the cable commitment
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 29 @ 8:34 PM ET
Maybe it's my nature, but Its really easy to like what's going on. It's very easy to give management the benefit of the doubt. Bishop was a $ move.

Everything is falling into place.

We were all worried about tage repeating
Goaltending/ upl
Quinn/ peterka making the jump
The 4th line captains were the easy decisions.

- Boss34


but reverse that for the Bills, right?
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Jan 29 @ 8:35 PM ET
I am once again asking for an a la carte option to watch the Sabres without paying for cable.


I would gladly pay $100 a season for such an option

YouTube, sabres.com, pronhub. Whatever

- Hank Balling


Love this idea. I might even consider a per game type purchase. It would be nice if the leagues would revisit the blackout rules.

Some of the nfl regional crap is annoying.

Chasing down some Sabres game when I pay for the espn+ stuff is annoying.

Just let me pay for what I want to watch.

I doubt the leagues consider this…. At least for another decade.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jan 29 @ 8:37 PM ET
Love this idea. I might even consider a per game type purchase. It would be nice if the leagues would revisit the blackout rules.

Some of the nfl regional crap is annoying.

Chasing down some Sabres game when I pay for the espn+ stuff is annoying.

Just let me pay for what I want to watch.

I doubt the leagues consider this…. At least for another decade.

- Gr8daygo



This x100

I will pay them money for the product I want but they refuse to sell it to me
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 29 @ 8:37 PM ET
A great defense vs backup/rookie QBs and a lousy defense vs very good to great QBs. Our Coaches coach scared or shrink under pressure and make huge mistakes (13 seconds)

We needed Ed Oliver to be Chris Jones last week

- turbo044


Agreed, but I'm not sure the defense was considered great with injuries to von, poyer, hyde and tre 1 year from surgery.

Defensive coaching seems to let them down.

19 layed the blaim on McDermott.
Not sure if its him or Frazier?
Probably both, buy frazier is calling the games
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 29 @ 8:37 PM ET
I can definitely do that one. But I would gladly pay for their product if they offered it without the cable commitment
- Hank Balling


Can't you? Just gated behind ESPN+?

Guess the national games are an issue
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 29 @ 8:38 PM ET
Singletary and Cook combined for 1,326 yards rushing this year averaging 4.99 yards a carry between the two of them.
- Swedish_Jesus


3 rbs ran for over 1,500 yards by themselves ☝️
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jan 29 @ 8:40 PM ET
Can't you? Just gated behind ESPN+?
- Lunaion


I have ESPN+ but I'm also a technomoron/lazy so I've never tried logging in with a VPN. I just stream games. I would gladly pay them if they offered it a la carte though
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

Jan 29 @ 8:42 PM ET
Can't you? Just gated behind ESPN+?

Guess the national games are an issue

- Lunaion

The current rules/system is behind the technology. That's the real issue that needs to be figured out.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Jan 29 @ 8:43 PM ET
Can't you? Just gated behind ESPN+?

Guess the national games are an issue

- Lunaion


National games and Hulu games and aren’t there tnt games or some nonsense. I end up chasing more than I’d like…. It just gets annoying. There was one game, Detroit?, recently I couldn’t find at all. I streamed it… for free.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 29 @ 8:45 PM ET
The current rules/system is behind the technology. That's the real issue that needs to be figured out.
- buffalofan19


I used center ice and nhl.com, local blackouts and national games were a pain. Now the double paywall. For the $, the product should be better and easier than a stream.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jan 29 @ 8:46 PM ET
I used center ice and nhl.com, local blackouts and national games were a pain. Now the double paywall. For the $, the product should be better and easier than a stream.
- Lunaion


This is the real issue. It isn't 1995. Games should be broadcast "locally" via the internet super highway for a fee
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 29 @ 8:50 PM ET
This is the real issue. It isn't 1995. Games should be broadcast "locally" via the internet super highway for a fee
- Hank Balling


Probably shouldn't have said anything. The option is there, but it has it's issues.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 29 @ 8:53 PM ET
I used center ice and nhl.com, local blackouts and national games were a pain. Now the double paywall. For the $, the product should be better and easier than a stream.
- Lunaion


Where do you live?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 29 @ 8:56 PM ET
Doesn’t look like KC is having much trouble getting to Burrow. Thanks Bills
- Hatboro_Swords

Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 29 @ 8:58 PM ET
Where do you live?
- Boss34


I gave you a guess once, you have none remaining.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 29 @ 9:03 PM ET
for a PESN to work
it needs to be national not local, like YES
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jan 29 @ 9:09 PM ET
for a PESN to work
it needs to be national not local, like YES

- homiedclown


The NHL can make a defenseman digitally disappear into the void but they can't sell me an internet subscription to watch the Sabres.

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

Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM ET
for a PESN to work
it needs to be national not local, like YES

- homiedclown

That will never happen. Buffalo doesn't have a property that's anywhere near a national draw.
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

Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM ET
I am once again asking for an a la carte option to watch the Sabres without paying for cable.


I would gladly pay $100 a season for such an option

YouTube, sabres.com, pronhub. Whatever

- Hank Balling


Sabretooth After Dark
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM ET
This is the real issue. It isn't 1995. Games should be broadcast "locally" via the internet super highway for a fee
- Hank Balling


I have never once lived in the Sabres viewing area. For 4 years I didn’t even have cable while I was at university and still watched all football games and hockey games online using streams.

Never paid a dime to watch anything.

First it was Reddit streams until that got taken down.

Now for football I use nflbite.com

Hockey I use onhockey.tv
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 29 @ 9:12 PM ET
The NHL can make a defenseman digitally disappear into the void but they can't sell me an internet subscription to watch the Sabres.


- Hank Balling

Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jan 29 @ 9:12 PM ET
Sabretooth After Dark
- Wetbandit1


Steptooth, I'm stuck in the jumbotron
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 29 @ 9:12 PM ET
I gave you a guess once, you have none remaining.
- Lunaion


That's reasonable
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 29 @ 9:13 PM ET
That will never happen. Buffalo doesn't have a property that's anywhere near a national draw.
- buffalofan19

bills fans everywhere

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