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gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Sep 3 @ 2:59 PM ET
For me it was one of those one thing after another summers. Just busy as hell. Really looking forward to sitting the F down for once and watching a game.
- Buffalo-Sabres

i feel ya. i almost wish i was on that side of the spectrum like you because ive felt like a bum doing nothing all summer just doing the run around for paperwork and waiting for it to go through so i can get to meps
gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Sep 3 @ 3:00 PM ET
Two 30 packs ?
- cabin

thats one night for vets like you cab
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Sep 3 @ 3:11 PM ET
thats one night for vets like you cab
- gerbe42

I'm in detox mode from this weekends activities. Left friday with my 90 can cooler filled. home monday evening with 4 left.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Sep 3 @ 3:20 PM ET
So its almost that time of the year and since I moved to Florida I wont be able to get all the Bills and Sabres games.

Is there a streaming site that all of you recommend?

I have no problem paying a small fee I just want to make sure it works
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Sep 3 @ 3:23 PM ET
So its almost that time of the year and since I moved to Florida I wont be able to get all the Bills and Sabres games.

Is there a streaming site that all of you recommend?

I have no problem paying a small fee I just want to make sure it works

- Stripes77



Sorry stripes.

Won't know till the games start. or at least the preseason.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Sep 3 @ 3:24 PM ET


Sorry stripes.

Won't know till the games start. or at least the preseason.

- cabin


For the NHL I might just buy the game casts but any ideas for NFL games?
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Sep 3 @ 3:25 PM ET
So its almost that time of the year and since I moved to Florida I wont be able to get all the Bills and Sabres games.

Is there a streaming site that all of you recommend?

I have no problem paying a small fee I just want to make sure it works

- Stripes77




If you're looking for high quality and don't mind some lag then gamecentre is without a doubt your best bet.

firstrow is decent quality (and free) but it might be blocked now
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Sep 3 @ 3:26 PM ET
For the NHL I might just buy the game casts but any ideas for NFL games?
- Stripes77

Same links .. will gather some up.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Sep 3 @ 3:30 PM ET
I'm in detox mode from this weekends activities. Left friday with my 90 can cooler filled. home monday evening with 4 left.
- cabin


There was 4 left? I'm disappointed in you Cab.
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Sep 3 @ 3:32 PM ET
There was 4 left? I'm disappointed in you Cab.
- HonkFortheGoose


Nightcap .
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Sep 3 @ 3:43 PM ET
i feel ya. i almost wish i was on that side of the spectrum like you because ive felt like a bum doing nothing all summer just doing the run around for paperwork and waiting for it to go through so i can get to meps
- gerbe42



You're young. Believe me it will all catch up to you someday. For me it used to be playing guitar, video games, going out. I used to go out so much I dreaded going out. Now I'm like 'spare time'? How does the work spare fit next to the word time?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 3 @ 3:49 PM ET
I like it but see only one issue...well, several but they all stem from this one issue...Hodgson shoots right and would be far better suited on the right wing than the left. Looking at the current roster, who do you move and to where so that you can have Staf, Stew, Gionta & Hodgson all on the RW and after that, where do they all fit? It's going to be very interesting how it plays out. Depending on game situations it may not even matter...just an observation...

EDIT:

first 9 games

26/63/19
82/23/21
44/28/12
37/8/80
17 & 36 are xtra

after first 9

26/63/21
82/19/80
44/28/12
37/8/36
17 is extra

after trade deadline, Flynn called up

26/63/19
82/28/12
44/65/17
37/8/36

I'm not sure if Deslauriers actually sticks all year but he is a lefty and they are short on LW's unless they want to move Zemgus or Ennis to wing....

- hammatoe



Hodgson played LW towards the end of last season and looked pretty decent actually

stashu
Buffalo Sabres
Location: SC
Joined: 06.04.2008

Sep 3 @ 3:51 PM ET
If you're looking for high quality and don't mind some lag then gamecentre is without a doubt your best bet.

firstrow is decent quality (and free) but it might be blocked now

- Sabresfan-365


Yep, I use Gamecenter (still need to renew for this year) and it's pretty awesome - especially now with Chromecast at home.

It just sucks if in chat since it's usually behind by about 30-60 seconds from live TV.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 3 @ 3:52 PM ET
For the NHL I might just buy the game casts but any ideas for NFL games?
- Stripes77



Doesn't the NFL ticket come free with DirectTV now?
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Sep 3 @ 3:52 PM ET
There was 4 left? I'm disappointed in you Cab.
- HonkFortheGoose



That's a true pro move.

Something to steady the shake on Tuesday morning.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Sep 3 @ 3:53 PM ET
Yep, I use Gamecenter (still need to renew for this year) and it's pretty awesome - especially now with Chromecast at home.

It just sucks if in chat since it's usually behind by about 30-60 seconds from live TV.

- stashu



I heard one guy left town and what he did was get Direct TV and swap receivers with someone that still lives here. That way the receiver was programmed for Buffalo and grabbed all the local stuff here.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Sep 3 @ 3:58 PM ET
I'm in detox mode from this weekends activities. Left friday with my 90 can cooler filled. home monday evening with 4 left.
- cabin



fwiw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwDwdC6jGg
stashu
Buffalo Sabres
Location: SC
Joined: 06.04.2008

Sep 3 @ 4:01 PM ET
I heard one guy left town and what he did was get Direct TV and swap receivers with someone that still lives here. That way the receiver was programmed for Buffalo and grabbed all the local stuff here.
- Buffalo-Sabres


That's pretty cool, actually. No local channels, but I imagine a good bit of people use antenna/over the air signals for that too.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Sep 3 @ 4:13 PM ET
Doesn't the NFL ticket come free with DirectTV now?
- jdfitz77


Direct TV down in Florida is a terrible idea IMO. All the rain and storms knock it out all the time
gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Sep 3 @ 4:16 PM ET
You're young. Believe me it will all catch up to you someday. For me it used to be playing guitar, video games, going out. I used to go out so much I dreaded going out. Now I'm like 'spare time'? How does the work spare fit next to the word time?
- Buffalo-Sabres

true story. more like "spare tire" for you AmIRight? i plan on doing as much and going as many places i can now while im unattached. Airborne school, pathfinder school, drill sergeant school, possiby rangers? maybe end up in germany or korea, who knows. why limit myself now when ill have to down the road when i have a family
gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Sep 3 @ 4:17 PM ET
I'm in detox mode from this weekends activities. Left friday with my 90 can cooler filled. home monday evening with 4 left.
- cabin

thats pretty impressive. i cannot say with a clear conscience that i have ever topped that
Maximum Signal
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.11.2008

Sep 3 @ 4:17 PM ET
I heard one guy left town and what he did was get Direct TV and swap receivers with someone that still lives here. That way the receiver was programmed for Buffalo and grabbed all the local stuff here.
- Buffalo-Sabres


That is how I have Bell satellite from Canada . I gave a friend up there one of my direct TV receivers and he gave me one of his bell receivers . Have to mount two dishes . But it is nice selection of channels with both .
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Sep 3 @ 4:30 PM ET
fwiw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwDwdC6jGg

- Der Kaiser

djc1877
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Melbourne, FL
Joined: 02.13.2010

Sep 3 @ 4:40 PM ET
Hodgson played LW towards the end of last season and looked pretty decent actually
- jdfitz77


Agreed... and many others have right-handed shots who play LW, as well, throughout the league. Vanek is the first who comes to mind, simply because I'm a Sabres fan. I didn't understand that as the key criticism to those lines.
bflobillww
Joined: 09.28.2013

Sep 3 @ 4:49 PM ET
First 9 games of the season...

Moulson / Ennis / Stafford
Hodgson / Reinhart / Stewart
Foligno / Girgensons / Gionta
Ellis / McCormick / Kaleta
Reserve Forward: Mitchell

Game 10 through to the trade deadline...

Moulson / Ennis / Stafford
Hodgson / Girgensons / Stewart
Foligno / Flynn / Gionta
Ellis / McCormick / Kaleta
Reserve Forward: Mitchell

Post Trade Deadline...

Moulson / Ennis / Armia?
Hodgson / Girgensons / Gionta
Foligno / Flynn / Deslauriers
Ellis / McCormick / Kaleta

- djc1877



Think someone would want Stafford at the deadline?

I sure hope Ellis is not an every day player this year. Not a big fan of Flynn either.

No Grigorenko? Larsson?

What about Reinhart?
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