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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

Mar 23 @ 11:29 PM ET
He might be the best one working today regardless of sport. Especially since he calls multiple sports.


- Wetbandit1


"The guy is drunk, but there he goes!"

He's a national treasure.






Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Mar 23 @ 11:42 PM ET
"The guy is drunk, but there he goes!"

He's a national treasure.

- buffalofan19

A few months ago Florio had an article about Romo’s viewership being down. CBS wants him to tone it down a bit and Romo reluctant to change his ways. What I found interesting is Bud Light or someone were running ads having popular people reenact Caddyshack. Romo played Murray and had a commercial all to himself, but the ad that premiered during the Super Bowl barely showed him.
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Mar 23 @ 11:44 PM ET
Accoring to WFAN in NYC the Yankees and Mets both dwarf the two local basketball teams though I have not heard the raw NBA numbers or found a similar chart. It's kind of shocking to me how low the numbers are. Some MLB teams are getting over $100 mil per season for broadcast rights and they can't even even get 100k viewers a night in their market.

Does this mean the Sabres have about 25k local tv viewers a night?

- lacaprup


Well, they ain’t in the gd stands!

Holding out for jalapeños or waiting for this team to not be bs.
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Mar 23 @ 11:45 PM ET
Can one of the "insiders" find out what the raw household viewship number is for the average Sabre game on MSG?
- lacaprup



I watch but through my illegal stream. Does that count?
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

Mar 23 @ 11:50 PM ET
I watch but through my illegal stream. Does that count?
- Da_Cashman


Joking aside, we're close to a point where more people will be streaming sports than watching by means of traditional TV, be it cable or over the air. The way they track that will change significantly as well. It will likely be easier too.
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Mar 23 @ 11:50 PM ET
I seem to remember Kaiser having a nickname for him. Something from Mel Brooks, perhaps?
- PrinceChill



Pyss boy. Oui, oui! Wee wee is the joke. Because of the pizz.
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Mar 23 @ 11:54 PM ET
The "bigger" areas in Southern Ontario could just as easily be claimed by Toronto, though. If you were to remove the border, Buffalo likely gets Fort Erie, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines, which maybe adds another 100k at most. The bigger cities like Hamilton and Mississauga would go to Toronto for sure.

A better argument might be for Buffalo and Rochester to be combined, the way markets like Greenville and Spartanburg SC are, though they are closer to each other.

- buffalofan19



There’s at least 5 or 6 of us in St. Thomas, population 45,000. Funny, I work with one of those guys and I used to work with the other.
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Mar 23 @ 11:58 PM ET
St Catharines alone has 406K people. Niagara Falls has another 390K. Fort Erie is little more than a last minute stop before Buffalo at like 30K.
- Wetbandit1



Where are you getting those numbers from??? https://worldpopulationre...-provinces/ontario/cities

Niagara Falls, canada has 96,000 and St. Catherine’s has 135,000.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Mar 24 @ 12:05 AM ET
Where are you getting those numbers from??? https://worldpopulationre...-provinces/ontario/cities

Niagara Falls, canada has 96,000 and St. Catherine’s has 135,000.

- Da_Cashman

Don’t they have the populations on the signs along the QEW? It’s in metric though and I was never sure of the conversion.
sabrebuzz
Joined: 12.28.2008

Mar 24 @ 12:41 AM ET
Sure, and the proven player can also crap the bed and the prospects you traded for him can go on to have long NHL careers.

There are examples of this year in and year out.

I’ve mentioned several of them in the last 48 hours.

There is as great a likelihood of a trade not panning out as a prospect not panning out for various reasons.

- Swedish_Jesus



So what? Potential takes a back seat to proven ability.
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

Mar 24 @ 12:47 AM ET
Where are you getting those numbers from??? https://worldpopulationre...-provinces/ontario/cities

Niagara Falls, canada has 96,000 and St. Catherine’s has 135,000.

- Da_Cashman


Metro areas
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Mar 24 @ 1:25 AM ET
Don’t they have the populations on the signs along the QEW? It’s in metric though and I was never sure of the conversion.
- Hatboro_Swords

😆
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 24 @ 4:11 AM ET
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/332112/chris-jandric

Rochester signed him earlier today

- Anderdog

Nice Catch Dog, Thanks
Have you heard anything on Livingstone, he would be a nice add.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Mar 24 @ 7:40 AM ET
Canisius was up 2-1 in the 2nd and lost 9-2? The Johnson watch will have to wait.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 24 @ 7:47 AM ET
Canisius was up 2-1 in the 2nd and lost 9-2? The Johnson watch will have to wait.
- Stripes77

Yeah Minnesota really took the game over at the end of the 2nd and 3rd period. Mitts younger brother Luke had a goal and a assist I believe.
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Mar 24 @ 7:55 AM ET
Yeah Minnesota really took the game over at the end of the 2nd and 3rd period. Mitts younger brother Luke had a goal and a assist I believe.
- Buff36


Yeah, Minnesota went up 3 - 2, and about 5 seconds later the refs called a 5-minute major on Canisius. That's when I went to bed.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Mar 24 @ 8:12 AM ET
Its done .

Arizona Scheduled

Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Mar 24 @ 8:18 AM ET
Its done .

Arizona Scheduled

- gerbe75pts



Ooohhh!!! Bills news?!?

A lil D hippity hop?!?


Always appreciate the drive bys. Hope the family is well
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 24 @ 8:30 AM ET
Its done .

Arizona Scheduled

- gerbe75pts

What does that mean
JCSabs06
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The Edge...The only people who really know where it is have gone over
Joined: 09.06.2012

Mar 24 @ 8:33 AM ET
What does that mean
- sbroads24


Chychrun to buffalo

EDIT: Obviously.
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

Mar 24 @ 8:44 AM ET
What does that mean
- sbroads24


He just finished booking his vacation?
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 24 @ 8:53 AM ET
He just finished booking his vacation?
- buffalofan19

The Pegula plane is heading to arizona?
turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Mar 24 @ 8:55 AM ET
What does that mean
- sbroads24


Pegula Net Jet scheduled to fly from Buffalo to Phoenix today. UNFORTUNATELY, DHOP's IG places him in Dallas, TX. NFL Owners meeting is in Phoenix, starting Sunday, so maybe the team is heading there early? DHOP could always be flying back to his home in Phoenix, I suppose??
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

Mar 24 @ 8:55 AM ET
Where are you getting those numbers from??? https://worldpopulationre...-provinces/ontario/cities

Niagara Falls, canada has 96,000 and St. Catherine’s has 135,000.

- Da_Cashman


There's also the fact that one person in a population doesn't equate to a TV household. I'm not sure how that metric is measured but that number probably doesn't get you to the next NFL market (New Orleans - #50) let alone the next US NHL market (Las Vegas - #40).
JCSabs06
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The Edge...The only people who really know where it is have gone over
Joined: 09.06.2012

Mar 24 @ 9:02 AM ET
Pegula Net Jet scheduled to fly from Buffalo to Phoenix today. UNFORTUNATELY, DHOP's IG places him in Dallas, TX. NFL Owners meeting is in Phoenix, starting Sunday, so maybe the team is heading there early? DHOP could always be flying back to his home in Phoenix, I suppose??
- turbo044



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