SIVACRACY.NET: And now it's a series

Well, that was disappointing. I didn't expect another 8-2 spanky or a series sweep against any team with Forsberg on its roster, of course, but I'd hoped that they would have played better. On the negative, Teppo was injured early, the Drury line was not there, Miller seemed shaky (as did Esche), and the power play stunk up the place. On the positive, they seemed to rally late in the game, McKee made a very nice hit, and no one lost it. We splurged for good tickets to Friday's game, so I'm praying that we see a better effort. By the way, we caught the game for free online courtesy of the kind people at Comcast, and we got to see Mike and Razor's call-in show afterward. It was nice hearing the old Hockey Hotline music -- felt a little like old times (although I missed Brian nagging Robitaille and Danny interviewing the players after). It ain't over 'til ~~the fat lady~~ Hitch sings. Go Sabres.

[NOTE: Okay, the image of Jay McKee isn't from this evening's game or even from this series. It's from a 1997 game with the Sens. However, it is Jay and he is in the current Sabres jersey.]

Comments

Right....but, like Siva, I live out of town....so I'm wondering:

Were you as pissed off at the fact that BOTH, O.L.N. and T.S.N. (from Gordie Land [Canada]) decided that game two was not worth shoing more than 26 minutes of, when they switched to the Joisey-RainJerks game)??

I was incensed!! Then, the pub I was watching the game at was able to find the THIRD feed (M.S.G. Network) and show the remaining 10 minutes of the third period!!

RUBBISH!! You PAY (via cable OR dish service) for the NHL Centre Ice...........

......you SHOULD be able to see the game YOU want to watch in it's entirity....

....did this happen to you in NYC in game 2?

-E-

Posted by: Ernie | April 27, 2006 03:55 AM

Well, I don't have cable or a dish or anything, so I'm not sure what generally happens to subscribers here in Philadelphia. I pretty much rely on the Internet for broadcasts, and I've listened to many of the games online via the NHL radio link (which allows us to hear Rick and Jim). This is a recent thing (this season). We previously subscribed to direcTV for four years in Texas, complete with the Center Ice package. Once Empire Sports folded, we didn't have much interest in paying for the Center Ice package. Luckily, last night's broadcast on Comcast.net wasn't the radio -- it was the MSG feed, which was so nice to get to actually SEE the action, as grainy as it was online.

I agree about watching a complete game. It's infuriating, whether you're watching hockey or college basketball or whatever. I tuned in to watch this particular game, SO I MUST WANT TO WATCH IT.

Catherine

Posted by: Catherine | April 27, 2006 08:27 AM

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