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[Spndnchz]

For all you tweeters out there, 16 bloggers are invited today at 5pm to ask Ted Black questions.

Use #Sabreschat to tweet questions or follow along.

[inkman]

Cool,  No more Colin Cowherd.  Can't beat that. Looking forward to more Sabres talk, 10-12 is good for me.

Rayzor Taking over for Neal?  That doesn't suck!

Edited by inkman, 11 June 2012 - 04:56 PM.

[ubkev]

Kevin Sylvester stepping down to host his own show. Is that what I heard? As long as he's not doing the play by play...

I think Rayzor will do well taking over the color commentary.

[deluca67]

inkman, on 11 June 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:

Cool,  No more Colin Cowherd.  Can't beat that. Looking forward to more Sabres talk, 10-12 is good for me.

Rayzor Taking over for Neal?  That doesn't suck!

More Kevin Sylvester? I hope we don't see an increase in auto accidents because of people falling asleep at the wheel.

[Spndnchz]

Rob Ray will be up in the broadcast booth with RJ.  RJ has been signed to multi-year deal.

Neale will still be a "Danny Gare" type guy but not color commentator anymore.  He'll be pre-game and between periods with Brian Duff (hired full time) and Robitaille.

Kevin Sylvester will replace Colin Cowherd from 10am-noon with his show "Sabres Hockey Hotline" Mon-Friday.

[IKnowPhysics]

Article here: http://sabres.nhl.co...vid=DL|BUF|home

Summary:

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Rob Ray being added to the broadcast booth as the full-time color analyst...He joins Sabres Hall-of-Famer Rick Jeanneret...

Jeanneret, after calling a more limited number of games last season, has signed a new, multi-year contract and will increase the number of games he will call in 2012-13.

...new radio program, Sabres Hockey Hotline, on WGR 550, beginning Monday, June 18. The program will be broadcast live from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday through Friday year-round from the Sabres Store... Sylvester will transition the bulk of his duties to the radio program and will serve as the show’s host and executive producer.

Brian Duff... signed a new deal with the team to serve as the full-time in-game host for all Sabres broadcasts on MSG...

Veteran broadcasters Harry Neale, Danny Gare and Mike Robitaille will be mainstays across all Sabres platforms

So, Ray goes upstairs with Rick, who's back for more games.  Duff takes over as full time host.  Duff, Neale, and Robi do pre-game and intermissions, Duff and Robi do post game.  Sylvester gets promoted to exec producer and host of a new daily radio show.  Gare gets bumped to a weekly radio segment.

More Rick, more Rayzor, more Duff, no Kevin play-by-play, no gare on TV, Neale and Robitaille doing analysis only.  Perfect!

I'm gonna text Teddy.

Edited by IKnowPhysics, 11 June 2012 - 05:57 PM.

[Spndnchz]

IKnowPhysics, on 11 June 2012 - 05:55 PM, said:

So, Ray goes upstairs with Rick, who's back for more games.  Duff takes over as full time host.  Duff, Neale, and Robi do pre-game and intermissions, Duff and Robi do post game.  Sylvester gets promoted to exec producer and host of a new daily radio show.  Gare gets bumped to a weekly radio segment.

More Rick, more Rayzor, more Duff, no Kevin play-by-play, no gare on TV, Neale and Robitaille doing analysis only.  Perfect!

I'm gonna text Teddy.

Clarified... Ray will be between the benches for home games and in the booth for road games.

[nucci]

JMO, but I think the between benches commentator is terrible. There has become too much talking during the games and less play-by-play. NBC has become tough to watch because they are all chatting during the action and it's worse when a goal is scored. Sorry, seems I got off topic.

[carpandean]

spndnchz, on 11 June 2012 - 05:44 PM, said:

Kevin Sylvester will replace Colin Cowherd from 10am-noon with his show "Sabres Hockey Hotline" Mon-Friday.

IKnowPhysics, on 11 June 2012 - 05:55 PM, said:

Sylvester gets promoted to exec producer and host of a new daily radio show.

So KS no longer works for the Sabres, right?  He's an employee of WGR, correct?  I ask because he was, understandably, biased positive about the Sabres in his previous position.  I'm not sure I could take that five days a week.  If, however, he'll actually be objective about the team, then I'll listen.

Edited by carpandean, 11 June 2012 - 07:40 PM.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

carpandean, on 11 June 2012 - 07:39 PM, said:

So KS no longer works for the Sabres, right?  He's an employee of WGR, correct?  I ask because he was, understandably, biased positive about the Sabres in his previous position.  I'm not sure I could take that five days a week.  If, however, he'll actually be objective about the team, then I'll listen.

I think Uncle Terry may have made sure he got a spot, so don't look for that objectivity just yet. That's cool with me......nice set of moves all around.

[Cereal]

spndnchz, on 11 June 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

Clarified... Ray will be between the benches for home games and in the booth for road games.

So, who is color alongside RJ for home games?

Any word on how many away games RJ will travel for?

[BRAWNDO]

Smart moves all around.  Duff is a great addition to the broadcast team, listening to him on WGR550 on trade deadline, his knowledge about the league was unsurpassed.

Edited by BRAWNDO, 11 June 2012 - 08:49 PM.

[Spndnchz]

carpandean, on 11 June 2012 - 07:39 PM, said:

So KS no longer works for the Sabres, right?  He's an employee of WGR, correct?  I ask because he was, understandably, biased positive about the Sabres in his previous position.  I'm not sure I could take that five days a week.  If, however, he'll actually be objective about the team, then I'll listen.

Sabres own the show and KS, GR just plays it.

Cereal, on 11 June 2012 - 08:45 PM, said:

So, who is color alongside RJ for home games?

Any word on how many away games RJ will travel for?

Ray is color for home games.

[nobody]

Anything else happen at the Summit?  Looking back at twitter under #SabresChat was pretty useless.

[Spndnchz]

nobody, on 12 June 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:

Anything else happen at the Summit?  Looking back at twitter under #SabresChat was pretty useless.

Myers had knee surgery a few weeks ago.  Nothing major, just a little clean up.

Sabres will NOT be taking the MSG feed for NY games.

The party tent is being scratched.

Some arena changes are in the works.  Black wouldn't say anything more than that the F'N Center's roof was getting a paint job.

He didn't say anything specific about players other than he thought they were thin at forward.

Black said the All Star game was booked up through 2015 but a Winter Classic in Buffalo could be possible soon as the NHL may go to multiple games on New Years Day.

[Eleven]

inkman, on 11 June 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:

Cool,  No more Colin Cowherd.  Can't beat that. Looking forward to more Sabres talk, 10-12 is good for me.

Rayzor Taking over for Neal?  That doesn't suck!

I will now be able to keep the radio on all day instead of having to turn it off between 10 and noon.

[nobody]

Eleven, on 12 June 2012 - 09:45 AM, said:

I will now be able to keep the radio on all day instead of having to turn it off between 10 and noon.

They still need to get rid of Rome.

[d4rksabre]

nobody, on 12 June 2012 - 09:57 AM, said:

They still need to get rid of Rome.

Is there even an island in the world that is secluded enough?

[LTS]

This is great news... diminishing the roles of the people I can't stand and adding to the roles of the people I like!

I think Ray's comments from between the benches is great.  It's even better because now he won't be competing with Neale.. which is good because it means something relevant will be broadcast.  Putting him in the booth on the road will be nice too.. because it means no Neale and no Gare.. there are not enough words to describe my elation at that move.

Adding Duff was huge.  I think he's a successor waiting to happen and so far I would not be disappointed.

Good stuff.  Although in Rochester we still have the freakin' Cowherd blowhard.

[inkman]

What about dan Patrick on 1280 from 10-12?

[cdexchange]

So is KS still going to do play-by-play for the games that RJ takes off?  If not, then who is?

[X. Benedict]

spndnchz, on 11 June 2012 - 05:44 PM, said:

Rob Ray will be up in the broadcast booth with RJ.  RJ has been signed to multi-year deal.

Neale will still be a "Danny Gare" type guy but not color commentator anymore.  He'll be pre-game and between periods with Brian Duff (hired full time) and Robitaille.

Kevin Sylvester will replace Colin Cowherd from 10am-noon with his show "Sabres Hockey Hotline" Mon-Friday.

I love the higher profile for Duffer. He's just damn good.

[IKnowPhysics]

So I'm gathering that Ray will do color commentary full time for both home and away games, but when he's at home, he'll do it from between the benches and when he's away, he'll do it from the booth?

[bills_fan_in_raleigh]

Glad Neale is out what a moron the guy is.

[dEnnis the Menace]

IKnowPhysics, on 12 June 2012 - 12:05 PM, said:

So I'm gathering that Ray will do color commentary full time for both home and away games, but when he's at home, he'll do it from between the benches and when he's away, he'll do it from the booth?

That's what we are being told right now.

[Spndnchz]

cdexchange, on 12 June 2012 - 11:11 AM, said:

So is KS still going to do play-by-play for the games that RJ takes off?  If not, then who is?

IKnowPhysics, on 12 June 2012 - 12:05 PM, said:

So I'm gathering that Ray will do color commentary full time for both home and away games, but when he's at home, he'll do it from between the benches and when he's away, he'll do it from the booth?

No one has been mentioned yet.

And, yes.

[drnkirishone]

I predict a 1000 fold increase in "No your right RJ"

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

spndnchz, on 12 June 2012 - 09:03 AM, said:

Myers had knee surgery a few weeks ago.  Nothing major, just a little clean up.

marfantastic!

Edited by Ghost of Dwight Drane, 12 June 2012 - 12:58 PM.

[shrader]

IKnowPhysics, on 12 June 2012 - 12:05 PM, said:

So I'm gathering that Ray will do color commentary full time for both home and away games, but when he's at home, he'll do it from between the benches and when he's away, he'll do it from the booth?

So in other words, when they're at home there will be no color commentary while the game is in play at home.  There's no way they'll want a live mic down there in the middle of play.

[That Aud Smell]

shrader, on 12 June 2012 - 02:11 PM, said:

So in other words, when they're at home there will be no color commentary while the game is in play at home.  There's no way they'll want a live mic down there in the middle of play.

interesting point.

i, for one, welcome that development. color commentary during play (by play) is a huge pet peeve of mine.

[sizzlemeister]

Many of you will remember the several game day/broadcast experience surveys they took last season. Looks like most fans agreed with me.

FWIW, I think Dimples is ideal for the radio gig. That's where he came from, anyway. I LOVE the idea of Sabres talk all morning.  It's the same, recycled crap after a while, but I'm still one of those fans who can't get enough recycled crap.

I'm such a pun-ster. Tee hee!

[TrueBluePhD]

sizzlemeister, on 12 June 2012 - 11:47 PM, said:

Many of you will remember the several game day/broadcast experience surveys they took last season. Looks like most fans agreed with me.

FWIW, I think Dimples is ideal for the radio gig. That's where he came from, anyway. I LOVE the idea of Sabres talk all morning.  It's the same, recycled crap after a while, but I'm still one of those fans who can't get enough recycled crap.

I'm such a pun-ster. Tee hee!

I'm sure you're right, there will be recycled garbage after awhile.  But if what Sylvester said was right, he wants to try and make the show give some insight into how the NHL operates.  He wants to have on scouts, GM, players, coaches (probably more of the ex-variety than currently employed, but whatever).  Stuff like that can't carry a daily show, but if he delivers on a somewhat regular basis I think it will be a nice change of pace from most talk radio.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

TrueBluePhD, on 13 June 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

I'm sure you're right, there will be recycled garbage after awhile.  But if what Sylvester said was right, he wants to try and make the show give some insight into how the NHL operates.  He wants to have on scouts, GM, players, coaches (probably more of the ex-variety than currently employed, but whatever).  Stuff like that can't carry a daily show, but if he delivers on a somewhat regular basis I think it will be a nice change of pace from most talk radio.

I learned today that I qualify for the GM job as long as Mr. Pegula would enjoy being around me. So would just about everyone here according to his listed reasons he keeps R+R around.

Although I probably have too much self-confidence since I would expect to make educated decisions and actually have them work in my favor most of the time.

Sylvester's show is going to bomb if the Sabres aren't doing well. It feels like one of those infomercials where the guy that looks like Skippy from Family Ties is out back by the pool trying to tell you how you will make millions in real estate using his system.

[TrueBluePhD]

Ghost of Dwight Drane, on 19 June 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:

I learned today that I qualify for the GM job as long as Mr. Pegula would enjoy being around me. So would just about everyone here according to his listed reasons he keeps R+R around.

Although I probably have too much self-confidence since I would expect to make educated decisions and actually have them work in my favor most of the time.

Sylvester's show is going to bomb if the Sabres aren't doing well. It feels like one of those infomercials where the guy that looks like Skippy from Family Ties is out back by the pool trying to tell you how you will make millions in real estate using his system.

I'd rather listen to an infomercial for pre poop-stained diapers than listen to Colin Cowherd.

[theesir]

Ghost of Dwight Drane, on 19 June 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:

I learned today that I qualify for the GM job as long as Mr. Pegula would enjoy being around me. So would just about everyone here according to his listed reasons he keeps R+R around.

Although I probably have too much self-confidence since I would expect to make educated decisions and actually have them work in my favor most of the time.

Sylvester's show is going to bomb if the Sabres aren't doing well. It feels like one of those infomercials where the guy that looks like Skippy from Family Ties is out back by the pool trying to tell you how you will make millions in real estate using his system.

I listened the first couple of days as well and to tell the truth, it was rather uncomfortable to listen to. On day one Kevin basically opened the show by saying I'm an employee of the team, the coach and GM and players are employees of the team, I'm not going to say negative things about co-workers, so don't ask. That's a paraphrase but the point was rather clear.
Then yesterday, in a scattered, babbling, downright uncomfortable interview with Pegula, Kev kept replying to half of the rambles with "That's a great point" or "That was really well put". He was saying this after what could only be described as incoherent babble from Pegs. I was listening via the audio vault on WGR and actually had to go back and listen to one of the comments from Pegula twice because I had NO idea what he was talking about.
Dear God, what's this going to be like in a month when there is NOTHING going on in the league?

This is Kevin Sylvester broadcasting from the Sabres store... It looks like we've got a customer coming in to buy a new jersey... no, their just looking for a restroom. We'll be back after the break with our special guest Sabretooth.

[nobody]

Yesterday was tough with Pegula extolling the virtues of Joe Paterno and Jerry Korab laughing at his nickname initials being kkk.

[Oliver_Cromwell]

spndnchz, on 11 June 2012 - 05:44 PM, said:

Rob Ray will be up in the broadcast booth with RJ.  RJ has been signed to multi-year deal.

Neale will still be a "Danny Gare" type guy but not color commentator anymore.  He'll be pre-game and between periods with Brian Duff (hired full time) and Robitaille.

And they say there is no God...

[Eleven]

I want to like Sylvester's show; I really, really want to, but he's gotta start talking to the educated hockey fan base that's listening to him and stop it with the "NHL 101" stuff.

Today's topic:  you have to give up something to get something in a trade.

[inkman]

Eleven, on 22 June 2012 - 10:36 AM, said:

Today's topic:  you have to give up something to get something in a trade.

Unfotunaty, most of the listeners want to "package" together stafford and a 1st for Jordan Staal.

[Eleven]

inkman, on 22 June 2012 - 03:39 PM, said:

Unfotunaty, most of the listeners want to "package" together stafford and a 1st for Jordan Staal.

Totally reasonable.