msg owns the rights to the sabres, so unless the contract expires soon, its going to stay the same.

I have Dish Netwrok and still don't get HD feeds from MSG. I thought that was gonna be fixed this season? I'll stop now before I get myself worked up into a Dish Network/MSG rant.

Just because Mr. Black was working for FSN doesn't mean he's going to come in and try and dump MSG. They have more important things to worry about then messing with an existing TV deal.

His background will certainly help them when re-negotiation time comes up, but until then, it's probably not on anyone's radar.

I got rid of Dish Network because I found out a week before the season started that MSG and DN hadn't reached an agreement.

Not to go way off topic but compared to Direct tv who i switched from in the Fall and had NHL center ice with for three seasons, Dish is a joke. I have only seen a handful of Sabres games in HD and that was when they were away, not to mention that they nearly ALWAYS put on the visiting teams announcer when we play at home. Direct almost always seems to have HD and standard versions of the games plus they give those two feeds for both visiting and home announcing crews so you can always listen to your own guys. Dish has one feed....usually standard and no RJ to be found. To boot, when you call they have no clue what to tell you. They lied and said that if they aren't showing the HD feed then it's because the NHL didn't give it to them.....bullshit. Many people there have also said that there is no one who chooses which feeds go on....so it's fucking magic apparently. I tried to get my money back before the free promo where everyone could watch the first few games ended and they told me no. Okay....sorry....back to the topic... I really hate them if you can't tell.

Eventually is the key word, of course. If they want to spend five years focusing intently on improving what's on the ice and then creating a new regional sports network once the Sabres/MSG deal expires in 2016, I'm 110% ok with that.