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The Sabres announced yesterday that defenseman Nathan Beaulieu was re-signed for two years at a $2.4 million AAV. Beaulieu was acquired from the Montreal Canadiens on June 17, 2017 for a third round draft pick. With the signing, all three players that filed for arbitration were re-signed by the club...
There was much ado about the Buffalo Sabres taking center Casey Mittelstadt with the eighth-overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft. The Sabres already have Jack Eichel and Ryan O'Reilly anchoring the top six and center Sam Reinhart has been playing No. 2 RW while Johan Larsson had been centering the thi...
NHL.com has it's annual series featuring one team every day. The now 31-in-31 series lead off with the Buffalo Sabres this year. Buffalo beat writer Joe Yerdon did some fine work laying out where the Sabres are at this juncture and asking three questions for the team moving forward as well as delvin...
The idea has been bantered about here for a little while--moving Sam Reinhart back to his natural center position. That move would inevitably have the former second-overall pick using his hockey IQ and set-up skills in a third line role, although Kris Baker of sabresprospects.com and Sabres.com thin...
The Sabres had a very difficult 2016-17 season which ultimately lead to the firing of their general manager and head coach. The reasons for Buffalo's difficulties last season are multiple with various factions staking their claim as to why the Sabres finished with less points than the prior season....
Buffalo started November well enough with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild for their third win in a row but the injuries continued to mount as Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian went down with a knee injury in a 2-1 home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. A 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators would giv...
December was a tale of two halves although one thing continued to dog the Sabres from beginning to end--injuries. Unlike the prior two months where injuries were taking a toll on the forwards, defensemen were dropping like flies. Josh Gorges took a shot against the NY Rangers that broke his foot and...
Despite a dismal end to a once promising month of December for the Buffalo Sabres, there was still half a season of hockey to be played and although they were far behind a playoff spot in the division, the fat lady wouldn't be singing for quite some time. Especially in a division with as much parity...
Former Sabres GM Tim Murray was a great listen during interviews because he was colorful, yet clean, and was pretty much a straight-shooter. His attitude basically said, "here you go, this is how I see it." He also guided the Sabres through two tank seasons in a scorched-earth rebuild with the 2015...
We interupt this series on the past season to take note of the present. Denver Pioneers defenseman Will Butcher, who was drafted by the Coloroado Avalanche in 2013 (123rd-overall,) is set to become a free agent at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow if the Avalanche can't sign him, which has about a 99.9% chance of...
Late in 2010, Bucky Gleason of The Buffalo News did a piece on Terrance M. Pegula, who at the time was attempting to purchase the Buffalo Sabres. Amongst many things in his profile Gleason noted that Pegula had season tickets to the Sabres when they played at Memorial Auditorium and could "tell you...
The Toronto Maple Leafs had made the playoffs once since the 2004-05 NHL lockout, and that was in a shortened season due to, you guessed it, another lockout in 2012-13. They came back to KeyBank Center on April 3 in a three-way battle for second in the division with the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Sena...
There might not be a correlation between the news that Buffalo forward Zemgus Girgensons re-upped with the Sabres on a 2yr./$3.2 million contract and the Pittsburgh Penguins reportedly looking to trade for a No. 3 center, but the timing is certainly interesting. Girgensons went into this off seas...
At the conclusion of the 2013-14 season the last place Buffalo Sabres had no top-two centers on the roster. In fact a case could be made that they didn't even have a playoff caliber third-line center either. The position had been a problem for Buffalo since the infamous 2007 off-season and when the...
The photo of free agent defenseman Will Butcher walking through Denver International Airport with the Sabres logo on a blue duffel bag sent waves of optimism rolling through Sabreland. The former captain of the NCAA Hockey Champion Denver Pioneers was returning to Denver after a tour of possible NHL...
Labor Day is a bittersweet marker for hockey fans, and North American sports fans in general, as we sadly say goodbye to summer. However, the beginning of September does bring about happiness for fans of the NFL as they're getting their regular season under way and NHL training camps begin. Buffa...
Detroit is in a bind with the talented forward.
From everything I've read and heard, the Sabres presented an impressive package in trying to lure free agent defenseman Will Butcher to Buffalo. But one thing they couldn't offer, which seems to be the overriding reason he signed with the New Jersey Devils, was an immediate opportunity to play on th...
The Buffalo Sabres defense was a mess last season, plain and simple, but the reasons for that mess still aren't fully known and probably never will be. Injuries played a role, as did lack of depth and talent. Coaching shouldn't be dismissed either. Former bench boss Dan Bylsma never could get the...
Jack Eichel 6'2" 196 lbs. 20 yrs. old 2015, 2nd-overall Career Stats: 142 games | 48 goals | 65 assists | 113 points | -29 In the past three years the Buffalo Sabres have gone through immense changes that had the franchise pulling in various directions. With a new GM, a new head c...
Evander Kane 6'2" 211 lbs. 26 yrs. old 2009, 4th overall, Atlanta Thrashers Acquired by Buffalo from Winnipeg Jets, February 11, 2015 Career Stats: 496 games | 157 goals | 143 assists | 300 points | -41 As of right now, Evander Kane is entering the final year of a 6yr./$31.5 mi...
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