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In gliding down the team stats, not much has changed for the Buffalo Sabres a team that still occupies the last spot in the Eastern Conference. At this time of year large month-to-month fluctuations are rarely seen as teams are who they are and the sample size is large enough where moves one way or...
The big news, of course, is that Jack Eichel went down with a high-ankle sprain in Buffalo's 4-2 win at Boston on February 10 and the injury could keep the Sabres' leading scorer out for the rest of the season. However, should the team doctors give the go, and the team agree that he can finish out t...
Jon Vogl of The Buffalo News wrote a very revealing piece today which centered around former Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and his coach at the time, Lindy Ruff. Back in 2008 Miller was the face of the Sabres and represented the future of USA Hockey heading into the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver...
He was Jack Eichel's wingman at Boston University on a Terriers team that made it to the 2015 NCAA Men's Championship game in Eichel's lone year as a freshman in college. He was also opposite Eichel's other wingman that season, Evan Rodrigues, in three of his four college seasons. In the summer of 2...
Sure, playing in "little stanley cup" games in a lost season is a bit of a knock on this edition of the Buffalo Sabres, but then again there's not much really to get pumped up about when the team you're following is second-to-last in the league with a 20-34-11 record. And for the Sabres players, or...
Buffalo Sabres head coach Phil Housley did his weekly radio thing this morning on WGR550. GR host Howard Simon brought up the point that the Sabres have been playing very well against their Atlantic Division foes as of late, which is true. Since a loss to the Florida Panthers on February 1, Buffalo...
What's this hockey world coming to? OK. So a divisional win from the Sabres isn't that far-fetched as they've dominated, yes dominated, the Atlantic Division dating back to early February. Since a February 1 loss at home against the Florida Panthers, a team they've struggled with all season, the...
I would have put the word 'expansion' in the headline before the Las Vegas Golden Knights, but even though they are in their first year of existence, they hardly look the part of an expansion team. In fact, one could easily say that the Buffalo Sabres have looked much more like an expansion team thi...
With their shootout loss yesterday to the Vegas Golden Knight, the Buffalo Sabres now sit at 56 points on the season with a 22-35-12 record and a 30th spot in the league standings: 26th--Detroit (63 points) 27th--Montreal (62) 28th--Vancouver (59) 29th--Ottawa (57) 30th--Buffalo (56) 31st--A...
It's been a couple of days since the Buffalo Sabres lost 2-1 in the shootout vs. the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. With Buffalo not playing again until Thursday Sabres coach Phil Housley gave the team both Sunday and Monday off. The Sabres are back at it today with a couple players of interes...
With Arizona's 4-3 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings last night, the Coyotes moved from the bottom of the league into 30th place. The team they just jumped? The Buffalo Sabres. Right now, with 13 games left in the regular season the Buffalo is in an all too familiar spot and with very l...
With 13 games left in a lost season there's really not a lot to play for when it comes to the Buffalo Sabres. Sure you'll hear things like playing for pride, for a spot on the team or another contract next season whether it's with the Sabres or some other NHL team and those are all pretty good motiv...
If you've watched Nathan Beaulieu in his 51 games as a Buffalo Sabre defenseman this season, it seems as if every game he has an egregious turnover that leads to a golden opportunity for the opposition with many of them ending up in the Buffalo net. That trend has subsided as of late but the numbers...
Chicago throws one of the best St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the country and because of it, one might surmise that those playing for the Chicago Blackhawks would much rather be home in the Windy City than playing a last place Buffalo team on the road this afternoon. It's not to say that they'll...
Perhaps it might be best to qualify that statement by saying that the near-term future of the Buffalo Sabres might be tied to how well their top two centers mesh beginning now and into next season. Jack Eichel was back on the ice for the Sabres yesterday afternoon after missing over a month. The...
Buffalo Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark was recalled from the Rochester Americans on March 13. Two days later he was off to be with his wife, Moa, for the birth of their first child whom they named, Harry. The next day Ullmark was back on the ice at KeyBank Center and told the gathered media that he an...
The media likes to paint today's matchup between the Buffalo Sabres and Arizona Coyotes as deja vu all over again, which it is to an extent. However, unlike in 2015, these two teams won't be battling it out for last place to secure a top-two pick in the draft. If you don't know it by now, here's a b...
With the loss last night to the Arizona Coyotes, the Buffalo Sabres remain at the bottom of the league with 58 points. The 'Yotes, who had found themselves at or near the bottom of the league all season, are on a tear in the month of March going 7-3-1 so far. For their part, the Sabres have been spu...
There was a time not too long ago when fans at the Bell Center in Montreal would taunt visiting teams by chanting Olé, Olé, Olé when their beloved hockey team was decidedly in control of the game. And there were times recently when hordes of Canadiens fans would invade Buffalo and taunt the Sabre...
What's bad for two NCAA Men's Hockey teams might turn out great for the Buffalo Sabres organization. Prior to Round-1 of the NCAA men's hockey tournament, a twist of fate kept the Minnesota Golden Gophers out of the tournament as six teams advanced with wins when Minnesota only needed one of tha...
Minnesota State defenseman Daniel Brickley and his No. 6 seeded Mavericks got ousted in the first round of a topsy-turvy NCAA Men's Hockey Tournament this weekend. The 6'3" 205 lb. defenseman went undrafted and is said to be skipping his senior season to turn pro with TSN's Bob McKenzie tweeting las...
Officers at the Peace Bridge can rest a little easier today because the Buffalo Sabres announced the signings of college players Will Borgen and Casey Mittelstadt. Borgen a junior defenseman out of St. Cloud State was signed yesterday to an amateur tryout contract for Rochester and the Sabres signed...
It's always good to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs and it's even better when the 'W' comes in Toronto at the Air Canada Center. And what made last night even more fun for those of us in Sabreland was that the Leafs had no answer for Buffalo's Jack Eichel who scored the Sabres first goal and their last...
Casey Mittelstadt is on the ice for the first time as a Buffalo Sabre today. The 19 yr. old left the University of Minnesota after his freshman season and signed his three-year entry-level deal with the Sabres on Monday. Mittelstadt is a 6'1" 201 lb. center who comes to Buffalo on a one-and-done aft...
It's safe to say that not many draftniks thought that center Casey Mittelstadt would still be available with the eighth pick in the 2017 NHL Draft. But he was, and new GM Jason Botterill jumped right on it. "Isn't that the cliche'?" Botterill deadpanned as he spoke to the media after Round-1 of the...
If anyone needs to be reminded, the Buffalo Sabres are sitting rather comfortably at the bottom of the league with 60 points, which happens to be the third time in five years they've been in that position. The Nashville Predators are at the opposite end of the spectrum sitting atop the league with 1...
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