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Welcome to February. Buckle your chinstraps because there will be a lot of activity in the days to come! First and foremost, Tom Golisano will announce Thursday that he has sold the Buffalo Sabres to Terry Pegula for $189 Million. The Sabres ownership group will discuss the desl on Thursday morni...
Its a done deal. Terry Pegula is the new owner of the Buffalo Sabres. "related companies" refers to the Buffalo Bandits professional indoor lacrosse team. Here's the official release from the team. BUFFALO, NY (February 1, 2011) -- The Buffalo Sabres today announced that Tom Golisano has r...
Life begins at 40. Need proof? Tuesday was a good day in Sabreland. Fortunes changed by the minute in Buffalo. At lunchtime, Tom Golisano announced via email that he is selling the Buffalo Sabres to Terry Pegula. Golisano bailed the Sabres out of bankruptcy, and along with Larry Quinn and Dan...
Its February 2, and the Playoffs began last night for the idle Buffalo Sabres. Lindy Ruff's Lads are in the garage until Friday night when they play the Sid and Geno-less Guins. In the meantime, the Eastern mosh pit is a tumultuous and unpredictable place right now. Elows are up, and teams are no...
Tim Connoly missed the two games before the ASG due to a hip flexor. The nine day layoff will have served him well as he rested the nagging ailment. He's been skating with his team all week, and, Connolly returns to the lineup on Friday night in Pittsburgh. Connolly heads to the UFA market on Ju...
If life begins at 40, then the Sabres are poised for future success and prosperity as the Golisano Era draws to an end today, and the Terry Pegula Era will immediately begin. People that I speak with tell me that Lindy Ruff ain't goin' anywhere. He represents all that's been good with the Sabres...
Terry Pegula's PR man, Ben Bouma, sent me this response to my email asking for information on the first ever Pegula press conference in his new building: "Terry has no comment at this time and will not be available until after both the NHL approval process and the formalities of the sale are...
Dear Mr. Pegula, Congratulations on your recent purchase of the Buffalo Sabres. Like you, I have an affinity for the physicality, and pugilistic intensity of the game of hockey. Don't get me wrong. I like skill. However, I like my skill guys to have room to operate in. I like my finishers to slee...
Fast first twenty. Sloppy second twenty. Well played final twenty. Sabres go up 2-0, then lose 3-2in DaBurgh...
Optional skate in Buffalo this morning, as the Sabres charter from Blitzburgh touched down in the wee hours of the morning. Tough loss last night. I loved the way that the Buffalo forechecker sucked the oxygen out of the building from the drop of the puck to the end of the first twenty minutes. I...
_______________________________________________________________________ The news is not good regarding the lower body injury that Geno Malkin suffered in the Pens 3-2 win over Buffalo Friday night. Malkin has a torn ACL and MCL, and he will be lost to his team for the rest of the seas...
I'm throwing a knuckle puck at you. I'm watching Wayne and Garth on SNL. I've thrown the car keys to Kaner. Party on! _______________________________________________________________ The snow began falling a few hours before face-off tonight but that didn’t deter t...
Steelers head coach and I have a lot in common: We both love this Phil Collins battle riff. However, it won't be enough to lift the Stillers over the Packers. I'm a big James Starks fan, and I'm calling my shot now: Pack 23 Stillers 14 ____________________________________...
Lindy skated the troops in Buffalo this morning and promptly hopped the charter to sunny Florida for their Tuesday night tilt in Tampa. Steve Montador sat this one out, while Pat Kaleta had the cast removed from his jacked up paw. The Sabres are on a nice roll, as in 10-4-1 in their last 15 games....
Score a primary assist to Mother Nature and a wickedly entertaining NHL scedule for excellent TV ratings in the Northeast. The NHL TV ratings are in, and Buffalo are ranked #2 in the entire NHL! Props to Matt Gould, Joe Pinter, Kevin Sylvester, Rick Jeanerette, Harry Neal, Rob Ray and the crew at...
Go ahead and admit it. You weren't feeling good about Buffalo's chances as they headed into the cauldron vs. a Tampa team that had won 7 of their last 8 games. Stamkos, Vinny, and Marty have been lighting it up night after night. Its okay, you are not alone. Buffalo entered this one 10-4-1 in their...
Don't adjust your computer. We got us another great goalie fight to critique: Whats in the water these days? These goalies have turned into bar fighters! Props to Tim Thomas for lending his chin to the cause, however, Carey Price scores the TKO. I like this fight. I LOVE t...
Stop me if you've heard this before: The Buffalo Sabres have not won three games in a row this season. For whatever reason, the Sabres are ohfer seven in games where they are attempting to win their third straight. This trend will change tonight in Sunrise Florida. Fresh off their 7-4 win o...
Thank the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators for setting the compararbles market for veteran, slumping centreman. Similarly, Connolly has scored goals and added 14 assists in only 38games this season. Connolly is a dreadful -12 to boot. Nashville just acquired Mike Fisher from Ottawa for a...
Sabres deliver a full 64:55 minute performance for their third win in a row. The slump has been busted. Buffalo entered the game 0-7 this season in games where they were attempting to win their third straight game. 3-2 Sabres win in OT. To add further value to the win, former Sabre Danny Brier...
Andrew Peters, I speak on behalf of the fans of the Buffalo Sabres. We're going to miss you, big guy! Peters just announced his retirement from the NHL. He's 31 and has played for six seasons with Buffalo, New Jersey, and Vancouver. His greatest work EVER? C'mon!...
Evander Kane led the Thrashers to a come from behind win-- in regulation. The Thrashers hold serve and prevent Buffalo from gaining ground with its games in hand. Atlanta now have 60 points in 57 games. Carolina have 59 points in 55 games. Buffalo have 57 points in 53 games. Ne...
TSN's Bob McKenzie is tweeting that NY Islanders players Matt Martin and Trevor Gillies will face in-person disciplinary hearings tonight in Buffalo. The meetings will take place at the team hotel. A source tells me that the NHL wishes to expedite the discipline against the Islanders, rather than to...
Be sure to thank the Tampa Bay Lightning for beating the Carolina Hurricanes in OT on Saturday night. The Thrashers and Canes are now tied with 60 points. Buffalo have 57, however, and can pull to within one point of their closest competitors with a regulation win over the Bridgeport Islanders...
The Sabres play the Islanders at 3pm today. I'm calling my shot now: 5-2 Buffalo wins it. 59 points heading into Montreal on Tuesday night. At 5pm today, two games of tremendous impact to the Sabres will be taking place. The Carolina Hurricanes go toe to toe with the Atlanta Thrashers in t...
1st Period: 1-0 Islanders :40 seconds into the game, Niedermayer and Morrisonn are embarrassed in their own end when Grabner grabbed a loose puck at the left circled and circumnavigated the zone, ending with a pretty wraparound goal. Miller was down and out and could not make the save. Lind...
No way to sugar coat it. The Buffalo Sabres played way too loosey goosey against the upstart Islanders and they lost. The Sabres played with fire and they got burned by the team that has owned them in three of four games this season. The forwards did not help end. Save Myers, the D were passive and...
A composed and relaxed Ryan Miller just addressed the media after practice, before heading out to catch the charter to Montreal. Dressed in his charcoal grey suit with pink shirt, Miller stood tall and answered questions openly and honestly. How will he approach this next week of games? "...
Lindy Ruff has confirmed that he will start young Enroth in Montreal. Ryan Miller will start at home vs. Tronna on Wednesday. Apparently, Lindy's chat with Patty Lalime on the ice at practice on Monday was indeed simply about the weather forecast in their Clarence neighbourhood. __________...
I was really looking forward to watching Pat Kaleta's return to the Buffalo lineup on Sunday afternoon. The rascally winger had missed six games with a jacked up paw, and was chomping at the bit to get back to battering opponents. After one shift, I knew that Kaleta's head was not straight. You'd th...
Thanks for the win, Jhonas. Now, its back to Portland you go. Enroth will start for Portland Wednesday night. He will be recalled when needed, rather than have him sit around Buffalo waiting for starts. Ryan Miller will start at home vs. Tronna. Lalime will back him up. _____________...
Ryan Miller is back in the four by six tonight in front of the home fans. Talk about dominance, Miller won't rest until he gets win #25 vs. Tronna tonight. Miller was a scratch in Montreal and was given a well-deserved night off. Patty Lalime will rock the yellow chapeau. A Buffalo regulation...
For the second time this week, the Sabres have lost two valuable points to a team that is in their rear view mirror. They choked away a two goal lead vs. the Islanders on Sunday and lost 7-6. On Wednesday night, they fell into a 2-0 hole and would lose on home ice to Tronna. Save your "yea...
Reggie Sekera is no longer a prospect. He's a bonafide NHL defenseman, with an NHL skill set and high hockey IQ. The guy has all the tools to succeed in today's NHL. So why is it that he suffers from mental flatulence on a regular basis during important sequences of games? Case in point, #44 com...
Need proof that Lindy Ruff does not give a red rat's ass about my opinion? Chris Butler will sit out tonight's game vs. his hometown STL Blues. Sucks for Butler as he has been playing well lately. Reggie Sekera will skate in his stead. Steve Montador will return. _________________________...
Strike my earlier Blake Wheeler scenario from the record. I knew that Wheeler would be moved, however, early today I learned that Tronna was not interested in him. Whwre there's smoke, there's fire. Wheeler was on the move, but to which team, no one knew until now. Boston has one-timed Wheeler now t...
According to the Canadian Press, the sale of the Buffalo Sabres to Terry Pegula has been officially approved by the NHL Board of Governors. The NHL will benaking an official announcement tonight or early tomorrow. ________________________________________________________________________...
The Sabres need a centreman who can excel 5 on 5. This special breed of player also has to be a proficient PKer and PP contributor. ______________________________________________________________________ At 5pm EDT Friday afternoon, great news broke out along the Niagara Frontier regard...
Don't look now, here come the New Jersey Devils to gum up the Eastern standings. The Devils did the Sabres another favour by shanking the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Saturday night. Jersey have won seven straight. They now have 54 points, six behind Buffalo and Atlanta.. The Devils are 15-1-2...
Terrible week of hockey results for the Sabres. Th.ey lost a a gun fight with Grabner on Sunday. Laid an egg vs.Tronna. Were shutout by the Blues on Friday night. Now this stinging loss to the Caps. all four losses were on home ice. February is starting to feel all too familiar like october an...
Ryan Miller deserved a better fate on Sunday. Miller was 98% perfect. A freak puck-off-the strut-in-the end-glass, and a deflection doomed the Sabres to their fourth straight home loss. Miller was agranite pillar for his team, making save after glorious save. 37 in total. Miller's Vezina vintage...
NHL Commissioner, Gary Bettman and Terry Pegula have been spending a lot of time on the phone and in person lately. Bettman knew he had a serious prospective owner when he met Pegula. One hundred eighty nine million dollars and three months later, the natural gas magnate is officially the new owner...
Its an exciting day in Western New York and Southern Ontario. The Buffalo Sabres have been an asset to the community that they have served and have resided in for the past forty years. Today, a new chapter in the team's rich history will begin. I'm excited and you should be too. Mr. Pegula wi...
Terry Pegula just wowed the crowd by breaking down and crying while he professed his admiration for Sabres Hall Of Famer, Gilbert Perrault. WOW! **** Pegula says that he is adding Ken Sawyer as special advisor and alternate governor, along with Ted Black as President. Darcy Regier will...
WOW! What a day. The Terry Pegula Era is underway, and there is a constant undercurrent of positivity, and palpable buzz in and around the city of Buffalo right now. The diehard Buffalo fans listened to and watched the introductory press conference this morning. they LOVED what they heard from t...
One door opens for Terry Pegula. Another door closes for Craig Rivet. Darcy Regier has waived the veteran Dman. No surprise. Rivet has suffered from coach scratch fever all season and something had to give. The Sabres were not happy with him and the feeling appeared to be mutual. in 23 g...
6:28pm : Thomas Vanek is wearing an "A", as are Jason Pominville, and Paul Gaustad. **** Sabres and Thrashers take the ice for warm-ups. Sabres are in sexy blues. Thrash in road whites. *** HUGE four pointer here tonight. Terry, Kim, "The Tweetie Birds", and the rest of the Pegu...
"They, "The French Connection", are the face of the franchise. They will be here with me for a long time", Terry Pegula told me after the Sabres 4-1 win over arch rival Atlanta. Mr. Pegula LOVES 7-11-14. He's just like you and me. "To see Renee, Gilbert and Rico back together again is great. I...
Craig Rivet has cleared waivers. Now the waiting game begins. Now, he waits. He we'll see if he clears on re-entry. There are teams in the NHL looking for veteran D help. The enigmatic Al Kotalik has also passed through waivers. He too waits for re-entry waivers. Wash your mouth out wit...
Get your hate on, Pegulaville! Here come the school yard punks that you can't stand playing against, Ottawa Senators. Many of their faces have changed, however, their sweater logo stays the same. Don't hate the players. Hate the team. Since the last time the Sabres played they Sens, Bryan Murray...
Wouldn't know it from the weather madnness outside, however, its a buzzing beehive of activity inside HSBC Arena right now. Lake snows, notwithstanding, there are a lot of eyeballs and ears on press row already. ******** I rode the elevator up to the Ted Darling memorial Press Box with Red...
Craig Rivet has been claimed on re-entry waivers by the CBUS Blue Jax. Buffalo are on the hook for 50% of his remaining $850,000. Welcome to life in the new paradigm where if a player is not performing, management has the autonymy to move the player to the minors or buy them out. That option...
South Buffalo will now be cheering for South Florida. Per TSN, Former Sabre and MSU Spratan, Tim Kennedy has been traded from Panthers to the Rangers for D Bryan McCabe. The Rags also throw in a third rounder. People I know who are close to Kennedy tell me that he has been miserable since leaving...
Buffalo did everything right, except shut down Jiri Hudler. Ryan Miller stoned the speedy sniper on a breakaway in the second period. The save preserved Buffalo's 2-0 lead. Miller was Buffalo's best player, and had to be from the drop of the puck because the Wings are experts in getting pucks dee...
Sabres score a beauty from St. Louis. Brad Boyes is now a Buffalo Sabre. He has 41 points in STL this season. 12 goals and 29 assists, +11. He'll thrive five on five, and, on the Buffalo PP. He's got the ability to get his hard, accurate shot off in the blink of an eye. Nasty one timer, ala Al...
Kevin Snow, my friend from the Sabres shares this excellent stat on Brad Boyes: New Sabre Brad Boyes is 3rd on NHL Ironman list with 471 games. Has never missed a game due to injury in his career. Lindy Ruff is going to LOVE this player. he's always on the ice for practice and games, and he...
The 3pm NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone. The OJ Simpson "Bronco Chase" laughs at this NHL trade deadline. Tim Connolly not traded. No defenseman added---- Yet. ____________________________________________________________________- It was 98/99 when Boyes, Connolly, and M...
I wanted to get a better understanding of what type of player and teammate that Brad Boyes is. Since I could not get the newly minted Sabres winger on the phone directly, I reached out to one of his former teammates, Jay McKee, who played with Boyes in St. Louis. McKee knows both teams very well,...
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