With the NHL Draft only a few weeks away, I’ve begun to think of some trades that I’d like to see for draft day. The Buffalo Sabres have two first-round picks (8th and 16th overall). Just what will happen? Here is what I am hoping for: Trade 1 Buffalo trades the 8th overall pick and goaltender Ryan Miller and Brayden McNabb ... Read More »
The NHL is a fast-paced game. Players shoot pucks over 95 MPH and they are faster than ever before. Should the NHL require all players to wear a visor? What about a full-cage? A new rule could be enforced as early as next season for visors. There have been a lot of players get a stick to the face, or ... Read More »
When you win over 500 games and reach the conference finals several times, eventually teams are going to contact you. At the time of his firing from the Buffalo Sabres, Lindy Ruff had been the longest tenured coach in the NHL. For a man who has been involved in hockey for over 30 years, he is probably ready to get ... Read More »
John Scott was originally signed by the Sabres to serve an enforcer role. Being 6’8” and 270 pounds, Scott definitely has the size to be intimidating. However, Scott averages a little over 5:30 of ice-time last season. Just about how much enforcing can you do in that much time? There are other enforcers in the league who play a larger ... Read More »
Jhonas Enroth is not making things any easier for Buffalo Sabres management. Enroth was just named best goaltender of the World Championships. He led Sweden to a gold medal with a 5-1 win over Switzerland. He is making the most of his opportunities so far. Just how good was Enroth in this tournament? He put up some outstanding numbers that ... Read More »
How about them playoffs so far? Nothing quite beats the excitement of the NHL playoffs! There have been a lot of close games, highlight reel goals and amazing saves. Let’s take a look at the Western Conference teams who have advanced to the 2nd round. Chicago They just needed five games to eliminate the Minnesota Wild. Patrick Sharp had an ... Read More »
Well, the Sabres have certainly hit just about rock-bottom this year. It seemed that nothing went right for the Blue and Gold. While many fans were excited for the season to return, perhaps a lockout would have been better. The Sabres finished with a 21-21-6 record, good for 12th in the conference. There were several stretches during the season where ... Read More »
The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday night by a score of 4-2. Thomas Vanek scored 2 goals and now has 20 on the season. Ryan Miller was stellar in net and made 40 saves. Buffalo opened up the scoring in the 1st period. Cody Hodgson made a nice pass to Vanek to beat goaltender Marc-Andre-Fleury to give ... Read More »
The Winnipeg Jets moved closer to the playoffs with a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres. The Jets moved to within one point of the 8th place Ottawa Senators. Jhonas Enroth was pretty solid in net and made 37 saves in the loss. Enroth made several key saves in the opening frame. Perhaps none could have been any bigger than ... Read More »
All the Buffalo Sabres had to do was beat the New York Rangers Friday night. A loss would be unacceptable, a loss would mean there would be no post-season. Not only are the playoffs out of the question, the Sabres were embarrassed at home, losing 8-4. Brad Richards notched his first career hat-trick in the blowout. The game was scoreless ... Read More »
Jhonas Enroth made the most of a rare start and helped lead the Sabres to a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Enroth made 29 saves in the win. This was his first shutout since November 2011 and the 3rd of his career. “I’m feeling good right now” said Enroth. The Sabres, which have been booed at home several times ... Read More »
As I watched another loss by the lowly Buffalo Sabres, I began to think back to some of the earlier games in the season. This team had won 2 straight games to start the season. Fans in Buffalo had hopes of a conference title. However, February was a month to forget as they only won 5 games in 14 contests. ... Read More »
The Buffalo Sabres won their second game in a row Friday night as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-2. The win allowed them to move within 4 points of the final playoff spot with 10 games to go. Ryan Miller had 35 saves in the win. Buffalo would get on the scoring board first as Adam Pardy sent a cross-ice ... Read More »
The Buffalo parted ways with yet another defenseman as they sent Robyn Regehr to the Los Angeles Kings for two second round draft picks. So far this season, Regehr has 2 assists and zero goals this season. Regehr is in the final year of his contract and is expected to become an unrestricted free-agent at the end of the season. ... Read More »
The Sabres were relatively quiet on trade deadline day only making one trade. However, the trade was significant as the Sabres traded Captain Jason Pominville to the Minnesota Wild for F Johan Larsson, G Matt Hackett, 1st rd pick in this year’s draft and a 2nd rd pick in the 2014 draft. The Sabres also sent a 2014 4th rd ... Read More »
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