Archives for 2001

If there's a player on the roster who can go home for the next few days during the All-Star break and think they deserve a rest, they're in need of a brain transplant. … [Read more...] about Sabres shouldn't enjoy All-Star vacation

'Hasek turned 36 on Monday. Where will he be when he turns 37? That much, we don't know.' … [Read more...] about Hasek’s future ranks high on list of all-star questions

'Buffalo has two huge bargaining chips -- holdout center Michael Peca and goalie Dominik Hasek -- who should be worth at least two proven goal scorers in a package deal or separate trades.' … [Read more...] about Peca, Hasek could bring in scorers

Miroslav Satan steps away from the left-wing wall near the goal line and has a clear pathway to the front of the net. All that's missing is a red carpet. … [Read more...] about Close look at Satan shows what's wrong

Inside -- really inside -- the Numbers in the wake of the Sabres' 4-2 loss to the Lightning. 1: Goals by Sabres' defensemen in the last 22 games … [Read more...] about Crunching the Numbers

'General Manager Darcy Regier is about to experience a climatic aberration. He'll be the first guy to go from Florida to Buffalo in February and feel like someone turned up the heat. And the kettle is whistling heartily after the Sabres fell to the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2, in the sparsely filled Ice Palace.' … [Read more...] about Sabres' swoon continues

'Matthew Barnaby got his wish. The former disgruntled Buffalo Sabres became a former disgruntled Pittsburgh Penguin Thursday when Team Mario sent him to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for ex-Sabre Wayne Primeau.' … [Read more...] about Penguins send Barnaby to Lightning

'Stu Barnes and Doug Gilmour scored second-period goals 54 seconds apart for the Sabres, who have lost five of six.' … [Read more...] about Bolts rattle Sabres

'The team that lost a league-worst 10 straight and traded center Wayne Primeau to Pittsburgh hours before beat Buffalo 4-2 before an announced 12,610 at the Ice Palace. Tampa Bay has its first winning streak since December.' … [Read more...] about Lightning's streak finally a winner

'The All-Star break came at the right time for the Buffalo Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Lightning 4, Sabres 2

'"Teams go through slumps. There's no reason and no excuse for losing," Sabres defenseman Rhett Warrener said. "We're paid to win. We're going to have to start concentrating more."' … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay 4, Buffalo 2

'The team holds a $9.5 million option on Hasek for next season. But he hasn't indicated whether he would even want to come back for that season.' … [Read more...] about Hasek, free agents draw notice, too

Talk about a blackout in south Florida -- the Lightning have generated so little electricity or excitement on the Gulf Coast this season that fans have to be wondering if they'll ever see anything but cloudy skies for the franchise. … [Read more...] about Brownout by the Bay

Fifteen days after a male-bonding trip to California and five days before the All-Star break, when there would be ample time to chill out, the Sabres, seriously slipping in the standings, went on vacation. … [Read more...] about Vacation from hell

With 38 saves, Robert Luongo was even better than he was in Buffalo, keeping his team in range until the Florida offense exploded in the third. Meanwhile, one might expect the old scotch tape "Sargento" label to possibly reappear soon on Dominik Hasek's helmet. … [Read more...] about A tale of two goaltenders